r/7ohbuddies

I’m kind of struggling right now and just need to hear from people who’ve dealt with this before.

I’ve been taking around 14 mg of 7OH once in the morning and I’ve been trying to taper off, but lately the anxiety has been getting really intense. I keep getting these waves of dread and fear that come out of nowhere. It feels like something is wrong even when nothing is happening. I get hot flashes, restlessness, and this really uncomfortable on edge feeling that doesn’t fully go away.

It’s starting to mess with my head a lot and I’m having a hard time figuring out what’s withdrawal, what’s normal anxiety, and what’s just stress from everything else going on in my life right now.

I was originally planning to drop down to around 12 mg, then 7 mg, and then stop completely, but now I’m worried that might be too fast and make everything worse.

I also have access to a prescribed low-dose benzodiazepine .5 mg Klonopin, but I’m not currently taking it and I’m unsure how people typically handle anxiety during a taper like this or whether that is something that helps in situations like this.

Right now I just feel overwhelmed and unsure what the safest path forward is. I don’t want to keep feeling like this, but I also don’t want to make it worse by tapering too fast or handling it the wrong way.

If anyone has gone through 7OH withdrawal, I would really appreciate hearing what helped you, especially around the anxiety and dread waves and how you got through them.

I’m around ~60 hours into stopping and just wanted to share my experience in case it helps someone else going through something similar.

For background, I had been using for about 6 months and tapered down over the last few weeks of April from around 200mg to 14mg before stopping. I also set up care through QuickMD during the process and honestly had a really good experience, the doctor was super understanding, non-judgmental, and just very kind about everything. That alone made a big difference in how supported I felt going into this.

The first couple days were still rough. Mainly physical anxiety, hot flashes, GI issues, and those waves of “doom” feeling. Sleep was off too.

This time has been noticeably more manageable compared to when I’ve tried stopping CT in the past. I’ve had access to comfort meds, mainly Gabapentin, which has helped take the edge off a lot of the physical stuff.

Even with that, I still had symptoms, mostly GI issues, temperature swings, and anxiety waves, but overall it’s felt more manageable than doing it without any support.

Right now at around 60 hours, things feel like they’re starting to level out. The anxiety and physical symptoms have mostly settled, and what’s left is mainly some lingering gut discomfort.

It definitely feels like I’m starting to turn a corner compared to the first couple days, not 100% yet, but more stable and with more moments of normalcy coming through.

Just sharing in case it helps someone else, it’s been up and down, but things do seem to shift more than it feels like they will in the middle of it.

If you’re going through something similar, you absolutely got this, I promise 💕

I have been back and forth with trying to quit since the beginning of January. I’ve not had much success because I keep doing ultra rapid sub tapers (3 days) and then end up doing more 7. I’ve come to the conclusion that for me, myself and I, I need more of solid quit. Like ima need two weeks at least just to get a reset. I’ve never experienced PAWS of any type. Never have with any opiate kick. I’ve made another WebMD appointment to get more subs and to actually take them as long as I feel I need to. I deserve to have my life back. If taking subs gives me that, then IT IS WHAT IT EFFING IS. I’m ok with it. I cannot continue with this cycle of tapering and relapse. It’s exhausting and I’m already tired from just my normal day to day. Why am I running myself into the ground? Can’t make that make sense. I’m pretty sure I’ll do the subs for a month and then recalibrate from there. I’ll be sure to rinse the film out and brush my teeth a little extra lol. I’m hoping with a solid month of no 7, that will be motivation to taper the subs from there while addressing my issues that made me pick up to begin with. Thanks for listening 👂🏼 🙏🏻☺️

Just a quick check in to see how everyone’s tapering and or quits have been going thus far?

I've been on 7 probably about 6 months, I get oxy every month from the doctor for my hip waiting for a surgery in the next couple of weeks, seven has completely destroyed my tolerance to the point where I have taken 80mgs of oxy at a time and had me relief or feeling from the oxy at all, I used to take my oxy for about 10 days take a break for a week and in that week I would use mit45 extract about a bottle a day to help with pain, usually when I'm on the oxy I can take 30 mg and takes care of the pain and I would get that upbeat feeling, I do have a natural very high tolerance to narcotics unfortunately. so I was wondering if anybody has tried using kratom extracts to withdrawal from 7oh?

thank you in advance for any information.

day one of not feeling any withdrawals/cravings, it feels good.