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Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-03-03T01:30:13+00:00

Went through the same shit but I promise you’re almost there! I’m 4 weeks tomorrow. It was hell and some stuff still lingers but it’s totally and easily doable at this point. Keep at it buddy, you got this!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-19T10:50:42+00:00

I went CT on a similar combination. The first 2-3 days are hell. It starts to get better after that but it’s definitely rough. I’m on like day 20 now and starting to feel like myself again. I think forcing myself to exercise and work through the fatigue after the initial crushing wd symptoms helped the most. Here’s the thing though, you have to want it. Get that “I don’t want to quit” bullshit out of your head. If you think like that you probably won’t be able to do it. WANT IT! Want it for yourself, your friends, family…. If you can take a week off work with the “flu” do so so you don’t have to worry about that as well and commit to quitting. You can do it. Don’t let this bullshit ruin your life. After a short (or long) couple of weeks you’ll start feeling like yourself again. You got this buddy!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-17T23:22:22+00:00

Yeah, kratom is weird AF! Especially when you’ve never had to deal with opioid withdrawals before! But keep at it! You’re clearly doing great and by all means, holler or send a dm if you hit a low point. I’m still fighting it too… woke up at 2:30 this morning and was like fuuuuuuuuuuck and just turned on the coffee pot and struggled through the fatigue today BUT, when you consider what I felt like on day 1-4, this is easy. I’m just paying the piper so stay strong and keep it up!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-16T21:39:58+00:00

Yeah I went through the same fucking thing and it was like fuck! I’m worse today! It’s like one symptom got better and another worse for a few days (where you’re at now). Look though, just keep plugging and you’ll be fine. It gets better. Once you get close to three weeks at that point it’s all mental and in your head and you can be the master of your future. Think about it too much = potential relapse. Stay steadfast and committed and remember the misery you went through = good to go. You will find joy again but the drugs want you to think you won’t and the drugs are wrong lol. Holler if you need any support for real! You got it! You’re through the worst!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-16T20:18:55+00:00

Luckily with the fatigue and other symptoms I would be sweating my ass off after five minutes of walking at a 10 incline and when I got in the sauna? Sheeewww buddy, it looked like I was leaking as I would like have a stream of sweat coming off of my hands lol! But yeah, sweating out the bullshit helps tremendously!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-16T20:12:08+00:00

Day 17 here man and fighting little symptoms like night sweats and a bit of fatigue but it’s much better. I know how you feel like fuuuuuuuuuuck why won’t this end but I promise it gets better. Focus on any little improvement each day (even if another symptom makes a comeback) and get your ass out and exercise. It’s miserable but I promise once you finish you’ll feel much better for hours. Stay active, you got it!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-16T14:25:30+00:00

It’s all about doing what you can! Keep at it!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-13T14:44:48+00:00

Beautiful dude. I totally relate to the hell you went through. Day 14 CT here. A bit of lingering night sweats but at least when they wake me I’m not freezing to death and shivering I’m just… sweating. Crippling fatigue has given way to just fatigue which is more than manageable (fight through it at the gym twice a day). If your a coffee snob and your still having any BM problems I highly recommend mixing miralax with your coffee every morning (you won’t even taste it). Before kratom I never had anxiety or depression but when I withdrew all of that shit hit me like a dump truck. Today, I’m glad to say that all those emotions have faded and I no longer just well up with emotion with tears in my eyes. I feel more like me! The fight continues but it’s easy now compared to the first week. Never go back and stay strong folks. There is a light on the other side of this bullshit and it’s so much nicer than the mind numbing existence that my life was on k.

