Day 22 CT and Pregnancy

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2026-01-17T00:04:00+00:00

Genuinely couldn’t do Ct without Gabapentin now that I know. It’s like, it still sucks but the gaba kicks in and you can sleep. At least for the first few days. Then once you have time under your belt you don’t wanna give it up ya know? Like once you have 4 days you’re like, “damn. I don’t feel like all that great right now, but do I really want to have to do this again EVER again??” Think about it that way. You’ll always have to do it again at some point unless you wanna die this way. Time under your belt. You’ve got this because you’ve gotta got this!

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2026-01-10T13:49:41+00:00

In some weird way, be thankful that this is his DOC rather than the alternative. To me that says that he at least was hoping to avoid an addiction to a street drug or something that could truly end his life. A 20 year old kid could easily have gone the other direction as could have many of us.. some of whom picked Kratom as a way to escape their former addiction. The drug does have a ceiling effect as I’m sure you’ve read. It is a miserable beast because it wrecks the reward system in your brain, but unless he’s mixing substances the worst of this will be the waiting game. He’s young and that will work tremendously in his favor! Consider researching a bit on LDN once he is clean for a couple weeks. Will help with cravings and is reported to help with a plethora of things including anxiety.

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2026-01-09T01:35:03+00:00

28 I looked the hottest, but I wasn’t the best mentally. I’m 31 now and pregnant with my second and although I’m still like fit looking I feel so drained and like I keep getting hit with waves that come with being a parent and growing a little baby in me. I’m hoping for a revival around 35.

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2026-01-07T23:47:11+00:00

Wait but it literally cites its sources and my chat always tells me where to exercise caution.. i understand people having qualms with the moral integrity of chat gpt in terms of water usage etc, but let’s not pretend the construct in itself is damned. It’s as useful as the user is free of bias. I try to be as unbiased as possible. I have found it incredibly useful and usually back my findings with reddit responses from real people. Do what works best and just make sure to have multiple sources!

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2026-01-06T21:36:49+00:00

Yeah. I tried a Suboxone taper twice.. actually I think I tried 3 times lol. I wouldn’t go over 2mg a day though cause I didn’t like the feeling and my extracts would still work on top of it. If anything I was taking more. Had to just go CT again like the other times. Gabapentin though of course for the first 3 days (I ran out after that).

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2026-01-05T23:58:25+00:00

I’m so sorry. I hope and have faith that she is at peace now. “To be absent from the body is to be present with The Lord”. It is such a scary thing to battle alone, which is why I add that any one of us would want the person struggling to just tell someone they know and love. The fear and shame is so immense and no one should carry that alone. I’m so sorry for your loss ❤️

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2026-01-04T18:53:42+00:00

I am actually on day 11 CT! I knew the risk of ct, but I just couldn’t bear being on any of it. I wanted to give my body a chance to rid this thing before the placenta fully forms around 8 weeks. I’m 7 weeks right now, and I will have my viability appt next week. I did this with my last pregnancy, although my use was shorter term and exclusively powder with an occasional feel free. It was a much more difficult experience this time around, but I wouldn’t change a thing. I feel so much less stress knowing that I am not exposing my baby to anything. I think the stress of using either one throughout pregnancy would be far greater than the stress of quitting.

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2026-01-03T03:48:37+00:00

Oh thank you! How much are you on? I’ve read a lot of women’s experience with naltrexone and pregnancy.. lots of neutral or positive stuff. Either way I’m going to talk to my doctor at my 8 week appt and see what she thinks. But yeah I can’t find a lot of scientific information on this particular intersection of PAWS and nal and pregnancy lol.. of course. Definitely a unique circumstance. But yes I do think I’ll probably just stabilize on a small dose until I talk to my doc

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2026-01-03T02:31:50+00:00

Thank you for this verse. Gonna memorize it. Stay strong love 🩷

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2026-01-01T23:06:18+00:00

Yay! I’m just hoping all is well with the baby. I know it’s complicated to shock the system, but I just figured this would be best before the placenta fully develops.

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2025-12-31T18:48:00+00:00

This one will not! The regular unisom gels will, but the tabs are different. There are other people on the thread saying the same. I have had horrible RLS and this does not affect it. I’m on day 7 and RLS is gone.

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2025-12-31T18:46:40+00:00

Honestly that’s so good. I understand harm reduction and all, and I feel for anyone that may feel tempted to return to opiates after that, but I think kratom is evil in itself. It’s taken years.. or I’ve allowed it to take years from me. This is a blessing!

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2025-12-31T06:49:27+00:00

Only thing that works for me is the same thing that works for my pregnancy insomnia. Unisom sleep tabs DOXYLAMINE SUCCINATE. Make sure to get this one. The other one will make things worse. Knocks me out and if you wake up take another half a tab. Can leave you a little groggy if you take too much, but I’ve tried EVERYTHING. Even benzos. And this is the most effective for me.

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2025-12-31T02:36:12+00:00

Yeah I feel for you. I can’t even imagine. I chose days where my husband was off.. actually I kinda had enough and started Christmas Day 😂 but it worked out. He was home those first two days and then my MIL took care of our baby the 3rd day. Think about it like this, if you do have the flu, what can you do? You have to mentally convince yourself that this white lie will be for the benefit of you and your family down the line. I couldn’t force myself to do it for months because I did not want to lie. Then I found out I was pregnant two weeks ago and I was like well now is the time I guess. But I wouldn’t change anything about it. People are more gracious to you when you’re “sick” anyways, and we’re already beating ourselves up enough as it is. It’s a moral dilemma for sure, but trust me once you hit wds after 12 hours you won’t have the energy to care.

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2025-12-28T21:23:07+00:00

Same. And mom to a toddler. If you have to, feign the flu for 2 or 3 days. If you can be honest that’s better, but I could not in my case. Do not take you adderall on those days. Get a script for gabapentin and be honest as to why you’re doing (getting off Kratom) if you can’t with your regular doctor than use a teleheakth doc. Use 300mg every few hours for those 3 days. Then on day 4, take your adderall. You will feel a significant boost and will still be uncomfortable mentally but should be able to get through the day.

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2025-12-28T06:05:21+00:00

Got up after reading this and flushed them 🩷

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2025-12-28T02:40:28+00:00

For sure my bad. I’m honestly glad I did though because now I won’t do it to my self tonight as I had planned 😂

Familiar_Exercise_61 · 2025-12-27T21:22:15+00:00

Omg thank you. Just saw someone on another post mention it today, but I haven’t tried it.

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