what’s your average dose and your GPD?

[stockhausen]

really just curious how much everyone takes per dose and in a given day!

if I work really hard to keep my tolerance low I can take about ~2.5g of high quality TFH but I find it’s really difficult to keep my tolerance down and eventually it catches up to me- even with frequently rotating a decently wide variety of strains.

I think continuing to expand my collection will help but maybe this is a sign I need to expand my vendors as well? TFH is sublime and perfectly balance but I find if I take the same strain more than once a week it tends to not hit.

curious what everyone else’s doses and thoughts are!

[e_poison]

Depends on the potency of the strain, but usually 5-8g twice a day, staggered. Some days I only take kratom once, but mostly it's 2x per day. And then every couple of weeks or so, take a quick 24 hour t-break.

Ever since I started taking L-theanine (200mg/day), I've noticed I get better burns from less kratom. That stuff really does work as not only a tolerance reducer, but also for creating a sense of relaxing calm. I take it in the evening after dinner and then zone out on a video game or movie.

[Sanbutsushin]

I'm between 3-4g (depending on the strength/effects of whatever batch I'm using), usually right in the middle at 3.5. Sometimes I go once daily, others twice, or not at all. It depends on my pain level and I try not to have any if said pain is more tolerable. If it's absolutely HELLISH then I might have to take a third dose, but that's more rare. No withdrawal symptoms on the days I skip. I'm guessing that skipping a day or two every week is what keeps my tolerance from climbing.

Also here's the obligatory "everyone is different and what's 'enough' for one person may not be what's best for someone else" because people with higher doses shouldn't be ashamed or afraid to post. I'm sure if all of us could get the desired effects of a 1g dose we would, but for many - maybe even most - that's not how it goes.

[Joshgreenhorn]

Well said sanbutsushin! There should definitely be no shame in the amount of leaf one uses. For me I enjoy leaf 3 times a day. With a total GPD of 16.5.

[KalieGirl]

For me the dose taken depends on the day and the prep of my leaf. For example my reverse toss and wash is anywhere from 1g to 1.5g and a red bubble tea dose is roughly double at 2-3g of clear golden filtered tea. If I’m burning only 1 strain then the grams are lower and if I’m blending it’s a little higher. Some days I burn maybe 1g mid morning and that’s all and other days I might do more even up to 4-5 burns, especially when burning new leaf. So if something is a miss for me at the 2-3 hour mark I burn something else. Rotating leaf and vendors is key! I am on a run of Soul leaf right now and loving it. When I get a Soul strain that hits it is very very consistent for me whereas as much as I love TFH it isn’t as consistent for my chemistry from burn to burn. I’m not sure why that is because I love TFH leaf. Rotating vendors helps my TFH hit more consistently when I go to it. I get a lot of comments about my low dose but I just find that works best for me. When I go higher I find the positive effects diminish considerably. So I have found that through trial and error “less is more” is true for my chemistry. Everyone is different! I think the leaf tells us what our dose is if we listen.
Avg GPD 3g-15g

[puggrowth1]

Probably on the higher end of the scale cuz I'm pretty recently removed from using street opioids and am still tapering at the moment, but I sit around 15-20gpd. I use blate papes and try to measure out 3g in each pape. My dosing regimen is 1 dose as soon as I wake up in the morning (6am-7am). Then another dose after I get my coffee to put me in the right mood for the day. Then one when I get to work before I have lunch (9g total by 1pm) and another dose as needed during my shift. Then one when I get home, and one before sleep.

I used to take 21g, 3 doses of 7 grams at morning, noon, and night but recently I've been cutting down the size of my doses and increasing the frequency so I can maintain a lower plasma concentration of the active ingredients as well as trying to avoid dosing high enough to get antagonist activity. My end goal is to get down to the doses most ppl on this site seem to be at (5-10g) because at that dose, the individual traits of each strain are much more noticeable and enjoyable

[Omarsscar]

2g of THF every 4 hours for a total of ~10g a day. I start feeling sluggish and achy 3 hrs after a dose. When I regularly took a higher dose (4g) I experienced a stronger withdraw feeling. I'm working on expanding my rotation, I hope this will help with that withdraw feeling. Burn daily for about 2.5 yrs. I haven't really taken too many t breaks because I hate that achy feeling.

[Loveandpeace]

These are cool responses guys especially from the newbies. Right on!!!
It is cool to see that honesty about detox too. Good self awareness.

