This may seem confusing but please answer.
I have been taking tramadol for 2 years for constant headaches which no one can figure out. I take 3 pills a day, and i'm obviously dependent on them. A few day ago the pills start to make me feel sick, they get weird sometimes. so I tried not to take as many at one time.
So instead of take 1 and a 1/4, at night, like I always do, I cit the 1 in half and took that, waited an hour, and took the rest. This helped and I did not feel as weird. I did this for a few days, then I feel anxiety (withdrawal feeling), I figure its because I spaced out the taking of the pills, so I take an extra 1/4 just to help it out. Then I start taking the medicine back to normal. But this does not really help. For some reason every other day (I have no idea why its every other day) I have need anywhere from 3 extra to just 1/4 extra to stop the withdrawal.
I thought if i took the extra it would just level out, it has not. I obviously can not keep taking extra or I will get addicted to the extra. So I have not taken it and am going through withdrawal. I have not been taking the extra long enough to get addicted too it and it does not make much sense why the withdrawal started in the first place.
Does anyone have any idea, it feels really bad. I am going to take a vicodon to help with the withdrawal so I can sleep (hopefully). But still don't understand why this is even happening. I'm still on the tramadol, all I did was space out my dose for a few days, I can't believe that would effect me like this, but that's the only thing thats changed.