I withdrew from kratom, it lasted 20X longer than alcohol wd. I discovered manng da pimps grade whole leaf and it was sooo much better than any crappy extract that I'd messed with in the past. I dosed about 7 gms/3-4 times a day for about three months. The last few weeks I started supplementing tincture extract as well, which may have led to my downfall.
The withdrawals started out as waves of sheer, unrelenting anxiety - and they started when I was drunk, so alcohol wd is improbable. When I was younger, I withdrew from a nasty pint (or more)of rum a night habit - the wd's lasted 4-5 days and were very similar: catatonic anxiety, very high bp, insomnia(brain zaps), tremors, diarrhea, etc.
Three weeks later and the wd's just got worse, eventually I went to my doctor - my blood pressure was 180/110, I was freaking the fuck out! He rx's me hbp pills and zolpidem, tries to push lexapro, but I refuse. So I start taking the bp meds and continue to withdrawal every torturous fucking day for 4 more weeks with the only thing to look forward to was when my nightly ambien knocked me out(if it did). I almost forgot to add that after a month of wd's, my blood pressure started to return to normal and because of the bp med, I started experiencing hypotension (fainted at work, headrushes all the time, etc), eventually I quit the blood pressure pills and felt way better.
Sorry if this post looks like shit - I'm doing this from an iPhone. Anyway, so my withdrawals were horrible for months!! I constantly felt dissociated and panicked, sweating constantly.
Now about nine months later, I have bad insomnia and panic disorder, but closer to normal. I can no longer participate in stimulants of any kind (except caffiene) without extreme jitteryness, palpitations and such. I used to like adderall, occasional cocaine, MDMA and shit, but no longer - the anxiety is just too great.
This all started out as a way to legally relax, as I was trying to not break the law because I'm a single parent, always on daddy-duty and such, I never thought it would lead to months of withdrawals and long lasting anxiety attacks. I can't even stand drinking much, when the alcohol starts to leave my system, I get high
Bp and vasoconstriction, anxiety.
Anyway, when my wd was peaking into the second month, I scoured the net for info and couldnt find much so hopefully this helps someone. I also want to add that I do not live in a mj-friendly area, and people get jacked and/or shot just trying to get some mids or nugs(which is some of the reason I was trying to relax legally). I'm sure that if I lived near a dispensary or a mj-compassionate community and had acces to the right indica strains, some of my wd symptoms could've been alleviated (and maybe I would've never messed with kratom)
This shizz just crept up on me, I never thought using a legal herb for three months would lead to this, it's getting slightly better, but never the same.