I have a nice 2 day weekend this weekend which is quite a rarity. I also have some pods that should be a decent strength. Seems like a great opportunity to test them out!
I was planning to take a 3 week kratom break before trying the pods, but so far I've only managed to cut down, although by a fair bit.
I swear kratom blocks the opiate receptors for a very long time, and makes it impossible to get any good effects off finicky and unpredictable milder opioids like codeine and DHC. I'm hoping the pods will be quite a lot stronger and fuller and more rounded in their effects than codeine / DHC. Hopefully strong enough to 'break through' any receptor blocking that I believe kratom is causing.
I'm only doing one relatively small evening dose of kratom during the week, and I think it's just a psychological thing, rather than any actual dependency or addiction. I think it helps take the edge off the methylphenidate comedown. But obviously anything that's potentially addictive and becomes increasingly relied on is not a good thing.
If I at least manage to skip the kratom tomorrow evening, it's not going to kill me, and I'll probably just have some mild cravings and unwell feelings. I'll try and eat something just before I'd usually have my kratom, as that would then make it impossible or usless to take kratom, as it wont work unless you have an empty stomach / feel hungry. So that would save me having to rely on will power, if I can remember to do that.
It will probably be a walk in the park, I tend to build these things up far too much!
If I do this, then it will be more than 36 hours since my last dose of kratom, by the time I take any pods on Saturday, and so they should stand more chance of working, with any luck!
Some people say they can take opiates 24 hours, after kratom, others say a week or more. In my experience even after 1 week off I couldnt get anything out of DHC. So I'd need to do at least 2 weeks without kratom next time for DHC. Hopefully that wont be the case for reasonably potent poppy pods.
