Can I get any stories about tramadol (Ultram) thank you?

Hello!

I am 30 years old and have been taking a very high amount of Tramadol for the past 3 1/2 years. I have gotten prescriptions from my doctor (400mg per day) which was not enough for me. I found a website who sold Tramadol so I purchased 180 50mg tablets. Still not enough for me... Since the site only sold 180 50mg tablets every two weeks, I also purchased from another site (wow, it is pretty astounding to see how much I've taken, now that I see it typed here).

Well, about four days ago I was without any Tramadol. Partially because of lack of money, partially because I was growing more and more ready to quit and knew I couldn't keep doing this to myself. I have been taking about 750 - 1000 mg of Tramadol daily for at least the past year and a half. I was very nervous to stop cold-turkey. I was afraid that my body wouldn't be able to take it and I would have some real problems, but I've been toughing it out.

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The first day I stopped, I talked to someone I knew who had pain meds (hydrocodone) and got him to give me four, which got me through that day. The next day, I had none. I had to work. It was a mess. I could not sleep for more than 30 minutes at a time the whole night before. Nothing could calm the nerves. The second night, I could maybe sleep about 45 minutes to an hour and a half at a time. The third night, the same thing. Tonight will be the fourth night. Surprisingly, I am doing ok (JUST ok) but feel like I can keep going. I could easily go to the doctor tomorrow and get a refill. Who knows, when the morning comes, I may just do that... I hope not.

I've had to tell everyone at work that I am really sick with allergies, just to try and explain why I am so out of it compared to my normally energetic (high) self. My underarms sweat profusely. I have had to bring a couple backup undershirts and wear a hooded jacket inside, telling everyone I think it's cold in there to keep people from seeing the massive amounts of persperation under my arms. I sneeze five, six times in a row about every other hour. I have been taking anti-diahhreal medication to keep that discomfort at bay.

All in all, its been definitely very difficult, but I think now that I have a few days under my belt (which is by far the longest I've gone in years) without Tramadol or other pain med, I have a good head start to keep going. Its only been a few days tho, and I will be realistic about my chances.

This stuff is terribly easy to get a hold of, and terribly addicting.

Whatever I can do to close down these online pharmacies, I'm ready to help!

I wish you good luck on closing that loophole with the online drug game. Tramodol? What a joke. Why the FDA approved it as a non narcotic is beyond me. I would loved to have been a fly on the wall in the meetings between the FDA and the pharmaceutical Co. If it's an "opiate-like" pain med, it's an opiate in my book. Highly addicting and people think it's ok because it's a non narcotic. Doctors are finally realizing this medication is very addicting yet continue to prescribe it by the truck load. My 82 year old mother was prescribed Tramodol 50mg 4X daily. Not only did it not help her arthritis, she couldn't understand why she felt so bad when she didn't take it. Flu-like symptoms. Sweats, chills, diarrhea, etc. She is prescribed a lot of medication for various age related ailments. I'm not blaming her "flu-like" symptoms solely on Tramodol, but the likely hood of it being Tramodol related is too obvious to ignore.

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This is one drug that never should have been given to her. 4 years ago, she was on the pain patch. It did control her pain but left her feeling too tired and groggy. Doctor introduces her to this new "non narcotic" wonder drug! What a joke. The only reason she takes it is to NOT go through the pain of withdrawals. I know she's taking more than 4 per day. How do you tell your 82 year old mother she's addicted to Tramodol? Very upsetting to say the least!

Well I am a 26 year old mother of 2 kids and feel like a lost cause. I started taking Ultram ( the drug from hell) about 6 years ago. I used to take about 9 to 10 a day. But now I am down to about 4 a day. I hate that it has taking over my life and I have know control over it. I have tried a few time to get my self off of them but the withdraws were the worse thing ever. I also have a mother that is addicted to pain pills. So ever time I was in some kind of pain from not taking them she would justified a reason for me to just take one. Then it was all over from there. I feel like she is a enabler. The one person that should be there for me and help me is also the one who started me on them. She give them to me and told me about them and said that they would help my pain. But never told me about being an addicted pain pill. I wish so bad that I could get off them but I don't know how. Not very many people know about what I do so I can't really talk to anyone about this.

