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Your Opinions on kava kava

qwe said:
i have 300mg capsules, standardized 30% kavalactones, ie, 100mg kavalactones per capsule
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You do bad math. .30(300) does not equal 100 it equals 90. Fucking christ...
 
I brought some kava kava back from Vanuatu, and tried the stuff back in Australia, it really stuffed me up for a few days mainly feeling like a terrible hangover. The immediate effects are cool but my liver took a good bashing from the stuff. never trying it again.

my brother had some and he was fine...
 
I read about Kava a long time ago and wanted to try it but couldn't find any place around here that carried it, even a vitamin shop, they siad it was against their policy. Well I was in a supermarket and ran across it when I was picking up a bottle of 5-HTP made byu the same company! lol I took I think ike 5 and then a few more and it didn't do much, made me sleepy. I would m uch rather just pop a few vals over it. Valium taste a lot better than roots anyways.
 
i took 2 capsules around 2. after a half hour i felt sorta 'clear' and it was sorta cool, but it was very subtle

around 5 i took 3 more, not much happened, i felt a little odd about a half hour later, but was much more subtle

there was no decrease of anxiety. it might have made me tired, but i might have gotten tired without it, i don't know if my tiredness is from the kava or not (i woke up early today)

i think i'll stick to real drugs..

tomorow or saturday i can try the grounded plant as a tea and see if it works better
 
I have some root powder (Hawaiian of course), needs a little preparation, but I enjoy it. It's not a "high" if that's what you are looking for, rather a pleasant/clarity.
 
Vanuatu kava is rubbish. The best kava to get is the tongan kava it is way stronger then the others
 
How is everyone preparing their kava?

fyi you arent supposed to use hot water. it will destroy some of the actives.

are people making a water extract? like putting it in a piece of panty hose and squeezing until all the oily shit comes out.

Ive tried a couple methods. cold and hot water. putting the powder in the water, squeezing it in a cloth.

The first time i tried it i got a mildly calming effect, but havent gotten anything since. I think it must be much better to actually consime the powder. When i drank the tea i didnt get as much numbing as with putting the pwder on my tongue.

im interested in why exactly otc extracts dont work. do they lack some of the actives that have a synergy or what?

how can i best prepare my kava for max effect, without chewing for the enzymes in my saliva?
 
I have had very good effects from very high potency extracts on the comedown of 4-ho-dipt and 4-ho-mipt especially. It makes your mouth numb, but its taste is a particulary aquired one. It is also a very good sleep aid, but on its own it is not as good as a benzo or other pharmacutical downer. You also probably will not be able to distinguish the effects on your first 2 or 3 tries.
 
i used to get fresh hawaiin kava...the best though is imported from fiji. it is much more potent. but its not extract and you have to do the whole stocking/strain method everytime you want to dose.
 
What does everyone use dosage wise. I tried 2 heaping tablespoons, but i hardly felt anything.

im assuming this is low, seeing as how some are suggesting up to an ounce!!!
 
jasoncrest said:
Do you guys think that someone with a high tolerance to Benzos and downers
can feel something from Kava?
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ive taken benzos for 5 years straight, can eat 60 kpins and not feel a thing.......can drink bottles and bottles and not feel a thing

i get WAY fucked on kava
 
I've tried kava kava a few times, but had absolutely no results. I tried some expensive Hawaiian powdered kava kava root (semi-fresh, but not the kind of fresh you can get in Polynesia and Hawaii), as well as health food store pills, and some homemade gelcapped extract from a kava kava farm. Nothing noted even at very high doses, not even placebo.
 
clamjuice said:
How is everyone preparing their kava?
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I do it more or less how you mentioned; get water or juice, put 2-4tbl spoons of Kava, cinnamon (or something extract for taste depending on my mood), blend for a few minutes, then either just drink it, or extract it and drink it.

I sometimes leave it in the fridge unextracted over night, or a day to help the extraction.
 
I just made kava tea using a generic tea brand (I used 2 packets) and I feel good, it's very nice, very relaxing, a very content feeling (but doesn't really feel like an opiate or anything - I wouldn't know about benzos, I've never done them).
 
I have to say that recently I had to go through benzo withdrawal and Kava Kava helped a lot.
600mg Kavalactones eased my anxiety; but I had to rely on something else to sleep (Zolpidem or Mirtazapine)....

And during these ~10 days without benzos, the 1st time I took 600mg Kavalactones, I felt good, relaxed, like 5mg Diazepam with no tolerance...
The next times, I felt nothing though... Just anxiety relief.
 
Depends on the brand, I assume.

I downed 60 capsules and only felt a mild feeling of pleasantness, plus I was high at the time, so it could've been placebo.
 
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