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Hey! I’ve had a habit for roughly 1.5 years of dailyish use.

I’ve decided it’s gotta end and so went cold turkey.

Currently on day 4. I haven’t thrown up and don’t have cold sweats or anything but pretty constant diarrhoea. Today I just have a general anxiety and restlessness.

I’ve gotta get some work done and so just trying to reach out for any tips here.

What helps you with withdrawal? When will I start to feel better.

Like I said it’s not unbearable but I’m not super comfy.

In Aus so bo access to Kratom.

With substances, it can be learned along the way that if you have to check in with yourself to tell if they are working or not, they are not working.

Granted, some stimulants (and benzodiazepines) can give illusions of sobriety and lead to compulsive redosing. This does not particularly apply to opiates and oids, however.

First question, do opiates give illusions of sobriety to the point you have to wonder if they are working or not, for you?

Details: a person uses for 2 years, every day, oxy for 6 months (90-120mg), then another 6 months with suboxone, then another 6 with Kratom.

A person stops using all three, first oxy, then suboxone about two months ago, then kratom about a week ago. Kratom at that point was maintained at 6g powder per dose, 3 doses a day. A person would feel the kratom high.

Then a person tries poppy tea. A person’s tolerance is now quite low due to the low dose of kratom necessary to feel effects.

A person has been in uncomfortable withdrawal from k for 3 days now; they do not sleep more than 3 hours a night, loose stool, sneezing, always cold and sweaty, RLS, pain when walking. You get the gist.

A person buys poppy seeds at a small town ethnic grocery store.

Poppy tea is tried, 50 grams, then after 3 hours another 50g. A person feels better. A high cannot be noticed (if compared to Kratom when it kicks in, forget about oxy), but the person feels relaxed, legs are not restless anymore, anxiety is reduced, a person FINALLY has a good night sleep.

A person redoses the following day, 200g of seeds. Again, not high, no itch, no analgesia. But low anxiety, decent sleep. Same happens on the 3rd day with 300 grams, no difference in effects. On the fourth day, person does 400g. Same effects.

A person is not pooping, however.

I don’t doubt that there are seeds that smack, but is this what can be expected from PST?

At those effects and dosages, could my tolerance and dependence increase with same intensity as if I had excellent seeds?

Is what I am experiencing comparable to a “good batch”?

What I am trying to say is that I don’t mind the fact that I am getting such low effects, I don’t want to get gooood effects as I don’t want to become addicted. If it aids my sleep and anxiety without smacking me, by all means. I just don’t want to get horrible WDs for a mild anciolitic and relaxant.

Please let me know, thank you!

Poppy tea is great and super helpful just would love to be able to condense it into small strong doses

Hey! How do u guys make poppy Tea and what is the best way to make Tea out of poppy? Should I boil dried seeds, or is it better to take normal plant and boil it? Do you use grinders? Thanks a lot, im new to poppy Tea, but want to try it!

after a week of reading 20+ research papers, seeds had good amount of plant matter, they were creating clumps in the packaging jar. Gotta love kosher.. 100g, yielded about 200ml water, took about half so 50g. Hearty flavor, low bitterness. How are we doing? Had up and down oxy. daily use for months (150mg/ day), then suboxone for months, now I cut kratom cold turkey but was suffering like an animal. Slept 1 hour last night.

My SO is Indian. We are going there to visit family. What do I do? Do I hit the spice markets? Of course. But what if I want something.. spicier. I’m a white ass so can’t really go around by myself without family… and I’m sure they are more aware of certain dynamics and people since they live there.

How expensive is your PST habit? How much per dose? How much per month?

Aus lads, I’ve just heard from a large chain that it has become or is becoming illegal to sell the regular Aus poppies in the condition we were buying them in. Culinary verities (washed) will only be allowed to be sold. This means the majors won’t be going back either.

I really was holding out hope that this was just a shortage but after hearing this news I’m pretty certain it’s over.

A bit of background, I'm not going to have my supply of codeine much longer and really don't want to have to deal with the pain again. I'm currently waiting for a call to come in for surgery but I really have no idea when that will be.

