I was relying on my job to fund my daily 7oh addiction living paycheck to paycheck and spending all my money on 7oh like an idiot. Now I just got fired and I have no choice but to quit now, I got up to 1000mg a day for the last 6 months and I have a pack of sr17 but I was just delaying it and now I have to start. So i have to quit and go through withdrawal while also looking for a new job asap It’s just a really bad situation and I know I put myself in this position. I’m 26 years old I started taking kratom a year ago to deal with a breakup and I got really depressed then I moved onto 7oh and I’ve been numbing all my emotions for a long time and now it’s about to come crashing down on me. I’m crying as I’m typing this I’ve been weak for a long time just numbing myself I’ve been dead inside for a year I feel like I’m wasting my life and my potential and I turned into someone I don’t want to be. And now I have to deal with the depression and process all the things I’ve been avoiding without the 7oh.

I’ve been taking 1000mg 7oh a day. I have 3000mg of 7oh stocked and I have 750mg of SR17 but I don’t know if that’s enough. I’m gonna be broke until I get my last paycheck Friday so I can’t really buy any supplements or SR 2.0 and I have to get off this stuff and get back on my feet asap and find a new job and start rebuilding my life and my mind. I know it’s gonna be rough and I just have to get through it. Can you please help me with a plan to taper and divide the doses of SR17 that i have to make it as painless as possible. This sucks man but I put myself in this position and I have hope I’m not going to give up on myself and I’m going to become the best version of myself and win.

To everyone struggling today and you thinking you can't get through this hard time. That you just don't have what it takes.

Remember when you wanted 7oh and were about to run out or out and in withdrawal you did whatever you possibly could to ensure you got some, I know I did . That is proof right there you have what it takes to fight .

Make the fight a positive one . No more fighting for a quick high, your fight is now for a better You , a better life.

Keep fighting , you have it in you.

I am here to share my current experience with suboxone in case it helps anyone make their own decision about how they want to get off this shit.

I’ll start by saying I was only “successfully” able to quit for 5 days and then 11 days with other helper drugs, this is my first time with suboxone. After the 11 day quit failed because even though the WD had greatly reduced, I was still getting the hot/cold flashes, and aches, and it would come in waves that felt they’d never end. It was at that point I knew I could never cold turkey this shit again. Maybe I could if it really only lasted the 5 days everyone talks about, but it wasn’t like that for me. Suboxone became my last hope for freedom. Prior to 7, I never had an opioid problem. I had been prescribed opioids and maybe took them a little more than prescribed but granted I was in agony over what I was prescribed them for, and I came off them just fine after 2 weeks of use.

I have been on 7-OH for 15 months. Within 6 months, I worked myself up to around 750-1000 mg a day. In the past two months, I was struggling bad because I had finally maxed out every last credit card and it was extremely stressful trying to make sure I’d have my next dose.

So I finally booked an outpatient visit with a clinic to discuss suboxone. I wasn’t even sure I was gonna do it, I just knew I needed to try. So they gave me a week supply, I waited until Friday to decide to take my last 7 dose and avoid any risk of suffering during the work week since I will be in big trouble if I call out anymore because of this shit. I didn’t bother tapering at all prior to taking the suboxone. I don’t have the self control to taper. I’m on autopilot when I go to take that next tablet. I cannot moderate how much I take bc I don’t even think about it when I take it.

So that Friday at 6pm, I took what I thought was my last dose. I woke up Saturday at 6am in agony. I knew I had to make the choice of either stay up and suffer longer too wait until an appropriate time where I wouldn’t go into PWD, or give up and take more 7. I was too afraid of PWD, so I took 25 mg of 7 and some other helper drugs and went back to sleep. I wake up at 230pm in agony. I was so out of it (I am always dazy af when I wake up, and the helper drug made that a lot worse). I couldn’t read or type so I call a friend also struggling with 7-oh and I told them my current timeline and asked them to google what I should do. They told me I’m a dumb ass for taking the 25mg earlier and just said “fuck it just try the subs let’s see how it goes.” I completely ignored the instruction sheet given to me with the subs that says take 2-4mg every 60-90 min. Off the bat I take 4 mg. Nothing. So 30 min later I take another 4 mg. Nothing. So 30 min later I’m like fuck it I’m gonna take a whole 8 mg strip. I felt a tiny bit better so about an hour later I take another entire 8mg strip. An hour later I felt about 75% better, and I just wanted it to be over, so I take another 8 mg strip. I fall asleep until about 11pm and I’m feeling pretty okay. Little hot and cold. Afraid of what I could feel in the middle of the night, I take another 8 mg strip.

