Anyone Else Been Through this Ultram Hell?

[PillsOnMyBack]

I'm 25 year old chica, been addicted to tramadol/ultram for like, 5 years.  I am now on Day 8 coming off it, but because no health professionals consider ultram addictive I can't get any information on what to expect.  I actually once did Suboxone when I went to rehab (the one place that acknowledged my problem) and it worked after 7 days, but then the insomnia continued for the next week till I was put back on the buprenorphine in preparation for surgery for hip problems-- the thing which exacerbated my addiction-.

I took/take enormous amounts of the drug- up to 60 of the 50mg pills per day.  I would wake up and pop about 18 of them, then just keep taking more and more throughout the day.  When I try to stop I get horrendously high heart rate and blood pressure, but I get ravenously hungry! which is opposite from other opiate withdrawal from what I understand.  I also get the agitation, chills/sweats, panic attacks, extreme insomnia, the "jumps" when I try to sleep, Forgetfulness, and the worst- strong sexual activation if ya know what I mean *wink wink.....

anyways I've been taking clonidine to help sleep and stuff, and then also got some Valium, but sometimes I think it just makes me more moody.  

But the clonidine hasn't been helping me sleep through the night.  Its the lack of sleep that is bothering me the most.  Last night I took a lot of clonidine, a melatonin, and benadryl and still woke up after a few hours.  Not sure what else to try.  

Unfortunately due to the memorial day sales, my husband has been working overtime and I've been primarily left alone, which doesn't help.  I guess I'm just looking for some advice or whatever on how much longer this will last.

I am so tempted to go out and get something to get high- oxy, vics, tram, etc.  But I feel like I've already made it so far!

How long will this insomnia last?  What about depression?  Know of anyone else who ***** up as bad as me? I feel like the worst person out there!

Thanks for reading my rant!

[BensLady07]

I got verry Addicted to this little whit pill.. because i had surgery and thats what i was perscribed then i when i tried to stop I couldnt i had to quit my job just so i could stay home and come off this. I couldnt get any help from a dr..

[PromisedLand]

I'm up to about 12 a day (prescribed 8 and I spent a day without them and I could feel the withdrawl coming.. I have a script for 120 with refills and I'm gonna start tapering off..just matter of what to do with the back pain,.  They just barely take the edge off if I take 4 at a time

Jim

[Mikeinthesouth]

my heart goes out to u I knw the feeling....

[122 Tactical Fighter Group]

Ultram is a bad one - takes a lot of time. It is addictive ...... it is also in the process of being rescheduled. Will most likely be a higher class drug shortly.  The bad part of the tram is not even the opiate part......it is more so the serotonin and that takes awhile to straighten out. Time is simply the answer to many of the problems.  I would want to be taking 5-HTP or SAME to help as much as possible with the serotonin  production.....

[joe7dust]

If you talked to a healthcare professional and they said ultram is not addictive then they don't know what they are talking about. I had never heard of this drug but a quick google search yielded this description: http://www.drugs.com/ultram.html and it is riddled with direct warnings and allusions to it being addictive. My advice would be to seek professional help elsewhere, because the one(s) you talked to are not doing their proper research.

Good luck hope you get to sleep better. Try taking a hot bath or drinking some chamomile tea (or "SleepyTime" tea). Also, a few drops of lavender oil on the pillow can help.