My better half uses Kratom for her Fibromyalgia and it works wonders, I am fortunate that I do not have chronic pain issue, so I don't have to take it as a necessity.
However, having consumed some tonight, you won't find me knocking Kratom, although I find the taste to be foul in a uniquely obnoxious way!
To quote a geezer off YouTube, "it really tastes like some swamp thing has done a horrible shit in ya mouth", the taste is so psychologically off putting to me, that I'm (mugging myself off in terms of) refusing to have it, to the extent that I had to force myself tonight or else I would have just got to the point of extreme paranoia regarding the taste.
Trust me when I say I have ingested some foul tasting stuff in my time, but there is something about this taste which is just disturbing plain and simple. My missus just thinks I'm a wuss!! But before moving on, I've found the best method is X amount of grams (2g - 7g) mixed with Lime juice then a small amount of water which does enough to ameliorate the taste!
However, once the Kratom has been drank (and the foulness passes) then Kratom is the best pain killer, and I love the way it lifts the mood in addition to suppressing appetite, so when you have the weed which give you munchies, then you're kinda covered! The calming effects are so worth it, that it makes you wonder what all the fuss was about! But as I said; its a psychological thing with me, cos my higher self knows that it ain't that bad, but the ego/mind makes the imagined foulness real, (to quote The Matrix,) to the point that the taste is,,,well, it might as well be Satan's runny diarrhea in that cup!
But here,s the fucking funny thing! Once I've got past that stage, I gotta say, there ain't nothing like a cup of 'Satan's' to make you feel good!!!
I guess what I'm saying is that Kratom is a very effective tool in the herbal arsenal, and its a 100% better than the shit from Big Pharma sold over the counter!!