Kalie- I am just like you with dosing. If something doesn't hit at the 3 hour mark, I write it off and start again.
Sanbutsushin- I stay at about 3.5 a day as well. 7a - 1p - 7p

[Supersonic75]

I dose very low - 1.7-2.2g, 2x a day, and go down to one dose at least one day per week (not so easy, since a big part of why I use kratom is for pain relief). Sometimes I'll add a little .5g "booster", but if I go above 2.5g at a time, it makes me feel slightly nauseous and "off". I like the more stimulating properties of kratom, so these types of low doses work perfectly for me as they bring out the more energizing effects of the leaf.

Before the pandemic hit, I was using more like 3-4 times per day for a total of around 8-10 gpd. I stopped liking the way it felt, so I tapered.

[chillinois]

My current schedule is roughly 3g two or three times a week and always around 7pm (just before dinner). Reds help me unwind at the end of particularly taxing work days.

However, I just tried some GMD with my morning coffee for the first time the other day and it blew my mind. My ability to work through complex thoughts was wrecked, but I couldn't believe how well I was able to power through the day's most boring and monotonous tasks. Now I'm seriously considering working the coffee + GMD combo into my daily routine, but the reports of decreased libido and testosterone have me very hesitant.

[Happygoverment]

My schedule lately for at least the past few months has been 20 grams one day maybe 10 the next then 5 another I've even went 7 or 8 days in a row with nothing sometimes it's 3 or 4 with 0 god i was at least 20 for a year and a half even used to get bad w/D's no particular reason I started skipping days i just didn't think of it which is weird cause I used to feel like crap i have been working more that's the only thing that has changed in my routine what is the craziest thing is that when I do go those 7 days there's no difference in effects sometimes I've not gotten any feeling whatsoever went 3 or 8 days and still no effect it's so strange

[Sanbutsushin]

the reports of decreased libido and testosterone have me very hesitant.

At the risk of TMI, I can offer my own experience, which is that my libido has increased... a lot. I don't take any other botanicals for it and I'm on psych meds which are notoriously awful for sex drive - as in, they often murder it completely. I can't comment on testosterone levels because I'm female and docs haven't thought to include T levels in my blood tests of late, but my libido is at a healthy level (maybe too healthy, lol) since starting kratom, so it's not an inevitability that you'd see a decrease in your own! And if you do notice a negative effect, you can always just cut back.

[chillinois]

it's not an inevitability that you'd see a decrease in your own

I'm relieved to hear that it's not a universal issue. I think I'm going to continue to experiment with a little extra green in the late morning/early afternoon on the days that I would normally have a red in the evening. I've only tested this twice now, but I can say for sure that it improved my work day significantly both times. Like you said, I can always dial it back if I begin to notice any negative effects.

Until then, I plan on dosing 2g - 3g twice a day roughly three days out of each week. I'll be sticking with greens in the morning and reds in the evening as long as I'm seeing the benefits. I may bump the size of my doses eventually, but this seems to be my sweet spot for the Lucky GMD and the TFH reds that I have on hand.

[Sanbutsushin]

I hope it works out for you

[MetalMamaRocks]

2g twice a day, usually 10 to 12 hours apart. The last month I've had a broken little toe (stubbed it on the footstool like a dummy) so I've been taking an additional 2g dose in between my usual doses.

[WeAllFloatHere7]

6-6.5g 2x daily, and then 8-8.3g at night time. So 3x daily and around 20-22gpd. I would like to get that back down but its a struggle.

[Herba Rosa]

If you're taking pure powder, you're doing good!

Personally, I avoid extract or anything enhanced. The tolerance gets out of control, at least for me.
As for powder, I kept my avg daily doses at 3.8g 4 times a day, with 5g of red at night, for a whole year.
Recently, I've been tapering down. I'm down 1.1g per dose, and skipping some doses. I want to take a break.

I think the best thing a daily consumer can do to minimize tolerance buildup is to use a variety of different
vendors and batches. And hope that your vendors have different suppliers

[Theblacklodge]

My usual routine is about 5g after I wake up before work, and then a second 5g dose in the afternoon. I will occasionally take an extra 1g dose throughout the day if needed. I would say 10-12g a day is where I sit.

[Fallguy]

First dose 3g second dose 2-2.5g, 5-6 hours apart only tfh. I tried increasing dose, more doses per day, other vendors and all that happened was it quit working. I went back to only tfh and 0-2 times a day and I get a burn every time. One other thing I ordered a bunch of tfh green315(hands down the best burn I've had) and it hits hard and fast but afterwards my burns are muted for about a week. I now only use this one if I know I'm going to take a day or two off afterwards.