Made the decision to start tapering today

For some background I started using kratom in 2016. At first it was just a social thing, there are a ton of kratom bars where I live so instead of going out to a bar to drink alcohol my ex and I would go to Kratom bars. It started out as something we’d just do on the weekends, then that turned into weekends + a night or 2 during the week, and then it became an every day thing. Ive always had anxiety and this was the first thing that made that feeling go away aside from Xanax. Going out to drink it daily started getting really expensive so I started getting powder so I could make it at home myself for cheaper. That was probably the worst decision I could have made since instead of a nightly thing it became something I’d just sip on all throughout the day and night.

Anyways, fast forward to now I’ve been using it over 9 years. My goal is to quit before I hit my 10 year anniversary of first trying it. I accidentally did cold turkey in 2018 when I went on vacation and wasn’t able to get any and the restless legs were unbearable. Other than the RLS and not being able to sleep I don’t remember it being too bad, but it was also only 2 years into using it, so I’m assuming now that it’s been over 9 the withdrawals are gonna be worse.

I honestly had no idea how many grams I was using until I made the decision to try and quit since I just sip on it throughout the day, but after breaking out a food scale it looks like throughout the day I consume about 8-10g. Would love any advice on what others recommend for tapering. I have some capsules so I’m thinking it might be better to try tapering with them to have more control of the dose and also wean myself off of constantly reaching for a sip of it (I’ll keep some other beverage handy to help with that habit).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I have magnesium glycinate I’m going to start taking before bed and just ordered some DLPA since I heard it can be helpful. I’m not too concerned with the about the chills, runny nose, etc…. More scared about the anxiety and RLS. I have a pretty demanding job, but hoping with the holidays it won’t be too crazy and will be a good time to give this ago. Thanks in advance for any advice! ❤️