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So if anyone has suggests I am more then willing to try them. Thanks for listen and to all those people that have take them self off from them I take my hat off to you. I know it is not easy and I hope one day I be were you are.

I feel the same way as you do gahoward0 - I took Ultram as prescribed by my doctor and still went through a living hell of a nightmare to get off the stuff. I am on day 8 and feeling so much better, but fact of the matter is that I cannot and will not ever understand how a trained medical professional would give a drug such as this, say it's safe then neglect to tell you how badly the withdrawal symptoms are going to be. I took 4 pills a day that's 200 mg of the stuff for two months and that's IT- I never bought anything online I never supplemented and that's because I didn't need to. I do not have an ADDICTION to this drug, I have a dependency to this drug.
I am angry and hurt but mostly at my own stupidity for actually not doing more research on this before i started taking it. It's SHOULD be taken off the market, It's NOT effective and its NOT easy to come off of, the risks far outweigh the rewards.

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And for all the people who complain about how you shouldn't be doing what you are doing, I say you should find yourself a good detox program.. For that day when.. Ya just can't get your fix.. *Nod* Good Luck!

I was taking tramadol for the past 4 years for back problems, now that I think about it I dont know how effective it was for the pain, it is just they made me so much more happy and effective in my daily routine, I found out I was pregnant 5 weeks ago, I decided to taper over 2 weeks, I dropped 2 pills every 2 days, the last 2 days were really bad, I then decided to go cold turkey, it was really the most revolting thing I have ever gone through seriuosly was a mad narcotic taker in my younger years,( and nothing compared to this, the RLS, depression, pain everywhere, I seriuolsy would of quit if I was not pregnant, It has been 3 weeks now, I can finally sleep, and have no real pain, just have no energy to do anything, never been so lazy in all my life, at least my hubby understands, and I already have 2 toddlers so this has not been easy, I dont know what to say but to be honest and say I miss them very badly and when this baby is born I will go back on them,

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It helped with my ADHD and made everything in my life easier, it made me a more effective human being, I was taking on average 10 a day for the 1st 2 years and then got down to 4-6 a day over the last 2 years, some of the posts where people are taking 15 and 30 a day, I wonder are they not scared they will OD, anyway, still feeling crap, hoping it is only the pregnancy and at 12 weeks hopefully will feel better.

I Am so happy i just read all these horror stories.my Dr put me on tram about 2 Weeks ago.it barely helps so i rarely take it. I believe i will keep it this way.even tho i was on high amounts of narcotics i have been weining Down and this was to help me but it sounds like its just going to hurt Mr in the long run.so i thank you all foot your comments on how bad the withdraw is. i know enough to know its a narcotic no matter what the classification i just didn't the withdraw was so bad.

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I'll stick to my daily regimen of coming down slowly, the dr way sucks and i mid as well be doing it with nothing but i'm not going to go thru torture when i am truly sick, have more then enough documentation to prove it but like Sarcasm says its the junkies out there who make it impossible for ppl like us to get help when we need need it! do i applauded you ask who use to get u thru your tough day of having to use to live a normal life,NOT! because i can't get through a day without pain medication because i an so sick but can't get what i need anymore because of ppl like you!! that's all i hear when i go in a Dr office these days. their all afraid to write because of abuse and i have never abused, i need my medication & take it right. so all you going thru withdraw because you just bought it on the internet our some just keeps on giving it to you & now you want off, good luck, those who stopped for now and are going back when they can..your a idiot!! & the mother with the kids Abe having another one who will go back soon as the baby is both. try staying clean for your kids you don't need pills to get u thru a day.if you duo then u shouldn't b having another kid let alone the ones you have now if you have to be on drugs to get you through taking care if them, and i bet s fine job it is!
those of you who didn't no good bless and good luck thru the withdraw I'll pray for you all.