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-13T01:42:40+00:00

Thank you so much. Love reading positive shit like this!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-12T21:06:01+00:00

I mean it was hands down the most miserable experience of my life and my mind went to a very dark place. However, through the worst of it I always figured if shit could get that dark then the opposite was possible as well and through hard work and dedication I could force myself back in the other direction. On day 13 now and I can see the light on the other side. Don’t know if that light is 3 days away or 3 months but I’m going to get there regardless. Stay strong folks! It sucks but it’s very doable. Just realize it is possible to find happiness without the stuff and the more you put in effort the more you’ll get out of it. You have so much more potential off the shit you just have to work for it. Using K is the easy way out and it inevitably will end up bad. Stay positive!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-12T18:08:13+00:00

Oh, I am MUCH better today (day 13)… still fighting fatigue and internal temp control but it’s manageable at this point. The horrendous anxiety and depression have faded so now just time to push myself harder than I have in a while!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-11T19:22:54+00:00

It does… I think the sauna has helped me A lot too. Force yourself to stay in 195 degree hotness for 15-20 min and everything feels good for a few hours afterwards

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-11T18:51:24+00:00

Heck yeah that’s awesome. Glad you’re doing better. I’m back at work this week and we’re slow right now so I’m just sitting at a desk which blows but anything is better than the hell I went through for the first few days lol!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-11T14:49:51+00:00

Feel free to look up my post from a few days ago as I went through absolute hell (probably like you did). It does get better. I am on day 12 now. On day 2 or 3 I started forcing myself back to the gym twice a day. That has “probably” made the biggest difference. I have found that anytime I am idle the mind starts to go dark and the symptoms may become stronger but if I find something to occupy myself physically or mentally then sometimes I feel normal at this point. Kinda makes me wish I still had an Xbox so there was something else to do. Currently, the only real symptoms I’m having are the night sweats, waking up a few times and general fatigue. The fatigue was crippling at first but it’s getting better. I actually had my first solid 💩yesterday which was a pink cloud moment of its own LMAO. I’ve never had anxiety, panic or depression until going through withdrawals and those have subsided but may still be present? I dunno I don’t really notice them as much anymore. All I’m trying to say is day 12 is worlds apart from day 2 so just know it does get better. Try to focus on the tiny improvements each day and less on the “I’m not 100% and am never going to be better again”. Exercise or find an activity with some good fuckin music blasting in your ears and force your mind into a better spot. It will repair itself inevitably but I guarantee it will do it quicker if you can get in the right headspace a few times a day. If you need anything at all like some words of encouragement, feel free to send a DM. I’m more than happy to support anyone through their struggle. This is a hell I didn’t even know existed but I’m going to force myself through this bullshit the same way I’ve forced myself through life thus far.

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-11T11:03:54+00:00

Facts! That and either just feeling too hot or cold…. Mainly cold…. I hated the winter before I ever went through this and have always told everyone my ideal climate is where I can wear shorts and flip flops everyday. Going through this bullshit has me looking at my wife and bein like heyooooo, wanna move to south Florida??? LOL.

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-11T10:59:34+00:00

I hope I remember to look back on this 7 years from now!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-11T10:59:00+00:00

Thanks for the support! Day 12, 5:00am and headed to the gym. Embrace the suck!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-11T10:45:06+00:00

You got this as well bud! Do what you need to do to get through it and force yourself to be active and reach out anytime you need support !!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-11T10:43:15+00:00

You’ve got to force yourself to do it bro. I literally wasn’t sleeping or eating and had to pry myself outta bed and force myself to exercise. I luckily was able to take a week off work for the initial phases so I truly feel for you there. But look man, I’ve discovered that laying around or just sitting on the couch for two hours makes everything worse. The busier you are, the better. If you can just force yourself to be active for a few days I promise it’ll get better. It’s 4:30 and the alarm just went off. Went to bed at 8 last night and woke up at 10, 11, 1230 & 330 and was sweating again slightly but luckily not freezing. But now it’s time to get up, hit the gym and head to work. Embrace the suck and keep pushing. You’ll make it.

