Ultram/Tramadol is ReallyDangerous. Its slowly killing me!

[catfishjohn]

To: All it may concern. Beware of Ultram/Tramadol! This is old News but a little of personal experience.
I've been taking them for several years due to bad back/neck pain. I also take lorcet for the actual pain. The ultram is just to feed the addiction. I can stay off the lorcets if I need to and withdrawals are not very bad as i've developed a way to ween myself off lorcets/percocets/vicodins whatever I was prescribed. I'm down to about 2-4 ultram a day now and ithink its really killing my mental state. Depression and anxiety are killing me. I'm now taking clonopin .5mg for anxiety and soon to take effexor 75mg for depression. I've noticed for the past 6-7 years i've been taking this drug that i've been spiraling out of control. I wish I could find a good doc to get me off them instead of feeding them to me. I miss my old self...I really feel this drug may have screwed up my past 7 years or so.
Thanks for this thread,this may have opened up a new life for me!
Feel free to ask or comment back,I have many questions but no answers..........

[MissBecca24]

I do think that taking that mow of a dose you are only making yourself feel worse! I have been on them for 2 years and they are awful! I have to take them to be able to walk some days but you are SOOOO CLOSE to being free from them! I understand wanting to wait on the other stuff to help though! just remember that you are only taking 25 mgs a day! thats little to nothing! maybe just maybe you could just stop it all together! that way it will go ahead and leave your body! that stuff is only making the WD's worse because its not having a chance to leave because you are still feeding it just enough to keep you sick! hang in there sweetie ! It will get better!

Becca

[avisg]

cat,
you dont need the Lyrosine until day 4 or 5 you don't want to take it until the fatigue settles in ... You have tapered down to almost nothing right ?i would not be overly concerned about sezuires ...there was one girl that had a seizure durning with drawled CT off of about 15 pills a day that is dangerous......

[avisg]

if it is this bad ............ i would just ct and get it over with....what do you think????? are you ready ? trust me when i say your prolonging the suffering ......
avis

[catfishjohn]

The "Freakishly" way I messed up an already 'Un'Fixable back is I turned to my left and leaned slightly to drop small box in the trash. Weird!!! Soon as it happened I felt it 'Pop' and it took my breath away. That was around 1-2 and the rest of the day just went down hill from that... Just goes along with my other back/neck problems...LOL!
Glad I own a T.E.N.S. Unit!

[catfishjohn]

I am Truly Saddened to hear this tragic news. I'll keep you all in my Thoughts and Prayers!
Tramadol/Ultram is very BAD!!!
It has changed me completely and the thought of not having my 2 pills a day scares me to death! I have went once for 2 days without any,after dosing down to 2-4 a day and thought I was gonna die. As soon as I got my 'fix' I was a lot better. There has to be something to help with these symptoms!!!
You hang in there too,
       John

[catfishjohn]

Thank You!!! It feels great to be free of the ultram. The anxiety meds and depression meds are seeming to start helping me out. It'll be great to feel good again!!!