Risenshiner2
Greenlighter
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I tried getting off H with kratom. But omg it is awful. I gag all the time. How do you take it.
^good to see you around VE!
Yes kratom is pretty gross. The bitter flavor isn't as bad as PPT as far as I'm concerned, but kratom's grainy consistency is what really made it particularly distasteful when I took it. Eventually you'll get used to the flavor of kratom (at least to a degree) as you begin to associate pleasurable effects with taking it - makes it a little easier to get down (conditioning/motivation I guess).
There are a lot of descriptions of different ways to take it in Erowid experience reports.
The least disgusting method for me was capsules, but that is time consuming (if you fill them yourself) or a little ridiculously expensive (if you buy them prefilled). And having to take a lot of capsules can't be good for the gut as far as I can tell.
I heat up about 6 ounces of water in a cup and add a big glob of honey and a tea bag. I let the tea steep for a minute or two and then add about 4 grams of kratom powder and stir until the honey and the kratom powder dissolves (mostly). Then it goes down the hatch. I don't find the taste objectionable. Then again, I will eat a lemon like an apple and when I need to take an aspirin or two, I could just as easily chew them as wash them down with water.
One of the easiest quickest ways to consume Kratom - without having to taste it - is to parachute it. You basically dump 1-3 g onto a square of (clean) toilet paper, fold it up well, place in mouth and wash it down with something. Repeat however many times needed.
Don't try to do dump too much powder on to each square though. If you make the parachutes too big they can be difficult to swallow and they can also tear open more easily.
Capsules work too but it's pain in the ass filling them imo. You can also use a capsule filling machine but I never bothered, the toilet paper method is as quick and easy as it gets.