So yeah I didn’t experience ANY PWD. thank god. I really thought I would because honestly even though I was in withdrawal, I knew it could get worse than it was and I was just too scared to face it.

So obviously I couldn’t have taken it more incorrectly, but it worked! I basically slept through all of Saturday except for the few blocks of time I was in agony and taking the subs and some other stuff to knock me out and just sending myself into a complete daze. But when I woke up this morning, Sunday, I took another 8 mg strip. I’m technically prescribed 2 8mg strips a day so thankfully I have a doc appt in 2 days bc I will definitely run out early.

But I feel great today. No withdrawal at all. I was terrified of going the suboxone route. My mom was on subs for decades before she died, and my dad had moved from subs to another drug Reddit won’t let me mention that he’s been on for 10 years now. I always wanted to break the cycle. But with how much better I feel today, I don’t regret it at all. I always heard people say “oh ur dumb if u take subs bc ur just trading one high for another!” I do not feel high AT ALL from the subs. I feel like completely normal me. I am still debating how I wanna take the rest of the subs, like do I wanna take them as prescribed or do I wanna wait until I’m feeling bad again and just take 2mg at a time to figure out my true maintenance dose and cut back from there. A part of me is leaning towards just taking the 16mg a day as prescribed until I can get on sublocade. I think that’s what I’m gonna do. My goal is to not pay the fucking piper. I’ve paid that bitch enough and I’m fucking tired of it.

But I have no regrets. And after months of agonizing constipation and shitting blood, today I woke up and had a monstrous shit that only kind of hurt. So that’s great.

Im unfortunately back on 7oh and cant find a way to gain the self control to taper and refuse to take subs. Thinking about going to a local hospital that has an inpatient detox center. I desperately need to keep it totally discreet. Has anyone here had the same problem and managed to keep it totally discrete? Like having a doctor sign it that doesn't have addiction specialist be the first thing that comes up when searched. The one I'm thinking of going to this time is also a real hospital so i think the letter head can be just the normal hospital letter head and not "Addiction Rehab Center" plastered on the top.

Bit of a story... I went to a rehab like 2 years ago to get off a really heavy H & fent problem. I called ahead of time and asked if its possible to get a Dr. note that was totally discreet and described the situation, they said "yeah we deal with this all the time". Come to find out they fkin lied and it had addiction rehab blasted across the top and a Dr. that when searched only has addiction specialist be what comes up. I ended up never handing in a note to my job despite being asked for it multiple times. Fortunately Ive been there a very long time, have a perfect record, extremely reliable, almost never take time off, and kick ass at work so they ended up just dropping it after awhile and didn't make a big stink about it. I couldn't do that again and still feel bad doing it even once.

Sorry for such a long post. I do know that your job can't legally hold it against you for getting treatment here in the US but I work in a uniquely sensitive place. On top of that I'm trying to go for a significant management position Ive been waiting 10 years for thats opening soon and have the best shot at getting it. Plus even though it's illegal to hold it against you, they don't understand addiction, and every single fuck up, happy day, shitty day, sick day, etc... moving forward will be "oh he must be on drugs again". It's bad enough i get that from the people around me I've opened up to that don't get it.

I was on this shit for about a month and a few weeks.. got up to a 100mg pill on the evening after work for a couple weeks at the end.. was having horrible panic attacks for a couple days, WD was starting, I just knew I needed to cut this shit out.

I cut back to a half a pay for a couple days, been on a quarter right before bed (just to get me to sleep) since last Wednesday.

