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I quit 7oh 3 months ago because I had my first seizure while driving, it was really scary and my gf and I almost died. Never looked back

However I kept taking kratom powder, which I’ve been taking since I was 19 years old, so for nearly 6 years. I had a second seizure not long after I started taking a lot of kratom powder again. It was thankfully at home but it was still ofc really scary

So I quit kratom that same day as well. The first week after acute withdrawal was easy but now I’m really feeling the depression. I have dreams about it every night

I spent nearly my entire early 20s on kratom. It played such a huge part of my life. It was with me through so much. It’s such a hard thing to let go, but seizures are fucking terrifying so it’s a good deterrent lol

I don’t feel I wasted all those years on kratom. I used it to cope with my life at the time. But my body is saying it’s time to stop

(24m) I was 1 and half months clean and I relapsed in the morning. I took I think a total of 160mg in 6-8 hours with no tolerance. It put me in a super fucked up headspace. I began self-harming for the first time in my life. I was extremely suicidal and ashamed

My girlfriend came home from work and I didnt tell her I relapsed. She didn’t notice my cuts until I was driving us to the store. It’s like once she pointed my cuts out I became extremely overwhelmed

Not long after that I seized while driving. I have never had a seizure before to my knowledge

I don’t remember anything but apparently I started slurring my speech then convulsing, then went expressionless and stopped breathing, turned blue. I might’ve died. She steered the car into a field and thankfully nobody got hurt, neither did the car

Cops tried to get me for a DUI because I came out of the seizure and woke up by the time they got there. I guess they thought we were lying about the seizure. They took me to the hospital and proved I didn’t have any illegal substances in my blood. The 7oh had worn off almost completely before I drove any way

They did all kinds of scans and tests and found nothing. I think it was a mix of relapsing, stress, and self harming. It truly felt like I died and I view everything differently now. I’m so lucky nobody else got hurt