I've tried a few places for poppy seeds but had no luck so far. I don't have anything else to substitute codeine. I'm not asking for sources, just asking if anyone knows whether or not it's even possible in NZ?

If you've taken the time to read this, thank you. (I'm on a new account for obvious reasons)

Has anyone ever seen seeds that are a product of Hungary in Australia? I used to use tea a while ago and don't remember ever seeing them available here. Are they safe?

Are there any somniferum with white seeds? The pods look like Somni but I feel like I got screwed.

Wondering if the one on the left is moldy, I got some pods that differ in color some are more blueish/darker than others

So I bought a bag (1kg) of dry pods from a vendor saying its all popaver somniferum. Its a pretty big bag but the pods vary lot in color, shape and size. From big busting beautiful golfball size pods to small almost straight dark grey. I need about 30g of finely crushed material to get warm and cosy and the pain relief forks for 24h + so it must be decent potent.

Thing is that half the pods have brown seeds and half black seeds. Could it be two different kinds of papaver?

I've made pod tea for ages, I mean 25 years on and off. Recently I got some, and made some tea. I have always ground the pods (seeded them first) add to a jug and pour in almost boiled water. Let it sit 20-30 minutes (honestly 20 seems better) while stirring often. Then I add some ice and pour it through a mesh filter and squeeze it out. Now I don't have a habit, I've learned to do this every couple of months or so for years. So after the first brew I am always feeling really good, and it lasts ages, I love it. Anyways do you guys re heat more water and re brew the pulp? When I do I get a really weak tea, and it lacks almost all the bitter gross taste that I love. Is it worth it you think? I mean is there any benefit or am I flogging a dead horse? Not looking for any warnings on addiction or anything, just about double brewing and if your methods on water temp or brew time vary from mine much. Pod tea too not the seeds! Thanks in advance!

Please and thanks

Not sure if it’s tolerance (I take 4 day breaks in between 3 days of partaking) or loss of potency but sometimes the same dose from the same batch of pods or putty just feels weaker. Wondering if freezing it keeps the alkaloids more active.

Hey guys! I’m super excited because although I LOVE PST and have been devout to the sh*t like it’s a religion for over 10 years, as of this week…. I am finally FREE of withdrawals and cravings! It took me 4 months to taper down. I was drinking 2 cups twice a day for over 10 years. Yes I said cups…. I don’t know how many milligrams I never treated this like a science. So I slowly started cutting back every day till about 2 months in I was down to one cup a day in the morning. Now flash forward to last week, I had ONE SUBOXONE STRIP. 8 mg. I cut that sucker into 4s and took one every other day. Boom. Just like that it was over. No suboxone and from now on tea only as NEEDED! It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood friends.

I am officially 5 weeks clean from PST, but I still can't bring myself to throw away the seeds I still have from right before I decided to quit. Should I just plant all of them?? Will that still be a problem down the line? This is just me ranting.

not sure what I’m allowed to say here and I don’t wanna get myself banned, so if u want context I just made a post elaborating on my situation on r/opiates :) any advice appreciated

I made it for the first time a couple days ago. I orderer papever somniferum seeds but they were washed and i didnt know they had to be unwashed. I have unwashed seeds on the way now tho. I used 3 cups of seeds (almost a pound) and I was definitely high but it was pretty mild. I let them soak in a water bottle for like 8 hours and then shook them for like 7 minutes. So how much do I need to get a really decent high without dying? I have zero tolerance to opiates and ive only used them a total of like 10 times from left over surgerys when i was like 15. For reference 30mg of hydrocodone always got me feeling really good and for some reason the same dose of oxycodone wasnt as strong. I took 40mg of oxy one time tho and i was extremely high. I got a naturally high tolerance to drugs in general. So using that info how much of the unwashed seeds should i use? I'm kinda nervous of overdosing on this cause ppl say its so easy with poppy tea and I couldn't really enjoy the high cause of it

Anyone have any experience with which one may be stronger?