Kava Kava?


Question:
I have a bad social phobia. Has anyone had experience with kava kava? Does it help? Do you know of any medication that helps??

Answers:
I have heard very bad things about Kava-kava. It is easily overdosed and highly poisonous if taken improperly.

I suggest a drug free treatment, like immersion therapy--where you are forced to confront what you fear. If combined with a good talk therapist, you will learn why you feel afraid, and then be able to conquer it.
Good luck to you--life is mighty dull when you can't go out & whoop it up once in a while.
Kava kava is speed; it will make phobia worse, not better. Similar to cocaine or caffeine.
i've heard some people get nervous from it. paxil has been used to treat social anxiety. check with your doctor.
Talk therapy is the best cure for social phobia. There are medications, particularly anti-Ds that can help, but it's much wiser to invest some real effort and energy in working through the reasons that you have social phobia in the first place.

Kava-kava is like any other OTC supplement - you don't know exactly what you are getting, and it could have negative health effects that you didn't know you were getting.
Here is a website you can browse for answers
www.panicsurvivor.com Good luck to you.
See social anxiety, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris... on page 9, and the Kava Kava warning, on page 2.
besides the taste of kava kava i havent had any success with it at all
XANAX Tablet, for oral administration, of 0.25, or 0.5,mg of alprazolam. that should do the trick younedd a prescription but its worth it
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