Everyone seems to have different experiences. But the people that say it's really bad (worse than all opiates) firmly stand by it. And I have to agree. I had a year long habit with random daily amounts (usually very high), and my wd process was grueling. Granted, I'm a very extreme case on how much I took.
The most important tip is to stay away from the condensed liquid kratom. The small liquid shots are becoming very popular and they are a lot stronger than the powder/capsules. I would take numerous liquid doses a day, and that's why detoxing was so bad. Kratom detox is mentally and physically taxing but the worst part is how random and tricky the process can be. All experienced "detoxers" know the value of night milestones. Specific nights have specific expectancies. When you reach a certain night you know "it's gonna be rough" or "from here it gets easier". Most opiate detoxers know making it to night 4-5 is a huge step. But kratom gets into your brain in such a way that the detox is smoke and mirrors. Night 1 is fine. Night 3 is torture. Night 5 is fine, but night 7 is torture. You think your good and then your not. It takes time to cleanse from it, mentally especially. I know this is depressing and extreme, but people need to know that the detox is no joke, especially if your at a high dose for a lengthy period.
And just like all difficult processes, life makes them even harder. Having a job, is what makes the cleansing process so drawn out. Ideally everyone would want to just take two weeks, go the gym, eat healthy, sweat it out, and just battle through this in one shot at home. But people have lives and have to be able to function. I couldn't function at work going through kratom wd, which is why I had to try an annoying and drawn out taper.
I had surgery on my jaw and had it wired shut for 2 months. And was off from work. So really the extreme boredom took over, and the only type of kratom I could take was liquid (couldn't open my mouth with jaw wiring). That's how I dug myself into a hole.
Save yourself now and don't add the liquids to your regiment. The strength/dosage of them is never clearly portrayed, but from my experience they are as strong as 15 premium capsules. With a lot of added alkaloids. The small opms brand one (dark thick liquid) is by far the strongest, and if you try it you'll know right away what I'm talking about.
Tapering is tough, getting from 10g to 2g is easy/don't even notice the change. But from 2g to 0 is a war of attrition. Moral of the story: don't underestimate the power of Kratom.....especially the condensed liquids!! I had such a strong urge to write all this because I'm not seeing a lot of writing / experiences with liquid kratom and the strength/consequences of it.