Would taking anything from the Thomas Recipe help ease WDs while doing a slow taper off of Tramadol?
I've spent months tapering from 200 mgs a day to around 62 mgs which is where I have just stayed at for the past 3 weeks because the effects I have been feeling have not started to diminish yet. They are now the worse they've been so far. I had been tapering off a small portion every 7-10 days. After each taper, for three days I would get some WD effects then they would diminish .This time, it has just stayed the same and is more intense than at first. It's weird, I start to feel strange and uncomfortable feelings around 8pm shortly after taking my last and smallest dose of the day.
I'm at 2/3rds of a 50 mg tablet at 8am, 1/3 of a 50mg tablet at 2pm and about half of a 3rd of a 50 mg tab at 8pm.
I feel physical anxiety racy chest, ache in my joints legs, arms, and hands, some shortness of breath and itchy sensations in my skin especially in my left shoulder blade area( itchy/burny). My upper eyelids all of a sudden will look and feel a little swollen or hooded and feel like allergy eyes..
This scenario repeats every evening and is gone in the morning.
In bed I do have some RL, but am taking Milk of Magnesia. which seems to alleviate that. M of M is a quick acting cheap form of liquid magnesium I take it along with a potassium pill.M o M has a similar effect like valium, it is calming and helps as a muscle relaxer. I learned of this from another forum I subscribe to that folks with MS post on. I also swear by" the soap in the bed trick " which helps against leg cramps. Google those words in quote and you will be amazed at what you learn about this trick.
I see that this Thomas Recipe says for Cold Turkey detox but has any taper people put some of it to use?...Or is there other options to help with getting through a slow taper?
Should I stay at my current level until I feel better before cutting more off my pills or is this now just the way it will be? Is this the downhill slide into WD's?
I posted a few days ago for the first time with questions but have not gotten any replies from that post.
Would appreciate some feedback and any advise that may help about tapering
How low to go in Mgs before the final Taper off with the least WD's?.
I 'm 61 and live alone, and would be scared to go CT with no one to keep an eye out for me for seizures etc.