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..........

[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!

[catfishjohn]

I sure hope so...I'm tired of feeling this way all the time.

[1234betterlife]

you hit the nail on the head. with the dose you are down to it is mental. all of us fear what will happen when our drug is gone. once you realize that your withdrawal will not be that bad you will be able to let go. your physical withdrawal should amount to a week or so. but nothing worse than what you are experiencing. ultram is very addictive. it is an opoid. a lot of physicians do not get this. it was originally marketed as a non addictive painkiller. it is not. just as addictive as lortabs, etc. trust me, if you stop now you will feel so much better this time next week.

[catfishjohn]

Thank You all for the boost of confidence!!! I will do my best to quit day after Christmas. Don't wanna feel too bad that day.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year all!!!!

[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

[catfishjohn]

I am Truly Saddened to hear this tragic news. I'll keep you all in my Thoughts and Prayers!
Tramadol/Ultram is very BAD!!!
It has changed me completely and the thought of not having my 2 pills a day scares me to death! I have went once for 2 days without any,after dosing down to 2-4 a day and thought I was gonna die. As soon as I got my 'fix' I was a lot better. There has to be something to help with these symptoms!!!
You hang in there too,
       John