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tramadol withdrawal
I am in the process of getting off of tramadol. It was prescribed for me for ocassional use for mild to moderate pain like headache, muscle soreness, etc. I used it only ocassionally for several months. About 4 months ago, I became involved in a fairly intense project and was experiencing more discomfort. Without really thinking much about it, I started using tramadol every day and then increased this to 2-3 times each day. The dosage was 100mg, so I was taking 100-300mg daily (or 2-6, 50mg pills) for 3 months. After I finished the project in mid-may, I decided that I needed to stop using a drug to get through the day, so I tried to just stop taking it. WOW! Serious withdrawal symptoms including joint and muscle pain, stomch issues, fatigue, depression and a strange hollowness in my nerves ensued. I didn't feel I could just stop functioning for a week or two or whatever it would take, so I used some hydrocodone that I had to help me get my tramadol use down to 100mg per day over the course of a week. I would just take the hydro when I started feeling really bad in the afternoon to get me through the rest of the day. Then, I decided to just quit the tramadol altogether. The withdrawal was really difficult. I was worried about getting addicted to the hydro, so I got some concentrated kratom powder and was alternating use with the hydro every day or two so that neither of them was in my system daily. This got me through week 2 which was a reduced amount of muscle pain, but more fatigue, lethargy, depression. Now I am beginning my third week. I am out of hydro and I am still experiencing some muscle and joint stuff, but the big problem is the lethargy and depression. It's just kicking my butt. The kratom is very helpful in this and lifts the dark cloud that I seem to wake up with, but I'm worried about an addition to this as well. I am now taking about 1.5-2 grams in the early afternoon to get through the rest of the day. I am not using any other drugs or substances. I have never been addicted to anything before and wasn't abusing the tramadol. It didn't make me high or anything, but it did get rid of ALL of my aches and pains and let me do everything I needed to in the day. I don't have any major pain and I know I shouldn't have been so lazy about my health. Now, I am trying to be really careful without losing myself to laying on the couch all day. My questions are: How long will the tramadol withdrawal take to be completely over? and How long can I use a small amount of Kratom on a daily basis without just creating another addiction that I have to get over? Or can I just slowly reduce the kratom to avoid the withdrawal since it is a powder and very easy to measure out? Any thoughts on this would be helpful. I am reluctant to engage my physician in this too much. he knows I am having withdrawal fromt he tramadol, but I don't want to ask for any other drugs if I don't have to. I just feel like I've done something really studpid and I want to get through it without his help, if possible. Thanks!
I have been an addict to pills for the last three years straight. I have taken Methadone,Hydrocodone,Percocet,Vicodin,Morphine and good ol' Tramadol, you know the one the professionals say you can not become addicted to. I am not going to go into my addiction, I am only going to tell you how i got off of them on my own without the help from any dr. or pharmacist, just myself,God and Jesus Christ. If any of you are taking anything stronger than Tramadol I urge you NOT to stop cold turkey. i tried pyramiding methadone down to 2.5 mg a day and then quiting and it was hell times 5. if it is at all possible get yourself some 50mg tramadols and pyramid those. there is no way to come off of these devil pills side effect free.The last day i took trams i swallowed 325 mg in 2hrs just to finish off the bottle. if you can dump them down the toilet then do so, but DO NOT KEEP ANY AVAILABLE TO YOU.....NONE!!!!! after you do so you need to be ready to sweat off and on, get the chills off and on, ache all the time and never find comfort, you will cry like you have lost something very dear to you, it is very emotional. you will have stomach aches and diarhea. you will have vertigo and diziness(this is what lasted the longest for me,6 days) most everything else was gone by the 4th and 5th days. i feel so good again!!!! this is not easy, but you will get through it. when you decide to go for it then do exactly that......DO IT !!! you will succeed.
