tramadol withdrawl

[reeny924]

I'm in the exact same spot as "Beens", I was perscribed this by my new (soon to be old) MD for severe neck and back pain injuries from a car accident 20 years ago. I have always insisted that Dr.'s do not give me anything addictive. I had been on Soma for 9 years and it worked great but this Dr. thought Soma was a bad drug! She's just a bad Dr.! I never had any side effects or withdrawl symptoms from Soma.  I was given a script of 2, 50 mg Trams. HCL, 3 times a day. Because it had very little effect on my pain, I usually did not take the middle of the day dose, 2 in AM, 2 in PM, only occassionally taking the 2 in themid day.  Last Thursday I decided I wasn't going to take these any more since they didn't help that much with the pain anyway. I had been on the Tram. since January 2009. I stopped completely because I was told it was not addictive by my doctor and by the pharmacy! And no notice of addiction on the bottle label.  I went into major withdrawal, laying in a freezing sweat in my own vomit. I thought I had the flu.  Got very sore and took a Tram. since I had no idea that was the cause, within an hour I was better.  I went to the internet and looked up Tram. and instantly became hysterical at what I found! The next 3 days I cut back the dose to 50 mg. two times day, Monday 8am was my last dose, been cold turkey since but withdrawl no better, haven't slept in days,so sick. How long does this take does anyone know, I'm so scared, and so mad at the doctor for perscribing it. And does anyone know if and when you make thru this, does this horrible feeling inside of me ever go away, or will I forever be counting how many hours I've had that **** out of my body? Please advise.and THanks to all.Reeny924

[reeny924]

Thank you so much.  I do have an appointment with an MD this afternoon, and my husband who is usually working many states away, is going with me.  I've been the victim of many medical errors over the years, but this just has to take the cake! Making an addict out of someone without their knowledge should be against the law! I had not slept in soooo long, but last night I actually got 4 hours of sleep, with much less body jumping, and the feeling of field mice running wild in my brain.  I'm hoping that I have turned the corner finally, and I know I could not have done it without this web site and the help of everyone's input on the site. I'm a fighter, and once I've recovered completely (I lost 23 lbs in 4 days!), I plan to fight the FDA and whoever else I have to about Tramadol! I have no where to walk where I presently live, but I do have pets that mean more than life itself to me, that helps, and I have a garden and just working in the soil seems to help get my mind off things, maybe that will be some help for someone else out there too.  The other thing that I have found a bit helpful when I can physically do it, is Wii. Playing tennis and sports, and wii fit seem to be the most beneficial to me right now.  I have you all in my thoughts, no one knows what it is really like until you're here.
Thank you avisg.

[avisg]

Reeny,
its ok we are here and many of us have been right where you are I am 688 clean from
tram.The First 5 days are the worst .I did not sleep until night number 4 .If you can ask your doctor for a med called zanaflex its a muscle relaxer its not addicting it helped me sooooooo much .If you are not on any anti depressants there are some supplements that will help Ltyrosine in the am will help with energy magnesium and calcium and 5hpt at night .Vit b12 and 6 help.Take a walk EVERY DAY exercise helps the whole process sooooooo much .If you need anything pm me ,