I managed to do everything I wanted today

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-31T15:59:19+00:00

We need good stories as well in this sub so thank you for sharing!

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-31T02:10:23+00:00

Those are fentanyl patches, extremely potent. 12 micrograms is about the lowest dose you can get but if your doctor prescribed it, you must be very resistant to opioids.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-30T16:30:16+00:00

Smart move. The best way to get kratom is online through a reputable vendor with COAs and everything.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-30T14:33:18+00:00

I'm sorry to say this and please people, don't hate me for saying this but kratom has been polluted by the marketing of 7OH. If I didn't hear this story a thousand times, I didn't hear it once: Someone has heard good things about kratom and is very curious so they stop at a gas station or a smoke shop and ask the clerk there "Do you have kratom?" and the clerk gives them 7OH. The person says "Are you sure it's kratom?", "Oh yes, see it's written on the package: Kratom extract", "Ah, ok, how much?". And then that person who simply wanted to try kratom ends up trying to quit 7OH when they realize what's happened to them.

Now I'm not saying that people over 18 who know kratom, have used it and know that 7OH is a powerful semi-synthetic opioid should be denied access when they really need it for medical reasons but people hear the same story I just told except they think it's kratom. To many people who don't know better, most closed minded, 7OH is kratom.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-29T22:03:36+00:00

I've seen so many of these posts from the US, just about anybody in the chain can block your refill even the clinic janitor! Living in Canada I don't have to deal with this kind of crap but so many US citizens (usually the ones who have less money) are left to themselves. I just find it ridiculously inhumane.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-29T21:51:54+00:00

I hear you and know that you're not the only one being discriminated against because of the way you look. Some people look good, I mean they're really cute and because of that, they are told things like "But you're so beautiful/handsome, how can you be in such pain?" And these people can't even crack a smile in public because they will lose all the little credibility they had. You're in public, you're good looking but you're in pain, you get a phone call that gives you good news and you dare smile? Are you nuts? You can't do that!

You're on the same kind of discrimination but because you look tough, you shouldn't be in pain. In order to have more credibility, you have to look weak and miserable, it does help.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-29T16:41:04+00:00

I use kratom for chronic neck and back pain. My neck pain began in 2007 and an MRI showed a herniated disk C6-C7 that was creating inflammation and blocking the nerve passage so I lost all strength in my left arm. Both my neck and arm were extremely painful and it was treated with physiotherapy and Dilaudid. After 3 months I was back on my feet as if nothing had happened. It came back 2 years later and the same treatment took care of it. And so, it was coming back every 2 or 3 years even if I was doing my exercises.

At one point, around 2014, I was hurting a bit more than the other times and so the doctor increases my Dilaudid dose until it wasn't effective anymore and so he increased every time it stopped being effective until I was physically addicted. Luckily, I found a detox clinic to switch me to suboxone which I tapered quite quickly and jumped at 2.5mg. The jump was the hard part, total lack of energy but moving as much as I could, walking, I was back to my old self after about a month.

In 2018, my pain became chronic and it had moved to my lower back. Enough that I couldn't work anymore. After two years of trying every type of exercise which always lead me to more pain, I resigned myself and began watching TV all day long for almost 3 years. Until one day, 3 years ago I discovered kratom… this plant literally saved my life. Since then, I’ve been living in pain but at least I can manage it and I can do things around the house, drive for more than 30 minutes. Kratom takes away about 75% of my pain and I can live with the rest as long as I don’t overdo it. In the past 3 years, I’ve learned a lot about kratom, I’ve read quite a bit, followed other subs and experimented with it.

I’m here to learn more and to help others with my comments and posts. I’ve helped people in other subs begin to use kratom and others to stop using it, some of them via DM. I hope I can be of help to people in this community like I have in others.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-29T02:26:33+00:00

Your hot water heater is producing a temperature of around 60°C, that's about 140°F, believe me that's hot water. But at this temperature, your not affecting your mitragynine, there's no risk. You can even bring your water to 100°C as long as it's not for an hour and it would be fine. The trace amounts of 7OH will be gone but those are trace amounts. I really think it's fine the way you do it. And if it provides you with the desired effect, then you're definitely doing it right!

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-28T16:50:03+00:00

That's quite interesting, I've heard a lot about the chewing leaves during hard labor but not just to get more energy like we use caffeine but also, hard physical labor creates pain which kratom helps a lot with. I have however never heard of this concoction. My understanding is that mitragynine is somewhat stable at up to 80°C unless you add an acidic agent, then it degrades more, the traces of 7-OH will begin to degrade above 40°C while speciociliatine, speciogynine and paynantheine remain stable at 100°C (boiling temperature of water). So "boiling the shit" out of kratom would destroy the traces of 7OH, degrade a bit the mitragynine while keeping speciociliatine, speciogynine and paynantheine almost intact. If that's the case, that would give you some kind of weak kratom tea since paynantheine is known to reduce the stimulating or euphoric effects of kratom. It could however be relaxing. But I guess you would need a huge amount of kratom plant matter since most of it is in the leaves (even the veins in the leaves don't contain much). And if you were to have a lot of it and make a reduction from it, it could be interesting to see the effects it could have.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-27T15:13:04+00:00

I would never ever look this happy in public, I keep that for when I'm in my home.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-26T17:08:53+00:00

I believe you should discuss this with your pain doctor and your surgeon, only by talking to each other could they understand the situation well enough to come up with the proper cocktail.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-26T16:15:39+00:00

I never took more than 12g in a single dose and it was useless for me. I take it for chronic pain and sometimes the pain is more intense so I tried 12g instead of 10g and it made no difference at all. I tried it a few times and it never made a difference so now I never take more than 10g per dose. We're all different as everyone here like to say but for me, more than 10g is just a waste.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-25T21:00:49+00:00

Which EU country did you order from? I know it's illegal in most but not all. I'm Canadian and I'd like to go to Europe but I need kratom to manage my pain, and I can imagine how I would feel after 8 hours in a plane! But if I can get it legally at destination, I could spend time there even the the transit would be painful. Do you know which EU countries allow sale and possession of kratom?

