Daytime Sleepiness from Kratom

[CindyPatt]

I also am experiencing excessive daytime sleepiness and brain fog from the Kratom. It definitely helps the RLS and helps me sleep at night. Only been on it 10 days so I hope this will improve. Using red vein Borneo or Red Bali about 2 tsp a night.

[Joolsg]

Hi CindyPatt,

Glad it’s helping the RLS & letting you sleep at night. Shame it’s lasting into daytime.

Maybe someone who uses it regularly can give you some advice on that. There are a few kratom users who may come along soon.

Maybe reduce to one spoon?

[CindyPatt in reply to Joolsg]

Thanks Joolsg for responding. Just found this forum a few weeks ago and it has been very helpful, especially while I was weaning off Requip. Nice to know I’m not alone and I can relate to so many of the posts!

[Ureshi17]

Hi Cindy,

I’ve been taking Kratom exclusively for four years now.. it did cause quite a bit of daytime sleepiness initially and I still feel it sometimes. I’ve only been taking the red vein Borneo strain which is quite sedating. It certainly helps the restless legs, but I wonder if the Kratom somehow prevents people from getting into the deep restorative phases of sleep? Or it’s a different mechanism?

I’d be interested to hear if anyone who has been on it long term has experienced this too.

[involuntarydancer]

I too find Kratom very helpful with the legs. I don't experience excessive daytime sleepiness (I take two doses of two teaspoons each pee night, along with 200mg pregabalin) but I do need quite a lot of sleep - maybe 10+ hours per night. I think this is a combination of a disturbed night (I am woken by my legs jerking around 1am and that is when I take the second dose) and my body needing extra sleep to cope with the drugs.

[CindyPatt in reply to involuntarydancer]

What strain of Kratom do you use? Thanks for replying!

[involuntarydancer in reply to CindyPatt]

Primarily red vein Borneo but recently I have introduced other red strains to see if they are more effective/help with tolerance. I also use Red Thai and red Malay. I find it difficult to judge but I think alternating the strains does help with symptoms.

[CindyPatt in reply to involuntarydancer]

I find Red vein Borneo has worked the best so far.