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Drewbie
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Taper experiences?

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I've been using Kratom for a little more then 2 years now, daily. I'm at about 12-14g per day. I am currently trying a taper because:
1- I havn't been feeling much lately, from most vendors and strains
2- I want to be able to have space between doses where I don't start to feel uncomfortable.

I have a habit of taking small doses throughout the day. 4g in the morning, then 1 or 2 doses of 1g, then another 3g late afternoon, and usually once more 3g around 6-7pm.
I am currently trying to only dose 3x per day to start, spaced about 4-5 hours apart, with the same total amount. So I'm looking to dose 4G 3x a day, without the little inbetween doses. First 2 days I actually found this a little difficult, even though I'm taking the same total amount.
Has anyone played around with the time inbetween doses? I am hoping once this feels normal to then either drop the total amount taken, or keep increasing the space inbetween doses and only take 2 doses a day for example. What are your thoughts, experiences? Thanks!!
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I'm a heavy doser, I take a dose between 6-8 grams a dose, my doses last around 4 hours, I dose again after 6-7-8 hours around the same amount, I like to keep a lot of time between my last dose of the day till the first dose the next morning, 16-17 hours preferably, this has been working for me.

What matters is how long you go before you redose, that's what makes YOUR dose work for you!! :geek:
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CatfatherB wrote:I'm a heavy doser, I take a dose between 6-8 grams a day, my doses last around 4 hours, I dose again after 6-7-8 hours around the same amount, I like to keep a lot of time between my last dose of the day till the first dose the next morning, 16-17 hours preferably, this has been working for me.

What matters is how long you go before you redose, that's what makes YOUR dose work for you!! :geek:

Thank you!
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Not a problem, if you can stop taking those 1 gram doses throughout the day, your 4 gram doses will feel so much better to ya, and the better that dose is, the longer you'll be able to wait for it, ime. :D
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Agree with cat, space your day doses at least six hours a part for best results. And wait a good 12 hours between your evening dose and the next morning's.
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Hey I edited my post, cuz I originally said 6-8 grams a day, I meant to type 6-8 grams a dose.

Sorry for any confusion, I haven't ever taken a break much longer than 24 hours but my doses still work most of the time, when I notice them start to diminish, I usually cut my dose and use weak brown kratom for a couple of days, that's worked for me the last 2 years, YMMV. :D
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CatfatherB wrote:Hey I edited my post, cuz I originally said 6-8 grams a day, I meant to type 6-8 grams a dose.

Sorry for any confusion, I haven't ever taken a break much longer than 24 hours but my doses still work most of the time, when I notice them start to diminish, I usually cut my dose and use weak brown kratom for a couple of days, that's worked for me the last 2 years, YMMV. :D
That's what I figured you meant. Thanks for the feedback again.
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I’ve been taking 6g twice a day for a long time and results have been great. No tolerance issues for ages. Then I started having tolerance issues. So I have been slowly increasing my doses. I got up to just over 7g and was feeling good for awhile but not consistently. This morning I took 5g and I just took my second dose of 5g (and prepped 5 & 5 for tomorrow). The morning dose was stronger than anything I’ve had in awhile. Same thing happened when I originally tapered down to 6g and then stuck with it. I thought I was tapering down for a break, but maybe this lower dose is gonna be the solution. I don’t know why this works, but it has a couple times for me. As counterintuitive as it seems.
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