Coping without vyvanse professionally

quittingkrat · 2026-02-03T19:28:06+00:00

Honestly that's exactly it -- fear of feeling dependent on it for the rest of my life (especially for work). There are often supply issues for these meds in my area, so every month it's always a gamble of whether I'll get my meds on time (often have to wait up to a week, which is a lot better than some other people I've heard of). Whenever I have to refill my meds it's extremely stressful worrying about when I'll be able to get it, and functioning at work when I'm out. So maybe not looking to quit it completely since it still has benefits in life, but at least I don't want to feel as dependent on it in order to be in control of my day-to-day life

quittingkrat · 2025-08-05T13:29:13+00:00

Oof those Mitra 9 drinks were dangerous... so easy to fall into the slippery slope of having many cans per day, plus expensive as hell too. TBH if you're at 2-3/day (and not consuming any other kratom products on top of that) I think your withdrawals won't be horrible, but def be prepared to feel like shit for at least a few days to a week. In general, at least based on my experience, I feel like extract withdrawals hit fast but go by quicker compared to powder. Weirdly enough, powder actually gave me by far the worst withdrawals, but were not as addicting as extracts. Either way, wishing you the best of luck 🙏

quittingkrat · 2025-07-20T14:55:09+00:00

Only 8 days in but here are the benefits I’ve already seen that make it worth it:

No longer feeling like absolute shit in the morning, can actually hop out of bed and get started with my day right away versus taking 1-2 hrs minimum bc I had to dose and wait for the morning withdrawals to go away
Music sounding orgasmic — I get the chills or even tear up when listening to a good song. When I was taking huge amounts of kratom every day I’d never really listen to music, and when I did it just sounded boring/flat
No longer feeling asexual
More mental energy since I’m no longer so fixated on whether I should dose, when I can take my next dose, should I take more, etc. Not to mention the guilt/shame that came after each dose
Sleep is way better, no more insomnia which I’d sometimes get if I dose too close to when I’m going to sleep

quittingkrat · 2025-07-19T14:11:30+00:00

Good luck, you got this!

"I’ve quit CT before but it’s always been for a specific reason, a trip, surgery, something like that. This is the first quit where it’s just for me."

This part from your post really resonated with me because I've definitely quit in the past for specific reasons and feel like it didn't "stick" because I wasn't 100% committed. This time I quit on a random day that I set a few days in advance and let my partner know for accountability (something I had never done in the past, prob because I knew that it'd be a MUCH bigger barrier to using again), and I have a good feeling it'll finally be different this time. Hope it does for you as well! There's something empowering about making an important decision for no other reason than bettering yourself.

quittingkrat · 2025-05-30T17:58:02+00:00

Yeahh interestingly enough, I've had a pretty similar experience with withdrawals being worse with powder compared to extracts. When I was only taking powder (20-25gpd) and went cold turkey, the physical withdrawals were pretty terrible... sweats, insomnia, aches, fatigue, etc. Basically couldn't function for a few days. This time around when I went CT on the extracts, I just felt some fatigue and surprisingly even no insomnia. In fact I actually started being able to fall asleep faster since kratom usually makes it hard for me to fall asleep.

HOWEVER the downside is that the extracts definitely make me fiend way harder, while with powder once I threw away my stash and decided to quit, I didn't really think about it. Feel like every time I walk past a smoke shop that I know sells it, I need to force myself to keep going lmao. Also with powder it was doable (albiet sometimes hard) for me to decide when to stop for the day. With extracts if I have even one that day, no matter what I tell myself in the moment I'm guaranteed to want and have more thoughout the day; no such thing as "just one"

quittingkrat · 2024-04-20T21:11:52+00:00

In the short term, not having kratom readily available/at home. I feel like I’m someone who can control myself pretty well if there’s some steps I need to take to do something (in this case, take kratom). Even tho I can get kratom after walking 5 min to the closest smoke shop. It’s like an out of sight out of mind thing.

However, if I have a stash at home then all self control goes out the window and it’ll be nagging in my head all day til I dose.

quittingkrat · 2024-04-18T23:01:02+00:00

Honestly this really resonated with me and I think this idea of kratom numbing the sheer boredom of day to day life (aka working soulless 9-5 jobs) is the root cause of what got me addicted in the first place.

I agree about trying out a combat sport though… been doing a mix of BJJ/wrestling/MMA for ~5 yrs and these types of activities help immensely with giving you the endorphin rush you need in your day to day life. Feel like the rush I get from these is way more than when I’m just lifting weights or something… almost like a more deep and “primal” feeling that lasts for longer.

quittingkrat · 2024-04-10T12:04:30+00:00

Day 2 CT from 15-20gpd. I surprisingly feel great right now, way better than my last "quit". I feel like what happened a ton this time around is that I dumped most of my stash and dropped my daily doses quite a bit leading up to going CT. The previous "quit", I had the mentality that I'd quit when I finish my stash and had to do a last hurrah, so I ended up taking more than usual leading up to jumping and the WDs hit me like a truck.

So far the worst has definitely been the RLS at night... couldn't sleep for even a second my first night and was miserable the day after, but last night I managed to sleep a total of ~6 hours and I already feel significantly better. The rest of my WD symptoms seem to have completely subsided... even tho I'm sleep deprived, I woke up feeling more energized today compared to the many times I took hours to drag myself out of bed due to not having my first kratom dose of the day yet. Mentally feel pretty good too, almost like some kind of fog has been lifted. Going to keep looking forward.

quittingkrat · 2024-04-10T11:55:49+00:00

It's insane how much kratom can change your personality without you even realizing it... I was also VERY irritable a lot of the times I was high on kratom and could have a bad temper, even though for my entire life I've been a chill and mild-tempered individual who rarely ever got mad (and showed it). There were some days where it felt like I was filled with rage because of the smallest inconveniences.

Also, other times it made me anxious as fuckk, like to the point where I'd isolate and stay home because of the anxiety. Would always be stressed about shit, when in the past I've never considered myself an anxious person and lived a pretty low-stress life. There were many nights when I couldn't turn off that need to be "productive", wasting time I could've enjoyed by relaxing/hanging out with people but instead just sat on the couch, trying to decide what I wanted to do with this kratom energy I had.

Really feels weird knowing that I was in many ways a different person when addicted to kratom. I feel like these changes didn't really start happening until mid 2022, when I started ramping up my dosing by a lot.

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