tramadol withdrawal help

[emmeroid]

hi ive been taking slow release 100mg every 12 hrs for 6 months for back pain but i started to notice the pain coming back if not worse so i went to my drs and he suggested an anti-infam called voltorol 50 mg 3 times a day with paracetamol if needed and said reduce to 100mg once a day instead of 200mg once a day for a week ..... well sunday nite i took one then missed monday morning come tuesday i was an absolute mess all the symptoms described and i just wish i would off found out bout um before cause i would of never off gone on um ....my question is how long will this last ??? it is now thursday last nite i halved one of the capsules so 50 mg approx but today i feel horrible not as bad as tuesday that was the worst day but was hoping to feel at least i can get out of bed and function but i cant im freezing as soon as i get up i got goose bumps all over then sweating my heart beat is racing and my breathing feels eratic with feels of anxiety and depression its just a good job i have got such a wonderful husband who looks after me and my 6 children i couldnt have gone this far without him and there has been times like last nite at 3:30am when i couldnt go to sleep i was going to give in and take a tablet but i didnt and im glad i didnt now but need to no how long do i tappering for and for wot amounts??
any advice greatly appreciated

[12Stepper]

There is a whole forum dedicated to withdrawal from Tram. Here is the link:

http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/111239

[GA Guy]

In the grand scheme of things, 200mg a day isn't very large in the Tramadol world. Tramadol is a weird medicine to withdraw from. It carries most of the same opiate withdrawal symptoms plus more pronounced psychological withdrawal symptoms (Tramadol messes around with seratonin levels in a different way that most traditional opiates). Tray and pronlong the taper as long as you can...in other words..go down 50mg and wait until you normalize...then reduce another 50mg.