Nearing Day 30: W/D have passed, now i'm in PAWS. I need some guidance...Social Anxiety is killing me.

I am going through the same thing, teribble social anxiety before kratom, during kratom I was completely unstoppable...they were talking about promotions at work and I was getting more attention from females than I ever have in my life because of the drug induced confidence...then I quit and every day is a struggle and even way worse than before (however now I feel motivated to deal with my anxiety in healthy ways rather than resorting to abusing the shit out of a bandaid solution like kratom)...day 9 here...I know it will get better give you self more time(i have read of people like us that already have bad anxiety that it can sometimes take 60 days to get close to baseline...who knows...we're all different though), do not forget to exercise and eat well, and practicing deep breathing and meditation and greatly helped as well. There are many supplements and medications that can help as well. I need to get to a good counselor and doctor to adress these issues I believe, wating for insurance at new job to kick in... Side note....quitting kratom makes dealing with mental health issues like social anxiety extremely overwhelming as your brain adjusts back to normal...on the flipside...the suffering that results from that struggle has been forcing me to develop and explore other, and hopefully healthier, coping mechanisms that don't make me anorexic, addicted, and left in a false sense of happiness, but truly dead inside....please hang in there, do something good for yourself. It is inspiring for me at day 9 to see someone 30 days in still fighting the battle. Take or leave any advice, I hope that's helps some...either way I'm happy to have you on this journey with me

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