Allows Me to Work
Kratom
Citation: Professor A. "Allows Me to Work: An Experience with Kratom (exp114727)". Erowid.org. Sep 22, 2020. erowid.org/exp/114727
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3 - 4 g | oral | Kratom |
BODY WEIGHT: | 230 lb |
In college I had my wisdom teeth taken out and was given 10 opioid pain killers pills of some kind. Besides the pain relief, I liked the effect. So, starting then, I occasionally took opioids for fun or relief when available. I hoarded them from say, a prescription after a hernia operation or when friends had pain-killing leftovers. When they died, my parents medicine cabinet gave me a supply that lasted a decade or so. Now, mostly due to lack of opioid availability, I have switched almost entirely from narcotics to Kratom.
My typical opioid dose was about 2.5 mg of oxycontin or 5 mg of morphine. That's half or quarter of a typical prescribed pill. I don't know the difference in the effect of one of these opioids from another. And even tramadol seems to have the same effect. And the magnitude of the effect is about that of 2 beers. 3-4 grams of Kratom (3-4 extra large capsules) is about the same magnitude effect. Kratom is identical to opioids, in effects on me, except that it is shorter lasting. I have mostly lost the Kratom glow after 2 hours, and the opioids last more like 4, I think.
For decades now, I have took those opioids about 1 to 10 times a month. And that is now switched, mostly, to Kratom [Maeng Da]. As far as I can tell the effects of opioids and Kratom on me are the same, only that the Kratom is shorter lasting and doesn't give me constipation.
Why Kratom and not beer? Alcohol and opioids are both mood enhancers for me. Alcohol makes me tired, opioids and Kratom do not. Alcohol makes it harder to focus, opioids and Kratom make it easier. Alcohol reduces my physical coordination, Kratom seems to have no effect. Alcohol visibly changes my personality (more talkative, less attentive, more belligerent), Kratom is not visible to the outside, besides my mood being good. Alcohol might reduce the anxiety of procrastination, but it doesn't help me get things done. I can get things done with Kratom.
In recent years I take Kratom 1-3 times a week and mostly for particular events. I take it before I give a lecture, so that I will have a more positive attitude towards my audience
In recent years I take Kratom 1-3 times a week and mostly for particular events. I take it before I give a lecture, so that I will have a more positive attitude towards my audience
If I was not afraid of habituation, I would take Kratom every day. Maybe twice a day. I think I am a better person in all ways when I take it. I am not afraid of addiction because if you could give me that choice, I would commit to living with the effects of Kratom on my life from this second until the end. I don't feel any downside. I would be a happier and more successful person if I had Kratom effects in my blood for all of the past 50 years. So it seems to me. And I write this days away from my most recent Kratom experience. If there was a switch called "Live with the Kratom effect" I would switch it.
Exp Year: 2020 | ExpID: 114727 |
Gender: Male | |
Age at time of experience: 67 | |
Published: Sep 22, 2020 | Views: 681 |
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Kratom (203) : Various (28), Therapeutic Intent or Outcome (49), Performance Enhancement (50), Retrospective / Summary (11) |
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