Anyone else been on tramadol and finding giving them up very difficult? After about twelve hours without one, I get trembling hands, nausea, horrifying nightmares, breathlessness. . . If you're taking tramadol and haven't tried giving it up yet, maybe you shuld think about getting off them as soon as possible. I've been taking about 100 mg a day for five weeks , quite a low dose. . . .and I have to say that it really helped the pain, and let me do the exercises and walk . . .but if I'd known giving them up was so difficult, I may have thought twice about it. . . Never thought I would be an addict, but basically that's what it is. . .
They put me on Oxycodone ( a similar drug) as I have only ever taken tramadol once, we were staying overnight in a friends house, & I had a terrible hallucination so severe I was convinced there was a murderer in the bedroom - to this day I can still describe him! I had only had a total of 4 (it was 2 per dose, twice a day). Ironically, they were prescribed due to the terrible knee pain at the time!! I've waned myself down to 10mg a day, but still need them due to the fluid pockets & the pain this has caused. Nightmare isn't it!!
Hi, poor you, I think tramadol are a quote strong drug, you are certainly getting quite severe withdrawal affects. I was only ever on paracetomal so didn't experience any thing like that. You can't win can you? I understand that give very good pain relief but at what cost? My nephew who is urgently awaiting a liver transplant was put on tramadol for a few weeks and experienced similar problems. Hopefully the withdrawal symtoms will go away soon, but I think perhaps you may have to seek further advice.what a nightmare scenario this op throws at you, you just can't win. Wish you well from tucks
It certainly is! I don't think I could have coped just with paracetamol . . but I/m beginning to wonder whether I should have persevered more.. . . . While I'm taking it I feel OK . . not euphoric like some people say, but reasoanably pain free, but when I don't take them I'm back to the blubbering stage of the first week, and for no reason . . the pain really isn't that bad. Last night the nightmares were terrible! Yes, I had a murderer in the room too, but not a hallucination . . just a very vivid dream . .
Yes, might go to the doc next week, although as far as i can see, its just a matter of putting up with it until it goes away! Thanks, tucks!
I have also been on Tramadol for 6 weeks 100mg 4 times a day if needed and zapain in between...to be honest I have found that I am not taking as much now but I have been taking zapain for a year and even the morphine did nothing in hospital so maybe I am intolerant to them lol....They don't affect me really but I do know they can become addictive...your doctor might want to wean you off and give you something of a slightly less dosage.I know tramadol are a controlled drug as my daughter had to sign a form to take them from pharmacy....good luck
Tramadol Hydrochloride is a narcotic that has a strong connection with the family of Opioids, and is therefore habit-forming.
thanks! I was using a composite called Zaldiar, which is 37.5 mg of tramadol, and 500 mg of paracetamol . . In the information given with the drug it says that it'can' be addictive very rarely, in more than 1:1000 and less than 1:10000 . . andlike an idiot I thought it wouldn't affect me! I've given them all to my husband, and told him only to give them back to me if i turn into a screaming lunatic!!
Yes, so I have found out!!! wonderful stuff for stopping the pain, but definitely dangerous!
Withdrawal symptoms from Wiki:
Physical dependence and withdrawalLong-term use of high doses of tramadol may be associated with physical dependence and a withdrawal syndrome.[36][37] These include both withdrawal symptoms typical of opiate withdrawal and those associated with SSRI withdrawal, including numbness, tingling, paresthesia, and tinnitus. [38] Psychiatric symptoms may include hallucinations, paranoia, extreme anxiety, panic attacks, and confusion.[39] In most cases, tramadol withdrawal will set in 12–20 hours after the last dose, but this can vary.[38] Tramadol withdrawal lasts longer than that of other opioids; seven days or more of acute withdrawal symptoms can occur as opposed to typically three or four days for other co
Hi I had 3nights of hallucinations when I was in hospital after the op, hence my only being able to take paracetomal . They are really terrifying . Apparently I was screaming at the nurse who I thought were burgluring my house, I actually hit a nurse with my crutch and was found unconscious on the floor twice. Didn't know a thing about it, bet they were glad to see the back of me eh?
Yes, I know! But it's hard to know what they mean by long term, and high dose. five weeks, and 100 mg a day is fairly long term, I suppose, but certainly not high dose! Anyway, cold turkey for me. . this time next week hopefully I shall feel human again!
You really were the model patient weren't you! What on earth were they giving you in hospital??? I think the information given with the medication is untrue. . loads of people I've spoken to have been suffering hallucinations with this drug, and yet in the leaflet it says it is 'very rare' . . Liars, methinks!
I've had to withdraw from some really bad meds during my fight with epilepsy and the best advice I can offer is that you have to go very slow, and you have to accept that somedays (as we all know) are better than others and that (in my case) you might have to take that med you don't want in order to avoid a problem. That doesn't mean you have failed, only that tomorrow you try again. And accept that it is really a bad feeling and realize you need a quiet stress free place to do well at this.
I have been taking tramadec. 325 /37.5 mg. tramadol acetamin. I don't think I'm addicted, but I haven't tried to give them up yet. I take 2 in the am and 2 in the evening. I have been taking them for a year or more because of arthritis in both knees. One is good of course but I'm on the list for num 2. My dentist told me that he found getting off the Tramodol after his hip replacement was just terrible. I'm hoping that mine is very mild. Good luck.
It's certainly not good! . .lots of symptoms, nightmares, trembling, flu like symtpms, depression . .and it's only the first day . . Hopefully, the first day is the worst, but on internet I am seeing that some people can take two weeks to feel normal again!
thanks for the advice. I'm going to try dropping it altogether . . but if it gets really bad I'll try to get a lower dose from the doc, and do it gradually. Unfortuantely, you can't cut the tablets in half for some reason . . it says that in block capitals! Doesn't mention that the terrible withdrawal symptoms are so common though . .
By the way, I had no idea I was so addicted either! They don't make me feel any different . . just control the pain . .but now I'm giving them up I realise just how dependent I am on them!
Oh my, I shoul consider that soon. Craziness.
It certainly makes you wonder if the hospitals only tell you what they want you to know to keep you quite. They were giving me morphine plus sleeping tablets. They were ringing my son and daughter in law and telling them I might have had a brain bleed and I had 2 scans which showed not. It was only when my daughter in law who is a nurse asked them about my meds that it all got sorted. At the end of the day I just was allowed paracetomal and had to put up with it. Hope you are now feeling a little better x