I've been up too about 3.5 grams a day for a good while now, how did you control tolerance when oral T being ineffective? I don't IV, Ive tried snorting recently for the first time and the burn was so bad. Idk what to do, I've used kratom daily for almost two years and tolerance never got up this quick
I was using about 3+ grams a day at my worst so I know where you are at. Withdrawals were fucking nasty for me at that level whenever I tried to quit cold turkey. I shudder just thinking about how intense the shittiness of it was.
I've been ever so slowly tapering. Nowadays I take about 5 grams of Kratom spread throughout the day and about 250mg of tianeptine spread throughout the night... So I've tapered considerably but I still want to taper lower before quitting.
For me, tolerance rose EXTREMELY quickly to tianeptine. When I first starting using it, I had barely any tolerance because I was opioid clean for years at that point. I think my tolerance rose quickly mostly because I was a previous opiate addict. I was off to the races again from the first dose. It didn't take very long to were I was dosing 400-500mg at a time.
And yes, snorting tianeptine sodium is extremely painful. But it is also extremely effective this way. I started snorting small bumps which would hurt like HELL... But it was weird, after a few days it no longer hurt for me. It was like slowly my nose became adjusted to it. Towards the height of my use I could snort 100mg at a time without much pain. I never experienced any nosebleeds or scabbing or anything either, which is bizzare considering how much it fucking hurt to snort in the beginning.
I don't recommend snorting though. Like I said, it's extremely fucking painful so who knows how bad it is for the membranes. Plus it'll Jack your tolerance up even higher and quicker than oral. Oral tianeptine sodium is actually quite effective... It seems to absorb pretty quickly and efficiently that way. If you do continue snorting it, though, I've warned you... You're already taking 3.5 grams a day so you really don't want to Jack your tolerance any higher.
It might be a good idea to start tapering. You never know when this shit will suddenly be banned or become unavailable. Trust me, you don't want to suddenly get cut off at such a high dose.
You could also switch back to Kratom. But, in my experience, you have to taper down to around a gram a day first otherwise your tolerance will be so high that Kratom may not suffice at reasonable dosages.