tramadol withdrawel

[De Yone]

dlr75: Good luck with the doctor's visit. Take a friend to be there with you in the Dr.'s office--the Dr. seems to take you more seriously. I have been suffering from mid-back thru to my stomach/esophogas pain. This all happened almost 3 years ago when I had my gallbladder out. My pain was instant and no one knows what it could be from. I've had MRI and they discovered a herniated disc in that area. I know have a hiatal hernia and really, really bad acid reflux. I've discovered that many people who go thru surgery end up with gastric reflux. I just wanted you to know a little history. I feel I could relate to all of you and your pain. You mentioned accupuncture......How in the world do you find a good accupuncturist. I used one when I got out of the hospital, but I don't think he helped much. How did you find yours? And...tell me what he's done for you to make you feel better. Thank you for reading this and continue your quest for feeling well. De Yone

[mano2008]

Regarding the acupuncture...I had really good luck with it. I was the biggest skeptic in the world when i first went, but was willing to try anything. I told her I was very skeptical on my 2nd appointment, and she took 5 minutes and made me a believer...She made a terrible pain in my elbow joint totally disappear, temporarily. The weirdest part was she stuck needles deep into my left elbow to make the pain in the right elbow subside.

I don't really know how to go about finding a good one, but I know there are many varuiations of acupuncture....Basically american and chinese acupuncture. I was lucky enough to find a Chinese doctor who was a 5th generation acupuncturist, taught by her grand dad, and she was licensed as an MD in both China and the US....and let me tell you this woman has a thriving business. There were even healthy athletic young kids (early 20's) that came in once a week for a "recharge". She could also put me right to sleep with the needles, and wake up refreshed and in much less pain, except for when i was in severe withdrawl, but it helped more than anything. That's what I would recommend looking for, is someone with licenses in both China & U.S, and look for signs of a busy office....Ask around...maybe your doctor can recommend someone.

The bad thing was my health insurance wouldn't cover it, and it was $50 a visit 3x a week, which adds up fast, but some policies do cover it and it is starting to be recognized as legitimate treatment. Hey, it's been around for a very long time. An interesting thing i recall her saying was, fibromyalgia did not exist in China! Sorry to get so off topic

mano

[CLEANandSOBER]

i have a dr. appointment tomorrow to see if i can be put on suboxone(sp?) for my ultram addiction. i am taking 60 pills a day now and also taking about 5 restoril 30mg pills in the evening. i am going to tell him about both but can you take suboxone while slowly tapering off a benzo. i am very excited to see the dr. even though my insurance will only pay for the meds and i have to pay for the visits. if that is what it cost to get my life back i will gladly pay it. anyone taking sub and tapering from a benzo

[Tuttie51]

Originally Posted by MsMinn

Hi,
I have been addicted to tramadol/ultram twice now and this last time I tapered very very slowly. I got down to about 3 a day and then slowly went to 2.5, then 2, then 1.5, etc. I did use a knife to cut them in 1/2 and even 1/4 towards the end. I gave each taper at least a week. It took a long time but was easier on me mentally as ultram does give a seratonin boost and I am already on an antidepressant so it just added to that. I still had some depression while tapering, but not as bad as it would have been. Then, when I was ready to be done, I planned to take my last one on a Weds so that the worst of the withdrawals would hit on a weekend. It sucked...fever, chills, flu-like stuff, anxiety, but didn't last more than 5 days total I think. The mental stuff lingered longer but eventually my brain got used to being without it.
It is a very addictive drug for some as it attaches to the same brain receptors as an opiate, even though it's not classified as an opiate.

I wish you strength and calm in this process. It's not easy but it is worth it to be free of it.

Minn

HELLO TO EVERYONE
I would like to take this time to say good for you all that's trying to handle the withdrawels OF ULTRAM/TRAMODOL . I had surgery 8-31-05 on my back was left with nerve damage to my lower back and my left leg. I have been taking Ultam 50 mg twice daily since having the surgery. I have always been very watchful of taking the ULTRAM because I didn't want to get addicted to it. I decided to cut back on taking the Ultram but I am noticing a strange mood has come over me. I am feeling tired, and my salvia is strange as in cotton mouth. For the last three weeks I have been trying to wean myself off and I would notice how moody I was feeling mostly unhappy and sad of course I would fight the feeling along with fighting my pain... but it would over take me so much until I would take the Ultram and notice the feeling would leave. Grant you I am in pain most times, but I do not like the idea that I can't start and stop this stuff without having withdrawel. I am wanting to cut back on the ultram but it is turning out to be a very hard thing to do. I had no idea the ULTRAM would have this type of affect on me...i am so upset because I made sure I was watchful on how much to allow myself to take..most time I would suffer the pain just not to become dependent on a pain medication and look like all that suffering didn't help because now I am sitting here fighting not only my pain but to add to it I am fighting the drug as well as the pain........THAT SUCKS TOTALLY

I really want to be in control of this medication, not let it control me. I need help in knowning how to cut but...anyone?

Lousy-anna