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Tramadol Withdrawal????

Getting ready to come off Tramadol.  Last two pills will be taken at 12:30pm.  I was up to 8-9 50mg pills per day and took them for 2 yrs  I am unable to get any so this is it, it's time.  I have 18 klonopin from a prior script to help with the w/d.  What i need is has anyone cold turkey'd from this amount?  Scared.
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2107676 tn?1388973859
lol.
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617347 tn?1331293081
yeah ... hahahah :)
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1827057 tn?1397520277
Ha  !  beat ya Laurel  ;)))  
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2107676 tn?1388973859
Hi Kevin
You have posted on a thread that is over 2 years old.  If you scroll up to the top of the page and hit post a question, you can start a thread of your own and you will receive a lot more advice.

Copy and paste what you have typed here into it.
There are many people here with experience in tramadol.
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617347 tn?1331293081
ditto..welcome here !!
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1827057 tn?1397520277
Hey Kevin  Welcome friend  ;)  Please paste the above post that you just wrote into a new thread and you will get lots of support and help.  Go to the top of this page and punch the orange "post a question" bar.  Then you will have your own dedicated thread.  You are taking a lot of Klonopin. You really should probably get a doctor on board with this as it's dangerous to come off of both tram and klonipin rapidly .
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i am on tramadol now for 6 years or more and my dosage went to 10 or 11 pills 225mg per day and 10 or 11 clonazepam 2mg both together i used to be happy it took me when i was depressed feeling down to another mode , now i am married and about to have a kid i need to stop not for his sake but really for my sake am 30 years old it started couple of month ago to effect my work and my relation  with my friends i ended up lonely ....i need to stop both ..i have an idea which i can lower the dosage of both 1st and maintain that for a week or so like 4 Trama. and 4 clona and then i can lower them to 2 pills and so on till i reach like half a pill or even a pill from trama and klonazepam then stop with them using lot of vitamins and something to take the pain away whichi will pass by , i guess to get back to normal will take like 6 months at least that's why i dunno what to do 6 months you are responsible for a family and a child ..so any ideas please share it with me  
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just ate and now i want to throw it up.  it's just sitting there like a ton of bricks.
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1285097 tn?1323780241
if you want we can team up in our struggle against the tramadol... it is a horrible drug to come off and it makes you feel like walking through an icecold hell.. yes this is how life seems to me.. FROZEN. people around me, my own feelings and emotions..
I am getting off them because i am moving countries in 4 more weeks and for a while i won't have access to tramadol there.. this will be a chance by force which i'm going to go for.
tried many times to come of the tramadol and fell back into taking it after I got depressed. I kept telling myself "only this time. i will stop tomorrow" and like this kept lying to myself.
What has really helped me is to tell myself "those depressions and anxieties are NOT real.. it's the tramadol devil that doesnt want to let go of you"

i wish you all the best and i'm sure you'll get loads of support from this forum.

get well soon xx
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wow, the stomach issues thing is kinda yucky.  no runs but just pain and gas.  what is up with this GAS!!!  and i am not the type of girl that even passes gas. lol  woke up okay today and slept pretty well considering.  
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thanks to all of you for this. today was worse for me but okay. its weird, it seems my kids are more needy today than usual.  i have had to be up and down all day.  of course, they don't know what is going on.  my son is 3 and daughter 15.  i have only told one person besides ya'll on this forum and that is my half-brother.  he is checking on my through facebook all day.  lol  i heard that about tram and being an anti depressant.  i was on Effexor a few years back and almost killed myself coming off of it.  it was horrible.  i forced my doc to give me xanax til i was over that w/d and that is why i am thinking the klonopin will work. i took the xanax and when it was gone, the w/d were gone and that was that.  never had trouble with benzo's thank goodness.  i know the feeling of w/d's and that is why i am so scared.  i don't have time to be sick but it is what it is and i did this to myself, AGAIN!!  i am tired of taking pills everyday.  i recently came off celexa and was able to taper.  that was okay.  i wonder why i can have such a hard time with some drugs but not others?  i quit drinking all by myself too and that is why i know i can do this.  thank you all for the support and i will keep you posted for sure.  
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1416133 tn?1351123217
Hey theirmommie72 you're going to be okay!

tramahater is right - the wd's are tough - but doable.  You have to want this MORE than anything you ever wanted in your life.  I know you feel that way now, but in the next few days, you're going to be hurting and will want to turn back.  DON'T.  Getting off this poison was the best decision of my life.  And it will be for you too.  But you have to have patient during this process.

