withdrawal forever?

[tramtrouble]

I've been trying to stop Tramadol since having a hip injected.  I thought maybe the insomnia and jumpiness was from the steroids.  Hands and feet hurt, but heat helps.  I've been using 50mg tramadols about 6 or 8 a day for 7 years with Vicodan one or two at bed if Tram didn't work.
No sleep except for maybe an hour or two in a week. Last Tramadol was over 24hrs ago.

What are the symptoms of withdrawal? How long til this ends?  I'm getting reallllllly tired.  Maybe I just need company to get through the sleepless nights too.  

[Clamity2]

I don't know much about tramadol. I took vics for many years. But if you keep posting here people will chime in. sometimes it gets busy here and a post is missed. If you choose to get clean this is a great place for support.  Congrats on the 1 day.

[tramaddi]

Good luck w/ ct I have atram addiction and am tapering from 8 a day I couldn't handl;e ct and I am pg so it was not advisable for me when I had w/d I had bad anxiety, sweating, restlesssneess, severe depression and bad diarreha, no motivation felt really awful.  They say this only lasts a few days I couldn't say since I only made it a few days before I found more and felt better.  Let me know how it goes I'd appreciate the info.

[PanSinoeis]

The part of not being able to sleep is a very hard part of withdrawaling from Tramadol.  I know where you are coming from.  I'm not sure how long it will last for you, everyone is different.  But probably 2-4 weeks before sleep starts returning to normal.  Try some sleep aids.  Maybe a doctor can help you with that.  What makes me wonder, is you said you have not had any sleep in a week.  Just two (2) hours.  And you took a Tramadol 24 hours ago.  You have to stop taking the Tramadol 100%, before your sleep will return to normal.  Taking Tramadol will only put you back at square one all over again.  You have to get off 100% and HEAL.  Your sleep is not going to return to normal unless you quit Tramadol 100%, then go 2-4 weeks without it.  But 7 years is a long time to be on them.  Did you do a Taper down to 1 pill per day at least before you quit?  Or did you just try to go Cold Turkey for a while?  Going Cold Turkey really is not going to be an option for you, I may be wrong, but I doubt it.  I can be of some help, but I need more information.  How many Trams have you had in the last week.  How many per day are you at now, if any?  I have been tapering down on Tramadol myself, on 13 Sep 2008 I was taking 13 per day.  Now I'm at 7 per day.  So I know what you are going through.  I am in the process of quitting myself.  But it can take a few months to get free of Tramadol.  It's not something I would recommend trying to rush.