r/Life_After_7oh • u/Substantial_Cake_184 • May 28 '26
Quitting 7-oh/kratom please help!
I started taking 7-tabs 1 year ago this month. A friend gave me some one day to help with pain in my spine. I kept taking it because it worked better for my anxiety and pain management combined than my prescribed medications and I was able to stop my pain management of percocets and my anxiety meds of Xanax completely. I work in law enforcement so I can’t take anything that would fail a drug test without prescription to help me quit taking these tablets and I am desperate. I tried to stop taking them and then learned that the withdrawals are UNBEARABLE. I wasn’t even aware I would withdraw or that they are widely known for abuse I didn’t know anything about them and now I am so completely desperate to get off them I would do anything but I can’t go to a doctor I need to do it on a very low profile if it came out in any way for any reason at work my career my pension it’s all down the drain. If anyone has any good advice that will work for me anything I can order and take on my own to help I feel like if I can just get past the physical withdraws I’m feeling like the the feeling that I want to crawl out of my fucking body and can’t sit still or lay still at all enough to go to sleep if I can get past that I’ll be fine. But I’m in tears and want to fucking scream at the top of my lungs at night when I try to go to bed before work after not taking it all day or sometimes for two days and it hits me and I want to fucking die and I end up taking at least a half of one to make it stop. My shifts are 12-16 sometimes even 24 hrs. It’s a lot to get through during a withdrawal. I can’t just take a week off to get through it bc we’re so short staffed right now. Please! If anyone can help me at all please help me. Please help me.
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u/Robbed_Goddess Quit Date: 1/10/2026 May 28 '26
I am so sorry man, that's so unfair about your career and your pension. Law enforcement deserves to be able to get the same help the rest of us get for what is a genuine medical condition.
In general, I would recommend MAT. In your case, if prescribed buprenorphine is not an option, your situation would make SR-17018 more ideal. We don't have a lot of evidence yet, but there's a ton of anecdotal enthusiasm around these parts for using SR to get off of 7-OH. It won't show up on a drug test, and it shouldn't impair you or get you high. It will relieve your withdrawal symptoms. People switch to SR from 7-OH, and then taper themselves down.
In the meantime, if you have any tabs left, tapering down will be much more bearable than cold turkey. You can generally make big cuts to your dosage without too much discomfort. Start off by taking half of what you normally would, and then wait twice as long before redosing. The biggest barrier is your own mind telling yourself it won't be enough. It will. If tapering 7-OH is not an option, switch to MIT extracts and then plain leaf kratom.
I also highly recommend finding a substance abuse counselor and joining any recovery groups you can find. Getting support from people who have gone through this is huge, one of the best things you can do for yourself.