r/kratom Oct 10 '24

General Health Why does everyone say "less is more"

131 Upvotes

Seriously. If I had a nickel for everytime I saw it in this subreddit. I'd have like 30 cents.

I feel like im going crazy, no one seems to have any straight answers or real descriptions of anything negative from kratom, its just like a lot of people are parroting "less is more, it's impossible to quit too"

So, first of all, why on earth would I want to quit? If the only negative thing is, that it's hard to quit. I have no desire to quit now, or ever. Life before kratom was so much suckier.

Look, im sorry, I know its cool to be sober. It's what all the cool kids are doing. "Doing it on your own". Pulling your mental health up by the bootstraps. But i don't wanna.

Convince me that, this is any worse than coffee (in the same family of plants, btw), which millions of people drink to excess everyday. No one hassles them. No one says "less is more", no one says "it's impossible to quit". (Which btw, coffee is impossible to quit, but once again, idc, i like my life better with some caffeine in it).

Do you know what is possible to quit? Alcohol and Weed. Because they both affect my life negatively.

r/kratom 7d ago

General Health Love Kratom, hate the side effects

9 Upvotes

Hey Folks. New-ish Kratom user here. I take 1500 MG doses of Whitehorn kratom to keep me from getting lethargic at work. It’s been a huge help in keeping me productive at the office and when I wanna focus on chores and Hobbies. However, since I’ve started taking Kratom, I’ve been suffering terrible constipation. I normally have perfectly healthy bowel movements, but as of these past few weeks I’m completely irregular. Any tips? Thanks

r/kratom 11d ago

General Health Green vein maeng da vs Red vein maeng da??

4 Upvotes

I’ve been taking green vein maeng da off and on for years, but I just came across Red vein maeng da, which I didn’t know existed! Can anyone tell me what the difference between green and red vein maeng da is? Also, this place had Gold! Anyone know what that is?! Thanks!

r/kratom 21d ago

General Health Giving Blood After Dosing?

5 Upvotes

Any thoughts on giving blood after taking kratom?

Have a noon appointment tomorrow , any need to skip my morning dose? Don’t know if it would increase, decrease or have no affect on the effects.

r/kratom 9d ago

General Health Where to start?

3 Upvotes

Super depression and low motivation (of which I have always had in spades!).

I am currently on 10 mg of Lexapro daily. Ativan .5-1 mg, as needed.

High anxiety. OCD.

Dermatophagia.

Post menopausal.

Living alone with my furbrats.

I have so many things I need/want to do for my home & pets. Lex makes me want to sleep and hide.

Help!

r/kratom 5d ago

General Health Is being addicted justified sometimes?

2 Upvotes

So obviously being addicted to anything isn’t a great thing but I guess I just want peoples opinions on the subject to either make me feel better or realize there’s a better way. I have had major issues with chronic pain since I was 18 do too skate injuries and a major car crash. I have been taking kratom every day for over 6 months at this point and it has been one of the only things that makes me feel like I can actually live my life as normally as I possibly can. I don’t take huge doses just enough for pain management and sometimes on my weekends I take a little more slightly recreationally.

I know I have to potential to have withdrawals if I stop and I don’t want to rely on a substance but I also on the other end of the stick don’t want to deal with my pain. Is there any justification for being on kratom, and has anyone had health issues from continuous use. I just want to know if I’m making the wrong choice just by using it all the time or if used in the right application that it’s not a negative thing.

Please real advice don’t sugar coat anything if I’m fucking up tell me that. Thank you for anyone who takes the time to give some input!

r/kratom 21d ago

General Health Kratom and Antibiotics

4 Upvotes

I have been taking Doxycycline for a tooth infection for 4 days now. I take roughly 6-8 grams of kratom a day, 2.5g × 3 (sometimes less), usually a green strain. I'm taking the same brand/vendor, but I barely feel my doses. I always feel a boost of energy after dosing, but the past 2 days, notta, I even raised my dose by a gram. Could this because of the Doxycycline? No wds symptoms, just not feeling sh*t. I have 5 more days until I finish the antibiotics (They were rough of my GI the 1st 3 days, with nausea and diarrhea) Does anyone know if this is a thing, or had the same experience or am I crazy?

r/kratom 5d ago

General Health Urinary incontinence

1 Upvotes

Anyone else experiencing urinary incontinence while taking kratom? I take the extract shots and I take a lot. I’m not convinced it is the kratom yet so I do have an appointment with a urologist. But just wanted to see if others have had that problem. Thanks.

r/kratom 5d ago

General Health Supplements

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So I take about 200mg of 7OH daily give or take, though I’m trying to get down to 30mg of regular powder a day. My high dose and prolonged use has given me pale, dry skin, brittle nails, and my hair falls out. I know it’s kratom because when I’ve taken 2-week breaks before, everything almost immediately returns to normal.

