Urgently need help on Tramadol addiction

Hi Michael

One suggestion, get off the Tramadol asap. I have been cold turkey, the only way I know, & this is the sixth day. I am feeling so much better. The symptoms you described about erections etc is caused by the Tramadol. I got that t shirt, but like I said things are getting better. It was not easy I can assure you. I sort of put a day by day thread, have a look. Hope it helps. I am still having trouble sleeping at nights,, but now am starting to get sleep during the day. Managed 4 hours yesterday and 5 today. Get well Mike.

Hi Mike, I've been on Tramadol since 2014 and my 'not-so-successful-TKR operation' 2013 in Stockholm. In Sweden they generously prescribed  OxyContin aka 'Hillbilly Heroin' a powerful synthetic opiate. Since 2014 I am back home in Thailand. Here "no-have OxyContin". Not approved by the Thai FDA due to the high addiction risk. So, to kill the 'cannot-move-deep-bone-pain'  I take Tramadol prescribed my  orthopedic doctor. But never more than 50 mg per day. I combine it with Paracetamol 500 mg. Some days  I can manage with half a capsule 25 mg Tramadol and Paracetamol. There is also Ultracet available here which is combination tablet containing 37,5 mg tramadol/325 mg paracetamol. I you can go 'cold turkey' fine. Otherwise my advice lower you tramadol dose ASAP  and combine it with paracatamol. Your dosage 800 mg per day is a very high. All the side effecs indicate this. BTW drink lots of coffee (no sugar!) it helps. Best of luck. Bangkok-Johnnie

Hi Mike, you know Tramadol can affect an erection, so if you get off that med and then you'll be able to have a normal erection also it's cut with an SSRI which is an antidepressant so it might be messing up with your system my suggestion is to give someone your pills if you're having a problem cutting down and cut one pill out a week and drink lots of water and get exercise, get off Trams also we careful cause high doses can cause a seizure

Firstly mate your not alone ..

I am hooked on these things aswell ,along with thousands of other people ..

These things make you feel good most of the time ,but I also noticed if you go to far with them you'll get the anxiety and depression ..I was taking too many and weened myself down to 300 mg it wasn't easy but I feel a bit better for it ..

It's a gradual process ,but if you can cut down it's a start

Hi Michael 800mg is a lot. Your tolerance must have been gradual, as I can't imagine you could have taken that amount in the beginning. Can you try cutting down the amount. I take 200mg twice every other day, however I know I'm also hooked. I can manage a day without them but no longer. I suffer sweats too. I did try going 2 days without but had very restless jumpy legs and started shaking.

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How're you coping now pal? it's a horrible thing to go through and I know myself because 6 months ago I was posting about the same thing. I was getting 60 x 50mg tabs from my gp, taking them within a week and the getting more by other sources. I couldn't find the energy to take my kids to the park without having my dose. I was a wreck if I didn't have my tramdol. I had a week off work when I ran out of my last batch. I decided to come clean to my girlfriend and explain how bad I was, hell, i told my whole family. luckily I had 5 days to recover before I had to start work again. I took that time to tell my gp and make sure I'd never get them prescribed to me again. it wasn't easy and I still think about them every day but the thing is, THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. You're probably worried that the person you were on tramdol was the best version of you . that you won't be as cheery and outgoing as you were on the pill. that is true for the first week or so, but see it through and you'll be yourself again . the cravings as you know them will turn to a niggling where you feel you'd fancy a pill but it is NOTHING compared to what you get when your body is fighting for it. I'm at the other end now and I remember reading posts here and thinking I'd never get there, but I did and YOU WILL! keep strong my friend.

Hi Michael, I hope I'm not too late replying to you. I really don't think coming off Tramadol cold turkey is a good idea. It will be so hard that its more than likely you won't succeed. A lot depends on your age and your health. It will be much more sensible to come off gradually.  It still won't be easy, but the ill effects will be much less severe and you will be more likely to succeed.  If you have more courage than me you can do it with your GP's help.  Good luck..

Hello guys ,sorry i've not been around to reply to most of your comments but i have been reading them daily . all these past days since i put up this post i've tried several ways to quit,i did cold turkey for 2 days and could't continue ,tried cutting down from 800mg to 400mg daily and had some more effects but i could handle that though i went back to the 800mg per day due to stress on personal issues.

After reading all the comments here and alot more on other sites on the internet ,i have decided to go Cold Turkey from Tomorrow Thursday 1st of December.The past 2 weeks has been hell for me trying to cope with the depression and other site effects ,but today was the worst day of all.I get almost all the effects of tramadol but mostly sweating and depression and today my girlfriend whom i have been dating for 4 years left me temporally because of what the pill has made me become ,she doesn't know i take tramadol so she feels i have just changed completely and today she told me she is giving me 30 days to fix things up and be like before or she'll leave for good which i accepted and we agreed on that.

I am using this as an opportunity to quit for good and i don't think i have the time to tapper down the dose so i'm going Cold Turkey ,I know its not going to be easy as i've read ,i know its going to be the worst period of my life ,but i think its worth it not just for my relationship but for myself. The most part of which i'm scared of is seizures ,i've never had any seizures before since i started taking tramadol for more than a year now and i won't want to have it during the Cold Turkey coz i'll be alone almost all the time.

If anyone knows of some meds or anything that can assist cold the side effects and help e carry on the cold Turkey ,i'll appreat the info.

I know bringing out certain personal issues like this might not be the right thing to do ,but i urgently need help and its worth it ,I hope someone feels my pains and helps me out if they can.

Thanks to everyone for the previous comments ,I really feel much better knowing i'm not alone on the hook and seeing all the comments.

I will be posting about my experience and progress everyday .

Thanks alot everyone

Mike