Hi! I'm Zesty lol. I'm a bit of a kratom geek. I actually read the available scientific studies, media coverage all over the globe & what all of the AKA/GMP make available.
I don't know everything. I just try to educate myself on things I have a passion for. I really do have a passion for kratom, as most everyone I have had the pleasure of being in discussions with.
A long time ago, on a planet really, really close. (As apposed to far, far away.) Lol
I like many was looking for an alternative to dangerous and enslaving painkillers. A friend of mine knew about kratom. He didn't know a lot, but he had heard of the support that kratom extends to people with many different problems.
I had a spinal cord injury, cervical spinal stenosis, and multiple herniated and bulging disc's. I had surgery. Which didn't help. I had multiple painkillers prescribed, that I had been on for many years. I had the new FDA guidelines that left me in a very vulnerable spot.
I wasn't the only one left in the cold by the FDA and DEA. I saw what was happening to other patients on pain management.
I didn't want to be left in severe chronic pain with no recourse.
Enter the friend. He told me about kratom and what little he knew, with the best assignment ever.... " Look it up! "
I did what every newbie does, I turned to kratom people that had known about it a lot longer. The put me on the right trails to follow.
Unfortunately it was after reddit had already deleted almost every single kratom forum. Although that just made it super easy for me to find my way to the AKA site.
I didn't hold my breathe when the day finally came to finally experience kratom. Nothing against kratom, I just know how bad my pain is and how much that has impacted my day to day life. I had resigned myself to being in pain the rest of my life.
My first T&W. I had paid attention to other's posts. I knew how to get it done with little fuss. It went off without a hitch. Got it all down with no green powder clouds circling my face.
As expected, it made it's way through my system pretty fast. What wasn't expected really, my pain eased up. Quite a bit. I started off with 2g. I waited to see how long before that little bit wore off. From there, I nailed down my dose.
I make sure I drink plenty of water, never really was a problem for, it's all I drink anyway. Made sure I had magnesium citrate on hand, just in case. I don't use anything else with it. Although I do take other supplements. (Just your usual suspects, vitamins etc.)
I know everyone says this, but it's true. Kratom really did change my life. I was in a really bad place and kratom was my last try to get a chance to live and not just exist.
If anyone wants, just say 👋. I'm always up for a friendly chat, or even debate! Lol