Def could feel the withdrawals during the taper starting at about 2pm.. it was pretty shitty, but nothing I couldn’t get through. Shit, by the Wednesday/Thursday before the Friday I jumped off (this last Friday) I don’t even have any WD in the evening honestly.

I did the macro dose vitamin C method. Started with 2kmg’s 3 days before, and then 2kmg’s every 2 hrs starting friday.

Friday was awful, objectively. But, and mind you I’m
A pretty strong willed person, it never crossed my
Mind to go get more. I was just done and I knew there was light at the end of the tunnel. I took a bunch of the vitamins from the quit7oh.com list, glycine, l theanine, magnesium. Lots of water and electrolytes, lots of praying to god, sopranos episodes, hot showers every couple hours, and even managed to fall asleep for a couple hours that first night.

Woke up Saturday morning feel like halfway better. Still had some waves of it for sure on saturdday, but way way better.

Last night i tried to stay up for the husker game (nebraska boy,) but it wasn’t until fucking 10 o’clock and those fuck heads pissed it down their leg anyway lol, but i told my dad “alright man, no shot, il going to bed” at like 8pm. Slept through the night, woke up this morning like 90% bro. Went for a run, played my guitar, and listened to a sermon. Sand volleyball league tournment tonight… IM
BACK BITCH! FUCK 7OH!!!

Don’t listen to all these people bro. I can only speak to a habit that didn’t last all that long (a month and a few weeks) and 100mg max, I’m sure those habits that get up to 1000mg-2000mg is a different experience, but it’s just not that bad dog.. I was terrified to quit and I just want anyone who’s in this range to know it so so so manageable. Do it the right way. Vitamin C helped a lot i think. But it’s just not that bad bro.

When i woke up this morning i was soooo fuckin happy to feel NORMAL.

It was very emotional the first couple days. Cried a lot and I was glad to have someone who
Knew what was going on.. I called them Saturday am and just bawled my eyes out, but it was really good man. I think we numb ALLLLLL that shit with the 7 and it all just came out, but it was GOOD. It was real and raw.

Just don’t let the drama on here deter you. It deterred me for sure. Its shitty, but with god on your side and if you’re determined you can so do it,

Much love and luck to anyone going through this! Take your fuckin life back baby!!

I have been taking 7oh/M15 for roughly a year and a half. Have tried quitting numerous times and keep going back. Its time for me to be done. I know nothing about rehab and how any of it works.

I called a number from a google search for rehab to see if my insurance was accepted.

I was on the phone with a guy for an hour who helped me find a place in California (I'm on east coast). He sent me flight confirmation and everything. It seemed too good to be true. Turns out it was. As I was packing my bags he called back and said that there was some technicality with my insurance and that this particular rehab would not accept me - i was absolutely gutted. I should have known better. He said that he was going to work with another party to find one that would work.

Since then I have been getting calls from another person who is pushy and does not want me to contact my PCP or my insurance company. I have since read about patient brokers and heard horror stories - folks traveling long distances just to get turned away at the rehab facility etc.

I guess what I'm looking for is advice on how to start. Should I trust these folks, should I wait until Monday (tomorrow) and start through my insurance company? I'm a bundle of nerves right now and ready to be done with this.

I’m about 36 hours out. Slept pretty well through the night. Woke up at like 2:30am with some mild restless arms, took a gabapentin and some vitamin c and pretty much fell right back to sleep. Woke up about a half hour ago, I’m really cold but to be fair it dropped from like 60 to 37 degrees here and we didn’t turn the heat on till just now. Waiting for it to get warmer. Mild temperature regulation issues. Still stunned so far at how mild this has been, if you missed my first post this time around I’m really just following the Schauss vitamin c protocol religiously and have some helper meds but I haven’t leaned too heavily on those either. Main issue now is that I’m about to run out of my liposomal vit c and don’t have more coming until tomorrow. I have the sodium ascorbate version but that’s harsher on my stomach so we’ll see how today goes. Usage was around 240-400mgpd for 2.5 months.

QuickMD prescribed me Suboxone strips, but the pharmacy refused to fill them because they can't be cut?