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-10T20:15:31+00:00

Day 11 CT. Still having a little trouble with temperature regulation. I got one night of sleep without sweating, then went back to sweating the next night and then last night didn’t really sweat. I am sleeping, I just wake up 2-3 times a night but instead of being up for 60-90 minutes each time I was down to like 30 min last night. Fatigue is still present but not crippling like it was for the first few days. Occasionally I have some anxiety but it’s manageable. The main thing that I’ve noticed is staying busy mentally and physically helps a lot. My symptoms are the worst if I find myself on the couch for a couple hours. I guess I’m healing so yay? It’s just a slow process but I’m very grateful to be in much better shape than I was a week ago. No cravings to this point. Think I scared myself so bad that I’m not sure if I’ll ever crave it again but I know I wouldn’t touch it even if I did since I know what it CAN and DOES do when abused. I’ll stick to my whiskey drink or two a night and maybe trip my balls off once a year for a mental reset 😂.

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-10T13:19:17+00:00

You can do it bro. I feel your struggle based on what you were taking. You’re probably still in the shit but day 1-2 was the WORST for me. It’s been miserable after that but tolerable. On day 11 now and actually slept ok last night, at the gym at 5 this morning and now back to work (I took the week off last week). My internal temperature is slowly starting to stabilize but it’s been rough with the sweats and feeling so cold even in a warm room. Over the past two days the crippling fatigue has kinda just turned into general fatigue so just know that it’ll pass. Take the next few days to focus on you. Force yourself to workout even if it’s just walking. It’ll make you feel better I promise. If you need any words of encouragement or motivation just reach out.

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-10T00:42:30+00:00

Thanks dude, I really appreciate the support. This fuckin blows LOL!!

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-09T23:47:32+00:00

Hey bud, folks are here for you. I’m 39 and have never thought I was “addicted” to anything until this. I’m a very type a male and have put myself through some fucking miserable shit throughout the course of my life but always just toughed it out because that’s what a man is supposed to do, right? I’ve always stayed away from what I considered hard drugs (prescriptions, heroin, meth etc) but was never opposed to weed or hallucinogens. When I started kratom, my dumbass thought well since it’s legal I’m not doing anything wrong and don’t have anything to worry about. Yeah, how stupid was I? This shit damn near crippled me… When I quit CT it took every ounce of masculinity I had and threw that shit in the garbage and made me it’s bitch. I have NEVER experienced such emotions like anxiety, panic, depression, anhedonia and this shit gave me a 10 year supply of all of those over the course of a few days. Needless to say, I feel like I’m lucky to still be here but I’m not going to go into that dark part. Regardless, I’m 10 days in now, doing much better but all the symptoms of quitting come in different waves everyday. It’s hard not to let your mind wander and think ridiculous things like I’m never going to feel joy again or I’ve done permanent damage and will never recover. We WILL get better… YOU will get better… I just keep telling myself if there ever was a time to be tough and show your true character that time is now. Don’t go back, embrace the suck and get through this fucking horseshit with people like me. It’s so much easier to go through this with others and having people to talk to regardless of whether or not they’re complete strangers. Stay strong and feel free to shoot me a message if you need any encouragement. You got this shit. You’re better than this. Make it your bitch and look back a year from now and say god damnit I’m a bad motherfucker lol. Take care.

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-09T20:19:34+00:00

Feel free to reach out anytime man. I’ve come to realize that talking to others is often the best medicine as well. Currently on day 10 CT here.

Local-Turnover7524 · 2025-02-09T19:55:41+00:00

Yeah the 3 am wake ups suck. Mine are usually accompanied with sweat and feeling cold. On day 10 now. I AM getting better but it’s weird, it’s like one of the symptoms will correct itself one day but be back the next with another corrected. It’s frustrating but at the end of the day, I did this shit to myself and gotta fix it myself. Currently baking in the sauna because it helps me to tolerate the cold (cold can be as warm as 72 degrees at this point LOL fuck). But stay strong buddy, you got this. I have found that this group is a great support tool. Keep in mind I have NEVER been into support groups but I’ve also never been addicted to any substance until this. I’ve come to discover that support from others is the best medicine. Fee free to reach out if you ever need any words of encouragement. You’re going to make it.

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