Holy shit, I feel a million times better than just a couple days ago. I was going for long walks the first two weeks of withdrawals when I felt like death. However the last couple days I started going to the gym and getting some serious cardio and it has pushed my recovery into high gear. In the last two days I've improved by miles, while the previous 2 weeks I felt like I was inching along, at best. My appetite finally came back this afternoon. I was actually hungry at lunch time and by dinner I was ready to get it on. Went and plowed through like $60 worth of sushi and seaweed salad and edamame. It was exactly what the Dr ordered. Slept pretty well last night. First night in 3+ weeks that I didn't drench the sheets with night sweats. I've been smoking a decent amount of heavy indica the last few days. A week ago the weed was not helpful at all. Now it feels lovely. Anxiety is markedly better. Depression cloud has mostly lifted. Still have some serious head fog though and I can just tell I'm still a week or two from 100%. Still feeling some fatigue. It's easily bearable now though. Spirits are pretty damn good. Cognition is markedly better. I also upped my dosage of agamatine from 1/2 gram 2 x a day to 1 gram 2 x a day. I take it just before I take the Phenibut. Today I dropped from 3,000 mg to 2,700. I think it will be pretty easy until I get to lower dosages. We shall see. If I get withdrawal symptoms as I taper down I'll just stabilize at that dose until I feel better. I'm very optimistic about the taper now. I figure if I have a few rough days or few nights of insomnia towards the end or when I jump at least the suffering will be tolerable and short lived. I still plan on taking the fasoracetam for a few days or a week after I jump. Not sure if the agmatine is helping but it sure as hell isnt hurting. Something is working. So I'm sticking to what I'm doing. Thanks for everyone's feedback. I know I still have the toughest part of the taper ahead, but after reading other accounts of this type of taper I think I'm going to experience minimal symptoms. I'll update this thread with progress reports. Also, I think I forgot to mention in my original post that a couple years ago I went through cold turkey benzo withdrawals after just 6 weeks of use. Not a terribly long time to be using benzos but by the end of the six weeks I was popping like 6 or 8 mg of Klonopin a day. Those withdrawals were the most traumatizing experience of my whole life. Good lord. Anyways, last month when I was out of wack I stole a handful of Klonopin from my wife. I'm pretty damn sure that it threw me into withdrawals. I now believe I was experiencing both Kratom and Klonopin withdrawals the last few weeks. Jesus...never ever again.