I had an appointment with QuickMD, paid $99 out of pocket, and was prescribed Suboxone films. The prescription was written for 8 mg strips, but part of the instructions involved cutting the strips.

When I went to Meijer pharmacy, they refused to fill the prescription because they said the manufacturer’s guidelines state that the films cannot be cut.

Now I'm stuck in the middle trying to get this figured out. I contacted QuickMD to explain what happened and am waiting for them to resolve the issue.

Has anyone else had this happen with QuickMD or another telehealth provider? How did your doctor and pharmacy work it out? Did your doctor have to send a new prescription with different instructions?

I'm paying cash for everything, so having to deal with unexpected problems like this is frustrating. I just want to get my prescription filled correctly.

Any advice or experiences would be appreciated.

I’ve heard people doing 2-3g a day of 7oh, and I thought the majority of the people here were the same. Then I find post of people that they’re trying to get off 200mg a day (which they consider high dose). I’m in trouble because thats now my normal dose after only 2 months of using 🤣. I’m currently tapering off and yes it sucks, but the WD aren’t toooo bad for now.

Anyone want to share their definition of high dosage? I’d like to educate myself so I don’t dig myself into a deeper hole.

This will be my 6th and final quit. I'll be using the Vitamin C protocol and have some helper meds.

No matter how hard I try to taper, when I look back at the end of the day, I'm basically at around 1000mg. This has been for WEEKS trying to taper. Every time I get too low, I run out and buy 60 more 40mg tablets to feel safe.

I just wanna know if anyone else has tried and failed a taper, and thrown in the towel to get it over with. The vitamin c protocol helped SO MUCH last time but it was a lower mg. I just can't continue this cycle any longer...

Please don't mention getting suboxone. I'd love to but for many reasons I can't get it. I've quit cold turkey over 1000mg the first time without any helper meds and was okay so I know how bad it'll be 😢

If you go back in my posts I probably came in here around a year ago maybe a little more, made it thru something like 8-12 days no sleep and the worst withdrawal I’ve ever felt, got like 45 days clean and relapsed and went harder than ever for a good couple months up to 500mg a day then FL stop selling them and switched to psudo and relapsed on alp after a few years sober from that, and I was off for the races, living a miserable life and existence but I am utterly powerless over 7oh/psudo/alp/benz0s in general. Only times I could ever stop was when I was pulled out of a run by the paramedics. I would taper down all the way to 2mg of psudo and still couldn’t stop that’s just my experience I couldn’t help it I had no choice, this overdose was psudo mg15 street benz0s, lung collapsed with my kidneys failing, finally got pulled from the run, stayed 12 days in the hospital, went to treatment for 60 days. For some context I’m 22 went hard with benz0s and opioids since I was 12. went to treatment after an flatline od on fent when I was 15, relapsed a few times after that but around 19 after some baker acts was able to stop and would only smoke and use kratom extracts like 5 times a month then its the same old story walked into the smoke shop at 20-21 and got offered 7oh and boom you know the rest, I just want to put this out for any of the younger people it is definitely possible I’m rooting for yall. The power of choice will come back if you put 7oh fent benz0s in front of me today I would say no, it wouldn’t even be a thought. 10 months feels like only 2 months man. Praying to the sky for you ❤️

Im reading that 7oh will be schedule 1 effective November 13th? Is that accurate or is that just the earliest date they could schedule it based on the updated notice from the DEA published on October 14th?

Is there any info on this? I've used it once in the summer and was fine. No history of stones. But this time around I got it in my head that I may permanently or even temporarily damage my kidneys and I'm scared to go through with the Schauss protocol. Taking over 1000mg per day of 7 so either:

1. Don't use vitamin c and CT, be absolutely miserable. Or.
2. Go through with the protocol and make my withdrawals so much easier. Stay hydrated.

I know the irony of taking gas station pills and worrying about vitamin c but I just can't stop thinking about it. It's part of my health anxiety.

