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posting some positivity
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I just wanted to post where I am now in case another user (especially of tramadol) is reading these posts. Quick recap: I quit cold turkey. I had quit bedtime xanax two weeks before but i started an SSRI antidepressant maybe a month before. I had terrible withdrawals from both with inability to sleep and restless leg syndrome. I had cravings too...but now I am free of all that. I am off antidepressants. I am truly clean! I sleep eight hours....eight wonderful hours! I think everyone wants to know how long it lasted and I think it is different for everyone....mine was weeks but it got better a little at a time...it seemed like forever at the time but now I look back and think compared to the years of pill popping the withdrawal weeks were over so fast....and I didnt have many of the horrible long lasting stuff that so many have reported. I think reading other peoples horror stories sometimes scared me silly...yes i was tired and yes I couldnt sleep but it passed and I have no lingering side effects. I will always be an addict and I will always need to be on guard but I am free of pills and I am happy. You can be too....I want to help others make this step because it is jut so wonderful to be free.....if I can offer advice I will but I am just myself. I know what I went throughbut everyones journey is different.
Be well
my thoughts are most with those that will be reading this late at night when they cant sleep and they feel like they are going crazy....you arent...you are getting better
I just wanted to post where I am now in case another user (especially of tramadol) is reading these posts. Quick recap: I quit cold turkey. I had quit bedtime xanax two weeks before but i started an SSRI antidepressant maybe a month before. I had terrible withdrawals from both with inability to sleep and restless leg syndrome. I had cravings too...but now I am free of all that. I am off antidepressants. I am truly clean! I sleep eight hours....eight wonderful hours! I think everyone wants to know how long it lasted and I think it is different for everyone....mine was weeks but it got better a little at a time...it seemed like forever at the time but now I look back and think compared to the years of pill popping the withdrawal weeks were over so fast....and I didnt have many of the horrible long lasting stuff that so many have reported. I think reading other peoples horror stories sometimes scared me silly...yes i was tired and yes I couldnt sleep but it passed and I have no lingering side effects. I will always be an addict and I will always need to be on guard but I am free of pills and I am happy. You can be too....I want to help others make this step because it is jut so wonderful to be free.....if I can offer advice I will but I am just myself. I know what I went throughbut everyones journey is different.
Be well
my thoughts are most with those that will be reading this late at night when they cant sleep and they feel like they are going crazy....you arent...you are getting better
Thank you VIC...I had a good day. I feel like a normal person....I had forgotten what it felt like to be normal...I may not always have normal happy days but today was one and I am thankful
You & Your Experience is just as important as the next person. This is a WE thing!
Just remember too, that we have Receptors in our stomachs. As they get unplugged/clear out, they will affect our Stomach and Intestinal issues. It takes time for the Brain/Body to adjust back from the removal of these Stims. YOU have come far and we are so proud. Just come in and share with others. You never know what person you could really touch. Really!
Bless
Just remember too, that we have Receptors in our stomachs. As they get unplugged/clear out, they will affect our Stomach and Intestinal issues. It takes time for the Brain/Body to adjust back from the removal of these Stims. YOU have come far and we are so proud. Just come in and share with others. You never know what person you could really touch. Really!
Bless
sometimes I feel like I should stop commenting on anyones posts...except to say good job...who cares what I have to say anyway? im not having a very good day I guess...
It just takes time to get everything back in order but the underlying issue will arise in time is that what did ( I or You ) take the pills for in the first place?? some of us had minor pain and ended up with major addiction so had some depression and are NOW really depressed and when we finally come clean physically and all those issues come back to the surface and need to be dealt with. but this time maybe we lean towards other types of therapy to help our problems and not just use chemicals for everything I wish you the best in your struggle and hope you enjoy the upcoming weekend.
Hi Jerry
I didnt know anyone "followed" my story but thats nice to know....it made me smile....I guess we all need each other...I am a different person really...I havent even thought about taking any meds....but I am still trying to get to my normal.....a stronger healthier person....I know it will take time and I did more to my body than I first thought so now I am going through some gastrointestinal issues with bacterial overgrowth....narcotics slow stuff down and then all themassive unhealthy carbs I ate when I didnt sleep at all and had cravings....well they left my GI system reeling...so now antibiotics and low carb (yuk!) diet.....which I fail at a lot...I am one who loves her carbs.....
