Update on 4th day of weaning from Ultram/Tramadol

[angel44240]

Hey all! Okay- today's the third day for the weaning process from the Ultram/Tramadol. I was on 3 pills a day (50mgs each), but went down to 1 1/2 pills the very 1st day of weaning- which didn't really bother me THAT bad, but I'm not done as of YET- I took a half this morning, and another half this evening, was PLANNING on taking a whole one tonight, but I'm not going to- I'm feeling fine right now, and want to try and make it through the night without any at all- then I'll take a half in the morning before work, and another half during the evening, and none tomorrow night. Then, as soon as I start to feel better, I'll only take a half for one or two days, then stop altogether! My plan to completely stop is this weekend, hopefully! ((Praying right now)) LOL
I took some Melatonin just a few minutes ago- I pray this works! Cross your fingers everyone! :(
I hope I'm doing this right! Anyone got any further suggestions? Please feel free.. LOL
Love to all!
Alli

[northernstar30]

I'm tapering down too off of trams.  I don't want to give advice because I don't know enough, but I do want to give you suport.  Sounds like your doing the right thing.  Other people on here know a lot more than me and they are sooooooooo helpful.  Keep up the good work.  You can do it.

[GoingToMakeIt]

Good job. you are doing so good with this. You are so on the right track. Praying for sleep. Lolv

[angel44240]

Northernstar, how much did you take and how much did you taper down to? I'm just wondering if it's about the same as me.. I wanna make sure I'm doing this whole thing right.. lol
Thank you both for your ongoing support! Off to beddy bye...lol
Blessings to you both!
Alli

[glo308]

Good for you, that's an accomplishment in itself.  Seeing that you can restrain yourself while have the pills around is a good sign this is going to work and to stick for the long term.

Hang in there, and I wish your WDs are tiny or non-existent!!

[angel44240]

Wow! I weaned myself down a 'half' of pill too quickly tonight! lol.. I woke in the middle of the night and it felt like I had ice running through my veins, my heart rate was so high, and my head was spinning! I didn't give my body time to adjust to the 1.5 a day yet, so, once again- we're still at 1.5
I can't get ahead of myself- but, other than that- I have to adjust to this first, then I'll taper again.. yada yada.. I'm too impatient! lol.. Thanks for listening guys! love ya all! ttys!
Alli

[oxyaddict420]

YOU ARE DOING AMAZING!!  You are right on track with your plan and doing so great!  WAY TO STICK WITH IT!  

As far as getting ahead of youself, you know your body the best and if you felt great during the evening and didnt feel the need to take one the AWESOME!  You dont have to take it just because that is the plan..  But since you felt it really bad in the middle of the night, (i think) you did the right thing.. I dont know alot about tramadol, but I have heard that a taper is the best way to do it..

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU

YOU ARE DOING THIS

YOU WILL BEAT THIS

I AM HERE FOR YOU(U KNOW THAT)

[Victor322]

Keep up the good work! I know how tough it can be since i'm right there with ya! Still on day five @ 1.5 tabs per day of T and the anxiety and sleeplessness continues. But it's all good because the light at then end of the tunnel has been seen!
Best Wishes
-Vic

[avisg]

you are doing GREAT ...keep it up hun. a little at a time, will make it much easier in the end .
avis

[angel44240]

I woke up around 2am this morning, feeling AWFUL! ONLY because I didn't take my third half last night! Dumb me, thought I'd be okay to hurry up and taper AGAIN and only take ONE for the day- wrong! My body didn't even adjust to the 1.5 yet, and my impatient little butt thought I could- hehe.. guess I won't be doing THAT again! lol.. I just wonder what it'll be like when I DO get used to the 1.5 and actually drop the third half! Geez.. I just wanted to go and be done with it, but I'm a very impatient person and I need to 'pull myself together' already! lol.. Vic, how many Trams did you take a day and for how long, before you started tapering?
Alli

[angel44240]

Hey you! lol.. I was wondering, when do you plan to move down to 1 pill a day? I'm just curious because I'm wondering how long it's going to take for my body to adjust to the 1.5...

[BostonMike]

I weened myself off tramadol back in the day and I literally needed to ween myself down to 1/8th of a pill twice then once a day to keep WD symptoms away..

I had the "what the heck am I doing" feeling when I was sitting at the table chopping a 50mg pill into tiny pieces. But it helped so much!

I would cut my dose down by about 10-20% every 2 days depending on how good it goes..

[angel44240]

Oh my goodness! lol.. But you know what? You're absolutely right! I BET that I'll have to do that also! So, you took  two 1/8 pills for how long before you only took ONE 1/8? I'm just wondering, because I'm praying that it can be easier on ME too! lol
Let me know,k? And thank you SOoooo much for your advice! Means alot right now!
Alli

[glo308]

That is funny, I considered licking the desk where there was some remants during the really bad WDs!  

That brought me to a new realization of the scope of the problem!  And, since I was part clean, I did laugh at the thought.