Tramadol withdraw

For over 3 years I have been taking 200-300mg tramadol for severe knee pain.  I had a complete knee replacement 10-5-09 and was put on Tylanol 3 but the Tramadol was withdrawn.  I could not do therapy without both so I took it.  My therapy went well until my wife decided I was addicted and dumped the Tramadols down the drain.
That was4 days ago and I still can't get my life back.  I have thought suicide, seperation along with various other options ...sleep has become my best friend ,however a person can only sleep so long and the time awake is Hell.
Does anyone know when I will be able to feel whole again? What is the withdraw time for most people?  Please help ...my wife wants me to leave  and I can't stay out of bed more then 3 hours .... please help

[dominosarah]

Tramadol needs to be tapered as there are risks of seizures.  avisg has alot of good info in her profile as she was addicted to this too.  Also on the side bar you will see people commenting on "Tramadol and Ultram"....click on that and you will find lots of info there too.  Others will be on the forum i would think soon that will have more info for you too.  Keep posting here as you will find lots of support.  Do you think your wife would come on the forum and read too?  I am sorry she is feeling this way..........sara

[ZJILLIAN]

Yes to sarah's comment above. If you have any tramadol left you need to start taking it again immediately. If you do not have any please call your doctor and explain the situation and ask for help with a taper schedule.

You are suffering right now from acute withdrawal and that is what is making you feel so horrible. Time to back track. Ask for help in how to do this correctly. Bring your wife to a doctor's appointment and enlist her help once the two of you have better educated yourselves about the problem. And how to correct it.

Ask your wife to read these posts. Tell her that your behavior when you were using and now in withdrawal is truly out of control but you want to work to make it better. That is an achievable goal. Others have been in your situation and it has turned out okay. You can do this. But do something helpful today. CALL YOUR DOCTOR!

[kolo13]

What do you mean "My wife wants me to leave".?  Is she trying to throw you out of your house after she threw you into a dangerous withdrawal? I hope you are still there to read the good advice given above. Holy cow, you had a complete knee replacement one month ago and your doctor took you off tramadol and replaced it with Tylenol  3's?  I'm sorry for all the question marks but that does not sound like the proper standard of care from your doctor and your wife's behavior is just incredibly ignorant and dangerous. I hope we hear back from you AND your wife. This is a terrible situation and you do need help.Good luck.