I'm hoping I get a response even though it's been months since anyone has posted here. A little over two weeks ago, I started the process of getting off poppy pod tea. I was on it for probably three years, with no breaks. I tapered down toward the end, but I don't think it made much of a difference in my withdrawal symptoms.
After reading about Loperamide being used to relieve withdrawal symptoms, I started taking it as soon as I started withdrawal. I found that I had to take 60 mg to feel any real relief from withdrawal, and it did last about 24 hours before i dosed again. A few days ago, i cut down to 50, and it didn't last a full day, nor did it really relieve my symptoms.
Unfortunately, a week in to my withdrawal, I got my female monthly visitor, and I used Kratom in addition to Lope just to relieve my horrific cramps. Basically, I am seriously feeling like, at least in my case, that Loperamide is just a replacement for pod tea, and is only delaying my withdrawal.
I really wish I had just started with Kratom by itself, but when I had tried it before, I did such a small amount, that I didn't really feel any relief from my withdrawal symptoms. I've been taking Kratom for a little over a week now, but last week I tried it by itself without the Lope, and with the right dose, it totally helps with the symptoms of withdrawal, although it doesn't last as long as lope.
I really need some advice on using Kratom for withdrawal, or really any advice from any person that has experienced these things I speak of, and who understands that everyone is different in the way they react to substances - meaning someone who won't tell me to taper on the Lope, because it is pointless since dosages lower than 60 mgs are really not working anyway.
I do have to say that I think one has to take Lope on a completely empty stomach for it to work, and even then it can take 4 hours to work. One evening, a couple of hours after dinner, I crushed my 60 mg dose and mixed in it some Grapefruit juice and took it. A few hours later, I had to take 30 pills, because I never felt the effects of the first dose. That has been my experience, anyway.
I'm sorry if I'm rambling, but I NEED to be able to go back to work, and I have to get this Gorilla off my back. I would really appreciate some advice! Thanks much.