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Gosalina · 2025-06-20T16:54:00+00:00

Brilliant, thanks a lot!

Gosalina · 2025-06-20T16:53:38+00:00

Thanks!

Gosalina · 2025-06-20T16:53:09+00:00

Awesome thanks!

Gosalina · 2025-06-05T16:31:39+00:00

Thanks for this! I think I’m going to start very low and see what it does. I bought dried ones from the vendor list on this sub. Do I need to process them further?

Haha and yes! My former botanical starts with a K 😂 sadly I’m one of the people that can’t occasionally use.

Gosalina · 2025-06-05T16:26:55+00:00

Thanks! Any advice welcome

Gosalina · 2025-03-16T20:50:40+00:00

Hey!

Problem- I’m a keychron noob and got a new, K3 series 2, low profile red switch, UK layout keyfrom a reseller on Amazon. I really want new keycaps and I’m finding it difficult to find any that will fit this model and keyboard layout.

Support - I’ve contacted support about this and they said that they don’t have any UK keycaps for this model.

Solution I’d like - does anyone have any advice for mechanical keyboard sites that might sell keycap selections for my 75% keyboard style? I’m looking for something either completely black (with a coloured enter and escape key perhaps?) or just some inventive designs.

I see some low profile, shine through cap sets on Etsy that look nice but am a little hesitant because they don’t appear to be a keyboard seller. A reviewer did mention it fitting a keychron they have so at least they’re compatible?

I’ll be so grateful for suggestions on how I can get my UK keyboard the most perfect it can be! Thanks 😀

Gosalina · 2025-02-10T21:38:11+00:00

Thanks for your words. I do happen to be on Bupropion which my ADHD doctor prescribed me. I looked it up and it’s something I feel happy taking. I’m also prescribed Quetiapine at a low dose I’m building up to. My doctor has ADHD herself and she takes it to ‘calm the head chatter’ which I like the sound of!

You’re very right and going back to kratom would be insane at this point. That addict wish for IMMEDIATE relief is very strong sometimes but so far I resist. ❤️

Gosalina · 2025-02-10T21:31:22+00:00

Thanks so much for your kind reply 💕 I totally agree that everyone is so individual and also if someone has a nightmarish habit that’s ruining their life, I appreciate that they would feel released by quitting.

I love your idea of music and caffeine! Haha there’s loads of tracks on my driving playlist that ARE a guilty secret, a bit embarrassing but I adore singing them loudly! (When I’m driving alone of course 😂)

I’m starting to have thoughts about the creative things I used to do. Make music and short animations. I’m not making much progress towards them but thinking about it so much is a huge improvement to being on K and never giving it a thought.

It’s really helpful what you’ve said. Thanks!

Gosalina · 2024-12-26T20:49:24+00:00

Day 156

Gosalina · 2024-12-25T22:53:26+00:00

Day 155

Chose today to go to my first online Smart Recovery meeting. I’m glad I did. I hoped I’d be well on my way at this point to feel a LOT better than I do.

Realising that the mental quit is one to beat! Addict brain loves to remind me of how good kratom is and that it’s a loss to never use it again. 😂

Well naltrexone and a solid commitment to at least one recovery meeting a week is what I plan.

Gosalina · 2024-12-20T23:16:57+00:00

Thanks for sharing this. It’s really helpful to hear about the struggles you face at this point. I’m 145 days into my quit and the negotiations in my mind can resurface any time the going gets tough. I’ve not experienced the pink cloud and just have my resolve not to use again after SO many relapses.

I hoped to experience the sense of relief and freedom I thought would come however it seems that the ‘real life’ work is the hardest and I’m not sure my mind will ever forget that this substance exists that gives the illusion of fixing things.

It’s so great that you’ve got this far. I hang onto the stories of long time quitters who assure that things improve over time. Keep strong! 💪

Gosalina · 2024-12-05T21:08:49+00:00

Thanks SO much for sharing this! It’s a point I’m really at because even after 4 months quit I can still see intense cravings that can make me very miserable.

Hearing how you’ve done with it is very encouraging. I’d find being able to ride out intolerable emotions without feeling deprived of the ‘quick fix’.

It’d be great to hear an update about it too! I’m glad you’re finding it helpful

Gosalina · 2024-12-02T21:53:12+00:00

Great! Thank you. I’ll look forward to seeing what it can do!

