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The "Kava-Kava" MEGA THREAD!

Just drank some Kava about 20 mintutes ago not feeling anything at all yet, I used 3 tablespoons of pure Kava root blended with a hand blender for 4 minutes in a cup & a quarter of water, strained then left in the fridge to cool for an hour.

I ended up gulping some down then having a sip of fresh orange juice, gulping some more down - sip orange juice, the taste wasn't too bad, but not a pleasant after-taste hence the orange juice.
 
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Artificial Emotion said:
I've tried Kava extract before and got nothing, but I assume this is because the unprocessed root is more potent than an extract. Yes?
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Not sure about that one I suppose depends on the source, all I can say is the amount I have taken hasn't had any effect similar to what I've read this stuff is supposed to do. I'm feeling a bit more stimulated & motivated to do stuff that much is true, kind of buzzing but that could just be my normal daily variation in mood.

The source of this Kava is supposed to be real good, maybe I could try eating the whole lot without straining - anyone tried this? next time I'll double the amount & post results.

Edit: The stimulation was just part of normal mood, no noticed effect from Kava.
 
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I think the substance is pretty much hit or miss. It just doesn't work for some people for some reason. Even for the people that it works for, it is not exactly a recreational drug. It just induces a subtle feeling of relaxation.
 
Subtle is an interesting way of describing it. I tried four heaping tablespoons with 75mg pregabalin and the next thing I know it's five hours later and I can't remember what I was doing exactly except for that I had been chatting with a friend of mine at the beginning, who now won't talk to me anymore. ;)
 
i've had very good luck with the 30x extract - which is a root powder - just stronger...

both ways i've tried it - 1 teaspoon tossed and washed - it does taste yucky - but i love the numb feeling i get from it - great for toothaches or sore throat!!!

and i've tried doing 1/2 a teaspoon and got a relaxed feeling from it too

this stuff rocks for me! it even helped me sleep without clenching my teeth! YAY!
 
OK I'm an idiot, I used 3 desert spoons I now realise, & they were levelled off, now I know what a tablespoon looks like lol, I'll give 3-4 tablespoons a go tomorrow & gulp down the whole lot without straining.

nuke said:
Just powdered Kava root, Hawaiian in origin. The solution was not filtered at all.
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Yeah mine is pure fresh Kava root & Hawaiian in origin too, I'm interested in how unsubtle your experience sounds, looking forward to it more so now :).
 
You can try mixing it with other sedatives too -- it tends to play well with others. I'd never had memory loss from pregabalin before (only thing that gives me amnesia ever is benzos, which are so bad for that that I don't even take them ever). The one thing I don't like much is the nausea that seems to come with it for me, but in any case the use of it is much healthier feeling than say, alcohol.
 
I just got a pound of fresh hawaiian root powder, and it's a world away from the capsules and tinctures I'd been using before. 2 heaping tablespoons has got me on my ass, even with amphetamine still in my system, whereas the supplements were only able to quell minor anxiety. I think blending it for a long time helps; maybe the "reverse tolerance" is simply due to more experience with the extraction process.
 
I got to drinking Kava while in Fiji. I really liked it, not just the physical effects, but sitting around with the men, drinking Kava all night long, it was fun. I have to say though, I bought some powdered root and yech, it tastes nothing like fresh root.
 
The local smoke shop by my school has a brownish Kava powder, I assume it is root powder- I am interested in trying because I like valium and could use an alternative. Is is necessary to use hot water and make tea with root powder? One cannot just eat it?
 
You can just eat it, I parachute it. Drink plenty of water with it though, to avoid indigestion later.
 
I ended up trying the 2 heaped tablespoons (basically 4 level tablespoons worth) of this root powder after messing up & just using 2 desert spoons the first time, I can safely say it worked nicely & relaxed me, I felt all over calmness & was more sociable around friends, with a big reduction in anxiety.

And back to the previous post where I pondered over whether or not the two desert spoons worth actually stimulated me, (I ended up coming to the conclusion it hadn't) but after receiving the 84% paste recently & trying a small amount of that 0.2g I wasn't able to sleep all night & felt a similar feeling, although I didn't feel a typical stimulating type buzz or anything at all like it, there was certainly something that was preventing me from reaching the onset of sleep. Just to note I've been sleeping really well of late - without any drugs, & I slept fine the night after, nothing was bothering me either I was relaxed.

So it seems for me anyway that taking a larger dose leaves me really calm, relaxed & at ease when socialising, plus when I need to sleep after larger amount (normal dose) I'm at will able to gain a very restful deep sleep, whereas a small dose below the amount that gives me that noticeable calming affect does the opposite, anyone else have this experience with Kava?
 
Oh yeah & to add this stuff is pretty nasty to drink, hence why I've decided to give the paste a go. I've chewed fresh Salvia leaves before & ok maybe Kava doesn't taste quite as bad but the texture & whole process of drinking it straight is almost as bad.

I must add I haven't experimented much mixing it with other drinks, the ones I have mixed it with haven't prevented me from gagging & pulling faces :!. The easiest to drink mix was half Kava & water blended then added to a can of red bull, but hell I'm not sure if it's because I don't drink coffee or caffeine drinks usually but I felt god awful that night, my brain was fucked = tons of pointless shit popping up & stuck in a continuous thought loop, I ended up getting out of bed early in the morning with a hell of a bad stomach ache & being sick, though the blended Kava I'd consumed had been lying in the fridge (covered with cling-film) for a few days previous, which I'm pretty sure was the reason for sickness. I wasn't able to get to sleep until 9 in the morning after going to bed early.
 
In the last 3 or 4 months I have developed pretty bad anxiety (used to get really bad panic attacks for a while too) a lot of the time, and even on good days I still have moderate background anxiety. I've quit blazing the chronic, which was a sad thing to let go, and I started CBT and I've been getting a lot better. I just ordered a pound of Kava Root and I'm really excited to try this and see if it helps any. Sounds like a really great herb, nonetheless... I've also got Valerian Root and Blue Lotus heading my way as well... has anyone tried Blue Lotus for anxiety? If so, any good results? And also, I've heard that with both Lotus and Kava if you imbibe them and then toke up it completely eliminates the anxiety effect that pot can have. Is this true?
 
Edit: No, they can't. Sourcing is prohibited. -phrozen
 
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Kava is garbage IME. It worked the first time for me and made me pretty relaxed. Every time after that, even using 4 or 5 tea bags at a time had no effect whatsoever.

If you're having trouble drinking it try pouring milk in it.
 
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