Goddamn wiki.....who writes this stuff? :D
Bastion of willpower that I am, I threw in the towel
yet again this morning, day 4. I think trudging through knee deep snow in -20 weather, breaking ice out of the cow troughs on 4 hours of shoddy sleep mighta been the straw that broke the back. Maybe. Oh and the crushing anxiety and depression could have had something to do with it too

So drove to the shop, got sorted, and then ordered a ten day supply of better stuff.....ten days to see me through building this greenhouse, and whatever other justifications I had. That will leave 12 days until Mrs Amanitadine returns in early March from her gallivanting around for me to try, try, try again. But this weeks' tasks suddenly seem much more doable....cleaning out the angora rabbit barn? No problem. Packaging and sorting the 900kg of beef I am picking up from the slaughterhouse tomorrow? Easy peasy. Fucking off and sleeping in the hayloft? Check. Stopping Kratom again in ten days? Ehhh....well, I'll do my best.
Im actually seriously considering doing an Ibogaine session to address this. Not because Kratom is insurmountable, it isn't, but Ibo has always fascinated me, never tried it, and it really seems to peel back the layers of all sorts of addictions. And me I've got all sorts! Plus the novelty and it's crazy complex MOA just intrigue the shit outta me and have for years....that's a big one I have an
obligation to try...
Ironically a rogue Ibogaine provider I know (it is schedule 1 here in the states) says that in her limited experience Ibogaine isn't as effective for Kratom as it is for heroin, methadone, suboxone, etc. I'd wager that is because of kratoms vast diddling of various receptors. Ibogaine/noribogaine do you have affinity for the Mu, delta, and kappa receptors, but also exhibit NMDA antagonism, hitting various nicotinic receptors, potent SSRI, etc etc....they light up your receptors like a Christmas tree! And as it is quite successful for other addictions like cocaine, alcohol, and even porn and gambling I think it is worth a shot. Not some overpriced clinic but at home with a sitter....I've seen success stories online for Kratom dependance..
This provider also said however that her few experiences with using Ibogaine for Kratom were limited to UEI and FST addicts, which are the heroins of the Kratom world. Worse actually....the acutes off of a heavy bonafide FST (the real stuff comes from one source) habit really are worse than heroin. And it is a mystery as to what exactly is in "Full Spectrum Tincture".....it certainly isn't full spectrum as HPLC showed no mitragynine....but further attempts at analysis showed that whatever was in there was coryantheidine based, due to the fragments....I'm guessing it is a mix of mitragynine oxindoles, the pseudoindoxyl (33x the ki of morphine, at least in vitro) and 7-OH mitragynine. I've tried isolated 7-OH and it certainly lacks the punch of FST or UEI....and it has a ki of 17x that of morphine in vitro, but sure doesn't feel that way in vivo...at all. It is believed to be the primary opioid in Kratom, but is less than 1% of the total alkaloid content of Kratom, whereas mitragynine is like 60-70%. I've tried 98% pure mitragynine, and it wasn't that great either....oh Kratom you are a complex mistress! Competitive inhibition, the cornucopia of all the alkaloids, Wiccan Magyck, who the fuck knows...
(end babble, off to go slog in the shit of some animal....)