anyway between stopping xanax tramadol antidepressants and with severe insomnia and RLS and now stomach issues that are keeping me up....I just want to shout out "Bring it on!" Then i sing "Bring on the rain." I love the line....: I am thirsty anyway so bring on the rain...." ....good thing I live alone because I cant sing a lick and when I belt out that tune the cats run for the basment....llol
I didnt know anyone "followed" my story but thats nice to know....it made me smile....I guess we all need each other...I am a different person really...I havent even thought about taking any meds....but I am still trying to get to my normal.....a stronger healthier person....I know it will take time and I did more to my body than I first thought so now I am going through some gastrointestinal issues with bacterial overgrowth....narcotics slow stuff down and then all themassive unhealthy carbs I ate when I didnt sleep at all and had cravings....well they left my GI system reeling...so now antibiotics and low carb (yuk!) diet.....which I fail at a lot...I am one who loves her carbs.....
anyway between stopping xanax tramadol antidepressants and with severe insomnia and RLS and now stomach issues that are keeping me up....I just want to shout out "Bring it on!" Then i sing "Bring on the rain." I love the line....: I am thirsty anyway so bring on the rain...." ....good thing I live alone because I cant sing a lick and when I belt out that tune the cats run for the basment....llol
I followed you when you first came on and have to say congrats you are a new person from that first week. Stay strong and " PILL FREE"
thanks pillguy....it feels like freedom...not always worrying about how to keep the supply coming....gives me time and energy to think about more important and more fun stuff....life should be fun after all right?
oops I thought I was 50 days off the tram but I just checked and it is only 41...thats fine with me...I guess it just seems a long time ago when I last wanted to take a pill....thats a good thing
Hi there! Well, I'm no superwoman, just your average, everyday gal who got caught up on the crazy tram train, LOL. It was indeed tough, but I made it and so will you. Seriously, sometimes I look back and wonder how on earth I'm still here. Kylie and brownvelvet, you both are rock stars!! Your both doing such an amazing job. Keep it up. Take care all...
Hi Frogger...thats a lot of tramadol...I was up to 12-15 a day and thought that was a lot....you must be amazing
Thanks Vic! I am on most every day but dont always post for myself. I like to check everyones progress ...I worry though when people disappear...i hipe it means they are clean and dont need to check in anymore
Clean....I am over 30...I have to check but I think around 50....I feel really good...and I want others to know they can get here too
Kylie...hang in there....my sleep didnt normalize in 14 days but it was better everyday...and sooooo much better than the first few.....watching the time go by....1 am....2 am...3 am...and knowing I had to work...ugh...well you know the agony....it is almost behind you now...as for living without it...yes you can and I think I wasnt really "living" with it...I was just surviving every day....now I truly want to live life!!!
Thanks Vic! I am on most every day but dont always post for myself. I like to check everyones progress ...I worry though when people disappear...i hipe it means they are clean and dont need to check in anymore
Clean....I am over 30...I have to check but I think around 50....I feel really good...and I want others to know they can get here too
Kylie...hang in there....my sleep didnt normalize in 14 days but it was better everyday...and sooooo much better than the first few.....watching the time go by....1 am....2 am...3 am...and knowing I had to work...ugh...well you know the agony....it is almost behind you now...as for living without it...yes you can and I think I wasnt really "living" with it...I was just surviving every day....now I truly want to live life!!!
Thank you for this! This is my 2nd time quitting Tramadol CT and I am at a week and a half or so. I finally feel like myself today and am so grateful! My sleep and fatigue is still bad but I can finally make sense that I CAN live without it..
Frogger? 60 pills a day? Wow, you must have been superman to get over that. The first time I quit I had around 15 50mg pills a day. This time I was almost up to the same. It's hell and these pills are the devil!
Frogger? 60 pills a day? Wow, you must have been superman to get over that. The first time I quit I had around 15 50mg pills a day. This time I was almost up to the same. It's hell and these pills are the devil!
Thanks for your post! Positivity is ALWAYS welcome...LOL
You sound really good....you must have over 30 days now, huh?
Thanks for continuing to post and help others.....keep on keepin on girl~
You sound really good....you must have over 30 days now, huh?
Thanks for continuing to post and help others.....keep on keepin on girl~
Nice Post Brown!
I have nothing else to say but Yahooooo! You are doing a great Job and seem to have all those ducks in a roll. Just keep it up. Maybe you can pop in more often on here. Be Safe, Be Good and always keep that Guard Up! Proud of YOU!!
Bless
I have nothing else to say but Yahooooo! You are doing a great Job and seem to have all those ducks in a roll. Just keep it up. Maybe you can pop in more often on here. Be Safe, Be Good and always keep that Guard Up! Proud of YOU!!
Bless
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