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Re: Anyone know about Relora and or Kava Kava ?

Posted by Lao Tzu on December 4, 2008, at 10:33:11

In reply to Anyone know about Relora and or Kava Kava ?, posted by KimStereo on November 19, 2008, at 17:13:54

No, no, no Kava does not work just like benzos. I used it for about 1 year without any problems. It helped my anxiety a lot. In fact, it was the best herb I ever tried for anxiety. No other herb matches it. Some say it has an effect like an MAO antidepressant. It may do other things too. I had severe panic attacks years ago. I used Kava everyday for at least a year, maybe more. At the time, I wasn't taking any pharmaceutical medications, just doing it naturally, along with St. John's Wort. I was taking a modest dose per day, not overdosing on it because taking too high a dose of kava can cause overstimulation, which I learned very quickly. So be careful to take the lowest dose that helps you. You don't need much of it. Also, it only works for several hours, not the whole day. So I would take it in the morning, and by lunch time it would wear off, so for the remainder of the day I would have to deal with my anxiety a different way. I've heard passionflower may be good for anxiety as well, but I don't know how well it compares to kava. I finally turned to taking pharmaceutical antidepressants for my anxiety, which seemed to help. Not a cure, but the medicine did help somewhat. I also took Ativan as needed for extreme situational anxiety. The problem is, I always wanted the Ativan. I've heard that certain MAO antidepressants may be better for social anxiety than the SSRI antidepressants. However, I've been on Zoloft for three years now, and it does help with generalized anxiety quite a bit. The only downside to kava is, don't mix it with pharmaceutical antidepressants. I think there can be a drug interaction between the two.


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