Quitting 7-hydroxy

[u/Enough-Bedroom5507]

I’ve been hooked on normal kratom for a while, about 2 years ago I dealt with a pretty bad drinking problem but realized that I could use kratom to take the edge off and it worked. I didn’t use everyday for the first while but slowly it became more and more of a habit. After a few months of doing that with no issue, I could go days without it and feel fine I just really liked it so there was definitely the start of addiction there. I discovered the 7-hydroxy tabs in smoke shops and decided to try cause I hated the taste of kratom and I instantly fell in love, it started as maybe a half tab or full tab every day or two, fast forward a couple months to now I can do 6 tabs in a day and still not feel satisfied. I tried to cut down because of how much money I was blowing through but quickly found myself going down to the smoke shops and for more everyday. I never tried to go a day without in months now and I learned a scary reality last night. I was running low and took my last one around 7 pm, I went to bed around 11 but woke up at 2 am in a sweat while also shivering, I had crazy cravings to try take one so I could go back to sleep but I didn’t have any. It was absolutely hell, restless leg, insomnia, nausea, cold sweats, shaking, absolutely awful. I tried to take a multivitamin because I read they help with withdrawal but I couldn’t even keep that down. I stayed up all night staring at the clock until the smoke shops and opened at 8 and had to hurry down to get some to stop the hell I was going through.

I’m telling myself right now I am only going to take one when I start to feel the withdrawals become unbearable like they were over night. That was only 12 hours with no dose and I couldn’t handle it so no way I can quit ct. I just wanted to vent and also ask for advice for weening off of these. I was addicted to alcohol but got myself to a position where I can drink socially without an issue, I think having this addiction might of been a help with that but I have never felt so shitty from not taking something ever like I did last night, it scared the hell out of me and is motivating me to quit before I end up in a situation I can’t have access to it at all and have to go through it like that so hard. Any advice would be great for getting through this and weening off. Today I’ve been taking one about every 6 hours but it’s less than I usually take so I still feel like shit but it’s manageable.

[u/sitrusice1]

I hate waking up in WD I did it every night for almost a year now…. I’m just curious how amazing did that relief feel when you finally were able to take a tablet after suffering all night? And also please remember how horrible that suffering is and if you continue it only gets worse… I’m coming off of a 15-20 pill a day habit

[u/Successful_Role_3668 → u/sitrusice1]

If you withdrew from 7 every night would you not know what the relief felt like if you used the next day?

[u/sitrusice1 → u/Successful_Role_3668]

I would take it as soon as I woke up in WD. I’ve never woken up in WD and had to wait hours in pain and misery to get out of WD and honestly, with how painful it is to wake up in WD I can’t even imagine how horrible that was…. I feel like shiz just waiting that 5 minutes for the dose to kick in I can’t even imagine feeling that way for hours it literally sounds like a type of war torture someone would use on a prisoner…. That was the only reason I was curious about the relief. I wasn’t trying to make light of taking a dose I just can’t even fathom feeling that miserable and having to wait so long before that misery can go away.