Im 4 months pregnant and been taking Tramadol the whole pregnancy

I took Tramadol for over a year before I found out I was pregnant. I was taking 4 every night before bed. I had no side effects from it at all even in the beginning. It helped my back pain wonderfully. I took it for 3 weeks before I found out I was pregnant and my doctor told me to stop taking it and so I did. I did not have any withdrawls at all thank goodness. I still have the back pain and and sometimes its so intense I wish I could take it, but I've never thought I HAVE TO HAVE IT. I guess I was just so concerned about the health of my baby it was never an issue. Good luck to all of you out there that are addicted to it.

Thank GOD after months of worrying about what Tramadol would do to my baby I finally stumbled across this page. I am almost five months right now. I have cut back from 4 or 5 50mg Tramadols a day to 2(sometimes 3 on a very bad day). I have tried to stop taking them but the withdrawal symptoms are so horrid I cannot take it. I am so tired and snappy and seem to be in a totally different state of mind if I do not have them. The guilt has been eating at me everyday but after being addicted for almost 2 years, I don't see myself stopping them anytime soon, especially with the extra stress pregnancy brings(and being 5 times more tired). Hang in there if you are addicted! You are not alone!

I have been taking tramadol for 2 years. I have a bulging disc and SI joint dysfunction. Please, to the person who has SI joint problems would you be will to contact me through - I have never talked to anyone else that has it and I'm desperate for some advice and to talk to someone who understands.

My son was born with craniostynosis, a birth defect to the skull. He has had corrective surgery and is a happy healthy guy now but the delivery was hard on me. I've had back problems ever since. I'm 32 and running out of time for another child. I really want to get pregnant but I can't stop taking the tramadol! I've had injections and cort. shots etc but nothing has helped.

I'm a recovering drug addict and have been "clean" off street drugs for over 13 years. The doctor gave me tramadol because it's a "non narcotic". Now not only do I deal with the pain but all the awful withdrawls when I try and stop. I've weaned myself off of the Lyrica I was taking twice a day and I'm down to just a pill and a half a day of tramadol but just can't get off all the way. I swear it feels like I have the flu and anxiety attacks all at once when the withdrawls come.

Because of this the most simple tasks like doing dishes, cooking dinner, laundry and bathing my 3 year old seem like the end of the world and it takes everything in me to just keep going through the motions. I went to walmart today and I have to sit down every few isles because of the pain. The hard thing is I know it would get better (not go away but get better) if I would just take the stupid pills.
So now I'm at a cross roads. Do I continue to go through this every day and suffer while my family suffers too or do I just take the medicine forever to "get me through". Both sound so bleak and one will leave me wishing forever that I could have had another precious child if it weren't for my weakness!

I went on the computer to try to find someone who has finished the withdrawl period for tramadol but I can not find one. I found out I was pregnant so I stopped taking tramadol it has been about 3 weeks and i do feel better Im not all the way there. I am very tired and my brain feels cloudy and I through fits at night. I need to know if anyone else it like this.

I am so glad that I have found this website, I am 12 weeks and have been taking tramadol for 2 years now, I have terrible migranes that have only gotten worse since becoming pregnant. I take around 600 mg a day, sometimes as few as 200 mg. I see my OB on Monday and wonder if I should tell him that I am having horrible withdraws. My regular doctor said that I will be fine taking tramadol while pregnant but I have heard so many different stories. Please help I am so worried that the baby will go thru withdraw. Has anyone gone thru this and delivered a healthy baby, I know that everyone is different, why isn't tramadol a narcotic??

I just found out tonight that I am about 2 & 1/2 weeks pregnant, I am currently taking lyrica 100mg as well as tramadol 100mg twice a day, I fear the effects on my unborn child as well. I have skipped doses before of both of them and boy is it rough...I'm hoping I am able to get a Dr.'s appointment tomorrow to discuss weaning off as quickly and as comfortably as possible...I'll let you guys know what I learn if anything. Good luck with the babies and the withdrawls until we talk again.

