Tramadol withdrawal

It took me ages to wean off this drug.

Yes it was great when i needed it for pain and I ve been tempted to use again as Im having big issues with my back now but no way do I want to risk going back through withdrawal again.

I found that extremely slow process of dose reduction was necessary and some days I had to go back up and then try again after another few days.

Probably took 6mths to get completely off the tramadol all together.

Dont get too disheartened it will happen xx

My withdrawal symptons were the same as yours but the worst of them lasted just 3 weeks. I'm wondering if the Amitriptyline tablets 20 mg at night that my GP prescribed to aid me with the symptons and the pain helped me more than I actually thought. It helps with sleep too and now after 4 weeks the 'drugged' feeling has worn off! No,I know. My body has adapted. 

You see,Ruth,the thing we all have in common is that we are in constant severe pain. When one takes Tramadol that pain is diminished considerably and as our illness is never going to get better I felt cross that having been forced to take Tramadol and found that it and the systemic steroid injection gave me back my life,'they' are now depriving me of all but 3 x 50mg. I have to have pain relief as do you. Fibromyalgia is a damnable illness and the most painful of things. Would you mind saying why you tried to stop taking Tramadol previously when they were of such help to you? You see,so many people have to rely on some form of medication to live some kind of a normal life, does it really matter if it's not natural? It's not natural to have our babies innoculated against Polio,Typhoid,measles,diptheria,whooping cough etc,etc,etc but would you have us go back to Victorian times? People are living longer now and that is,amongst many other things,because our medication and health advisors are so much improved.  That phrase you used....drug induced. Your ability to hold down a job and do all the things that you are entitled to do as a human being was simply because you were not in too much pain! Not drug induced,Ruth. Just a pain killer. Stronger than Paracetamol but not in the Morphine block. Because it isn't an opiate,you know! It's not natural you say! Any surgery or dentistry isn't normal. Where are we going to start drawing a line? Was it hurting you to take the Tramadol for your Fibromyalgia? How will you cope with the pain when you are Tramadol free. If that sounds offensive then please believe that it's not meant to be. 

I was furious at being told I was a drug addict because I took te Tramadol 

Hello Ruth.

My withdrawal symptons were the same as yours but the worst of them lasted just 3 weeks. I'm wondering if the Amitriptyline tablets 20 mg at night that my GP prescribed to aid me with the symptons and the pain helped me more than I actually thought. It helps with sleep too and now after 4 weeks the 'drugged' feeling has worn off! No,I know. My body has adapted. 

You see,Ruth,the thing we all have in common is that we are in constant severe pain. When one takes Tramadol that pain is diminished considerably and as our illness is never going to get better I felt cross that having been forced to take Tramadol and found that it and the systemic steroid injection gave me back my life,'they' are now depriving me of all but 3 x 50mg. I have to have pain relief as do you. Fibromyalgia is a damnable illness and the most painful of things. Would you mind saying why you tried to stop taking Tramadol previously when they were of such help to you? You see,so many people have to rely on some form of medication to live some kind of a normal life, does it really matter if it's not natural? It's not natural to have our babies innoculated against Polio,Typhoid,measles,diptheria,whooping cough etc,etc,etc but would you have us go back to Victorian times? People are living longer now and that is,amongst many other things,because our medication and health advisors are so much improved.  That phrase you used....drug induced. Your ability to hold down a job and do all the things that you are entitled to do as a human being was simply because you were not in too much pain! Not drug induced,Ruth. Just a pain killer. Stronger than Paracetamol but not in the Morphine block. Because it isn't an opiate,you know! It's not natural you say! Any surgery or dentistry isn't normal. Where are we going to start drawing a line? Was it hurting you to take the Tramadol for your Fibromyalgia? How will you cope with the pain when you are Tramadol free. If that sounds offensive then please believe that it's not meant to be. 

I was furious at being told I was a drug addict because I took the Tramadol they prescribed. I have two types of arthritis and Ankelosing Spondilitis so I am always going to need a quite strong pain killer and without pain relief I don't think I will want to face the world.. I feel terrible anger that so many people in need are being put through all this simply because some one decided to change Tramadol to a class C drug. They obviously don't have any loved ones living with a painful illness.  It won't take as long as two years to feel clear of Tramadol so don't feel worry about that. Where did you get that information from? A friend? 

Please do answer my questions,won't you? It's all very well taking Traadol away but what "non addictive" pain relef are we going to have instead?

very best wishes

tuddy Pud.ccc

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best of luck and it is a dreadful one peter

A drug induced (if that's the right word) "normal..ish" life is far more desireable than a drug free highly restricted one.

I often wonder, before the days of readily affordable pain killers, how on earth did people who suffered high levels of pain cope, did they just become a burden on those around then?, did they just lose the will to live and exit stage left?.

Let's not return to that life,...this one has to be better