Hi everyone at Bluelight
I was active here a long time ago and was really impressed with the community here. Great to see Bluelight still going strong. Right now I've got a difficult situation and would greatly appreciate people's thoughts please.
I quit using (overusing actually) prescribed Tramadol for pain, which became an established addiction over about 18 months. But I only quit the drug, not the addiction, as I replaced it with Kratom. Now I expect many opiate addicts and ex addicts consider Kratom a very lightweight opioid with limited addiction potential and I respect that view entirely. I used to think the same exclusively and still do in general. But it seems that in my case when I try to stop Kratom I suffer withdrawal very much like I had from Tramadol when trying and failing cold turkey. Fear, flu like symptoms, cramps, inability to interact with family (very important as I'm responsible for a child). I couldn't quite believe it when first trying to stop Kratom and I suspect much of the problem is now psychological. But it doesn't make things any easier knowing this. The physical and behavioural symptoms are just as real.
In the next few days I'm entering a situation in which I will have no access to Kratom at all. Mercifully, it comes at a time when there will be lots of other care around for my kid. However, I'm not looking forward to the experience at all. I've tried to reduce my usage with some success, but I'm still going to step off from approx 35g a day in about 6 doses to zero, from one day to the next.
I know my problem is puny compared to strong opioids, but it's still something I could use some input on. I'm wondering if there's anyone out there who has had something similar happen and how things went for them.
Thanks for reading. Best wishes everyone.
Ace23
I was active here a long time ago and was really impressed with the community here. Great to see Bluelight still going strong. Right now I've got a difficult situation and would greatly appreciate people's thoughts please.
I quit using (overusing actually) prescribed Tramadol for pain, which became an established addiction over about 18 months. But I only quit the drug, not the addiction, as I replaced it with Kratom. Now I expect many opiate addicts and ex addicts consider Kratom a very lightweight opioid with limited addiction potential and I respect that view entirely. I used to think the same exclusively and still do in general. But it seems that in my case when I try to stop Kratom I suffer withdrawal very much like I had from Tramadol when trying and failing cold turkey. Fear, flu like symptoms, cramps, inability to interact with family (very important as I'm responsible for a child). I couldn't quite believe it when first trying to stop Kratom and I suspect much of the problem is now psychological. But it doesn't make things any easier knowing this. The physical and behavioural symptoms are just as real.
In the next few days I'm entering a situation in which I will have no access to Kratom at all. Mercifully, it comes at a time when there will be lots of other care around for my kid. However, I'm not looking forward to the experience at all. I've tried to reduce my usage with some success, but I'm still going to step off from approx 35g a day in about 6 doses to zero, from one day to the next.
I know my problem is puny compared to strong opioids, but it's still something I could use some input on. I'm wondering if there's anyone out there who has had something similar happen and how things went for them.
Thanks for reading. Best wishes everyone.
Ace23