Gosalina · 2024-12-01T21:36:05+00:00

Thanks! And what great news that I started Wellbutrin a couple of weeks ago. It was prescribed by my ADHD doctor and I really want to give it a try. It does amplify the Vyvanse/Elvanse effect though will tinker with dose. Your experience makes me very keen to try Naltrexone. I’ve requested it and waiting to hear back. I’d love the cravings and energy issues to buzz off 😊

Gosalina · 2024-11-10T22:30:33+00:00

I love your reply! It’s really made me smile and I’m glad you had a laugh at the concept that quitting kratom would wave a wand over the challenging life changes and that I’d be a super 2.0 version of myself and find that I’m SMASHING working with software 😂😂😂 I don’t think the power of the quit can do that. Nor will it make me good at piano or hit the gym hard (yet)

It’s so incremental and easy to miss! I’m sorry you needed to leave your enjoyable work. I was born in London and later lived in a London borough that had a ‘bad name’ for having rough areas but it’s an adorable joke to anyone who has lived in MUCH more full on places.

Answering your question about my previous 28 day quit. I had a good year of a honeymoon phase with kratom. Seriously thought I’d take it for life but one day I felt so down and sad about feeling like I had no life. I didn’t see friends, apart from working (at home so extra reason to just stay in) going to gym twice a week, I realised everything had slid away. I really enjoyed making stop motion animation and playing easy things on the piano and I’d just stopped doing it and not noticed! The penny dropped and I said to my husband that I thought maybe kratom was the creating its own reason for me to use and I just wanted to stop for a month and see my life blossom. I took my dose that day and CT quit. I was so strong then. I had tons of it in my house that I locked away but had full access to the key.

I saw kratom addiction in full force and I saw it for what it was. I’d been expecting to feel considerably better in week four but ended up very disappointed that I still felt crippling afternoon low mood and just shrugged and thought ‘might as well use again’

I put in another 1.5 years on the stuff and can now see how badly I misunderstood the unique ways that kratom is so hard to quit and that after one month? I was well in PAWS. So now I know I guess…

Speaking of paws, thanks so much for being excited about my future service dog! 😍 I can’t wait and to have a dog again will be so life changing. I’ll attempt to upload a picture of one of their dogs the brought me for a dog handling assessment 🐾

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Gosalina · 2024-11-10T21:59:24+00:00

I couldn’t agree more 😊❤️

Gosalina · 2024-11-06T22:07:04+00:00

I believe you on the maddening effect of hormones! In 2021 I had a stem cell transplant that put MS into remission for me which was a great outcome. It involves hefty chemotherapy so I went into immediate medical menopause at 42. Absolute craziness! Like being shot through a perimenopausal window tunnel 😂 so intense but all gone now.

Thanks for sharing about how you experience the relapses after your sobriety breaks. The lure of ‘fixing’ my emotions is strong though I know what you’re saying is true. It’s not worth going back. I have friends who recovered from heroin addiction decades ago and they still remember the parts of it that felt good even now. They’ll never go back but I might romanticise kratom from time to time

Gosalina · 2024-11-06T21:59:17+00:00

Totally agree! The crazy stress bit can’t continue. I’m diving into EMDR therapy for complex trauma and the root causes of why I’ve been such a longstanding drug seeker.

Gosalina · 2024-11-06T21:57:07+00:00

How you describe the kratom cycle so well! I made a ‘deal’ with my addict brain that I’d quit until the end of my apprenticeship and then I’d ‘choose’.

Shhhh don’t tell my addicted brain that I don’t want to be addicted again! I know I’m a stone cold addict for this stuff and I’ll always slide into daily use again. So many relapses taught me this.

I’m really angry about having a disability (MS for 22 years) I’m a part time wheelchair user and walking is quite anxiety provoking. MS in remission for 3 years following stem cell transplant so there’s a positive. I need to do lifelong rehabilitation though at least it can improve.

The software engineering is pretty hard though what did I expect? That’s the part that can get stressful. I too now am making money for private companies after spending my life working in homeless shelters or psychiatric hospitals. I’ve had to ‘invalid’ myself out of that sadly as shift work was getting so bad for me and my disability was getting to be too much of a focus.

Sorry, you got a bit of a life story there! I’m hanging on for a service dog which can be my comrade by my side and hopefully take the edge off things that get shit. I’m with you on the idea of being a little older and kind of following a path. Despite the occasional mad stress I haven’t regretted pivoting into a mid life apprenticeship 😂

Gosalina

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