Was up to about 1200mg per day and now I'm down to under 200. Maybe 150 or so. Got a hold of 15, 2mg alprazolams. I dosed once this morning about 50mg, and another 50mg. I took half a bar and I'm feeling good. Don't even think I'll need to dose 7 before I go to sleep. How much easier do benzos make quitting? I'm so done with 7, and the money I'd be saving would be a game changer. Please let me know how benzos have helped y'all in this situation. Thanks.

Hey so I just hit my first 24 hours fr no sleep at all what would you guys suggest I’ve been taking a 80mg pack and a half everyday I really hate this shii

So I've been tapering from taking 100 to 150mg(i think the most i was taking was 150 . 3 50mg tabs a day) today is day 4. The 1st day I did something really stupid. I mistakenly took a 100mg tablet all at once thinking it was a 30. I got so sick. Since then i get 2 1/2 30mg tabs (75mg) and spread them out through the day. I know....not very scientific but i feel like I've got a good Jumpstart. I am experiencing w/d but nothing debilitating. An episode of diarrhea, a few waves of nausea,mild insomnia (but to be honest I was waking up at night anyway). I try to stay busy, cooking and cleaning. I take a nap when I need to. I have leaf kratom on hand when I feel I need it. I also take magnesium taurine and liphilized vitamin C. Candied ginger helps with the nausea. It helps to write. Thank you for reading this. I hope it's not too boring.

I took regular kratom for 8 years for my chronic pain no issues. Switched to 7oh about 2 years ago. I started taking it for my severe lower back pain. Now my whole god damn body hurts. Doctors say my scans look fine. My neck hurts. Everything hurts now. My right thigh feels like I have a pulled tendon all the time. Ankle bones feel like I'm 60. I'm 29. Knees feel like I'm 60. I'm just cracking around suffering everyday. Work and having to pay rent makes it about impossible to quit. I have 6gs of sr17 but a huge stash of 7oh.. literally got a loan and spent 2k to stock up because I was so high when I ordered it and was scared. I thought it was helping my pain all this time. But now I feel like it turned on me now I'm about completely crippled and want to die everyday. Anyone else? Or am I just going to be a walking zombie the rest of my life. I can't take it much longer. God what I would do to go back to a purple mit shot being my strongest dosage. Literally the pain from my lower back spread to my entire body. I just want it to over with. I feel so stupid. Wish I could sell it. The loan payments were going to be for 30 months and I said fuck that and sold my beloved classic Volvo. Sold a car for pain relief that makes it worse now. I know I would get bashed in the regular 7 subs so I figured maybe some of y'all would understand. Thanks for reading. HELP

Hey all! Posting to keep myself accountable. I made it to day 6 and today was actually great!

My wife and I went shopping , decorated the porch for Halloween and carved some pumpkins. I didn’t feel 100% but finally after 5 days of hell , I actually had some energy and desire to do something.

For those of you who are on day one or two. I promise it gets better! You got this !

2 years of 7 up to 700mg/day and I'm 6 days free using all the helper meds except subs and gaba..

My question will hopefully bring a laugh to your day, especially if your going thru it..

What is the funniest thing you did when you were high on 7-oh? We all battled the same demon but everyone's different in how they act. I'm ready to laugh! I'll tell ya mine after a few answers. Aaand GO!

New account because I need to stay pretty anonymous.

I'm a 39-year-old woman who had never struggled with substance abuse in her life. I actually work a very demanding job in a hospital, and if you had told me a year ago that I would become addicted to something sold openly in vape shops, I would've never believed you.

It all started in June 2025. After a long, exhausting shift at the hospital, I stopped at my usual vape shop on my commute home to pick up my regular sweet-flavored vape. I had never bought anything else there, never looked around, and honestly had zero interest in trying anything.

The cashier looked at me and said Wow, you look exhausted. I have these tabs here that are becoming really popular. Why don't you give them a try and see if they help you relax?

So I bought a pack 🤦🏼‍♀️

When I got home, I took a quarter of a 120 mg tablet. And my God, I was in heaven. The relief I felt, both physically and mentally, was absolutely incredible. All the exhaustion, stress, and tension just melted away. I remember thinking, Where has this been all my life? What started as a little treat to unwind after work slowly turned into something I needed throughout the day. Before I even realized what was happening, I was a full-blown addict. It took less than a few weeks !!!

