I was completely opioid-naive at the time. A teaspoon or two of Kratom had the potential to knock me out for a few hours at that point in my life.
> Histamine response from kratom is also much less than other opioids - and I say that as someone with symptomatic dermographism.
I don't have much to compare Kratom with, but I would end up scratching myself all day and night without realizing how hard I was doing it because of the analgesia.
> And the oddest of all, respiratory depression - I'm on mobile so don't have sources to hand, but kratom has been shown to absolutely not cause respiratory depression.
At that time, I would combine Kratom with the benzodiazepine I was prescribed and noticed a difficulty breathing and a drop in my breathing rate. On its own, it was pretty insignificant.
> I know there have been cases of kratom being spiked with potent opioids such as O-desmethyltramadol, and honestly it sounds like you've had something like that. Did you buy from a head shop?
I bought from different online bulk suppliers and vendors, sourced from different communities and referenced with independent rating systems. Plain leaf was pretty consistent across the better vendors.
You mention tolerance, nodding, respiratory depression, histamine response and constipation... this is odd.
Constipation from kratom is nothing compared to other opioids; I just take magnesium and everything works fine. Sometimes I have to go out of the country with work, in which case I take dihydrocodeine (which is prescribed to me, but kratom works much better) - that causes far more constipation (and I also have to go through rather unpleasant withdrawals after very such trip as I switch back to kratom :(
Histamine response from kratom is also much less than other opioids - and I say that as someone with symptomatic dermographism.
And the oddest of all, respiratory depression - I'm on mobile so don't have sources to hand, but kratom has been shown to absolutely not cause respiratory depression. I know there have been cases of kratom being spiked with potent opioids such as O-desmethyltramadol, and honestly it sounds like you've had something like that. Did you buy from a head shop?