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My strategy with modafinil is to dose on the weekdays - so 5 days in a week.

I start with a half dose (100mg) on Monday and Tuesday, basically to get a better sleep, and with the tolerance going up, I'm also upping the dose to 200mg. But there are weeks when I stay on 100mg the whole week.

On the weekend I go without modafinil. I often sleep a lot, I think the body needs a break.

The first time I tried Kratom was in 2009. It was quite expensive, I bought like 10 grams or so and first time tried only like one gram. I remember the awful bitter taste, and no good effect (likely too small dose). That discouraged me. There wasn't a lot of information about Kratom back then.

I got back to Kratom only in 2022, from researching nootropics (even though Kratom is hardly a nootropic).

How much Kratom do you usually have?

Since Kratom is relatively cheap and its regulatory future is uncertain, I'm trying to stock up. Currently, I'm sitting at 4 Kg, but would like to increase that to ~10 Kg.

Such stock would last me a couple of years. I can keep consuming the oldest packages while replenishing the stock.

Buying in bulk, I'm trying to find both good price and quality, but that's not easy ...

I'll start - for me, it's a social lubricant, it works basically in the same way as alcohol, but with way fewer side effects and no hangover in the next day. My alcohol consumption reduced as a result.

For this to work, it's important to not consume every day, otherwise the desired "lubricant" effects basically disappear.

I know some folks use Kratom very differently for e.g. pain management, what's your story?

Experiences, dosing, consuming styles, quitting etc.

Kratom is controversial - it has many fans, but also detractors. Both sides are welcome.

Kratom is legal in some parts of the world, but not everywhere. I'm not sure what are the legal implications/rules for the lemmy instances, so for now let's refrain from discussing vendors.