I quit cold turkey off a much higher dose than you (up to 25 pills on some days) - and yes, it was really hard.  And yes, if it's an option for you, tapering is the way to go.  But I can tell you that it is possible to just stop them but you need to be prepared.

That being said, get yourself some of the things noted on the thomas recipe and the amino acid protocol.  Those things were lifesavers for me - I started the daily multi-vitamin, fish oil tablets three times a day and the b12 sublingual tablets which were great for energy.  I didn't start this stuff til about a week after I quit but they helped me SO much.  And I did start taking St. John's wort to help ward off any depression and that too was a lifesaver for me.  Although I did experience sadness it was not a clinical depression at all.  And I attribute that to the St. John's.  So check with your pharmacist first if you're taking any other meds (besides the narcotics) and be sure there won't be any interactions for you if you do decide to go that route.  Just want you to be safe.

And be prepared to be up for a while - sleep did not come to me so quickly - it was weeks before I was finally able to get a four hour stretch of sleep.  But now, almost 11 months later, I sleep just like I did before the trams and finally wake in the morning fully rested so sleep will return I promise you.  Also, hot showers were HUGE in my recovery - they helped with the awful anxiety and restless legs syndrome (actually I had restless arms too - weird, I know).  But there were nights I would take up to four showers just to calm myself and it did work, albeit temporarily which is why I would keep taking them.  But it helps - and I used epsom salts as well in the shower (as a scrub) as I read the salts help draw toxins out of your body through your skin - so you might want to give that a try as well.  Baths are better with the epsom salts I'm just not a bath person.

And keep posting!!!  Getting your feelings out during this time is going to help you cope with the anger, the fear, and the anxiety that most of us experience during withdrawal.  Talking about what you're going through is a MUCH better way to cope than taking a pill.  You'll see that soon enough I'm sure - but you have to remain RESOLVED in your decision.  And as gnarly (one of our wisest members here) said "you have to be okay with NOT being okay for a while".  And that kind of thinking will help too.

I will be rooting for you!!!   You CAN do this!!  :)  p.s. and not sure if you knew this, but there's an anti-depressant in tramadol which I believe is what makes the withdrawal all that more tricky, and I, like you, had tried other narcotics for my OA and had no problem stopping those.  So I'm convinced that the ad in the trams is what makes this withdrawal so horrendous for some of us - but remember - it's DOABLE and you will get through it.
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Hey sweetie!  I was on about 15 a day and got off of them over a year ago, and it was the best thing I ever did for myself.  The thing is that the WDs are very severe, and if you need to be able to function, you will have to speak with a doctor.  You really should anyway.  Since you are not buying tram anymore, can you use some of the money you were spending to go see a doc, or at least call your family doctor?  Explain your money situation, and maybe they would give you some medicine to help for a few days.  Clonidine works well.  I'd stay away from controlled stuff, because the stuff like that can just bite you in the butt as well.  Since you already have klonopin, you can use it.  Just be very careful.  I have to tell you also that there are much better meds than that for the WDs.  And they are not habit forming like Klonopin is.  

Let me know if I can answer any questions or help in any way! : )
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well, i guess i am on my own in life as well as on the internet.  such is my life. i will try my best.  thanks.
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no insurance and no money for visit.  
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495284 tn?1333894042
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Is there anyway you can talk with your doctor and tell him what is going on?
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Thank you, please do.  I am freaking out reading some of these w/d stories. I have come off the tram before but tapered doing so.  This time,no taper and i am very scared and don't know what to expect.
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495284 tn?1333894042
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We have some ladies on the forum who have really good info on trams as they have come off them.  I will send them your way......sara
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also, have a chance to get some Vics for the w/d too.  Vics do not do anything for me since I quit, on my own, a few years ago.  Used to go back and forth between the two with no probs.  I don't want to hurt.  Single mom of 2 and noone to help me.  I need to be able to live life while doing this and it is going to be hard.  
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