I want to say replacing one substance with another, in my experience, never works. It may help short term, yes. But in the long run, I have always ended up right back where I started.

For me, cannabis is just as detrimental as alcohol or opiates or benzos. I'm not going to get into that argument. I'm not going to get into the kratom argument either, but kratom works in the body like opiates and also has a withrawal, which I have seen with my own eyes.

My advice is to just stick with it, get thru the uncomfortable part without any extra help (the wellbutrin and lexapro are great) and then do what you can to stay off off the substances every day. Talk to your doctor, let them know what is going on. They may be able to do something to help with the uncomfortable symptoms, that will make it manageable. Throwing more substances into your body is only going to extend the withdrawal and make it worse later.