SpellmanT7
Bluelighter
When reading unpleasant/negative trip reports, it never fails to amaze me how:
A) The Bluelight forums and/or search engine + erowid, could almost certainly have provided enough information to prevent/limit the degree to which a user mistakenly set off on a journey into probable unpleasantness.
B) How set and setting are two words that so many people seem to think are applicable to preparing a table for guests.
C) The concept of starting with small doses is all too often ignored.
THAT SAID...
Let's look at an example where A and C were ignored, sadly by myself.
I'd obtained 5g of kratom powder, or to be exact '7% Mitragynine & Signature Alkaloid Blend'. As a total and utter opioid virgin (I don't count a small dose of codeine), the best strategy would be to gauge the effects of a gram over the course of an evening and base my next experience on that.
The best strategy that is.
(any times are approximated except the initial consumption and sphygmo readings)
19:36 - Mix 1 gram of powder into a glass of fruit juice. Mmm, not that unpleasant - a bit chalky tasting but I can handle this ok.
20:00 - I could certainly feel the stimulating effect and grabbed my digital sphygomamometer - quick check...BP was fine and my pulse was 99. A little faster than I'd have liked, consider I'm just sat on an armchair. Either way, it didn't worry me, and, deciding that this was the 'first stage of kratom' where it acted as a stimulant I decided to add another 2 grams to start activating those mu opioid receptors.
(apologies for any false/inaccurate statements - I just want to show my thought process at the time)
Yes, if I took more kratom then I'd get to the kratom as an opioid stage and leave the level of stimulation where it was. Hmmm.
20:02 - Mixed up a couple of grams of kratom - great, this'll put me on the path to an opioid high. Again, no trouble drinking the chalky, lumpy mixture. 'This is going to be where the fun begins', I told myself.
Over the next half an hour, I sat in wait for the gentle high that was on it's way...er, it was on it's way right? All I could feel was my heartbeat getting more and more rapid - this isn't what happens is it? Where's my opioid bliss? The stimulation does fade doesn't it??? What if it? Oh shit, what If the (now) far more obvious happens:*
As the opioid effects present themselves, the stimulatory effects continue to increase
*(I should mention, the thought above failed to occur to me at the time. I was sold on the original idea that the stimulation just f a d e d away like a feather on the wind).
I told myself to calm down. A pulse of 99 was hardly anything to be concerned about. The opioids would kick in and I'd see my pulse come down to a far more reasonable level.
Hey - why not just take another sphygmo reading?
Oh.
20:26 - BP was a little high but this time my pulse was...139? That's too high! Why aren't the opioids kicking in? All I'm doing is sitting in a chair for christ's sake. Oh WAIT! The opioids haven't kicked in yet!
I tried a smile but it was definitely forced. Hmm...two options - more (dumb) or no more (sensible).
And the winner is....MORE (of course, when the title says 5g kratom powder, the suspense is somewhat ruined). The final two grams were dumped into more fruit juice and gulped down with considerably more hesitation than the previous two drinks.
21:15 - Things did improve. I finally (though let's be honest - an hour in drug terms doesn't necessarily merit a 'finally') started to feel the opioids kicking in.
At this point, I was glad that I'd dragged a mattress downstairs as all I wanted to do was lie down and chill. The stimulant effects weren't about to disappear (the sphygmo was banished though) but now were accompanied by an occasionally blissful feeling of serenity.
Over the next few hours, I was pretty much superglued to that mattress. I'd had the foresight to stick a seinfeld dvd in the player and had now chosen to watch - or at least attempt to watch it. The more I relaxed, the less bothered I was that my heart was still auditioning for the Rio Carnival and my eyes had taken on a heavy 'hard to concentrate' mode of operation.
I found myself almost drifting off to sleep, for just 15-30 seconds. I would sometimes have mini dreams about bizarre scenarios - one of which was a classroom in which several dozen grown men insisted on running around like crazed men. I wish I could remember the others.
I smoked a few cigarettes whilst I was in this state - bad move. The lit end of one fell down my shirt and all I did was make a half-hearted attempt to pat it out. I'd pay for that later.
For me, kratom was just about worth dabbling with. There was a state of genuine bliss for the majority of the 9-11PM period and by midnight I felt somewhat refreshed. I'm not sure whether my short dalliances with sleep are anything like nodding but they sure were fun.
As for the cigarette - three nasty burns when I checked my chest the following day. Wow - I didn't feel any pain whatsoever.
