For the past month or so I've been dealing with on and off anxiety, along with a few panic attacks. I've been taking kratom for 2.5-3 years, and never had any anxiety or other mental health issues before.

I started off taking 7-8 grams in the morning and 13-15 grams in the evening. I took this dose for over 2 years, and in the past 3-4 months I quickly tapered down to 3-4 grams in the morning and 7-8 grams in the evening...and have been taking this dose for about the past 2 months or so.

But since the past month or so, shortly after taking my dose sometimes my anxiety would spike. In the morning, I believe coffee (caffeine) makes it worse, and in the evening I can't seem to settle down. Also sometimes at night I get heart palpitations when I try to lay down, not sure if this is related or not.

So now I'm wondering if I had tapered down too quickly, and the issues I'm having mentally are a form of withdrawals. Some mornings I will wake up very restless and anxious, like I'm having withdrawals even though I took my dose the night before.

I would like to get to the bottom of this, because this anxiety is really starting to disrupt my everyday life, not to mention with the anxiety I sometimes get annoying chest pains. Sleep hasn't been good lately, and I'm always tired during the day.

I wonder if I increase my dose if it will help, and then I can proceed to do a more gradual taper. Every day I say I'm going quit CT but the next day I give in and don't have the willpower to do it. I started taking 200 mg magnesium glycinate per day, but hasn't really seem to help. Exercise and meditation has helped a little, making the anxiety slightly more manageable.

Any advice and help is greatly appreciated.