What brought you to Kratom?
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@will Dr tapered me and I had no other way of managing the pain. Kratom was a last ditch effort next to going to the ER every day
Sciatica and my aging knees... Currently underinsured. My knees are both bad and could use replacement if I only had adequate health insurance. Ibuprofen worked for a couple years but as my knees progressively got worse so did the pain. I was taking up to 30 200 mg tablets at one time trying to alleviate the pain. A friend of mine was using kratom so I started my own research to see what it was all about. October last year I had enough of the pain and I bought some smoke shop kratom. Within 15 minutes my pain almost nil. My knees about like those of a 25 year old. Since then I've continued using for the pain but I also use it for anxiety and depression now.
@will, this is my story and the email that I send to law makers and state reps. Hello, my name is Ronald Sizemore. I'm a 38 year old father of 4, a husband and a business owner. 13 years ago I started getting horribly sick, nausea, vomiting and dibilitating stomach pain. I spent years of my time and ten of thousands of dollars on doctors, specialists, different medications and treatments. Finally after about 6 years of trying to do what's right by following and taking the advise and medications of so many doctors, I found myself addicted to prescription pain medication. I spent 4 years addicted, taking upwards of 300 to 400 milligrams of roxycodone daily. I lost job after job, home after home and almost lost my wife who has been with me through the beginning of my illness.. in an act of desperation, while going through withdrawals from opiates and contemplating suicide, a friend told me about Kratom and offered me some. At that point I was very skeptical but willing to try anything. He mixed 4 grams of Kratom with 6 ounces of orange juice. After choking down that awful tasting drink, within about 30 minutes, my withdrawal simptons, became tolerable.. I continued to take 4 grams of Kratom, twice a day until I was completely over the withdraws, and got myself a job. Finally, after all of those years, I had hope! I was so excited, until I became ill once again. After several trips to the emergency room, and telling them "no narcotics, I'm a recovering addict" they told me the same thing I've heard dozens of times before, "we can't find anything wrong with you". That's when I decided to start taking Kratom again. I've been taking 7-9 gram doses, twice a day for almost 2 years and haven't gotten sick the first time, haven't been carried by ambulance to the ER, and feel better, physically and mentally, than I have in over a decade. I went from extremely sick, to very healthy. From drug addict to successful business owner. From a lousy father, to the man who is able to give my children the life they deserve, and I owe it all the this wonderful plant that through fear and ignorance on the part of the same people who said "tramadol is a safe and effective alternative to narcotics". The same people who, somehow have a say in how I live MY life and treat MY illnesses... Of the "44 deaths" that the FDA claims where caused by Kratom. How many of those where TRULY caused by Kratom? How many of those people had tramadol or some other harmful chemical in their systems as well? In FACT, How many of those died from a gunshot to the chest?? Look it up...... A little side note. The FDA claims "44 deaths" because of kratom. That's in a 20+ year period that Americans have been using kratom. When you consider that 15000 people die every year because of heroin, "44 deaths" is not even a blip on the radar.. Kratom is helping people get away from heroin and other opiates.. Don't forget that an estimated 100 people die from peanut allergies every year. Kratom is safer than peanuts.... Thank you for taking the time to read my story. Ron
I have made a career out of trying to feel happy ...abused as a child ..this made me search out a thing that made me happy. at 14 ( 1974)I tried LSD, Hash Oil. Mescaline and lots of pot .. my boyfriend and I were pot dealers and anything else we could sell...but I was always searching for the love my father did not give me .. I never realized what this does to a child's self-esteem and future adult personality. anyway, by 18 I had leveled off a bit and slowed down ..by 24 I met heroin with a new guitar playing boyfriend and I fell in love with both. over the years I was on and off methadone ..I had my son at 35 and stayed clean for 10 years ..then I got on some pills through the experience of 3 surgeries ... back to methadone and finally I could not do it anymore.. it took me 4 years to wean down low enough on methadone .. I got to 5 MGs .. jumped off to Hydros.. stayed on those for a couple of years then my friend told me about kratom ..I was a nonbeliever.. until one day I tried it .. I was down 3 pills in like 2 days and before I knew I was off them completely. I truly do consider it a miracle. I have extreme anxiety and anger issues..kratom help immensely with this . Personality Disorders runs in my family .. my mom had really bad anxiety and my brother is bi-polar, I see endless issues kratom can be used for ! if the stupid FDA will stay out of the way!
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