Hi there!
I am tapering down from trams too. I probably won't be very helpful to use because we're in the same boat (I'm down to 3/4 a pill a day). From what I can see though, you did a pretty fast taper (why the w/ds). I did, well, probably too slow a taper, but w/d are minimal. Ive heard mixed stories- some people have told me we'll still have some w/d, but I have 2 friends who had to taper from trams, and had no w/ds when off.
Good luck! Let me know how it goes- I want to know what I can expect. I plan on going down to 1/2 on wednesday and then 1/4 next wednesday then off.
Asivg helped me- maybe you can Pm her?
bumping this up so you don't get ignored.
I guess I am freaked out because I take a dose in the am, at mid day, and at night. When I finish taking 1/4 pill 3x a day, I will have to start skipping a dose altogether. I hope that tapering down like this will alleve the possibility of a total cold turkey meltdown of withdrawal. I have spent a month tapering down. But I just found this sight and have been reading about how it is when the tramadol leaves your system.
Will tapering down to 1/4 pill a day help alleviate the complete meltdown??? Or, did I taper down for no reason???
Also, I am seeing a psychiatrist this week. Will taking an antidepressant help with the withdrawal (mental aspect of it)???
Hi dele, i'm going through the same thing as you right now. I'm down from 10 pills/day to 4 /day. I take all 4 pills in the morning (200 mg) and i'm OK throughout the day until the next morning. next week i'll go down to 3/day and hopefully keep reducing my dose by 1 pill each week. I'm also worried about the w/ds after i finally quit completely.
-m