Quitting Kratom is not as easy as I thought it would be...

[Taverner]

My back hurts - this is an understatement. I have a herniated disc, a pinched nerve and an out of whack Sciatica - but that's just me, how are you? :)

Anyway, I have tried many things to stop the pain. The most effective yet most dangerous (in terms of turning me into a useless zombie) was 90mg of Morphine, 30 mg of Vicodin per day. Along with a bunch of other benzos. When I realized this might not be how I want to spend my life, I quit, stepping down just like you're supposed to. After you build opiate tolerance, you can cut 20%, wait 3 days, cut another 20% and so on. Without suffering. And yes, go off of these things all of a sudden and yes, you'll suffer.

Anyway, when I finally kicked it, I went on Kratom - a legal, available and effective mild opiate. The only legal opiate (other than Imodium) out there.

Quitting Morphine was doable, and I did.

No looking back here.

Then I decided, enough with the Kratom, quit it! So I went from my 1 gram a day Kratom habit to nothing.

Before I did this, however, I should have read up on it. Stepping down from this would have been much easier.

So yesterday, I was a damaged child, cowering in the corner. Today, I'm a suffering fool, wandering about the house with depression and dizziness.

Fun fun.

Third day's the charm, and after Monday I'll be somewhat normal again.

Any suggestions?

[Tobin S.]

1. Yeah, follow your doctor's advice

If you listened to me you'd be a hopeless alcoholic.

[Taverner]

2. LOL Doctor said nothing

They taught me how to step down, but that's about it

Which is fine - I doubt he'd know anything about the nutraceuticals and ethnobotany out there...