welp... reviving this thread to say...
I need help quitting this stuff. I have been using it for a help in energy boost and mood before work for about a year, but I sometimes work 6 days a week. I am not eating the stuff all day every day, and I have not noticed any negative side effects other than very occasionally feeling a little nauseous, but I am definitely using it as a crutch and becoming dependent on it for work and I don't like that. I will admit though, lately, I am taking it in the morning with my coffee and I really look forward to it. ugh. not cool, fineslime...
for those who have quit, how did you do it? whenever I have quit using something, I cold turkey it. it is hard for me to justify quitting it when it really does serve a purpose and helps me a ton when it comes to doing what I do for work. maybe that is me justifying my use, but I have not been kratom free for over a year, so in reality, I don't remember what it's like to not be on it for a long period of time.
if you have any help, advice, or words of encouragement about quitting, I would really appreciate it.
Do you wake up sick? When I was using kratom regularly for years I'd always wake up sick. But I was juggling a dope habit too haha. Even when I quit heroin and transitioned to only kratom, I'd still wake up sick.
If you don't wake up sick, maybe you can cold turkey it. Just try it out if possible. If that's too hard, start a taper schedule.
I don't know what your use is like, but for me I was around 30g per day with 3 doses. I broke it up into (2) doses, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I'd reduce my dose by a small amount, say a gram or two, and just ride it out. After about a week or so adjusting to that, I'd drop my dose even further by a couple grams. Rinse and repeat. Give yourself 1-3 weeks to adjust. Sometimes when you step down it can be rough, let yourself go another week on that same dose if that's the case.
Once I got it down to like 10 g per day it was a real slow burn. Then I was down to 1 g per day. That's when I finally just said fuck it and stopped. Had really minor withdrawals, but honestly a walk in the park to being actually dopesick. This is after like 6 years of using kratom.
Any ways, hope you can get off it if you haven't already.
I took like a year and a half off entirely. When I reintroduced it I set strict limits for myself. No more than twice a month. Really just use it when I get cravings. If you can gain the discipline to do this, this is the way for sure. Sometimes I'll go months without.
I've been doing the same thing with the isolated kratom alkaloid 7-hydroxymitragynine. Twice a month I get a euphoric high and that's that.
You got this if you haven't already quit homie. And it's empowering as fuck to be able to go back and not get dependent on it.