I suppose theoretically its possible to OD from Kratom. You can "OD" on just about anything, too much water can kill you. But with recreational drug use, I imagine Kratom alone wouldn't be possible. Your body would likely purge it and have you throwing up for an hour. Now if you were already on a bunch of other sedatives/downers that were depressing your breathing, then its possible a high Kratom dose can push you over the edge.
The drug itself is the trash-tier of "legal highs." Very dirty high that comes with an abundance of unwanted side effects. Even if you manage to stomach it and not throw up a large dose; the high would be very weak. Of course this is just me shooting blanks, Ive never actually tried it but my friends/acquaintances all had identical experiences. Personally I dont see much value in it. For opiate withdrawals there are more effective and potent legal fixes like poppy seed tea. But I guess if your trying to legitimately get off opiates, and not just stave withdrawals, Kratom could be helpful since it wont feed the addiction as its not an opiate.
Anyone know if Kratom is physically addicting? Be curious to know the nature of Kratom withdrawal, assuming it has one.
Dude, I'm actually finding your post VERY annoying because you ADMIT to not knowing anything about Kratom and yet you assume all sorts of things that are incorrect.
First off, I actually believe it is impossible to OD on Kratom and if anyone could I would have.
Studies have been done, I've read a few, and the amount you'd have to take to OD would have you throwing up long before you could.
If you mix it with other things the other things could kill you, and that's happened a few times, but it's always the other things, which is why Kratom gets a bad rap and it's never killed anyone by itself to my knowledge.
You're saying it's a "dirty high" is IMO PURE BULLSHIT.
Kratom is my favorite drug of all time and the high is NOT weak.
It is SERIOUSLY euphoric and some posters on here have said they find it more euphoric than prescription opioids.
It is SUPER clean, makes you feel energetic, optimistic, relaxed, and you can do anything on it while not being negatively effected really.
I've played sports on it and it improved performance, worked on it, studied on it, etc.
It's SO much better than real opiates and safer.
It is also good for hangovers, depression, anxiety and pain.
That being said, yes, it is physically addicting but you need to really over do it and it needs to be respected.
For me, I will be very tired and depressed for about 3 days and get a runny nose and need to sleep a lot.
Another thing is that Kratom differs depending on your source and headshop Kratom for example SUCKS and your friends may have tried bad stuff, or maybe not, but everyone reacts to substances differently.
Even if your friends had those experiences, you didn't, and even IF you DID, that's still just your experience, which you admitted you didn't even have.
LOTS of people LOVE Kratom and it is also good medicinally.
Don't pretend you know about something if you don't because uneducated opinions are not worth much.