Good Night All

day 3 is ending and i still feel like hell but i can do this... no tramadol  ever ever again  going to try to sleep tonight if i can i have only had 4 hrs sleep in the last 48 i am bound to fall over sooner than later.  sorry to be groose but i pooped solid today i here that is good when you are withdrawling the first 2 days was running outall da,y water to say the least.. night all you are a big help to me thank you so very much. God bless you

[FLaddict]

You should start feeling better tommorrow maybe only 5% better but a little,,, great job making to day 3.. keep posting your progress.. it is an inspiration to those who haven't quit yet.. those still lurking and coming here and reading for the first time.. your posts mean alot..

[LIZZIE LOU]

night night...sleep tight.

huggs,
kim

[Mis Take]

that is so great and you have reason to be proud!!  You will do this and the other side is incredible.  Sorry it had to be on your b'day though.  but, you won't forget this one, hu?  anyway, im going to try as well, so goodnight to you = and everyone else.

love, tracy

[rooftrash]

you take care brother.If you neen someone  i'm here for another week

[Miss_Amy_2009]

Prescribed Tramadol -Trying to Quit! ---- Current weaning process .
MY CURRENT WEANING PROCESS OF TRAMADOL......

After finding these threads, one thing for sure is that I feel good that I'm not alone...I came to the boards for help/support and although I still need support for this prescribed addiction, I feel that I may be able to help others through my own experience...so I'll try to post what I'm doing and what I'm experiencing while I go through my weening process..but let me just say, that I have consulted with my doctor before doing so and recommend the same for all that are interested in getting off of tramadol (or any other drug, for that matter)...
I am here to share my story of my addition/weening experiences with TRAMADOL. I was initially prescribed Tramadol/50mg/2x/day for chronic back/neck pain..which lead to same dose/4x/day. About a year or so ago, I was able to cut that down to same dose/2x day. (Although I had some withdrawal symptoms (w/d's included, anxiety, sweating, lethargy, etc), I found it easier to do after a facet block procedure that I had done for my back pain.
I have just recently decided that I want OFF of TRAMADOL.  Like several of you, my doctor gave me the prescription and told me that it was NOT addictive, but possibly habit-forming.  If you take tramadol and/or read enough of the boards, you will find out (like I did) of how addicting this drug really is...
One thing that people that are trying to get off Tramadol need to know is : You should NOT stop taking it suddenly. It's DANGEROUS!
I talked to my Doctor and he recommended weaning off of them gradually...Soooooo..... I started out by cutting two 50mg pills in half...and taking 3 of the 4 halves (25mg) 3x/day...this decreased my dose by 25%....which I found out later, that it’s TOO much of a decrease...I found some info that said you should cut down 10% at a time.. It sounds easy enough, but 10% is actually hard to do when you don't have a pill cutter...or even if you did, I imagine it would still be difficult to do with such a small pill.
I have been breaking my pills into fourths...so I have 4 small "crumbs" that I can't imagine breaking down any further because of how small they are already...I was thinking of crushing them just so I could make the proper doses as I go lower and lower in mg’s…(Is there another way???)
So after learning that 25% is too much of a decrease, I was already down to 62.5mg/day from 100 mg/day….Let me tell you that the w/d's are very uncomfortable....but my determination and strong will IS going to get me through this…I want OFF of Tramadol!!!  I’m just glad that I didn’t go into a seizure (yet?).
I have learned a lot about Tramadol by reading other posts..in addition to “listening” to my own body….

Just to let you know what I’ve been doing, here’s MY weaning process SO FAR which I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND this to anyone…as I JUST found out that I SHOULDN”T HAVE decreased the dose so much.  Today is my 5th day of weaning....I just want to share my w/d experiences and my mistakes in my weaning process.

Starting dose:  50mg/2X-day  (100mg/daily)

Day 1 –25mg/3xday (75mg/daily)
Day 2-  25mg/3xday (75mg/daily)

These two days seemed to be ok but I was anxious right before it was time to take the next dose. Each dose is about 6 hours apart, so the biggest gap in my dosages was after a night of sleeping..which is 8hours..always woke up reaching for the pill, first thing...but then again..it's always been that way.

Day 3 - 12.5mg/5xday (62.5mg/daily)
Day 4 –12.5mg/5xday (62.5mg/daily)
Day 5-  12.5mg/5xday (62.5mg/daily)
Day 6-  12.5mg/5xday (62.5mg/daily)

Last three nights..w/d's woke up me up at 3am (took 12.5mg)
This dose turned out to be the first dose of the day...the others are taken @ 8am,12pm, 4pm, 8-9pm, and it begins again at 3am.

I'm still afraid to lower the dose again...although it may sound like I'm cruising through the weaning process...let me just say that IT"S NOT EASY!
I had a lot of anxiety last night before going to bed...I wonder sometimes if I'm shaking or something when the w/d's wake me up at 3 or 4 am...but I made it through another night...I'm just glad that I can sleep..I've heard a lot of people say that they can't sleep for days...and even though the w/d's are awful...at least I'm able to get my rest so that I can go to work, etc...thus far, anyway...

It feels like I made too much of a decrease in my tapering...hence, the w/d's...but I feel as though I've come too far already to raise my dose back up a little..I'll just suffer and wait for my body to adapt to the current dose and then taper some more...It seems that it actually gets harder when you get down to smaller doses...just my opinion...I assume that the very hardest part will be letting go of doses..then then ultimately the very last dose to nothing...but I'm looking at the light at the end of the tunnel....and I can't wait to get to the other side..I expect that I won't feel better right after letting go of the very last dose...but just knowing that makes me feel prepared....and the greatest feeling out of all of this is empowerment...because I'm slowly taking control over the drug...while it's losing control over me...I'm getting my life back...and all I can say is that going through the w/d's are worth it...because I"M WORTH IT!

For those of you that are trying to do the same tapering process..please post your experiences so that I can see what you're going through as well. I'd really appreciate it and wish you well through this whole agonizing experience.

If anyone's interested, I will continue to post my progress/withdrawals...

Any support would be appreciated....I may just keep posting for venting purposes...Please wish me luck in this journey...if you have any questions...I'll be happy to try to answer them...

Amy

[worried878]

these r threads from 2007..if u post a new question u may get more response