A) The Bluelight forums and/or search engine + erowid, could almost certainly have provided enough information to prevent/limit the degree to which a user mistakenly set off on a journey into probable unpleasantness.
B) How set and setting are two words that so many people seem to think are applicable to preparing a table for guests.
C) The concept of starting with small doses is all too often ignored.
THAT SAID...
Let's look at an example where A and C were ignored, sadly by myself.
I'd obtained 5g of kratom powder, or to be exact '7% Mitragynine & Signature Alkaloid Blend'. As a total and utter opioid virgin (I don't count a small dose of codeine), the best strategy would be to gauge the effects of a gram over the course of an evening and base my next experience on that.
The best strategy that is.
(any times are approximated except the initial consumption and sphygmo readings)
19:36 - Mix 1 gram of powder into a glass of fruit juice. Mmm, not that unpleasant - a bit chalky tasting but I can handle this ok.
20:00 - I could certainly feel the stimulating effect and grabbed my digital sphygomamometer - quick check...BP was fine and my pulse was 99. A little faster than I'd have liked, consider I'm just sat on an armchair. Either way, it didn't worry me, and, deciding that this was the 'first stage of kratom' where it acted as a stimulant I decided to add another 2 grams to start activating those mu opioid receptors.
(apologies for any false/inaccurate statements - I just want to show my thought process at the time)
Yes, if I took more kratom then I'd get to the kratom as an opioid stage and leave the level of stimulation where it was. Hmmm.
20:02 - Mixed up a couple of grams of kratom - great, this'll put me on the path to an opioid high. Again, no trouble drinking the chalky, lumpy mixture. 'This is going to be where the fun begins', I told myself.
Over the next half an hour, I sat in wait for the gentle high that was on it's way...er, it was on it's way right? All I could feel was my heartbeat getting more and more rapid - this isn't what happens is it? Where's my opioid bliss? The stimulation does fade doesn't it??? What if it? Oh shit, what If the (now) far more obvious happens:*
As the opioid effects present themselves, the stimulatory effects continue to increase
*(I should mention, the thought above failed to occur to me at the time. I was sold on the original idea that the stimulation just f a d e d away like a feather on the wind).
I told myself to calm down. A pulse of 99 was hardly anything to be concerned about. The opioids would kick in and I'd see my pulse come down to a far more reasonable level.
Hey - why not just take another sphygmo reading?
Oh.
20:26 - BP was a little high but this time my pulse was...139? That's too high! Why aren't the opioids kicking in? All I'm doing is sitting in a chair for christ's sake. Oh WAIT! The opioids haven't kicked in yet!
I tried a smile but it was definitely forced. Hmm...two options - more (dumb) or no more (sensible).
And the winner is....MORE (of course, when the title says 5g kratom powder, the suspense is somewhat ruined). The final two grams were dumped into more fruit juice and gulped down with considerably more hesitation than the previous two drinks.
21:15 - Things did improve. I finally (though let's be honest - an hour in drug terms doesn't necessarily merit a 'finally') started to feel the opioids kicking in.
At this point, I was glad that I'd dragged a mattress downstairs as all I wanted to do was lie down and chill. The stimulant effects weren't about to disappear (the sphygmo was banished though) but now were accompanied by an occasionally blissful feeling of serenity.
Over the next few hours, I was pretty much superglued to that mattress. I'd had the foresight to stick a seinfeld dvd in the player and had now chosen to watch - or at least attempt to watch it. The more I relaxed, the less bothered I was that my heart was still auditioning for the Rio Carnival and my eyes had taken on a heavy 'hard to concentrate' mode of operation.
I found myself almost drifting off to sleep, for just 15-30 seconds. I would sometimes have mini dreams about bizarre scenarios - one of which was a classroom in which several dozen grown men insisted on running around like crazed men. I wish I could remember the others.
I smoked a few cigarettes whilst I was in this state - bad move. The lit end of one fell down my shirt and all I did was make a half-hearted attempt to pat it out. I'd pay for that later.
For me, kratom was just about worth dabbling with. There was a state of genuine bliss for the majority of the 9-11PM period and by midnight I felt somewhat refreshed. I'm not sure whether my short dalliances with sleep are anything like nodding but they sure were fun.
As for the cigarette - three nasty burns when I checked my chest the following day. Wow - I didn't feel any pain whatsoever.
