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I have not really done enough experimentation with different types of kava to know which might be the best for anxiety. There are many different kava chemotypes, detailed in this post. I get reasonable calming results from the Borongoru kava and also the Pouni Ono kava I bought from Kalm With...

Kava was banned in the EU, so I buy it from the US. One of my posts on kava lists various US suppliers. I take 1 to 2 grams of micronized powder.

Usually when supplements work for anxiety, they work within a couple of hours, I find. I find kava kicks in within an hour or two. Although I read that for some people, kava can take a week or two to work, so this may be an exception. I don't know.

...regularly when anxiety levels increase. I have a whole thread on using NAG to treat anxiety. Sometimes I use around 1 or 2 grams of micronized kava kava powder if I am feeling agitated. I have not found any of these things helps with sound sensitivity. The only thing which I found helps for...

I can't say that I understand what's going on, but have you looked at kava kava? This herb can be very relaxing for the mind, and unlike benzodiazepines and other herbs which work on the GABA system, kava is not tolerance forming. In fact, it actually increases GABA receptor sensitivity over...

...substantially reduced my anxiety (see this post), and turmeric (not the same as curcumin) reduces gut inflammation also. Have you looked into kava kava? Unlike benzodiazepines which can desensitize the GABA receptor over time (leading to tolerance and withdrawal), kava actually increases...

...But is is hard to increase the GABAergic system in a safe way. Benzodiazepines can do it, but have issues of tolerance and withdrawal. Kava kava may be the best option: this increases the number of GABA binding sites over time. My anxiety levels greatly increased after catching...

Have you looked into the herb kava kava as a mind calming treatment? It is banned in Europe (because very, very rarely, it can cause liver issues), but is available in the US, where I buy mind. I find doses of around 1 or 2 grams effective for calming down an agitated mind. If he has a mental...

You definitely want to be on the lookout for any liver symptoms, since very rarely, kava can cause liver failure and death (I think there have been a total of three such cases in the world), which is why kava is banned in Europe, but it can be obtained in the US.

...ME/CFS treatments, PEM busters which work for one patient may not work for the next. This anti-PEM effect of benzos makes me wonder whether kava kava (Piper methysticum) might have anti-PEM effects, as kava has sensitizing effects on the GABA receptors: this herb it is thought will actually...

...using N-acetyl glucosamine (thus addressing the possible root cause of high glutamate), or increasing GABA binding site density with kava kava. Note that excitotoxicity (where glutamate actually kills neurons) does not occur until glutamate levels are very high, and there is no evidence of...

...there is a study which suggests that is the case. This I think is why some people only start to experience the anti-anxiety relaxing effects of kava after about 2 weeks of daily dosing. But other people (like me) find kava usually has immediate relaxing effects, that appear within an hour or...

...can have withdrawal symptoms as bad as benzodiazepines. One potent GABA system-targeting supplement which is not subject to tolerance is kava kava. In fact, rather than desensitizing the GABA system over time, there is evidence that kava kava actually makes it more sensitive. So you get...

...brain inflammation then, as I suspect NAG and the other supplements work by reducing brain inflammation, which in turn should reduce glutamate in the brain. Kava kava is an interesting anti-anxiety treatment to look at, which targets GABA receptors. It's banned in Europe, but available in...

...then you don't get the tolerance issue. So taurine is great for short-term anti-anxiety treatment. You might also like to look into the herb kava. This has quite potent relaxing effects, but works in a sort of different mental dimension to the above anti-anxiety supplements. A post about...

I don't really know too much about it, but found this paper indicating that it may help with benzodiazepine withdrawal. I would also look into kava kava, if you have not done so already. This herb not only activates GABA and relaxes you, but also it thought to increase the number of GABA...

I think you may have been unlucky with that. Kava is banned in the EU, but I've never had any trouble importing it from the US, though I've only bought kava on maybe 4 or 5 occasions.

If you cannot buy via KWK, the following also ship to the UK, and are considered high quality: cactuskava.com bulakavahouse.com Here is a list of kava vendors who ship to the UK.

Here are some more kava contraindications:

By the way, although the billion to one chance of getting liver failure from kava is thought only to occur if you consume kava leaves or kava stem, and high quality suppliers should only sell kava root which is considered safe, nevertheless, just to be extra cautious, it may be advisable not to...

That's strange that you should get stimulated on kava. I found a comment here that may be relevant: I don't know if you find the stimulant effects good or not, but if you don't find them desirable, then perhaps a low kavain kava might suit. Though looking at the chemotype list, it seems most...

I notice effects at doses around 500 mg of micronized kava. Whereas on the jar of micronized kava powder I bought, it recommends a dose of 2 to 4 teaspoons, with a heaped teaspoon weighing around 4 grams. I've tried doses up to 2 grams.

This study suggests kava does increase GABA-A binding site density over time. I think this is why some people report only noticing the benefits of kava after about two weeks daily usage, when the GABA receptor binding sites have built up. Though I find rapid calming and relaxing effects from...

...GABA-A and GABA-B receptor. I imagine the tolerance – addiction – withdrawal symptoms arise more from its effects on GABA-A. I am suggesting kava might be used in place of phenibut, rather than for mitigating phenibut withdrawal. Interestingly, kava actually has anti-tolerance effects...

Some people suggest phenibut is worse than benzodiazepines for withdrawal symptoms. I don't think there are any easy answers. You might look into kava kava as an alternative. Like phenibut kava also works on GABA receptors, but unlike phenibut does not have addictive properties.

One exception to this rule is the herb kava kava (Piper methysticum), that has reverse-tolerance effects, and over time actually builds up the number of GABA-A binding sites in the brain, thus boosting GABAergic effects. Ref: 1 Two other supplements which also have reverse-tolerance effects and...

For GABA, you might look into the herb kava kava, which increases the sensitivity of the GABA receptors. However, another approach is to focus on reducing glutamate levels, as glutamate has the opposite effect to GABA (GABA relaxes neurons, whereas glutamate stimulates them). So you can get an...

Ethanol acts on the GABA-A receptors, so perhaps consider a herb like kava kava which works on the same receptors (a study shows it up-regulates GABA-A density). Benzodiazepine drugs also work on GABA-A receptors, but careful with the addition/withdrawal adverse effects. Baclofen is a drugs...

...ways to reduce your ME/CFS "wired but tired" hyperaroused brain state Supplements on that thread such as N-acetyl-glucosamine (NAG) 700 mg, kava kava herb and N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) 500 mg in particular may be worth trying. NAG may be inadvisable in Lyme though, theoretically anyway. If...

The story about kava and the liver is complex, so you might want to Google it. I have not tried benzodiazepines, so cannot compare. It not possible to predict beforehand whether NAG will work for you. You'll only know if you try it.