Saying Goodbye to Kratom. Any advice welcomed.

4Trinity

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Hello everyone. Im new as a member to BL, but have always watched and prayed for others after reading their posts. Ive experienced most habit forming drugs to the fullest extent, and been to hell and back with each one.

It started with a herniated disc about 12 years ago, and a doctor (who is now stripped of his license for over prescribing, and self prescribing) that introduced me to Lortab. I had no idea what being dependent on anything was about. I never actually knew what artificial euphoria was until then. Long story short, I fell in love. After about 6 years of being prescribed Lortab, and uping the dose to about 7 10mg Lortab 3 to 4 times a day, I realized I had to stop. Painful as it was, I did it. It took about 2 months for the physical withdrawal to pass. THe mental withdrawal, though decreasingly less, seemed to never fully dissapear over the next couple months.

That is when I found out about tramadal. THis helped with the pain that I still had in my lower back, and took away the mental grip that opiates had on my brain. Ive always heard that it was a non habit forming drug, and could do wonders for withdrawal. Well, I enden up taking about anywhere from 30 to 50 of them a day. I guess that some of us have different experiences and results with different drugs, but to me the Tramadol was far worse than hydrocodone. I had to take a 2 week vacation from work just to be able to get through the physical withdrawal I would endure. That was the most painful experience, physically and mentally, I had ever endured. But...I did it. Around that time, I studied all the withdrawal home and prescription remedies that were out there. I used my own version of the Thomas Recipe to help get through that one.

Finally after overcoming the physical aspect of tramadal dependence, slowly becoming less depressed and countless nights of insomnia, I decided that I needed real help with my lower back pain. I told myself, "no matter what, I wont take any opiates, and inform them of my situation". That all sounds good whenever youre telling your wife what your plans are, but when the doctor visit arrives, and asks if youre allergic to any meds, and what not, the light turns on, and the jonesin begins. I wasnt mentally prepared to turn down a prescription of Norco. Especially a 120count with 3 refills. Jackpot, I thought. I did this for just over 2 years, until they cut me off. Sad day. So this would be the 3rd time I went through a major withdrawal after years of use. Of course they gave me a script and a taper schedule, but that was gone in 2 days. Seriously, who is gonna taper with 15 pills when you are used to taking 20 a day. Cold Turkey, got through it, because to me, again in MHO, way easier than the tramadol withdrawal.

That brings us to about a year ago. I was doing fine. Almost completely have my physc back, and depression almost gone, atleast I think.... Anyway, I came home from work one day, and was discussing with my wife, that I wish there was something that you could take, that would give you some pep, and euphoria, that wasnt illegal, or addicting. We did some researching, and remembered someone telling her about an all natural, non habit forming, substance, that was almost like dros. This is when we discovered Kratom. We ordered, (easiest substance to purchase by far....) and that was all she wrote.

For those that say Kratom isnt that good, or Kratom is not addicting, or Kratom is overrated....I wish I was you.
Im not saying that you are wrong. Actually, youre probably 100% right. FOR YOU. Ive been through enough sh!+ and tooken enough different things, that I know each and every anything, has different effects on different people. But FOR ME....Kratom has a grip much like tram. I will say, that it is WAYYYY more Euphoric, and lasts wwwaaaayyyyyyyyyy longer than anything else Ive encountered. Ive went a couple days without it and it was Hell. I do know that it is going to be a bi+(# to overcome.

That brings us to today. I have a child on the way. I have an extremely physically and mentally demanding job in which I work close to 70 hours a week. I cannot continue to be this person any longer. Ive been preparing for this for about a month now, getting my body and mind ready to endure pure pain. Getting my body ready with (plenty) certain vitamins and natural herbs, so that the withdrawal wont hit so hard initially. I take many different items in the morning, and before bed. Ive spent close to $100 dollars just on the particular vitamins and supplements to help get me through this. I have a taper schedule that will start this coming Monday, leading to a vacation Ive tooken that will start the following Monday. I pray the Lord will be with me, and do what has to be done, so that I will never think about any mind altering state again.

The thing is, again for ME, I have to dose Kratom first thing in the morning, or Ill be sweating, extreme fatigue, and pain all over my body within the first hour of beeing awake. Then, I try to withstand dosing again for about 6 hours, until the symptons start again. I dose, and 15 minutes later, Im fine. Then I could go to bed, but without a dose before bed, I will wake up because of crazy mentally depressing dream, with cold sweats, CRAZY RLS, and twiching. The mental part of this drug SUCKS. So, I take a dose before I go to bed and sleep like a puppy. This has also become staggering to my bank account. At first, it seemed cheap, and easy to get, but now I have to buy the crap 2 to 3 times a week, just so I dont run out before the symptons start. The Fedex dude is probably sick and tired of me. Im up to about 80 grams of the Ultra Enhanced Indo which runs about 400 dollars a week. Id be better off with a heroin addiction at this point. Being that I live in Montana though, its probably a bit harder to obtain. anyway, this is by far the biggest grip anything has ever had on my body and brain.