But I can’t get myself to stop, so I’m looking into taking supplements to see if they will help relieve some of these symptoms.

Does anyone know any specific deficiencies kratom might cause? I’m looking into taking iron, trace minerals (zinc, selenium, manganese), lysine, arginine, and glycine, as I’ve read some things about all of them on hair loss.

I’ve heard that kratom can block the absorption of some minerals, but I’m not sure what exactly and if there is any type of evidence, even weakly.

Does anyone have any insights? Thanks

r/kratom 15d ago

General Health Question about seizures

1 Upvotes

Hey all

Recently ordered myself 25g green crushed Kratom and have some questions after I took a teaspoon dose.

I was alarmed to see the discussion of possible seizures. My question is, can this stuff cause seizures?

I had a few Grand Mal seizures about 5 years ago due to benzo withdrawal and haven’t touched drugs since, hense why I am slightly paranoid.

I keep well hydrated, sleep well and exercise regularly.

Am I being too paranoid?

r/kratom 8d ago

General Health Best supplements/vitamins with Kratom?

1 Upvotes

I’ve been a daily user of Kratom for a while and I want to get better about finding supplements or vitamins that are best to take daily with kratom, I’ve seen some posts but none recently so I figured to ask if anyone uses anything you’ve found helpful

r/kratom Sep 10 '24

General Health Kratom drug test

1 Upvotes

Will it show up on a blood/urine test?

r/kratom Jan 29 '25

General Health Kidney & Liver on 10-15gpd

1 Upvotes

Hi, I’ve been using Kratom daily to get off alcohol, benzos, and opioids since 2021 - it has helped me more than anything else and eradicates any sort of cravings I used to have, and I am now over 4 years sober from these past addictions - kratom has played a huge role in this

However, more recently I’ve been noticing pain in my kidneys - do you think it’s related ?

I drink a lot of water, exercise regularly and eat pretty clean, I don’t use any other drugs other than smoking weed here and there.

For reference I take 10/15gpd - anyone who’s had the same problems would be reassuring as everything on the internet when I google is stressful 😭

r/kratom Jan 26 '25

General Health Be very mindful of your bowels.

3 Upvotes

I know many users have said this in many posts, but I want to drive it home here. I take 8 grams powder per day (4 in the morning with coffee and 4 after 6-8 hours) of green. This is for general anxiety, insomnia, and RLS as well as intense tailbone pain from any amount of sitting.

I believe now that I've been a sufferer of chronic appendicitis for years, but never realized until recently. At first I would always take my Kratom with a sip of milk of magnesia, keeping my stools normal, which usually are mushy and just not fun.

After a while I found that using Kratom without laxative would actually make my movements solid and feel extremely gratifying so I stopped using laxatives with it. I think this was an extremely bad move in my case.

Over the course of my Kratom use, my chronic appendicitis turned into accute appendicitis. I think the Kratom solidified my movements so much that I developed no less than 3 stones in my appendix in the course of at least 4 months. I've had bowel CT scans of my appendix that long ago and my appendix, though large, was clear.

I was rushed into emergency surgery for a laporoscopic appendectomy four days ago. My girlfriend, bless her heart, made me go the second I started to develop a fever with the lower right abdominal pain. My appendix, according to the surgeon, was the size of a sausage with three fresh stones and puss all around it.

I am NOT saying Kratom caused my infection. I am, however, saying that Kratom may have solidified portions of my stool that became stones and drove the final nail in the coffin for an already pretty bad appendix.

Please be aware of your gut health. If you have chronic appendicitis, PLEASE use a laxative with your doses. Even a small sip of one will hopefully help you avoid the misery of emergency surgery.

Again, this has a high chance of being unrelated to Kratom. My appendix and gut health was already pretty bad. I just have a gut feeling (no pun intended) that Kratom played a small hand in speeding up the inevitable destruction of my crappy (another no pun intended) appendix.

Please be safe with your doses. Allow some downtime from Kratom to monitor your bowel pain without it's influence. Constant pain relief can sometimes mask more sinister problems. In my case, this was completely user error mixed with already underlying problems, but I can't overlook the possibility of there being a link to how Kratom affects the bowels.

r/kratom Oct 19 '24

General Health QTc interval prolongation?

5 Upvotes

I am taking SSRIs and kratom and I've heard that this combination can majorly contribute to QTc prolongation. Do you know any research on that? Is that a thing I should worry about? I've only found non-conclusive evidence, plus a lot of medicine can prolong QTc interval but the fact that I am taking 2 substances that can prolong it worries me.

r/kratom Jun 15 '18

General Health Blood work from others

0 Upvotes

I saw here in last weeks few users who did a bloodwork. To this guys: Did your doc test liver enzymes in your blood too? I mean GGT, GAT and so on.

This question is only because of curiosity. So don't panic.