You really would entirely discourage using Kanna just because it would require some playing around with dosages to find your sweet spot because some batches are stronger than others?
No offense but that seems like a pretty reactionary response. I mean all drugs require experimentation to find the right dosage and I'm interested in it from things I've heard.
I haven't tried many drugs but I take Klonopin which is very effective for my anxiety (PLEASE no lectures on how it's addictive and I should stop...I've heard too many of those comments...), used to take Prozac but now take Lexapro which i don't feel works well for my depression, and I use Kratom which i find helps well for both anxiety and depression but because of its' side effects, mainly it just making me feel like giving into any and all other drug cravings i have, I think it's best used less often for me and not depended on regularly, despite my currently being dependent on it.
I don't want to try MAOIs due to all the different dietary and drug interactions and limitations.
My thing is that I am pretty skeptical about most of the pharmaceutical drugs which take weeks to take effect and tend to feel like if I don't feel something both kick in and wear off within a few hours on the same day that I am not quite so sure how likely it is to be effective.
I know that may be an incorrect bias, but I've never used a drug that took weeks to take effect that really dramatically changed my outlook on life and decreased my depression and anxiety. It's always the drugs that can either get you high or buzzed where you just take it and it kicks in within an hour or whatever that seem to, for better or worse, have SOME KIND of dramatic effect on me.
But I'd be interested in trying whatever.
It's just that I've heard that Kanna can give a particular buzz or mood boost, and while I am not specifically interested in it as a recreational drug, it's usually those that can supposedly really give a noticeable boost in a short amount of time that I'm less skeptical about.
I mean, why do you think it would be so bad, given of course the scenario that I was off my Lexapro due to interaction, to experiment with different dosages of Kanna and different brands?
I have talked to a few people who said it worked for them, and I just have my doubts about all the pills pushed by the pharmaceutical companies, though I will try them if I think they'll work.
Thanks.
I think that a constant dose of a daily medicine is usually important. And studies...
I don't see how you find it reactionary. It's not hard logic to follow. The whole point is that you can't keep it at whatever dose is most ideal because of variation within batches and between batches. Nah, I'm not about to tell you not to take a prescribed medication, taken as prescirbed. Maybe the pros outweigh the cons for your kratom usage, it's not for me to say. But my opinion is to stray away from drugs that are unregulated and that you don't know the exact dosage of.
MAOIs are rarely prescribed, but it's true that the dietary effects have been overstated. People have to be very careful finding out what they can tolerate on MAOIs. Some people find they need a precise diet, others find that they hardly have to change it. But the danger can be very real.
I think that the new age of psychiatry will include psychedelics for fast relief of depression. At this future point, they will give a precise dose and have a unique setting to maximize the utility of the trip; but since it's only one dose every while, I can see it working well when taking an approximate dose, too (like 2g good shrooms), but not always. The extreme, reactionary policies of government essentialyl shut down psychedelic research until about ten years ago, which I consider a sin against humanity, as many people could have been saved. But for now it's what it is. The promise is real. Perhaps MDMA for PTSD. Perhaps DMT/psilocybin/LSD for diffficult types of depression and anixety. But I'll always hold meditation over drugs.
Already, to be fair, ketamine is fairly well-integrated into the system, but I do think it should be more used in certain population demographics.
I mean, though, a lot of the time people don't find Western pharma meds to work because they don't give a long enough window for a medication to work and to get used to it. I'm not saying that you fall into this group, but it's very common.
I'd be less skeptical about kanna if it had more studies and if its use was more widespread. Maybe one day it will be. As things are, though, I can't vouch for something like kanna. You do waht you want, and nothing can change that. I''d at least tell your health providers, if not ask them if they would sanction it. Different doctors have different philosophies on the matter. I'm not a doctor, but from my experience, I wouldn't tell someone whom I'm treating that it's a good idea, at least until they try several pharma antidepressants.
Again, not a doctor, but I'd say give two months for each antidepressant, if not three. Six months for each antipsychotic.
In honesty, I was told to maybe try kratom by a doc. Swallowing plant powder three times daily wasn't fun at all. But other than that, I'd either take less or more than I needed, maybe a few times taking a constant dose. It's just easier for the mind and brain to assimilate the substance when it's a constant dosage. I found a pharma to work better overall because of this. So, that's my experience. The idea of a euthymic mood, a happy but not euphoric mood, requires a consistency. Euphoira is about going up then coming down, which is more pronounced taking something of an unknown concentration.
This doesn't apply to GRAS substances, like caffeine. It may be a good thing to look up.
Let's keep thing going until you're satisfied.