DOSE:
oral
Kratom
(daily)
BODY WEIGHT:
150 lb
I took Kratom every day, three to four times per day, for more than six years. I kept my dosage pretty consistent at half a tablespoon in a tea. When the DEA started threatening to ban it, I decided it was time to quit. Better to deal with the withdrawal symptoms on my own terms than just find out I couldn't order it anymore, right? Keep in mind I'm not judging you. If you want to take Kratom, it's your life. I am against prohibition. Kratom saved my life. But it was time to quit - for me, at least.
The first time I tried to quit, I lasted three weeks. The first few days were absolute misery. All I could think about was making it through the next ten minutes. My body felt like it was being wrung out like a wet cloth. Every muscle was tight and painful. I couldn't think straight. And that was the easy part.
The hard part came at night. I had been so looking forward to sleeping away the symptoms all night. But sleep never came because my whole body kept having spasms and restless body syndrome all night. I got a little sleep by piling up pillows and dangling my legs off the side of the bed.
The next day the symptoms were slightly less in terms of the cravings and body-twistedness. I started to feel proud of myself. I have heard how bad opioid withdrawals can be. And, make no mistake, this is opioid withdrawal I was facing. But I kept using the 10 minute trick. I would just tell myself to make it through the next 10 minutes.
The daytime symptoms were over in a few days. Although I had some psychic symptoms for another week or two after that. But the restless body at night kept on going for three weeks. the restless body at night kept on going for three weeks.