Posted by S.D. on May 23, 2000, at 21:29:28
In reply to Kava for sociability, posted by JohnB on May 18, 2000, at 3:20:58
> I've taken Kava a few times and it seemed to improve sociability as well as well as a mild relaxation.
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> Anyone else get these effects or have experiences they can share? Also someone on a previous post said it blocks seratonin. True?I've tried to find out as much about it as I can (see my post dr-bob.org/babble/ for some pointers to info.) and didn't find any mention of effects on serotonin ( increasing, decreasing, reuptake inhibitor or otherwise ).
I don't know about sociability per se, but I have generalized social phobia (AKA social anxiety disorder) and I've found it probably has decreased my anxiety, which may have let me broach some subjects with some people where I might have chickened out otherwise. It's kind of hard to quantify because I don't have a lot of social contact. So far it hasn't helped me to make *new* social contacts but in my case I think that is made more difficult by an actual lack of social skills.
A related symptom that it might have lessened, though not as much as when I took clonazepam a year ago, is 'self-censorship'. What I mean is I tend to be very inhibited about speaking and I hesitate, letting the opportunity escape, instead of just saying stuff without thinking much about it first.peace and health,
S.D.
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