I really hate pills...

[FairyDust25]

Hi everyone. I just really need to post something cuz I'm going crazy! I have a problem with Tramadol and I cant seem to get off it. I ran out yesterday and my dr. is not in. I have Tylenol 3. Will that ease the withdrawals until I can get ahold of my dr. to put me on a taper plan? Also I'd like to know if the withdrawl ease they advertise works?? I know that switching one drug for another is really bad, but I'm so miserble! My legs are so restless, it feels like there are a million red fire ants crawling around in my legs and I really dont know how much more I can take!! Thanks!

Just to let you all know I have been taking the tram for about 3 years now, and it was orignally perscribed for Fibro. any advice would be awesome! Thanks

[FairyDust25]

Hi. i dont have any tramadol left. I have to call my dr tomorrow to see if I can get an apt soon. All I have is T3's and I was gonna take them until I could get some tram then taper down.   I know its a huge dose. I get so mad at myself after I have taken them. But I have to, to feel normal, but I want out now. I dont want this to go on any longer!!

[snakejones]

Hi there--I'd like to recommend tapering off the tramadol IF you have the willpower to do that. If not, you can either give them to your husband to dole out. But please don't come off those cold turkey unless you have to! That kind of a dose is its own private inner circle of hell if it is stopped abruptly. I'd go to the doctor soon as you can and be put on a medically-supervised taper program. When's the soonest you can talk to your doctor? Tomorrow? I wish you all the best!

[FairyDust25]

I have been lurking around this bored for about over a year now, reading posts here and there, and I just cant believe how kind every one is. I just feel like I'm in a maze and I cant find my way out. My husband tells me all the time... Just stop taking them, its just a few days and then you will feel better. Just try, Your strong, You can do it... And it infuriates me cuz I do try, he has no idea what I will have to go through for a week if I just quit! But he is always there for me. And I know he just wants me to be rid of this problem, cuz I can tell its breaking his heart to see me like this!! He is so amazing and he puts up with alot. But this isnt over... its barley just started... I want to get off now but the road is so long... and its even longer now because it feels like I have the devil whispering in my ear to take more!! I have had 3 kids so you would think that restless arms and legs would be a piece of cake for me. Not so much... Ugh!! Its very frustrating.. My legs are so much more restless than before. Right now my legs and arms are so restless that all I do is toss and turn. And tossing and turning at 2 am equals no sleep :- /

[luckynags]

The hardest thing for me was that even when my girlfriend tried to help or to understand what I was going through....no matter how much I told her and how many times she said, "You can do this, I'm here to help" I felt frusterated because I knew that she didn't reallky know how bad I was feeling, how hard it was, how could she know..... I felt like I was alone and I had no one to talk to that really understood.  You have found the right place..... the people you meet here do understand, they have been through it and they will help you any way they can. They will tell you things that worked for them when they felt the way you feel.  They will give you encouragement on your worse day and on your best. I found this site after 2 weeks of withdrawaling and even now, almost 5 weeks later, I am still astounished by the amount of complete strangers that are here, trying to help others.

[FairyDust25]

LOL Crazy legs, thats funny! But I guess it fits the situation... I took a nice warm bath before bed, and while I was in the bath my legs were fine,  but the moment I got out, they were right back to restless, I cant spend my whole day in the bath i have kids I need to tend to! I do in a way feel like I have failed. I have never been addicted to anything in my whole life, so how in world could this happen, to me??  I'm so mad at myself for letting it get to this point!! But it is what it is, and now I have to deal with the consequences. I feel terrible for my husband. All I have done all day is yell and scream at him, and he didnt do a damn thing but try and be there for me. I feel like Im pushing him away to deal with this alone, and thats the worst possible thing I could do!! So I guess I will take the tylenol till' I can get to my dr. and then I will have to chat him up, cuz I cannot live this way anymore!! I'm so sick of counting pills..  :- /

[luckynags]

You know yourself better then anyone else and its wise to go the tapper route.  I read that you stopped yesterday and just asumed that you meant that yesterday was your first day clean and today was your 2nd. If you feel like you can''t handle them all ready then you should try the tapper off way. Don't feel like you failed because really this try was a success, you know that you can't do it cold turkey and you need to try to quit a different way! I'd call that one step closer to beating this!!!

If your crazy legs are driving you nuts, trust me, try a luke warm bath!!! Its ORGASMIC. It's like you can feel the crazy feeling exit your body through your fingers and toes.....

Good luck and keep us posted!!!! We are here to help!