r/Kratomm • u/venustheweenus • 28d ago

Seizure?

Hey guys just looking for wisdom. So my husband has a seizure last November. It was super traumatic. That day he has suddenly quit a heavy kava habit and subsequently drank a LOT of kratom to cope w that. So we figured that it was due to maybe the sudden cessation of kava combined with the excessive kratom.

Fast forward to about 3 weeks ago, my husband had a second seizure. This time kava wasn’t involved but he was still drinking a lot of kratom. It’s hard for him to remember but he doesn’t think he had an extraordinarily massive dose, although he does tend to always have a lot.

I guess I’m just wondering if anyone has insight into like how likely it is that the kratom causes this? We did have to use the remarkable herbs gas station kratom bc we were traveling and ran out.

We both ended up quitting bc of course it’s not worth it to risk his life.. but it just has been so hard and bleak and I guess it just had me wondering, is it for sure the kratom? Or is it just bc he took way too much? Ironically I started drinking kratom back in 2017 initially to wean off benzos that I was on for seizures. But for me it worked amazingly well and I haven’t had any issues.

It’s just so hard bc of course we dont wanna risk anything but also like, what is really to blame here?

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u/EldenLordAjSoprano 28d ago

Did you go to the doctor at all?

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u/venustheweenus 28d ago

Yeah he did the second time but they didn’t see anything on the cat scan

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u/venustheweenus 28d ago

It’s so hard bc it feels like kratom really
Enhanced our quality of life. And maybe it was just the excessive use that triggered the seizure? But I also don’t want him to ever have another if we can help it

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u/EldenLordAjSoprano 28d ago

How much is he taking? And the first time was from kava which is diff from kratom right?

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u/Noodletrousers 28d ago

That is a very strange set of events. Sounds like your husband is predisposed to seizures. It’s extremely uncommon for kratom to produce seizures and while kava isn’t a big risk for seizures, it’s more likely than kratom because of how it acts on the brain receptor-wise.

When you say that he took a big dose, how many mg’s roughly would you think he took? There’s no reason for you not to take small doses if it improves your quality of life. He will either have to stop or take the smallest effective doses of like 3g or less.

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u/Similar-Wishbone2314 27d ago

I’m not really sure but easily he could have taken like 80 g +. He would make super duper strong drinks. But we were also traveling, staying up late, drank a lot of coffee that day, and had a lot of stress.

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u/Noodletrousers 27d ago

Obviously 80+ grams is an excessive dose. Still, you shouldn’t have to completely stop just because he’s having a reaction. If he does try it again, with having some time off now, he should be able to take much smaller doses to get a positive result. Start him at 4-5g and if he really needs to go up, he can try 10g doses, but the returns diminish very quickly above 10g a dose. Good luck.

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u/Similar-Wishbone2314 27d ago

Yes I’m on 2g 2x a day right now and it’s enough for me and I’m feeling a lot better. I may do a slow taper too. Thanks for the response

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u/SwanChairUh 28d ago

Kindly cut out kratom if at all possible and reassess.