Help!! I'm having Ultram/Tramadol withdrawls

Ack! Tricia. That's hard stuff to go through. I'm sorry I don't have answers but I just didn't want you to feel all alone here. I'm sure the others will have suggestions soon.

Have you called your doctor and told him about this? There might be something they can do to help you get through this.

Wish I was more useful. Thinking of you.

Tramadol is a hard one to come off of. Your going through basically anti-deppresant withdrawals AND opioid withdrawals. about 7 years ago, I was tkaing ultram as a breakthrough medication on top of my Oxycontin, and when I ran out of the ultram, I didn't think much of it, but that next day I was suffering big time. It took a good 3 days for it to pass. Have you asked your doctor about what you can do about this, maybe he/she can prescribe something for a few nights to help you sleep??

Just remember that it will pass, from experieince, ultram withdrawal doesnt take too long to pass. I hear the best thing you can do, is excersize to get your natural endorphins working again, and drink alot of fluids, and stay away from caffiene as that can make your anxiety worse. But you really should contact your doctor if it becomes to be too much, maybe you need to taper slower?? Because Ultram works on the same receptors that antideppresants do, I don't know if it's too dangerous to stop it to fast. I hear horror stories about people getting seizures while on Ultram, I wonder if you can get them if you stop too fast?? You should call your doctor and/or pharmacist and ask.

I know stopping other antideppresants can be very painful and a horrible experience. I don't know cause I've never stopped my Cymbalta, but I know if I miss a dose, I'm feeling it BIG time, I would hate to know how I would feel if I had to go longer without. I know your suppose to taper VERY slowly...so do some research and ask your doctor about this.

And the opioid part of it will cause minor opioid withdrawals,m where you basically feel like you have the flu times 10, I know these can be taken care of with basically treating yourself like you do have the flu. And their are meds you can take for comfort, but you'd have to ask your doctor. Good luck.

-kitty

Thank you for all your replies. I'm relieved to report that it's day five and I'm so much better. My doctor's plan was to go down from 300mg to 200mg for two weeks, 100mg for one week and then 100mg every other day. After day one of not taking the drug, I couldn't bring myself to put it back in my system. I'm not certain that the every other day thing was right. I went against the doctors suggestion, but on this day... I'm glad that I did. I'm thinking I would have just prolonged the obvious. I'm not having the jitters, my limbs are lighter and I really feel all over better. I did stay home from work so that I could take a nap, which helped.

PLEASE... don't go on Tramadol AKA Ultram unless you are fully aware of what you are in for. It really makes me angry to think that I went on this massive drug without fully knowing what I would be going through to get back off it. I think that when we are in major pain... we'll do just about anything to get some relief. I am finding out that I'm not in much more pain without the blasted drug. I'm actually taking Alieve and maybe I'm just not in a flare, but I'm doing ok. We'll see!

At 42 years old, I'm ashamed that I have trusted even doctors enough to put something that bad in my system. I tell my teen daughters not to take anything and I have been so anxious to get out of pain that I put poison in my body.

Thank you again,
Tricia

Diazepam (Valium) is sometimes used to help with opiate withdrawal. It's a terrific muscle relaxant and it hits the same receptors.

I've used the non-extended release type of tramadol for a long time, recently went to 100 mg ER for longer lasting relief of pain. But the ER gives a lot of side effects I didn't have with the 50 mg instant release, so I'm reconsidering.