janet1

SAY NO TO ULTRAM! Being a nurse I see what pain medication and other prescription medicines can do to patients.....both the very good and the very bad! At one point in my life I had shingles and was in a great deal of pain. I was prescribed Lortab 7.5 and taking two at a time still could only take the edge off the pain. Regretably as I recovered I started to like that great euphoria, being able to go and go and go and never tire, limitless energy, just feeling great.....except when you sit still for 10 minutes and fall asleep. Anyway my prescription Lortab advanced to that all too familiar story of drug seeking behavior. I knew what I was doing was wrong but was unable to stop. Then one day I decided that it was time to bite the bullet. If I was caught I would lose my job and I knew I was losing my health and control over my life. I took a week's vacation from work and went through horrible withdrawals at home alone...four days of literally dancing with the devil! That was years ago and since then I avoid any pain pills like the plague. I have made it through a horribly abcessed tooth on Vioxx alone (and it really wasn't all that bad). I have had two surgeries and simply tell them that the pain killers give me horrible nightmares and I will stick to Motrin, Vioxx, Tylenol. Recently I injured my back in a fall. Just moving was agony. The Vioxx helped but then I started developing constant diarrhea and my physician was afraid that it was the Vioxx; also my renal numbers on my lab tests were borderline high....this was something new and renal problems are common in the use of Vioxx. My doctor suggested Ultram. I knew it was not considered a controlled substance, not even locked up at the hospital. I read all the stuff in the PDR and couldn't find anything too bad. Boy do I ever wish I had taken the time to do a little more research! I only took the ultram for 3 weeks, but I did take the maximum dose. After all I thought I was home free, right? This is really benign stuff here....no danger with Ultram it's the next thing to Tylenol. After about a week I realized that this stuff was making me feel a whole lot like the opiates I had taken! Euphoria, go, go, go and never get tired! I was scared but didn't want to stop! Then I started reading, found a couple of sites on the internet and learned of all the horrors of Ultram addiction.

Being a nurse I knew the whole time what I was doing. The turning point comes when you tell yourself enough times how you are ruinnig your life and your body and you finally believe it. All of the drugs will eventually cook your major organs, much less your emotions, your psychological health. Then there are the monetary costs and the risks of being caught, embarrassed, perhaps jailed, job loss. There are never any good outcomes with drug abuse! NEVER!

I waited until I was going to have three days off. What I had read was that withdrawing from Ultram was not nearly as bad as other withdrawals, so I figured three days were enough. BOY WAS I WRONG! The first two days I did not get out of bed except to the bathroom. I ached all over, had fever, sneezed constantly, continual diarrhea, could not eat without vomiting. This was 10 times worse than my experience with opiates. I ended up calling in sick after the initial three days since I could barely lift an arm or get out of bed. I cried constantly.....the depression was the very worst! Thank God I live by myself, I would have never wanted anyone to see me like this. My nose ran continually, eyes watery, sick and heaving, and crying. Day #5 was the first day that I was able to stay up for more than a few minutes. I actually got up, stripped the sweaty sheets off the bed and washed my filthy body. I had lost 8 lbs (which is a plus, but a damn hard way to diet)! It is now day #7 and I am weak but well. Now I know I'll live! I decided the first thing I had to do was come on this site and every other like site I could find and let others know that Ultram is not the harmless drug that it is made out to be!

I cannot even imagine a drug this powerful not being controlled! I mean this is some really bad stuff! Take my advise.....DON'T EVER TOUCH ULTRAM!!! NEVER! I know that I never will again!

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