Really? Haven’t heard that it works for colds lol. I take it for a little boost during the day…I feel like it would make it harder to relax on it.
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krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
Kratom.
If I’m sick as a fucking dog I’ll take some kratom. Bass boom bass bing I feel infinitely better. It’s relatively energizing at lower dosss, more sedating at higher does (though I can’t sleep on the stuff, so I’ll only take it up to about 6 hours before bedtime).
It takes quite a while and huge fucking doses for dependence to build up, so I stop taking it when I’m not sick anymore.
gilokee@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
A good green or maeng da will be more sedating.
It still does give you a bit of a boost but if you’re sick that’s kind of what you want, no? To not feel like death and be somewhat functional?
Anyway YMMV
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I just saw a video the other day about some guy who got seriously addicted to that stuff.
He started out as an occasional user and even set a “never two days in a row” rule for himself, until he broke it. It fucked him up bad. Do be careful.
Venator@lemmy.nz 11 hours ago
Link to the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLObpcBR2yw
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Yeah, that’s the one!
Dasus@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Well it’s essentially just herbal opioids, so yeah, it will make you dependent then you can ease that dependence by getting even a harder dependence from like Oxy or fentanyl.
This is the actively ingredient in kratom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitragynine
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
I was dependent on it once, and took about a kilo and a half a month.
The shit does not fuck you up in the slightest. The downsides: enormous monster shits that clogged every toilet I took a shit in. I woke up after sleeping for four hours and had to take some more kratom. I was a little dozy.
Pros: didn’t eat as much. The depression I’d suffered at the time was gone. I was able to keep up a daily exercise regiment and strict diet for almost a year. My add symptoms were pretty much gone. My back pain was nonexistent. I was genuinely content, like all the time.
Neutral: no sex drive at all.
When I decided to get off it I just titrated over two months. The process sucked but I’ve gone through worse shit.
I’ve done it shitloads of time since then, and given that the withdrawals sucked have never had an issue with doing large amounts for multiple days in a row. I don’t want to.
The shit helped me through a very tough time in my life, caused no long lasting physical side effects, left me with a physique I’d wanted my whole life, a good job, and mostly positive things to say about the experience.
I wouldn’t do it again mainly just because it’s so fucking inconvenient having to drink green sludge every four hours, but.
Oh no. The horror. What a hell my life became on kratom, ahhhhhh
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
That kind of sounds like it fucked you up. Glad to hear you’re doing better.
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
Sure. If you’re illiterate I guess it does.