Need advice: Kratom and ayahuasca

[Anita Bagg]

Hi,
I am planning to do a ceremonial ayahuasca trip this weekend with a peruvian shaman. This is not for recreational purposes, more like therapeutic/spiritual. My question is, does anyone know exactly how long you have to be off kratom before doing ayahuasca? I was using kratom for about 5 months to get off methadone. I have been off kratom completely now for 2 weeks and was using a very small amount, 1/16th of a tsp per day for the 2 weeks before that.
Has anyone ever used ayahuasca after getting off kratom after regular use? Does anyone know how long kratom takes to completely clear the system?

I would appreciate any info you can give me.
Anita

 

[Pegasus]

That amount of kratom is extremely tiny and I can't imagine that you're even getting threshold effects from it anymore. ...I wouldn't worry about it interacting, especially two weeks later...

 

[Anita Bagg]

Thank you I think I just need reassurance. It seems to me, too, that the amount was tiny and plus I've been off it for 2 weeks now. I just want to make sure. You hear about interactions with pharmaceutical SSRIs and I wasn't sure whether kratom has any SSRI properties.

 

[Pegasus]

^It does have some SSRI-like effects, but it is not a pharmaceutical SSRI. If you search around, there are plenty of people who have run into this issue and not had the problems that would be presented by a typical pharmaceutical SSRI.

 

[refugei]

Hey i just wanted to ask if anyone has actually taken ayahausca the same day as taking kratom. I take it for depression daily,although there are 12hr. gaps that i dont take it. Any links or first hand experience preferred. Im not going to take it at the same time, and it isn't the same allopathic ssri,which i have taken before;and seem to stay with you longer. Thanks in advance.