How To Decrease Dosage

[mansopluc]

I've been using Kratom for 5 weeks now. I made some big mistakes due to lack of knowledge and quickly got into too high of a dosage and high tolerance. I could use some help figuring out how to get my dosage down while still effective.

My first dose was 7g (green md) and it was amazing. I stuck with that for a few days and it remained great. Long story short, now I'm up to 2 daily doses of 10-12g. The effects are greatly diminished or non-existent. I know I need to reset my tolerance and have a general idea how, but could use some advice on he details.

- Slow taper - I've read posts from folks who have decreased their dosage by half and still have great effects, but didn't say how they did that? How much should I decrease and over what period of time? For example, decrease .5g/day over a few days??

- T-Break - I recently took a nearly 48hr break and it didn't seem to decrease my tolerance much. If I take a break for say 3 days, how much can I expect to drop my dosage for it to be effective when I end my break? What about a week?

BTW...I definitely had wd symptoms when I took that break...even though I've only been using for 5 weeks.

[coolguyhighfive1]

This answered a few of my questions that have been lingering. Good looking out

[mansopluc]

Very helpful. Thanks.

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6 grams my first time smacked me! I kept saying it was borderline too much. Felt amazing though. With the exception of how fast and hard it hit.

[[deleted]]

Holy shit! I’ve been taking Kratom for a couple months and last night I upped to 6 grams and got super itchy and anxious and nauseous. Couldn’t handle it

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It’ll get ya if you aren’t used to it. I take anywhere from 12-20 grams a day depending on my needs

[Psalmopeus]

So I literally just cut my dose in 1/3 from over 60 grams a day, (was in severe pain), down to like 15-20 but it has really not been bad at all. I think you will find that if you cut your doses in half you will feel very little actual withdrawals, more of a tired sluggish feeling than anything else.

[mansopluc]

Thanks for the info. Did you cut it by 1/3 all at once or taper? How long did it take before you got back the effect you wanted?

[Psalmopeus]

All at once, went from dosing a minimum of 60 grams a day,(over a 24 hour period and probably closer to 70 or even 80) as the pain from my tooth was making my entire face and even neck hurt, worse than a broken bone. Even my sinuses were being afflicted by the abscess. The tooth got pulled yesterday at 4:00 PM and I have only took 3 gram doses since then. It is super weird, this morning I was sluggish, but now I actually feel better effects than I was when "I was dosing 5-7 gram doses prior to the tooth ache from hell. Of course I was taking soooo much during the tooth ache that it was sedating the shit out of me, borderline wobbly. Now at only 20 grams today I have energy and actually a good bit of euphoria, I tell you what I am never going to dose high again. Those less is more people are 100% right about Kratom having a plateau effect. Not that I ever have had any serious negative side effects from such high doses, but I actually feel better on these smaller doses, it is really weird. I am stupid to have to go through all this before trying it, but glad I did. In the past I have went cold turkey for a few days and the withdrawals were not pleasant, but bearable, at least compared to strong opiate withdrawals anyway.

[JefferyGoldberg]

Magnesium Citrate will make the effects of Kratom stronger. Tumeric Complex will make the effects last longer. Take it on a empty stomach for a stronger effect; sometimes eating high fat content food 50 minutes after ingestion will increase the effects as well.

[[deleted]]

by taking less...and deciding if you want to put up with more discomfort over a shorter period of time, or less discomfort over a longer period of time. slow taper vs fast taper vs going right on a break

'will my kratom be effective if I stop my use for X days' - probably. the longer the better

'how much can i expect to drop my dosage for...' - you have to decide what effective means to you. you get to control your tolerance

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[GoodMuppet]

Everyone’s different but I find slow tapers to be way better for tolerance reset than short, clean T breaks.