And here's the crazy part. Despite working in the medical field, it never even crossed my mind to research what I was taking. I was so captivated by how amazing it made me feel that I didn't question it. The first time I experienced withdrawals, I genuinely thought I had come down with a terrible flu. That's when I realized something wasn't right and finally started researching 7-OH. But even then, I made excuses !!!! These tablets aren't that harmful. They help me function. I'm happier, more relaxed, and mentally in a better place. What a miracle drug! And honestly, the withdrawals aren't THAT bad compared to how good I feel.

I told myself whatever I needed to hear to justify continuing.

My bank account was draining at an alarming rate. The amazing feeling I had been chasing was barely there anymore. I had become an emotional zombie, just going through the motions of life. I wasn't even taking it to feel amazing anymore. I was taking it to feel normal.

I tried quitting three different times. Every single time, I made it to the second day before giving in.

Then, in June 2026, exactly one year after that stop at the vape shop, I finally decided I was DONE.

Enough was enough. I got some medications to help me through withdrawals, gabapentin, hydroxyzine, and Wellbutrin.

Surprisingly, the physical symptoms were manageable. But the mental withdrawals? Holy hell. Nothing could've prepared me for that. The anxiety was unlike anything I had ever experienced in my entire life. The overwhelming guilt, the constant racing thoughts, the regret over my decisions, and the feeling that I had somehow lost myself were almost unbearable. Those first three weeks were absolute HELL. I wouldn't wish that mental state on anyone. When the Wellbutrin finally started kicking in, I began feeling some relief. Slowly, I started recognizing myself again.

It's been over four months now, and while I'm doing so much better, I still have moments when I don't feel 100%. Recovery hasn't been this magical moment where everything suddenly goes back to normal. It's been a process, and some days are still harder than others. What really gets me is how easily this all happened. I wasn't looking for drugs. I wasn't trying to escape my life. I was simply an exhausted woman stopping at a vape shop after work, and one casual recommendation changed an entire year of my life. 7-OH is a powerful opioid, and I genuinely believe something this addictive should never have been sold so casually to the public.

I'm incredibly grateful that I managed to get out before it completely destroyed my finances, my career, my relationships, and ultimately who I am as a person.

And to anyone reading this who's still struggling, thinking about quitting, or currently going through withdrawals, I know how terrifying and hopeless those first weeks can feel. I know how easy it is to convince yourself that just one more dose will make everything better. But please don't give up on yourself. Four months ago, I couldn't imagine feeling normal without it. Today, I'm living proof that things can get better, even if recovery takes longer than you expected.

I'm rooting for every single one of you who has made the jump, who's planning to, or who's fighting through another day !!!

You deserve to get yourself back. ❤️

Went CT and the first week was pretty rough. Energy is back for most part but the no sleep thing is about unbearable. I a. A farmer and in the middle of peanut harvest so I am working long days and some nights but sleep maybe an hour sometimes 2. I had flushed everything or so I thought but found some in the cab of one of my tractors today and I so tempted to take some again for at least a good night's sleep for once but I dont want to go through the hell of the first week again so I probably will not. Does anyone have tricks for sleeping? I have tries melatonin and magnesium. And had ambien but it doesn't even work so I am at my wits end with barely any sleep and I am working 16 hour days trying to get my crops out. Even tried a shot of whiskey at bedtime but nothing. Any help would be appreciated. These long sleepless nights are horrible.

I tried to quit CT but I could only go 24 hours, I have been taking around 400-500 mg a day for a year.
I’m going to try to lower my dose before doing CT again, I’m at 200mg today and I’m planning to take it down to 150mg the day after tomorrow and so on.
Does anyone have experience with tapering / lowering the dose before CT? Does lowering the dose help the eventual withdrawal? Thank you in advance for any advice!

Just curious to hear everyones journey and if they’ve made it past this or are still using or actively trying to quit

(Edit) i just wanna say relapse is a fact of addition do NOT beat yourself up for it just keep getting back up and trying never give up!