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Ultram withdrawal

How long does it take to get Ultram out of your system? I take 3 a day ... I just need to know how many days or weeks will it take?
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775954 tn?1235526580
the kid in my pic by the way.
he was 16yrs old a adict to oxycottons.
they drove him to the suicidal stage.
he didnt have fam to turn to
i miss him like crazy! but this just makes me want to quite more
seeing the pain he went threw. i dont want to ever feel.
they do honestly seem to drive you suicidal
but get one thing thats positive. a dream something. and focus on it.

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775954 tn?1235526580
all narcotics are in your head.. lol silly =p i mean like the addiction what makes you crave for your fix.. ive done pain pills for ahwile now. perks vikes oc's you name it i snorted it. =p i went on for a yr str8 off for a mnth back on off.. over and over..
but it honestly helped me out in the long run.
this time im not getting the wanting sumthin in my nose or my body is acheing bad!
well i will be honest only thing im really getting is legg cramps. i deal with it though.
it's hard though cuz at times you wanna die. =p eh i keep running on..lol sry.
anyways. the more you try to quite not for a week. do it like a mnth and if you cant handle it go back to your pain pills. but take a lower dose. i normaly did it befor bed. went all day with nothing got home. then took it. so im not takeing as much. just one befor bed. then i just got to the point i didnt want them. didnt crave them. and ive never felt better. =]=] i want my old life back you know?
im not saying all of you are like this im just telling a short story of me own.
one thing.
yes pain pills can be hard to quite.
ive had my fun. done.
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Im a recovered addict of 5 years off heroin and meth and cocaine. got into the Ultram thing just recently cuz I have Fibromyalgia and RA. Im an addict so took more and more now im withdrawling and i cant stand the pain. Its killing me. Im having like psychotic episodes of rage and suicidal thoughts. This stuff is worse than vicoden and percocet or anything. How long will it take to withdrawal from this Ultram. I was taking 200mgs. Im on my third day with nothing. Some one please help!! Thank you!!  :( ~Shelley
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762277 tn?1242885294
interesting...a direct quote from my doctor 16 days ago..." ultram is never addictive and cannot be addictive therefore you are not having withdrawls and it is in your head..."


I have been taking pain meds for my neck for 6 years+ now. I apparently have the neck of a 70 yr old man at the age of 34...not good. However recently i visited my 6th pain/ spine specialist and he found something that is decent. I started getting shots in my neck and for me they seem to help. I understand we all have different pain and what works for me may not work for you, so dont rush right out and demand shots...However since they have worked i am trying to get off all pain meds completely. I have been taking vicodin and norco like candy and in the last 11 months have been able to switch to ultram without a problem. The main reason i switched was i recently began driving trucks...and have to pass drug screens. I am not saying ultram is the wonder drug for me i still deal with alot of pain but i have no other choice but to work and yes driving makes it worse...i know switch jobs...have you seen the recent job market? my doctors have all suggested a carreer change....ummmm no. I was told by my doctor that ultram is non habit forming and is so far legal as far as my DOT drugscreens go. I have passed drug tests while on ultram. However not until now did i realize that ultram is very habit forming especially if you take the max dose daily for 11 months.16 days ago i ran out of my perscription. I have ran out early of my norco before and that is not fun...obviously from taking more than i should have. I know what that withdrawl is like. not fun at all...as i am sure a few of you already know from what i have read. So i called my doctor to ask why i am feeling like this and he explained as i stated above. Again when my wife returned from orlando we both went to the doctors office and were told the same thing. He did agree to refill the medication but wanted me to sign a " drug addiction contract" with his office which i thought was **** and did not do. I really did not understand that since this is a " non habit forming drug" and he knew and appoved the dose i was taking...seemed odd. So now i am again out. i dont do any other drugs recreational not even alcohol maybe 3 beers a week. I have watched drugs destroy 2 close family members including my own mother...and i vowed to never do any type of illegal substance. I wouldnt even take asprin for my first 24 years and here i am 10 years later feeling like a drug addict going though withdrawls from hell for a drug i was told was non addictive or habit forming by a doctor? I havent taken any today ir yesterday, however I feel like i have the flu and the shakes and its 4am and i have not slept....sound like withdrawls to any of you?...

my point i this...dont believe what they are telling you about these drugs....my personal vow is now for sure to research everything a doctor tells me right down to his name because it will take alot for me to believe a doctor ever again..

do remember that they call it "practicing medicine" ....practicing.


I have found a few of your stories and information very helpful and that is why i chose to share mine...and i do completely understand there are good doctors out there who actually want to help. But please realize alot of the not so good ones are out there too...and a " quick fix" is never the best solution.

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Are you still around?  I would like to talk with you about your problem.  I too was taking large amount of ultram about 20 to 25 per day.  I know exactly what you are talking about when you mention the shocked feeling.  I hated that feeling.  

I went to a doctor who put me on subutex, which I stayed on for 5 months.  I have not had an ultram since May of 2008.  I felt no withdrawal symptoms in my transition from ultram to subutex and very, very minimal withdrawal symptoms when I stopped the subutex on September 29th 2008 (just over a week ago).  

I tried to quite ultram on my own many, many times but could not handle the severe withdrawal symptoms that I experienced.  The mental part was just as bad, if not worse, than the physical.  

I hope you are still around because I think you would be a perfect candidate for subutex.  You are taking a very dangerous amount of ultram and you need to stop as soon as possible.  Please do not think of taking your life, your kids would be devastated.  My dad passed away 4 years ago and I still miss him every single day.

Take care and please check in here.

-Lynn  
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I know what you mean.  I have been taking Ultrams a good while now.  I been trying to taper down last couple months.  Before that I was taking upwards of 20 Trams a day.  Now I am at 9 per day.  And that is still a whole lot to be on.  I have been getting mild withdrawal symptoms.  The real fun won't start till I jump off 100%.  Yea then it's days and days of no sleep.  Just pure Hell really.  I've experienced withdrawals from hydrocodone and methadone.  And Tramadol has by far the worst withdrawal symptoms.  BY FAR!  It's a real nightmare of hell.  I also plan to use the Valium, Ambien, maybe some hydrocodones to get off the Tramadol.  I just hope it all works out.  So far everything has been going according to plan.  I am even 1 week ahead of my schedule.  Dropped from 11 to 9 last weekend.  Took 15 per day for years there.  Once or twice a week it would be 18,19, or even 20.  Well I know I still have a long ways to go.  But I will make it.  And I will be free and clean again!  I can't stand being a slave of this drug anymore!  
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