Equilibrium. Sorta.

[naamah_darling]

As previously reported, I've been taking kava kava to control my panic attacks and overall misery level, and it's been working really well. So well, in fact, that I stopped taking it a few weeks back. I'd only taken small doses twice in the past three weeks

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[gothicbeauty21]

*hugs* Have a good weekend, Naamah. You've earned it.

[naamah_darling]

Thanks! I'm planning on having a really good time. :D

[sterlingspider]

I've found that valarian does wonders for my overall ability to cope with life.

I've only had kava in a tea which unfortunately had something kind of cloying in it so I can never drink a whole cup.

[naamah_darling]

Yeah, valerian is great stuff, but it smells like ASS! I can never manage to down anything with enough in it to make a difference in my temper. I use a liquid kava extract which tastes a little like rotten leaves, but it's at least not the stink of monkey butt! XD

[sterlingspider]

I take it in pill form, even then I can smell it through the bottle and I usually have to wash my hands after just holding the pills. But it doesn't do anything weird to my scent or breath, so for the reatively small annoyance it's worth it.

Right now I'm good with about 900 mg in the morning, but when things are particularly bad I will notice about 12 hours after my morning dose that I'm suddenly ruminating over arguments that either happened years ago or haven't happened at all (but might).

[ms_daisy_cutter]

Yeah, valerian is great stuff, but it smells like ASS!

I tried it once in lieu of antidepressants (BAD idea, long story). The taste can be disguised. My problem with valerian was that it gave me galloping nightmares.

I'm seeing a new doc in a few weeks. I gotta ask her about kava, and about 5-HTP.

[camel_pimp]

To prove the fact I am an insentative monkey, the first thing I thought was when I saw the word "chainsaws" I thought "Yes, but when he's done, everything will be veeeery quiet. Eerily, even." Then I realized you live in Oklahoma, not Texas. So close, and yet so far.

[naamah_darling]

*snickers madly*

[siamesegoth2]

I've been taking evening primrose at omega three with the seroxat, to copewith my manic depression, and AdAH , the latter is a fuck to deal with. So far it's working really well, so i know what you mean when you say your on an even keel for once.

Wonder if i should look into the kava? meh, anyway , have a good weekend.

[naamah_darling]

Kava's good for spot-treating my anxiety bullshit . . . like putting the brakes on something that's revving up or is in mid-screech. Using it every day regularly was really helpful, too. It just kept me from seesawing so damn much.

[orange_peacock]

Thank you for posting this! I realize it was for your benefit, not ours, but as someone who has been on over 20 Very Nasty Very Strong drugs in the past four years (four years this MONTH, to be precise) for treatment-resistant manic depression, I really appreciate hearing a perspective on alternative therapies from an intelligent person whose opinions I respect. I will squirrel this information away in my brain somewhere, and if I'm lucky, it might help me.

So thanks! :-)