This blasted ultram - Page 7

lori j · 03-20-2005, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BH2004

HEY LORI J,
How is your withdrawal going. R U doing any better with the panic attacks? I am going on 2 and a half months with panic attack symptoms mainly heart palpitations. I have been taking a beta blocker which has helped a little bit.

Saw my psych doc yesterday. He said all the xanax & klonopin I was popping at random while in pain, also has me in withdrawal from those!!!!!

He lowered the xanax, but put me on a regular schedule of it now & said my nerves are in a tailspin from all the meds I was on when they put me on the ultracet.

I do feel better today & in 2 weeks he's going to put me on a taper schedule from the xanax & klonpin, but says I need to stabilize out, since I was having such uncontrollable shakes from taking meds with no schedule at all.

At least I'm not panicking or shaking. He knows how against these tranqs I am, but said to quit those cold turkey along with the w/d from the ultracet would probably send me into a good seizure.

I did have the flu like symptoms from the ultracet w/d from wed thru sat, but am feeling better today.

BH2004 · 03-20-2005, 08:56 PM

I am going to see a psychologist tommorrow. Hopefully, I can get some insight into this mess.

bewildered42 · 03-20-2005, 10:57 PM

Good for you BH, let us know how it goes.

BW

blurayne · 03-20-2005, 11:10 PM

I went to see a psychiatrist who helped me tapper down by cutting me down every week. My scripts were written every week so no monthly pile of ultram. It helped alot. It feels good to be off, now I'm at the part of dealing with life issues sober. No pills to run to when I get real stressed. These are things I need to learn how to do though. What had me so trapped was everytime I wanted to stop and knew I'd feel like crap, something always came up that I had to do and would keep saying after this or after that. There is always something though. Then you realize you have to make sacrifices, either go do what you got to do and suck it up, or what would you do if you really came down with a bad illness? You would have to stay in bed. I love that idea when in WD. It is a long process with so many ups and downs, but worth it.The one day at a time really does work. I have to do it that way. Good luck to all, KIM

bewildered42 · 03-21-2005, 12:23 PM

Kim,

I think I could get away with "coming down" with a bad illness and spending a few days in bed. That's really the only way I could do it...trying to run my kids through their daily routines and activities would be just awful. And of course I would have to face all the people we see on a daily basis. So what I'm saying is the actual physical withdrawal is do-able for me. I'm terrified though of the part after that. I've been reading all the horror stories on this board for awhile now and I'm convinced I'm going to fall into some dreadful depressed state afterwards and THAT is where I will trip up. I can't go asking for an antidepressant..what would I do?

BW