Need Help Kratom withdrawal

[lost weekend]

Hey friends

I was abusing lyrica, and taking kratom. Lyrica in high doses (1000mg/day, sometimes less sometimes more) and kinda sporadic use over 3 months.

I stopped and didn't know what I was in wd from, thought it was the kratom because I'm not new to lyrica.

Anyway, I stayed on kratom, and experienced the most brutal month long withdrawal from lyrica..never been through that before.

Now I haven't gone back to lyrica, terrified really, it now I want to get off the kratom .

I've been taking now about 15 g a day ..that's been titrating up over the two months.

I had 12 hour gap in between doses last night...I woke up feeling a bit shit but tried to delay the first dose.

Anyway, I know this may sound stupid .. but because kratom wd isn't long, I was going to get Gabapentin for a few days ..



Is this really dumb? Should I just get to cold turkey? I don't want to get those terrible withdrawals from the gaba and it will probably happen because I feel like every time is worse.

I want to get off kratom and have a busy week of moving and work. Every day I'm on it I know it's getting worse, I want to get off it now.

Any help would be amazing

I can't speak for everyone but kratom withdrawl for me just for 1 week was hell on earth ,I get withdrawl symptoms after 12 hours .nothing i had helped not even valium or alcohol. The best way would be to taper .maybe you can handle the withdrawls better than me and I hope and wish you can .codine would help as would dhc but that's just swapping 1 highly addictive substance for another.when I was in thailand on hols i had access to kratom every day but was withdrawing from something else and gabapetein didn't help apart from the first night I took it where it lifted my mood after that it was useless .it might help with rls and insomnia

 

[lost weekend]

Hey thanks for the reply..

Yeah about 2 months maybe a bit more..
I was taking that, lyrica (heavy) and meth benders with Xanax etc..

I did the lyrica withdrawal first...it was fkn brutal . Month of very bad withdrawal, depression, panic, paranoia etc.

Stayed on kratom.

With kratom....I kinda hate it..

It makes me lazy...I just want to sit on the couch and watch YouTube for hours...but I start getting uncomfortable 4 hours after last dose..

At the same time I just feel shit all the time... unmotivated, bit sick, weaker in the gym .

I've started the Gabapentin anyway...staggered doses... no more kratom. See how I go..

When I wake up tomorrow Ill keep on the gaba for 2 more days or so.

Will check in here ..

Thanks for your reply

Sorry I should have read further down your posts .if you've only been on kratom for 2 months you should be fine .when you've been using it for 17 years it's a little different lol

 

[lost weekend]

Just take your total grams per day and cut 1 or 2 grams. Stay there for a 2-3 days*, then cut another 1 or 2 grams total per day.

I can cut even faster than that sometimes especially if I have other drugs like adderall, gabapentin, and clonidine. That's almost the perfect toolkit for kratom wds IMO.

* kratom withdrawal is quite short so your body adjusts to lowered doses very quickly relative to other opioids.

if you've used it for 17 years ,it's hell. Only other opioids can help ,prescription ones like codeine or dhc
I can interchange between kratom and dhc with no noticable diffrence in effects .dhc in low doses 150mg gives me energy just like kratom does

 

[lost weekend]

Sorry I should have read further down your posts .if you've only been on kratom for 2 months you should be fine .when you've been using it for 17 years it's a little different lol

Good luck ,that's why I like this forum ,it reminds us all the pain and suffering that everyone feels at points in their life even the perfect family next door. . I love kratom could never do without it ,I use a strain that is very energy boosting but like with all drugs I wished I never tried the stuff.