Hey guys and gals,
First time poster here. I’m a 10+ year user of kratom powder. If 7oh was around when I first started, I probably would have been addicted on that. I’ve only tried it a few times as a standalone experience.
I’m grateful enough to not be addicted to that, but being on kratom this long obviously makes the withdrawal symptoms pretty bad.
A little context before I get to my question.
I started taking opiates around 15 years ago. During that time it was extremely accessible. I mean you could find anything. I worked my way up the ladder, like many do. One yellow norco a day, then I went to blue 30mg oxys and this opiate called opana if I was lucky (very hard to find, it was in the shape of a stop sign and was one of the best highs I’ve ever had). First you start by swallowing 1 at night, which turned into a daily habit of swallowing 20 pills at once, before I switched to oxys everyday.
From there you start to snort it, then you smoke it. I then graduated to smoking heroin as well as medical grade fentanyl. Fent came in these small liquid squares, used as a transdermal patch. I still remember the first time trying it. I had built my tolerance up to smoking 10+ oxy’s a day, or I would smoke H as it was cheaper. The feeling of fent blew me away cuz of how strong it was. It reminded me of that first oxy 30 I ever had, and how strong that was. Thankfully, fent was difficult to find and expensive to get back then, and I don’t think it was even a street drug at that point.
I remember thinking that anyone who didn’t have a crazy tolerance to opiates would surely kill themselves because I would smoke oxy or H just to feel normal. Like 100%, zero high, just getting myself back to baseline, and not feel sick, and fent is levels above that.
Fast forward a few years later after sobriety, I find kratom. Many of you know what sobriety feels like after quitting. Many would say, including myself, it’s boring. It’s absolutely fucking boring.
I remember when I quit alcohol and I felt so utterly bored with what to do with myself. I couldn’t remember what life was like or what “normal” people do for fun if they weren’t drinking or doing drugs.
Anyhow, I found kratom and I felt like I finally had a safe alternative to opiates. Nobody said anything about dependency issues back then. It was known as a fun green powder that made you feel good. And it did feel good. I wouldn’t say as good as opiates, but for it to be a safe alternative, I’ll take that trade off.
Now, I obviously know differently and I’m in a position where I’ve told myself to quit for the last two years. I had cut my dose down to around 5-10g/day at one point, but I couldn’t quit and I started back up during my separation with my ex wife.
So that’s where I’m at now. I see all of your guys amazing stories on quitting and it motivates the hell out of me to quit soon.
I just realized none of this has anything to do with my actual question. I think I just needed a place to open up, since I don’t really have any outlets to express myself in this regard.
My question is, have any of you experienced any sexual dysfunction after quitting? Premature ejaculation, or any such problems?
I’m sure everyone here knows how difficult it can be to orgasm on kratom. So for me, whenever I plan to have sexy time, I have to postpone or decrease my kratom dose in order to orgasm.
I’ve gone a long period (basically one day) without kratom, then had sex, and I noticed I was “ready to go” in like 2 minutes, when normally I could/or couldn’t control a prolonged orgasm.
I’m just wondering if any of you have any experience with this issue once coming off, no pun intended.
TL;DR: I used to do opiates, I start with norcos, then worked my way up to fentanyl and H. Got sober, then found kratom and I’ve been taking it ever since. It’s been a 15 year journey in total.
Question: has anyone experiences sexual side effects after quitting kratom?