Hi i am so glad to hear i am not the only one who is prgenant and addicted to tramadol i have been addicted for 5 years and have went cold turkey a few times it has lasted so long then somthing bad has happend and i have got depressed and fell back into a rut i quit a couple of weeks ago and was doing really weel then the stress of work got to me as i was withdrawling and my manager who is a nasty person was getting on at me and a fell back on them i feel i can't do my job without them it's so hard my boyfriend is so supportive of me he is the only one that knows i just found out i am pregnant i am about 5-6 weeks and everyday i am worring i am only taking 2 a day noe were as i use to take way lot more than that i am so worried for my baby but the withdrals are horrible i can't cope last time i went to the docter he referred me to a drugs group wich was horrible i was stuk with heroin addicts and they were all fighting thats not what i am i am a respectful hard working person and didn't deserve to be disgarded by my docter like that and because of that i wont go back to see him about it i want help but he wouldn't help me and now i dont want anything to happen to my baby i finish up my job in 4 weeks so i think that will help so i can have a couple of weeks to get over it and come off them completely as i have cut down alot and just by taking to i am feeling some withdrawls but when i stop taking them i just can not sleep i tend to suffer from insomnia and they tramadol really help and going cold turkey and being figity does not help me sleep i know i can do it once and for all i am really glad i found this site as it's been really helpful and im glad i am not the only one this is a great site for everybody to talk about it and maybe help eachother i would love to hear from some of you if anybody would like to email me please feel free to ask for my email address would love to chat to people who know what i am going through as the only person who knows what this is like is my boyfriend as he had the same problem at one point and nobody close to me would understand.

Wow, how timely to find your posts. I am about 5 weeks pregnant. I have not been able to conceive in 7 years, so we thought were done. We are very surprised and happy. But like you, I need tramadol.

I probably have a disease similiar to fibromyalgia, called mitochondrialmyopathy. It is characterized by chronic pain, exhaustion, muscle problems, etc. It is actually a metabolic disease but the defects effects all the processes of the body.

I tried to stop the tramadol as I was told to by my physicians, and I was miserable. I had so much pain I could barely function, and worse, I could not sleep at night because the pain was bad. I tried natural pain methods that helped, such as massage, hot epsom salt baths, relaxation, etc. but the pain has been too great, that I only pass out when too exhaustion and then I only have a few restless house of sleep. WHich furthers the pain. I woke my husband up at 2 am and said, honey I can't do this, and he said, take the tramadol. I did and 1/2 hour later I was asleep and had my first restful night since I tried to stop last week.

I have two questions for all of you.

1) What is the difference between withdrawal and suffering the consequences of a drug your body needs? I first started taking tramadol many years ago for pain, but immediately noticed I could finally sleep if I would take it at night! Boy, did that make a difference in my life. My condition is worse now, so of course I am going to feel awful without tramadol. I have a hard time thinking I am really addicted. Maybe I am? But I have never had an issue with addiction. Well, okay smoking was hard to give up, but I did so without any help. I have never had trouble giving up drinking, recreation drugs, and smoking was really not THAT difficult to do. How do I know if I am simply suffering from something my body needs, verses withdrawal??

2) Is there any data base for woman who have taken tramadol in pregnancy? I would be interested in reviewing it. It seems like the dosage must be very high to hurt the baby.

3) Okay, I lied, I have three qs! Did you nurse your baby? Is there a bigger risk to nursing your baby taking tramadol than there is taking it in pregnancy? (I feel there is ample evidence than formula is toxic and while I am not going to condemn anyone who takes that route, I personally do not want to).

I look forward to hearing from anyone! Nice to know I am not alone.

Wow ladies! There seem to be a lot of us in the same boat. I am about 6 weeks preggers and have been taking tramadol for about 3 years. I was on up to 6 a day but am now down to 100mg per day. But, also take 100mg-200mg of Lyrica a day. I am so worried about this and when I told my OB he freaked out and told me to get off both yesterday as the first eight weeks are the most important! However, he did say we could look into getting back on it after 8-10 weeks pregnant. I am very scared. I don't want my baby to have any trouble- no withdrawals, no developmental delays, nothing! I can see the lady's point about not wanting the baby to go through the withdrawal vs. me now as that is what I have been thinking continuously for the last week! I know that the baby goes through everything with us now but it would be nothing like him/her going through it right after they are born when they are in a new, cold, different environment already. I feel so guilty! Got to get off this now! But, like another lady said, I have been trying to get off for 2 weeks and am still not sleeping and have HORRIBLE cold, night sweats. Has anyone been through this? How long does all this last? Miserable!

does anyone have after-pregnancy stories about taking tramadol during their pregnancy? did the baby have withdrawals?

I have an autoimmune disease and was prescribed Ultram to take throughout entire pregnancy by my family physician. I discussed with several OBGYNs and specialists about taking the drug. My Obgyn said , she had many women on Ultram and so far there has been no complication with the drug and the baby: born addicted, birth defects etc. Of course these are at doses at about 50-200 mgs daily. This does not mean that a child will be born without withdrawal symptoms, only that in her sample of patients there were not any. For me personally, I am going to try and not take it daily, and wean down to the lowest possible dose. I do not think you can breast feed with the drug anyways, so it may be best to taper before the baby is born so that you can breast feed safely if that is your plan. If you can not function without the drug, then go easy on yourself, talk with your doctor and come up with a plan that works best for you and your baby.

