Using Kratom, a Mild, Legal Opioid, for Managing Chronic Pain and Restless Legs Syndrome
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This book is an account of my experience in using kratom. I’ve long been a sufferer of chronic pain and restless legs syndrome. I had reached the point where non-prescription methods of managing these conditions no longer worked, but was hesitant to use the strong prescription medicines available. I came upon kratom, a mild, legal opioid. After a good deal of research, I decided it was a promising option. This little book tells the story of my journey and its results.
Mary Leonhardt
Mary Leonhardt spent 35 years teaching high school English, in public, private, and parochial schools across the country. She has written a number of books on reading and writing issues, and currently lives in Bethlehem, PA with her husband.
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Using Kratom, a Mild, Legal Opioid, for Managing Chronic Pain and Restless Legs Syndrome - Mary Leonhardt
Using Kratom, a Mild, Legal Opioid, to Manage Chronic Pain and Restless Legs Syndrome
By
Mary Leonhardt
Using Kratom, a Mild, Legal Opioid, to Manage Chronic Pain and Restless Legs Syndrome
By Mary Leonhardt
Copyright © 2014 by Mary Leonhardt
All Rights Reserved
Published by Mary Leonhardt at Smashwords
Table of Contents
Introduction: Disclosure
Chapter One: Background
Chapter Two: What to Do?
Chapter Three: What’s Kratom?
Chapter Four: Making a Decision
Chapter Five: Trying Kratom
Chapter Six: The Nuts and Bolts
Finally
Appendix
Introduction: Disclosure
This is a book about my personal experiences with kratom. I write about it as a sufferer of chronic pain, and severe restless legs syndrome (RLS).
I am not a doctor. I am not a medical researcher. I did do some research about kratom, before I started using it, but I used only sources that are available to everyone.
I am not advising anyone else to use kratom, as I don’t think I have any right to do that. I am just telling you my experiences.
I know that both chronic pain, and RLS, are complicated conditions, and may respond to different treatments in different people. Kratom may not work for you.
But it has been a wonderful, life-saving herb for me. And so I wanted to pass along my story.
Chapter One: Background
I’m seventy years old, and can barely remember a time when I wasn’t bothered by restless legs syndrome, and by chronic back pain. The back pain I could manage pretty well with daily exercises. For most of my life, the RLS--those unpleasant, crawly sensations in my legs that made it imperative for me to move around—were intermittent and fairly mild. I could manage them with a short walk, a hot bath, or a variety of over-the counter remedies. Then, about three years ago, the RLS became much more severe, and my back pain was starting to need more than daily exercise.
I went to a chiropractor for my back pain. I had an MRI and was diagnosed with mild degenerative disc disease and moderate to severe facet joint osteoarthritis, as well as moderate narrowing of the spinal canal, secondary to some disc bulging. The exercises and the chiropractor helped, and if that had been my only problem, I would have been okay. Yes, the pain was often troubling, but I had no desire to go on heavy pain medications. When I got very uncomfortable, Advil usually helped, although I worried sometimes that I was taking too much of it.
In addition to the back pain, a few years ago I developed shoulder pain, with inflamed rotator cuffs. I also do exercises for my shoulders, which help quite a bit and, again, Advil helped.
But, meanwhile, the RLS was getting much worse, and nothing I was taking seemed to help it. Gradually, it wasn’t just one or two nights a month that I was awakened by the