Hi , ive been taking 4g of kratom in the morning and 6hrs later have another 4g. Twice a day. Im just scared of anxiety coming back cause kratom helped me a lot with it. Managed to come off xanax and now I only take it when i really need to. Yesterday I had only 6g , and today 6g as well. Should I spread it and still take it twice a day. Like 3g in the morning and in 6hrs another 3g. And next day go down to 2g ?
Just my opinion here, but your dose doesn't seem to be that high. And if you've only used it for four months, with codeine and prescription drugs before that, you probably can taper pretty quickly. What I always do, when I quit kratom (which is usually to go back on Suboxone or some other opiate) is to reduce the size of the usual dose and keep taking it at the same times, at least at first. Then, when I've tapered the dose into about 1/4 of the original I start spreading the doses out. Usually if I'm taking it 3-4 times daily I'll cut one of those doses out, then the next day or the third, cut another out until I'm taking it once in the morning and once in the evening. Use your comfort meds with it--if you have a sleeper of some kind, you can next skip the night dose, and if your problem is getting out of bed, that might be the time to take a comfort med. The moderators' advice is right on, especially about avoiding benzos if at all possible. I've used them and created an entirely new addiction that was even harder to quit. Best of luck--it sounds like you know what you're doing!
I have a question for the mods or anyone who can answer it: Because I'm planning on re-starting Suboxone right away, which should make actually tapering the rest of the kratom habit unnecessary. The reasons I want to quit for a day or two before I see the Sub doctor are first, since I'm telling him that I'm still in withdrawals, it isn't going to hurt for me to look like I'm still pretty sick. I already have to admit that I ran out way early by taking them too fast. Since I'm also admitting that I don't want to finish the taper but stay on them anyway, I'm going to admit--it is the truth--that this dose is too low to keep me from being sick. When it was about double this, like .25 every day, instead or every other day, or .5 every other day, I think that kept me from being in withdrawals all the time. Whatever it takes, I want to be comfortable. Like I said, it's not going to be that long anyway, and I shouldn't have to give up my quality of life. The question I have--and I've never heard it addresses: With kratom is there a possibility of precipitated withdrawal if I take the kratom until I get the Sub? If so, how long should I wait between the two? When I was in the hospital they switched me to methadone because they were too damn cheap to pay for my Suboxone. Which was fine, as the methadone kept me well and out of pain. But when I switched back, I didn't wait long enough and threw myself into precipitated withdrawal--I never ever want to do that again! It was the worst experience of my life; I had more methadone and Suboxone, but knew if I took either one it would just make it worse. And I didn't have any benzos or even Ambien to knock me out--I just had to suffer for about 12 hours until the Sub started working. So, any info would be great!