Ive done so much research and studyiing about the body, the mind, and chemicals, vitamins, natural herbs, etc. that I should have a degree by now, lol. Ive spent plenty of time planning the perfect withdrawal remedy in every way possible. The only thing I think I lack at this point, is well............SUPPORT. That is what brought me to you guys. I know that alot of people on here, have gone through similar things, with similar results, and similar situations. I dont think I can do this alone, So if anyone, please-ANYONE, can help with advice or even stories, to help me, I will VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL responses. I will keep you updated atleast 2 to 10 times a day once this begins. Hopefully It will reach someone else, and help them with their own problem or curiosity. Thank you so much for even taking the time to read about my endevoir and Thanks again, for your help
God Bless everyone in this place tonight
Ill keep you posted
 
Thanks for recounting your story 4Trinity. Welcome to TDS.:)
Have seen plenty of Threads in here touching/dealing with Kratom and withdrawl.
Personally I dont have any experience of it but hopefully others on here will help you with your issue.
I wish you the best of luck with your taper and with your pregnancy hun. <3
 
I also have problems with my back with no options at the moment. I will pray for you. I know how addiction can be. I've seen many of my closest friends deal with it. My father died because of it. Don't give up!
 
THank you all sooo much for the prayers. I would have replied earlier but havent had the will to even get on the computer.
So I took my last dose of Kratom Sunday about noon. I started to feel depressed that night around 8 or so, and knew the inevitable was knocking on my door. I decided to down a shit load of sleep meds, melatonin, nyquill, tylenol p.m., whiskey, and Valerian root. I was hoping to get in one more good nights sleep before I met this beast head on. Anyways, I woke up about 2 hours later in coldsweats, RLS, RAS, pretty much restless body syndrom, and the works. I havent slept for more than 15 minutes since. It is Tuesday now, and my cold sweats have stopped today. I hope that part is behind me, but we'll see soon enough. I have crazy depressed thoughts constantly. I know that part is all mental, and will take time to overcome. Im hoping ill also have more energy and will power as the days come. I do however have enough want to, to atleast get on the computer and write this. Thats a good sign I suppose. Thank God, that my sister is there for me whenever I need her. Shes overcame, Ox, Methadone, trams, and Hydro addiction, and when I see her now, it truelly gives me the strength to carry on, because she actually did it. She gets up in the morning, goes out and gets breakfast for the family, and pays bills. Its just things that right now, seem impossible to me, but in a weird way, I think she went through that, so she could help me through this. I have know Idea why K has such a grip on me. Something chemically in it has such a strong physcological addiction to it. To me thats the hardest part, because I know what to expect physically wise. Anyways, I hope someone out there contimplating Kratom, will see this, and just think about it first. It could be alot easier on some, but for me, this is the some of the hardest stuff Ive ever had to get off of. Thanks soo much for everyones prayers, as I will return prayers to anyone who needs them, in gratitude.
 
hi
iam dealing with "low-potential" opiodes as well. and i totaly understand your situation
and wish you a good handfull power which you will need. probably lyrica(pregabalin) could
help you getting through the first days. low dosed (till 100mg). but be aware its acting on gaba system so dont do it regulary or as less as possible. just in case but be realy realy aware using codein- i would not recommand it,but from my point of view,better than benzos. thats just in short cause as you said your best informed and you will recieve great advices from your sister. just disguss my advices( but i guess they are allready known) and hopefully you will get through this as calm as possible. from my side all the best and power,especialy menthaly, for this time
 
thank you for your advice. Truth is, Ive actually have never heard of Lyrica before. Im about to start researching it right now. THanks a million! Ill take all the best and power from your side. : ) : (
 
so go ahead. it is in general pregabalin which is not that long on the market so there are no longtherm-using side effects known but as i sad use it max.7 to 10 days wtih around 100 mg and usually rls is no probleme. if you dont get it use gabapentin or so i cheaper, way longer on the market but not that effective. but just an advise lyrica is prettz unpredictable so better stay at home ( some say mdma like etc...) and if you use it over 100mg imo you will act like drunk(the way of walk and talking) but for restless legs very good. i use kratom against rls but in your case. let me know if it fits to you and as is sad stay at home(absolutly no go is driving) keep on and best wishes from austria
 
tired as hell all day today (thurs). Gonna be a long night, I can tell. RLS is in full effect. I hope this is gone bye the time I go back to work on Monday. What a bi+<H. Done with this for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
do you have the aches and other physical symptoms associated with opiate withdrawal? no offense but your story is kind of fascinating to me so i'm curious.
 
yes. for the opiates ive experienced anyway. just pills. Except to me, the RLS is so much more intense. Especially in my arms. Thats why im still awake at this hour.
I take 5htp, immodium, LTyrosine, St. Johns Wort, Calcium magnisium, Pottasium vitamins, Super Bcomplex, B6, ibuprofin, all during the day. I dont know how much it helps, but it has do be doing something I hope.
At night, I take Meletonin, Valerianroot, tylonol p.m., and phenibut and down it with Nyquill. With all this, im still unable to sleep cuz the RLS.
keep in mind, Ive tooken the K (UIE) blend for about a year straight. I didnt expect this to be easy.
 