For anyone interested in my past addiction here is a little insight. i have compressed discs in my lower back so they put me on hydros and man was that great!!! it helped the pain and took away my anxiety and gave me energy to do things. i was on top of the world. then a friend introed me to methadone and they were good but didnt give me the same up that the hydros did. Next i got my hands on Perks and wow those rocked but were out of my system quick and too hard to find so i went back to hydro 10's.... i was taking up to 25 a day just trying to get that same feeling back that i used to feel from 1. I knew i was out of control and it was time to stop. i got my hands on a prescript of trams cause they stop the withdrawals from other pills and you dont become dependant.....atleast thats what the professional know nothings say. I am guessing i had takin 5,0000 trams in a 1 year period and then they just stopped being available. other norcos were available but there was no way in heck i was going back up to something stronger and allowing it to get a tighter grip on me again. so that is when i swallowed my last 6 and a half trams.I am on my 5th day and i am not 100% but i do feel normal again. If i did it you can do it! just dont give up and dont give yourself a way out if it gets too tough. stay busy with movies, excercise bikes, tread mills, hot baths, sleep aids and alot of fluids !! you will make it and God be with you!!
For anyone interested in my past addiction here is a little insight. i have compressed discs in my lower back so they put me on hydros and man was that great!!! it helped the pain and took away my anxiety and gave me energy to do things. i was on top of the world. then a friend introed me to methadone and they were good but didnt give me the same up that the hydros did. Next i got my hands on Perks and wow those rocked but were out of my system quick and too hard to find so i went back to hydro 10's.... i was taking up to 25 a day just trying to get that same feeling back that i used to feel from 1. I knew i was out of control and it was time to stop. i got my hands on a prescript of trams cause they stop the withdrawals from other pills and you dont become dependant.....atleast thats what the professional know nothings say. I am guessing i had takin 5,0000 trams in a 1 year period and then they just stopped being available. other norcos were available but there was no way in heck i was going back up to something stronger and allowing it to get a tighter grip on me again. so that is when i swallowed my last 6 and a half trams.I am on my 5th day and i am not 100% but i do feel normal again. If i did it you can do it! just dont give up and dont give yourself a way out if it gets too tough. stay busy with movies, excercise bikes, tread mills, hot baths, sleep aids and alot of fluids !! you will make it and God be with you!!
I have been an addict to pills for the last three years straight. I have taken Methadone,Hydrocodone,Percocet,Vicodin,Morphine and good ol' Tramadol, you know the one the professionals say you can not become addicted to. I am not going to go into my addiction, I am only going to tell you how i got off of them on my own without the help from any dr. or pharmacist, just myself,God and Jesus Christ. If any of you are taking anything stronger than Tramadol I urge you NOT to stop cold turkey. i tried pyramiding methadone down to 2.5 mg a day and then quiting and it was hell times 5. if it is at all possible get yourself some 50mg tramadols and pyramid those. there is no way to come off of these devil pills side effect free.The last day i took trams i swallowed 325 mg in 2hrs just to finish off the bottle. if you can dump them down the toilet then do so, but DO NOT KEEP ANY AVAILABLE TO YOU.....NONE!!!!! after you do so you need to be ready to sweat off and on, get the chills off and on, ache all the time and never find comfort, you will cry like you have lost something very dear to you, it is very emotional. you will have stomach aches and diarhea. you will have vertigo and diziness(this is what lasted the longest for me,6 days) most everything else was gone by the 4th and 5th days. i feel so good again!!!! this is not easy, but you will get through it. when you decide to go for it then do exactly that......DO IT !!! you will succeed.
For anyone interested in my past addiction here is a little insight. i have compressed discs in my lower back so they put me on hydros and man was that great!!! it helped the pain and took away my anxiety and gave me energy to do things. i was on top of the world. then a friend introed me to methadone and they were good but didnt give me the same up that the hydros did. Next i got my hands on Perks and wow those rocked but were out of my system quick and too hard to find so i went back to hydro 10's.... i was taking up to 25 a day just trying to get that same feeling back that i used to feel from 1. I knew i was out of control and it was time to stop. i got my hands on a prescript of trams cause they stop the withdrawals from other pills and you dont become dependant.....atleast thats what the professional know nothings say. I am guessing i had takin 5,0000 trams in a 1 year period and then they just stopped being available. other norcos were available but there was no way in heck i was going back up to something stronger and allowing it to get a tighter grip on me again. so that is when i swallowed my last 6 and a half trams.I am on my 5th day and i am not 100% but i do feel normal again. If i did it you can do it! just dont give up and dont give yourself a way out if it gets too tough. stay busy with movies, excercise bikes, tread mills, hot baths, sleep aids and alot of fluids !! you will make it and God be with you!!
