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Tramadol addiction

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Dear All,
it's the first time for me here, I am 30y, I am addicted to Tramadol, in my country it called Ultradol 150 mg, I started with Tramadol since almost 4y now, of course I started with 100 mg a day till I reached 1400 mg last week!, I know it sounds crazy, but like everybody said, I used it to be in a good mood all the day and to increase my productivity at work "I.T service"., by time the dose started to increase, I found a new product 100 mg in the market, I told myself it's nice to take 3 tablets a day instead of 6 X 50 mg, after six month, I found my self back to 6 pills again instead of 3 but with 100 mg!!.
again, I repeated this with 150 mg, till I reached 1200:1400 mg a day!!, 8 months ago, I had an "epilepsy shock", I was in my office then suddenly I wake up in bed with Doctor and colleagues around, I don't know what happened, the doctor asked me if I had any medicals? I lied on him coz he's the company doctor, I was afraid that I will be fired if they know about that addiction.
Anyway, I didn't stop, and it happened again for two times in different places and when I use that High dose.
50 days ago, I decided to stop it totally, I managed to have a week vacation, I told my wife about everything, she was so helpful, it was like a hell week, 1st three days I was on the bed, trying to sleep and eat only, the fourth day was better and so on.
I went back to work, and I found 4 pills in my drawer, and I had a fight with myself till midday when I could resist it anymore and I took it !, it was awful feeling, after I stopped it for 6 days, I back again!!
anyway, last Thursday, I only took 450 mg around 1 PM, and I decided to stop "AGAIN", today is Sunday, it's three days now without a mg of Tramadol, I am tired of course, but I will tell you all why I stopped; I had a very bad dream about my son, I've seen myself in My funeral, I've seen my all my friends, parents and wife crying for me.
Anyway, Now I am writing you on my third day without Tramadol, I need some help from you all to answer some questions bearing in mind two things:
1- I cannot take any vacations.
2- I will not back after I already passed the 1st 2 days.
From my experience the first 3 days are the harder days, and then it will feel better. My questions are:
1- How many days I need to be CLEAN?! Brain electricity, Blood, liver, etc.
2- Now I feel a Pain in my back "Spinal" - I take Ketofan for this and it works fine-, diarrhea and sleeplessness - I took a soporific to sleep. The question is can I fight it alone? in the place I live, there is no Detox centers or addict centers- I did it before and on the sixth day I felt almost natural.
Last word for you all, if you are still in the beginning on Tramadol, Please Please Please stop it before it destroys your brain and life, many of you are still on 300 or 400 mg a day, you can quiet now before it becomes harder.
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I have been clean from tramadol for 56 days as well.  I too had 2 seizures from this med but that was still not enough to get me to quit for a long length of time.  As this drug is highly addictive the withdrawal is the worst I have  ever experienced.  I can not recommend what would work for you, but having a support system is working for me.  I detoxed of this drug back on july 2nd- and up until a couple weeks ago I still felt some effects such as teeth clenching and restless legs-mostly at night.
I agree the word needs to get out and it seems as though I am seeing more and more people with nightmares related to tramadol. My addiction to it got me into trouble and almost ruined my life.  I am paying the price for fraudently obtaining the drug. I sincerely hope you get the help you need with your addiction-it does get better.  Today, I am living a productive life without tramadol or any other drug.  Good luck to you , I will help you with any questions you may have-  
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Good Morning,
I experienced the same problem as you with ultram and ultracet. I am now on permanent seizure medication because of my addiction. I started on ultram years ago when i was trying to detox from hydocodone and found that it had the same effect. It took away the withdrawl symptoms. Well, i let it go for a long time and then within the last two years i started using it again because a couldnt get my hydrocodone as i "needed" it. Went into multi seizures and am now sooooooooo regretting those choices i made. i am now clean and sober from everything for 59 days. All i take now is my seizure meds and motrin 800 if i need it. Oh yeah and my cholesterol meds. For the first week i was so sick and miserable but it gets better i promise. have you ever tried AA and/or NA? That is the only way i have been able to abstain from meds and lead a better life. You can ask me any questions you like i will answer you honestly.
Deb  
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