mydrugbuddy
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I was completely wiped out after non stop tapering down from 8mg over the course of a few months, first trying to jump off at quartered 2mg pills when i eventually got to that stage. Looking back now I believe that I became very run down during the whole process and had nothing left in the tank at the end. So that first quit attempt failed for me, i only lasted a few days. What helped me enormously was getting back on a low dose, i cant recall now, might have been 1 or 2mg for a couple of weeks, fully 'recharging my batteries', taking extra care of myself by eating and sleeping as well as possible, and last but not least acquiring some 0.2 pills. It was so much easier after all that on the 2nd attempt and the miniscule reductions that the 0.2s allowed. On my first attempt i found it sheer fucking murder once i got below 2mg, and then having to quarter the pills.
Having said all that I do appear to be one of the biggest wimps on here when it comes to w/ds at least. It's just something I struggle with badly. In other 'pain scenarios' hospital staff have complimented me on my lack of making a fuss and not being a wimp about physical pain and injuries, though that is probably something they tell every single patient to help boost their morale a bit.
![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
I haven't even had any really bad physical symptoms like severe stomach cramps etc and other severe pain from never having had to quit a very heavy addiction to the strongest of opis. Really my w/ds have physically been virtually indistiguishable from the common Flu virus, but the psychological element of the sudden emptyness and days that seem to last for ever is perhaps just the same no matter what opi habit you are quitting, and the adjustment period can perhaps be just as difficult. I dare say mentioning any PAWS and I'd be laughed out of the house but it is still definately there for several weeks. Ive already quit kratom several times, lasted a month at longest iirc, then i had a burn injury which required 4 nights in hospital. I was SO bored and depressed that i got back on the kratom, realised then just how fast it made time fly, and then realised that along with the mood lift it provided it could potentially help massively with the long tedious days at work, so long as i kept my dose low enough so that i wasnt obviously intoxicated so that no one would ever suspected anything, which they never did. And I've carried on using it well beyond the point where it delivers noticeable beneficial effects without consuming insane amounts. I was reading the Kratom thread in Other Drugs and one guy was taking 22g per dose several times a day to feel anything. Thank God i drew the limit at 10g per dose, although even that is bad enough. Most sensible people only consume it occasionally at doses of 1-2g per dose. And they get all the effects they are looking for off that.
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