PleaseHelp! Family of 6 affected by addictive health product

WARNING!! And PLEASE HELP if you can…

About 6 months ago Caleb started taking a new plant health supplement derived from a plant called Kratom. Made by a company called MIT45 it was supposed to help with focus and energy. After MIT45 he used a variety of raw leaf powder from the health food store, thinking it would be an even healthier option. Eventually trying a version of Kratom called 7-oh.

After taking it within 3-4 hours he would start having withdrawal symptoms. It was so hard in the beginning with 4 kids, that I looked at inpatient places but nobody would take him. So we had no choice but to detox at home. I felt horrible as a wife that I couldn’t help my husband the way he needed while trying to still tend to the needs of my other 4 children. It was so heartbreaking not being able to do anything when he would ask for help. I was so overwhelmed even with the help of my mother in law. All I could do was watch my husband suffering… We received some prescriptions to try to manage the symptoms but nothing helped. I ended up having to take him to the ER where they eventually had to put him on Sobutex, a medication used to treat opioid addiction, that he will have to take for a few weeks.

We both had to take days off of work. My husband who works by appointment only, has lost a week’s worth of income. We have now accumulated several medical bills between the different prescriptions, the psychiatrist following him and the ER visit.

We are now at home hopefully slowly getting on the other side of this mess. It’s been a very long, hard and exhausting time, both emotionally and physically.

So on top of the intense level of stress worrying about my husbands health and how he will be, while taking care of all four kids, and now financially we are in a very big hole and behind on our bills, with my husband not being able to work and all the new medical bills.

We would also like to spread the word about Kratom. If you know someone who wants to try Kratom or are thinking of trying it yourself, read everything you can find about it and know how destructive and addictive this seemingly innocent plant really is.