PLEASE DONT EAT TRAMADOL WHILE PREGNANT I ONLY ATE 3-4 THROUGHOUT MY PREGNANCY AND MY BABY GIRL SUFFERED A HOLE IN HER HEART AND HAD A SUDDEN CEIZER THAT KILLED HER!! I WILL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF AND IM TRYING TO HELP OTHER PARENTS BECAUSE THE PAIN AND GUILT I SUFFER NOW IS WORSE THAN I EVER FELT B4...MY ADDICTION ATE MY BABY ALIVE...I PRAY YOU MOTHERS DONT DO WHAT I DID AND LISTEN...I NO YOU MAKE YOURSELF BELIEVE ITS OK BUT ITS NOT....ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN..
IF YOU DONT HAVE ENOUGH WILL POWER TO STOP THAN YOU DONT HAVE ENOUGH WILL POWER TO BE A RESPONSIBLE LOVING MOTHER...AND GOD SHOWED ME THIS...I DIDNT DISERVE MY BABY GIRL THATS WHY GOD TOOK HER FROM ME....

Ladies, PLEASE ween yourselves off!!!

I have been taking Tramadol for ~7 years for ruptured discs in my back. I am 33, and my DR doesn't want to do back surgery until I am older (because the type of surgery I need only has a success rate of ~50%)

Anyway, when I got pregnant with my daughter in '05, I felt awesome. I didn't need the meds, and because of the way I was carrying her, my back pain was almost gone. It was great. But when i got pregnant with my son in '07, I was in agony. I went back on them with a vengence. My OB wanted me to quit, but my Otho told me that they weren't addictive (LOL) and that they were ok for the baby, but that I should cut back from 6 (50 mg) a day. By the time my son was born, I was taking 2 a day on average.

Fastforward to today... my son is 2 and is in therapy 3 times a week for something that present like Autism. He is in Occupational, Physical and Speach therapy each week. No one thinks he's Autistic (which would have nothing to do with drug consumption). But SOMETHING is wrong. He has serious motor coordination issues. I think it's because of the meds. My sweet little boy has neurological problems because of something I did and it kills me EVERY DAY!

There is no pain that compares to what I go through each day with my precious little boy. I feel selfish and guilty that my relief could have cost him his future.

Ladies, there are no long term studies for Tramadol use during pregnancy. This means that you are taking a risk and you won't be the only one who will lose if you're wrong.

If I could do it over again, I would...

So, have any of you that started this topic had your babies yet, and if so how are they doing? I am 4 weeks pregnant, and am SO scared. I take no more than 5 50mg tramadol a day and am desperately trying to taper down. I'm just dying to know how the babies are doing. I've read where many people have had children that are just fine, but then there have been a few posts where there have been some problems. I'm not sure if the problems could be really attributed to the Tramadol or not, but am anxious to find out how everyone is doing.

I am in the same situation. I have been addicted to tramadol for about 2 and 1/2 years, i take anywhere from 4-10 daily. I recently found out i am pregnant and havent yet been to the dr. I feel horribly quilty and not sure what to do. I have quit previously for about a month and that was about a year ago. in that month my withdrawl symptoms where horrible, i had diarreah for almost 2 weeks off and on, muscle cramps, body aches, couldnt sleep i didnt have any energy at all. I got really depressed and angry. On my 12th day i was finally able to sleep a hole 8 hours without waking up with the sweats. i am scared to death of going through that agian and am almost positive it would harm my baby by putting my body through shock like that. I wanna quit without hurting my baby, i dont want to switch one addiction for another, but the only thing that helps when i dont have tramadol is suboxin. I dont know what to do or how to do it. i know i need to quit i just dont know how. i know i need treatment but how would i go about going through that pregnant? ive done it on my own before and thats what scares me, when i did it the first time i didnt know how it would be or what to expect and now i do.......... I just want my baby healthy i dont care if i go through hell and back to make it possible. my nephew was born with withdrawls and its the sadest thing in the world to see an innocent little baby going threw that. its just like an adult withdrawling, out of nowhere he would start shaking uncontrolably. his eyes would roll back. it is so sad and messed up for a child to have to go threw that because of the parent....PLEase Help, any advice is better then none at all..... and also ive been told about methadone,, they put opiet addicts on it to help them and they put alot of pregnant women on it also is it good or not? is it harmful?