Took it for an old injury in high doses it behaves almost exactly like a narcotic.
Be careful you don’t get yourself a dui from using it
Kratom?
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I take the red Kratom, it works wonders for helping me sleep at night. I am able to pass an FAA aviation 1st class medical with zero issues.
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Lots of misinformation about Kratom in this thread. Brief background on me. I was a pain killer addict over 18 years ago, got on a suboxone program to quit pills and then used Kratom to get off suboxone. I have been taking kratom about 3 years now. Kratom is definitely addictive. The withdrawl can be just as bad as getting off opiates. I have been through opiate withdrawl many times so I have something to compare it to. Kratom does get you high if you take enough. For me the effects of taking too much mimic alcohol. Slurred speech, trouble with balance, confusion, I've took too much before and my body shook so much I could hardly stand up. I'm not a heavy user. I take it once in the morning and sporadically in the afternoon. You can't always judge how a dose will effect you. Sometimes you get a stronger batch. I have been trying to quit for a while now and have been having trouble. I want to change my career to a truck driver but won't until I get this under control. The withdrawl has kept me hooked. I can hardly get out of bed if I don't take it. I'm in a few Kratom addiction support groups and lots of people in the groups have claimed to fail drug tests and only take kratom. I think that is probably because you never know what you are getting with an unregulated product from 3rd world countries. It may not be the kratom making them fail but other things mixed with it. People in the groups have also reported seizures, hair loss and low testosterone. No one really knows for sure because it is an unregulated, untested product. When I first started taking it people talked about it like it was the greatest thing in the world. 100% safe. After 3 years I can tell you it was all a lie. People won't tell you the bad parts because they are afraid it will get banned. Definitely not safe to operate a truck while on it. Please think twice before getting yourself caught up in the lie.
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It just feels like a really crappy opiate that makes you dizzy and does god knows what to your body.
I remember the last time I took it about 5 years ago, I was on a train and suddenly my hearing just completely shut off, I saw colored circles and felt like I was about to pass out. I suddenly started sweating and was fine about 5 minutes later. My friend said I turned white as a ghost for a minute. Don’t take it while driving. -
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I've been on high doses up to 7 grams a day and while the withdrawals are no joke, I had no trouble quitting multiple times using a fast taper method. I have to imagine that getting off of actual opiates would be much more difficult.
Also that's a lot of fiber so watch out for constipation.
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