2nd time quiting ultram

[Pugman366]

This is my second go around.last time I lasted 8 days.I am on day 4 now and feel edgy.Do not want to mess up again.Any words of advice so that I dont derail again?Was up to 12 pills a day.50mg each.

[SophieShine]

Hi and welcome to the forum! Congrats on day 4!!!
Ultram is not my DOC but I'm sure someone is gonna come to help asap. You can already find a lot of info in the health pages. Try the amino acid protocol and the Thomas' recipe. you'll find them if you scroll all the way down this page, bottom right. Best of luck to you. xoxoxo. sophie.

[Pugman366]

Thanks ,Day 5  and still going.Looks like about 30 days before I feel normal,Whatever normal is.

[SophieShine]

No, you'll see next week is already gonna be so much better!!! Within no time, you'll have your energy back, your sleep will self regulate and you'll wonder how you could have missed it for so long. You have your Freedom back and that has no price....
Keep on keeping!!!
xoxoxo. sophie.

[mk1964]

Actually, it shouldn't be 30 days before you feel better. Hang on for another 4 days or so and each day you will feel a hint of feeling better. Ultram, at least for me did not present the cravings that Vicodin did. I actually tried to use the tramadol to get off the vicodin because my doctor said that Ultam was not habit forming, but still gave the same relief for pain. WRONG. Now I have 2 problems. One thing I will tell you that a lot of docs don't know is Ultram is also used for depression issues, which means there is a double whammy trying to get off. The effect of the drug itself....and the way it affacts the chemicals in the drain that affect moodiness and sadness.
You are about where I was on Ultram, I was around 10 a day....not to get high but because I needed that many to do the same trick as the Vicodin for my back pain. It did in a different way, but when I tried to stop I ran into the same problems as you. I was clean off eveything for 3 months and beared with the pain I was having until the doc tried to get me to go back on the vicodin. I said no way, but didn't tell him the problems it caused(That was my fault), so he gave me Ultram and said it was "Non-Narcotic" and worked the same, but would be easy to go on and off when needed. WRONG.
So, I've been there, beaten it down, and got into it again so I know what you are going through. Trust me, it will subside and a week from now you'll be thankful.

Good luck.

[j34]

One word of advice is write about the last 90 days of your life and when your head starts telling you that it isn;t as bad as it used to be.. read the last 90 days again and there you have it in black and white EXACTLY what addiction is really! All the best