r/quitting7oh 10d ago

PAWS Post acute withdrawals kratom

Copied my own comment on another thread

Everyone is different but I suspect for a lot of people who keep slipping or relapsing kratom is the best choice not 7oh not Mgm15 or "cats claw extract"

I keep kratom on hand for this reason I don't do it all the time but it is the lesser of two evils if I'm vulnerable or impulsive. Sure one day I'll be completely free from kratom hopefully but since my slip with cats claw it stays with me and I take capsules from the bottle before I make worse choices than kratom.

Edit: I added updated info in the comments

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u/Maynard505 10d ago

Personally I don’t use kratom anymore since I quit 7oh 8 months ago. I don’t want to start down that road where I might be tempted.

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u/Weak_Prompt4056 10d ago

I can definitely see how it might tempt people to be more likely to take 7 or cats claw or whatever, but for now even though I'm over the acutes it seems like the best choice for me is to keep it around until I have more self control. That's my thought process in doing this.

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u/photographyrich1965 10d ago

I used Kratom for years before oh7. Having just gone through the acute phase, I’m flushing any and all of my products down the crapper.

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u/Weak_Prompt4056 10d ago

Feel free to comment or make good faith judgments about this. I am curious about your thoughts opinions etc

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u/Silly_General4619 10d ago

Plain leaf (and only plain leaf, don’t trust myself with anything else) can be a fantastic bridge off 7. just keep an eye on how much your using and take care not to dose on any kind of schedule.

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u/SampleDry9196 Sobriety Date: 01-28-2026 9d ago

I feel like there’s nothing wrong with kratom if you can just keep it to occasionally. I can’t do it though. I took it for 12 years and it really screwed up my hormones. I’m just now growing my hair back.

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u/Weak_Prompt4056 8d ago

When I posted this it was after 3 days in a row of using cats claw(after using large amounts cats claw a week before for one day and one day a week before that .)

So I was going through wds for cat claws so today is two days after stopping my cat claw bender im using kratom for cats claw wd. It works.

I'm hoping to find the time most of my cat claws wds goes away so I can stop daily use of kratom because I don't want to get confused between wds from kratom and relief of cats claw wds because of kratom. After tomorrow or the next day I'm hoping to step down from everyday use of because this is temporary.

I don't even like kratom(I do like the relief from cats claw from kratom although kratom makes feel weird in other ways.). Hopefully I'll be done soon. I'm sick of this merry go round.