For anyone interested in my past addiction here is a little insight. i have compressed discs in my lower back so they put me on hydros and man was that great!!! it helped the pain and took away my anxiety and gave me energy to do things. i was on top of the world. then a friend introed me to methadone and they were good but didnt give me the same up that the hydros did. Next i got my hands on Perks and wow those rocked but were out of my system quick and too hard to find so i went back to hydro 10's.... i was taking up to 25 a day just trying to get that same feeling back that i used to feel from 1. I knew i was out of control and it was time to stop. i got my hands on a prescript of trams cause they stop the withdrawals from other pills and you dont become dependant.....atleast thats what the professional know nothings say. I am guessing i had takin 5,0000 trams in a 1 year period and then they just stopped being available. other norcos were available but there was no way in heck i was going back up to something stronger and allowing it to get a tighter grip on me again. so that is when i swallowed my last 6 and a half trams.I am on my 5th day and i am not 100% but i do feel normal again. If i did it you can do it! just dont give up and dont give yourself a way out if it gets too tough. stay busy with movies, excercise bikes, tread mills, hot baths, sleep aids and alot of fluids !! you will make it and God be with you!!
I need help... please. I have been addicted to tramadol for almost 4 years now. I have been taking 15-20 pills a day for the last year or two and I have finally decided enough is enough and I am done with this crap.
I tried to give up cold turkey for the first time yesterday, but after 19 hours I could not go any longer and gave in. Given my HUGE dependance on it I have a feeling I am going to have to taper off of it.
The worst part of dealing with all of this is the depression/anxiety. I feel like the most WORTHLESS person in the world right now. My parents, dog, and family mean the world to me and I feel like I have let them down in the most ridiculous way possible. At my lowest of lows I feel like they are the people who I really need around me. However, I can not tell them, it would crush them. They have been the most loving and supportive people I can imagine and telling them this would absolutely hurt them and worry them beyond anything imaginable and I can not do that to them. I need help, please, somebody!
I tried to give up cold turkey for the first time yesterday, but after 19 hours I could not go any longer and gave in. Given my HUGE dependance on it I have a feeling I am going to have to taper off of it.
The worst part of dealing with all of this is the depression/anxiety. I feel like the most WORTHLESS person in the world right now. My parents, dog, and family mean the world to me and I feel like I have let them down in the most ridiculous way possible. At my lowest of lows I feel like they are the people who I really need around me. However, I can not tell them, it would crush them. They have been the most loving and supportive people I can imagine and telling them this would absolutely hurt them and worry them beyond anything imaginable and I can not do that to them. I need help, please, somebody!
Am I addicted to tramadol?I only had for just under a couple of months 2 in the morning I don't have them for a high but to get me through the day reasonably relaxed.antidepressants never worked and when I took these I seemed to have an immediate effect.now when I wake in morning until I take the tramadol I feel like death so groggy and stumbling all over about an hour after taking tramadol im a llt better now im really worried I will have to take them every morning and what will I be like if I can't.
HI Justalittlebitmore, Just wanted you to know that this is a really old post but if you want to post on your own thread we would all be happy to hear your story, give support/advice. From what I can tell, it looks like your clean and sober now?? Is that true? If so great job! So sorry about your Brother, and I hope he will realize one day how important his life is and take control of it again.
Best of luck to you!
Best of luck to you!
Hi every one I've been fighting addiction to pills a long time doing good now the hardest thing for me was that i felt really bad and that i could feel better by just a phone call away u really got to say to your self im going to quit. My brother just recently got on herion and i knew if i couldn't make a change in my self that i wouldn't be able to help him. Trying to getout from under something as powerful as pills is a hard thing to do. But keep trying things will get better as time goes on. I hope my story helps someone cuz being under a addiction is no way to live enjoy life and keep up the good work
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