Back on the trams

[Avalancheblanche]

I have been taking tramadol again for a few months. I am hoping the withdrawal will not be so bad.  Anyone have any ideas?  I am on 200 to 300 a day.  

[Avalancheblanche]

Thanks everyone.  It's good to be back.  I don't have a lot of free time to post, but I will try to come around here and there.

I do have a therapist and that helps. Thank you for the suggestion and for the condolences.

[avisg]

hi hun I am really sorry to hear about your mom .Are u going to taper off.We will all be here to help you threw.it should not be so bad this time but as you know it wont be fun pm me anytime u need  to !!!!
avis

[LeaAnn807]

Hey, sorry about your mom. A few days of flu feeling I'd say, and then lingering insomnia and low energy. That was the worst part for me!  

Hang in there!  You can get there again!!!

[ImDONENoMore]

That's true about getting help for your grief.  I lost my Dad and my Mom when high on this poison, and never dealt with their deaths.  That is until now.  And whew, it can be overwhelming so get whatever support you can to get through this.

I'm very sorry to hear about your Mom.

[ImDONENoMore]

I just wanted to mention that of all the information I have read on tramadol (and it's been a lot) there haven't been any reported cases of having a seizure when you stop the med.  Seizures have only been reported when taking high doses of this drug (how I didn't have a seizure I'll never know).  So if tapering ends up not being an option for you, don't panic.  It is possible to stop this drug cold turkey.

But obviously I'm not a Dr. so ask your Dr. and see what he/she says.

[IBKleen]

Hey Hun,

I am so sorry to hear about your mom--my condolences. I know how hard that is so please hang in there.

I am glad to you decided to come back and get honest. You know the deal with the withdrawal so I don't know if you have any questions about that. I wanted to suggest that you engage in counseling to help you go through the grief of losing your mom. Grieving is a process and the feelings manifest themselves in so many ways. I think having someone to guide you and to help you identify those feeling would be helpful.

I hope you stick around here too.

[dominosarah]

Hi there!!

I am so sorry to hear you lost your Mother.  When my dad passed away my addiction sky rocketed but yet the pain was still there.  The only way to get thru this is to put the meds down and deal with your loss.  I know the devastation you feel but adding the meds to the picture is only making it worse.

Sounds like you know about the trams.  Just taper down safely.

Are you seeing a therapist or anything?

[Avalancheblanche]

I was on a much higher doses the last time and for much longer.  I am very hopeful that this time is not as bad..  
This year was so horrible losing my Mother.  I just wanted to escape and not feel anymore.  What a dumb-***!

[gizzy32]

It's good to see you back sis and I am sorry about your relapse. You have been down this road before and will pull yourself out of this. Do you think your strong enough to taper down cause as you know, trams should not be quit c/t. There are others here that are more familar with trams so you will get some good advice from them. I just wanted to give you some support and also a boot in the a ss lol.

We are here for you:)

[ImDONENoMore]

I was addicted to tramadol for almost 7 years (I think, 6 or 7 years, hard to remember because tramadol stole my memory) and have been clean over 160 days so it's possible to get off of this poison.

Have you seen emily posts journal/posts?  It was so incredibly helpful to me in the beginning as it took you through Emily's journey out of tram addiction and her words are so powerful.  And I also got a lot of good information there on what I could do to handle detox and the aftermath.  It was a g-dsend for me - maybe it might be for you too?

I don't have a link to this area, but if you google "tramadol withdrawal" one of your options will read something like "day 45 again tramadol withdrawal cold turkey".  It was here that I began reading, in fact I couldn't stop reading, which ended up being a good thing because it gave me something to do and something to distract myself with in those early days when I could barely function and sleep was a joke.

Good luck to you - keep posting I'm sure other members here will have some great advice for you.  :)