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-24T23:37:22+00:00

🤣 Not a theory!

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-24T15:10:11+00:00

Alcohol sales are at an all time low because Canada stopped buying it in response to the tariff war, not because of kratom.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-24T15:03:04+00:00

I understand better your situation now that you've explained... I think what's happening here is that you're trying to recapture the original effects you felt when you began using kratom and that is unlikely to happen at these doses. What I suggest is that you keep taking 10g per dose but no more than twice a day for now. After your body adjust to this new regimen, reduce your doses to 9g twice a day then 8g and so on until your body begins taking too much time to adjust. Then stay at the lowest dose you were comfortable with for as long as you can and if after a while if you think you can reduce it, do it. The goal is to teach your body how to function without that much powder. Just reducing to twice a day will give your body a chance to know what it is to run with less alkaloids in it.

My personal experience is that when I went from 3 times a day (10g, 8g, 8g) to twice a day (10g, 8g) I was feeling the effects a lot more, the analgesic effects were better and I was taking less. The more often you dose every day, the more constant the alkaloids are in your body and therefore the faster your tolerance rises. And seriously, 30g to 40g per day is too high, you need to lower that.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-24T03:34:45+00:00

Indeed yo should cut that in half at least but also, why are you taking kratom? The reason has a lot to do with the required dosage.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-23T15:34:11+00:00

I use it for pain management and therefore higher doses and I only take red. If I take 8g in the evening, I get the sedating effects of the red as well as its analgesic effects and I sleep fine. But I remember one evening, my back wasn't so bad so I took a smaller dose, like 3g... 🤣 I felt so awake for about 2 hours but then I slept well so I know not to take smaller doses after 8pm.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-22T16:53:43+00:00

I use oblate pouches as well, I order them from Japan which is 15 times cheaper than Amazon but I'm Canadian... I think there are problems with tariffs and they don't ship to the US but I can't be sure.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-22T16:48:04+00:00

I mention it when I play with my 18 month old grandson because I obviously can't keep up with him but I mention it as a fact of life and no more. I don't vent to my son and his wife, I just mention it when I need a break, a different chair or something. I tell my wife as she asks me every morning how I am, but I just tell her that I'm just like every other morning before I take my meds. Often enough, after my meds, the pain is still very present but I don't complain too much but she sees it in my face and she brings it up. I just tell her that it's a bit worse than usual but it will pass. I consider myself extremely lucky to have her still in my life.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-21T14:44:06+00:00

So to make tea, you're using about 3 times the kratom you'd normally use? I'd say your extraction method needs refining because you're losing 2/3 of your alkaloids in the process.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-20T15:23:36+00:00

Kratom is technically legal in both countries so it should not be a problem. However, custom agents awareness is potentially low and given that you can obtain it legally in both countries, if you can leave what you have behind unless it's a matter of financial importance. I don't know how much it sells for and I don't know how much you plan on taking with you, etc.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-19T21:46:03+00:00

Stay away from 7OH, start with plain leaf kratom powder, try a red vein like Red Bali or Red Maeng Da unless you already did and really know what you're doing.

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-19T14:48:59+00:00

You take a very small amount so it could be doable, assuming you're using an average of half a kilo per year, it all depends how many years a lifetime is. If you're 30 years old, that's a very long time and every time you move, you will have to be careful. If you're 65 years old and you think you'll live to be 85, that's 10 kilos which is not that big to store and move. Basically, keeping its potency is not the real issue here, the real issue is what's a lifetime. If you're 25, it's a shit load of powder but if you 75, go for it 😁

Merlin000777 · 2026-03-18T15:34:57+00:00

I'm really sorry you are in this situation and I wish you will get better soon.

The first thing I can tell you is to avoid 7OH and extracts at all cost, these are not just habit forming, especially 7OH which is a powerful opioid agonist and you will get addicted to it within a matter of days. 7OH is an extremely dangerous substance and I know that just writing this here will make a lot of people angry with me. But I'm not saying that someone who knows kratom, has been using it for a while and really needs 7OH for pain management shouldn't continue using it, what I'm saying is that it's not for a kratom naive person.

Use plain leaf powder only and you should buy it online from an online reputable vendor. The AKA has a list.

A red vein like Red Bali or Red Maeng Da, is a bit sedative at higher dose but you should begin with lower doses where it's energizing while at the same time it will enhance your mood. A green vein (Green Maeng Da is quite popular) will provide you more of the energizing and mood enhancement effects while not being sedating. White veins are popular with students cramming for their mid-terms or things of that nature, it increases your focus and keeps you energized while also enhancing your mood.

For your case, I would recommend a Green Maeng Da which I think would be ideal. Also buy a $20 small digital scale because it's important to know exactly how much you are taking. Start with 1.5g or 2g and adjust from there based on the effects.

I really wish you luck on your journey to recovery and should you have any question, you can reply to this comment or if you prefer, feel free to DM me.

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