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I had pretty good experiences using kratom to alleviate body aches and give me a little energy but then I started getting nauseous off of it even after reducing the dosage. Been thinking about giving it another go because my back has been killing me.
Supposed to be basically a miracle drug for anxiety when dosed properly too, right?
you can get physically addicted to it and the withdrawals are unpleasant
I got off one of my anxiety prescription by taking kratom. Also cut down in my pain killer usage.
It does ease my anxiety but it takes some trial and error finding the sweet spot for dosage, also acts as an appetite suppressant at least for me.
Commonly used as an opiate replacement too
I love(d) kratom until it got banned where I live.
There are a few people who grow it in my region and I'm a little bit envious that I never got my hands tree myself, although that probably would have been my ruin. It's really worthwhile mentioning that kratom gets touted as being benign like cannabis does except kratom can be addictive and if you've ever come across a proper kratom addict it's very much apparent that kratom is an addictive drug.
Tbh I do clutch my pearls a bit when people extoll kratom's virtues for kicking opioid habits without the caution that you can trade one addiction for another.
Just use it safely and be smart, and if you're prone to addiction use it with a healthy amount of caution especially, if you do choose to use it.
Yeah I did a little research on what it would take to grow at one point and it seemed like you basically need a green house with temperature control. A friend did tell me he was basically addicted to it but I never experienced anything like that, I quit cigarettes cold turkey years ago and never really suffered for it.
Oh for sure, and there's degrees of addiction too.
I take prescribed stimulant meds and (assuming I remember to take them regularly lol) I get withdrawals if I forget to take them. I'm not selling valuable possessions or causing lots of damage to my life because of it but I am undeniably on the gentle, clinically-acceptable end of the addiction scale (not to diminish the seriousness of addiction here or anything, just trying to destigmatise.)
I've seen people who were full-blown kratom addicts before when I was younger and it really left an impression on me because I had the preconception that it was just a cool & fun herb. It made me understand that kratom use needs to be treated with due caution and that addiction isn't something that respects society's hierarchy of whichever drugs/activities are more acceptable.
Nausea is normal, make sure you take some carbs with your kratom. Bread with peanut butter works well for me. Also for pain try to get a red stain, it will make you a little sleepy as opposed to energized but helps much better with the pain.
I was using it for the better part of a year and had a pretty good routine for it before it started fucking with me and I had to pull over one morning to vomit. Was still getting real bad nausea even after cutting the dosage in half and decided to take a break but that was maybe 6 months ago.
Oh shit that sucks. I've been using it regularly for almost a decade, never even gotten withdrawal when I've taken break.
Yeah I've had friends tell me they had withdrawals but I've done a couple runs with it where I was taking a couple doses everyday for months and stopped without any ill effects.
I find the opposite, can't take it with food or I get nauseated