Ultram/Tramadol is ReallyDangerous. Its slowly killing me!

[catfishjohn]

To: All it may concern. Beware of Ultram/Tramadol! This is old News but a little of personal experience.
I've been taking them for several years due to bad back/neck pain. I also take lorcet for the actual pain. The ultram is just to feed the addiction. I can stay off the lorcets if I need to and withdrawals are not very bad as i've developed a way to ween myself off lorcets/percocets/vicodins whatever I was prescribed. I'm down to about 2-4 ultram a day now and ithink its really killing my mental state. Depression and anxiety are killing me. I'm now taking clonopin .5mg for anxiety and soon to take effexor 75mg for depression. I've noticed for the past 6-7 years i've been taking this drug that i've been spiraling out of control. I wish I could find a good doc to get me off them instead of feeding them to me. I miss my old self...I really feel this drug may have screwed up my past 7 years or so.
Thanks for this thread,this may have opened up a new life for me!
Feel free to ask or comment back,I have many questions but no answers..........

[mshell62]

Hang in there, friend -

This is well worth the fight.  You truly sound ready to get off this "poison" as you put it.

I am not sure how much B6 but I just take a womans multi vitamin... CatfishJohn is manly enough, I am sure,  to be secure with his masculinity and get in touch with his feminine side?  Take a Prenatal vitamin if thats all ya got in the house!  Whatever it takes, is what I say!  

We are here for ya.  Keep plugging away.  You encourage me!

Take care
Mshell

[1234betterlife]

john, look into the supplements listed in the thomas recipe. they will help. the dizziness could simply be mild dehydation. i know this does not feel good but these symptoms are manageable. do not let the fear get to you. your addicition is messing with your mind. it is telling you that you need this to survive. quite the opposite. take one half your normal dose next time if that helps you mentally.

[mshell62]

OH MY GOSH
Please please I am new very new to this forum.  My family and I just buried my sister last week from tramadol/ etc seizure/overdose.  This is NO JOKE.  She was only 47!  This is why i am making the effort to get off my little addiction of a couple of vicodins a day.

I dont want ANY family to go thru what we have just gone through.  My parents went into her apt. and found her slumped over at the dinner table.  This has been the most horrible time of our lives.  

Please think about your loved ones that live and love you.  

This is going to be the hardest thing to do, but you have only two options.  Ending up like my precious sister or kicking this **** to the curb.  There is SO much out there besides this addiction.  It seems IMPOSSIBLE to "see the forest for the trees".  But there is life beyond these drugs.  We just gotta make a little clearing so we can remember what it was like before......

Please hang in there -
Mshell

[MissBecca24]

If you are down to two a day then it wont be that bad, Maybe a little discomfort for a few days but you will be fine! You will feel so much better once they are gone!

[1234betterlife]

i would really question what that seizure was related to. you stated you use these to wean yourself off the other opoids. but you are hanging on to that last 2. you can function without them. you will most likely be extremely fatigued and depressed. that is common upon withdrawal of any opoid. we have all suffered from this when we detox. at your current dose why don't you just decide to quit. the symptoms will not be that much different. after you cleanse your system you will notice you feel much better, your pain will improve as well. the narcotics are making your pain worse, not better.

[GoingToMakeIt]

I just got through reading all of these posts. You are doing really good! avis is the pro w/trams. Have you done any exercising? I know it's a 4 letter word but it might help. I assume you're drinking lots of fluids. Supplements like potassium, magnesium, manganese, boron and calcium all help the muscles to relax and aid in sleep too.

You really are doing great.