well, here we are. Its saturday. Last night I took 2 klonopin, and slept like a baby for 10 hours, with no RLS, No waking up choking on mucus, or constant urges to pee. I did this without any of my sleep meds as well. Wow'''' Today I feell normal, actually Im in a good mood. I got up, went to get some breakfast, and looked at a house for sale. All this before my wife woke up. It sure feels good. Not high, or euphoric, but this will be satisfyiing enough to get me through work on monday. Im going to try and sleep tonight withough klondopin. Kratom your are (defeated). My mind says, "Hey, you did it in 3 and a half days of hard withdrawal, and 5 nights of imsomnia after a year of abusing UEI. You can celebrate with just a little Kratom now. Wont hurt" lol, maybe ill celebrate on my bday with 10 grams or so, on a special occasion, but in all reality, thats a physcological addiction, and I can deal with that. The hard and hardest parts of completely gone.
for Kratom addicts: I tell you this
I would never go back to what I was doing again. Im just sick and tired of any withdrawals period. THey are not worth it to me anymore to me. If someone thinks that a binge on ultra inhanced indo of 100 grams per week is worth it, then go ahead, but be ready for 4 days of hell and 5 to 6 nights of imsomnia.
I havent even sweated today. Thank God and for prayers. All good now, and if anything comes up, or I cant sleep without any sleep aides. ill let ya know. Im not that informed about klonopin, but I dont think it would keep me feelin good even after 12 hours would it???hopefully it has nothing to do with how I feel today. If anyone has experience with it let me know. Ive never used it before last night and dont plan on using it again, unless I absolutely cant sleep without taking any melotonin, nyquill, valerion, etc. If somebody could tell me that Klonopin doesnt or does last this long, ill be waitng for a response. Thanks again
HUUURRRAAYYYYY. Im 6 days sober and feel fine. Thanks
 
klonopin, although i'm sure it had some effect on you last night, is designed to be most effective when it is taken over time and allowed to build up in your system unlike a benzo like xanax which is fast acting and powerful. you are probably feeling good because you are actually pleased with the results and relieved that you are no longer feeling physical withdrawal symptoms and got a good night's sleep.

glad to hear you are making good progress.
 
Careful with the benzos, man - it can take less than a week to experience withdrawal from daily use. Medium-long-term, the withdrawals are MUCH worse than from Kratom or pharm opiates: having come off both (250x kratom extract and full-spectrum tinctures when the 250 was still around, morphine/fent/oxy/hydro so far as opiates go), benzos are still kicking my ass. Tapered down, hit a panic attack, and I've only just got back down from doses in excess of 100+ mgs of valium a day. Cold turkey at this level could be fatal, and it's damn hard to taper and keep working.

So turn to k'pin ONLY when you have to - and take a few days off inbetween. Might want to try some Kava: and DON'T use phenibut daily, it's not much different from benzos with long-term use.

Good luck - you can do this.
 
@ 4Trinity - did you say you were taking 30-50 tramadol per day?? I'm surprised you didn't have a seizure.

UEI certainly has addictive properties; the plain leaf is so much more limiting because if you take too much you get pretty sick, with UEI you can avoid most of this. I've used a lot of extracts and didn't have any real problems quitting after months of daily use (i never really enjoyed them though, was just trying it out for my anxiety). I think the psychological part is really getting you, especially since you are already planning a celebration with kratom. If you must celebrate go with plain leaf, it has far less abuse potential and if you have pain it will help a bit while reducing cravings. $400/week is insane, some vendor will be sad to lose you lol.

Sounds like you are through the physical part of w/d but the mental aspect will linger for a while. UEI has done you more harm than good it sounds, so just keep that in mind when you think of going back to it. Plain leaf is very cheap and sustainable, if you have to use something just stay away from extracts and enhanced leaf/tinctures. Just don't fall into the same old trap, easier said than done I know but good luck in the future.

And be careful with klonopin, a few weeks of daily use will have you wishing for only 5 days of insomnia.
 
ok, Sunday is here and i slept fine without anything. The battle is won I think. I did however check all my stash spots today hoping I forgot something somewhere. Im good regardless not finding anything. The celebration thing was a joke. Dont think ill do it again. I did have small problem with sweats last night, but i didnt think to far into it. I hope this is all behind me, and nothing pops up unexpextingly. Usually when I go through something like this, thats the end of it for me. Thanks VERY much for the info on Klonopin. I was gonna take it for the hell of it, but now i defenately wont. I wasnt sure exactly what it was in the first place, but now I get it. Thanks a mill guys. Been a long week, ill think ill try and enjoy something today while being sober.
 
Would it be a bad idea to maybe just indulge every saturday or so? Does anyone have any vices theyve overcame, and still use on an occasion?
 
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