Is Tramadol withdrawal hard?

I thought about trying kratom, but i was worried about trading one addiction for another. But that's just me!!!

Hi I was just wondering if you could help me, Ive been taking tramadol for 10 days at 400mg a day after an operation. I dont normally take anything. I stopped taking the tramadol 3 days ago but the withdrewall is sick how much longer do you think this will last? xx

I'd guess a couple more days and you'll start noticing that you feel better. It takes like 2 weeks to really get it out.

Tramadol is not clean, it's a hard withdrawl period.

I took it for 10 years and when I quit it took a few weeks.

Don't give up

Its usually a 3 to 4 day experience. You haven't been on them for very long, so the end is very close. Once you turn the corner, things begin to get easier.

You will not get addicted to the powdered variety of Kratom in the five days it takes to get off Tramadol, there are preparations of Kratom that are better left alone despite it being legal but stick to the bog standard powdered leaves and you will be fine. I promise you it makes withdrawal ten times easier. I don’t know much about how to contact anyone this forum but I live in the UK and will help you if I can.

Cheshirecat-how are you doing?

Hi John, today is day 16 for me and other than mentally wishing i had them sometimes, i feel great. To be honest with you I'm in a better mood, i have more energy to get things done during the day and when i wake up I'm not groggy anymore. I live in the us and while it is legal here it is grouped with bath salts so i don't really know about trying it.

Hi mm wright I have been on and off Tramadol for 14 years all recreational (abuse) I have come off them half a dozen times cold turkey but always kept going back because of the nice relaxed confident feeling but the tolerance soon goes from 2 caps to 10 a day, I then get fed up with the high dose so come off for a while. I have been getting them off friends who have them prescribed and buying them on line. I have come off using Kratom the last three withdrawals and it’s so easy I don’t really fear the withdrawal like I use to without it. I have recently packed up a job I was not happy with and started working for a driving agency which is less stressful but money c**p but I am much happier. I don’t miss tramadol so much now which I never thought I would ever say, I have been off three months so wondering if it could be your life style too just a thought. I posted on here a few months ago about Kratom but they wouldn’t let me say where I bought it so as not to upset anyone I will try and work around the censor. I use a variety called Green Malay and it costs £14.99 for 50 Grams or you can buy 10 grams for £4.99 you will need 50 grams to come off tramadol. There aren’t that many sites selling it in the UK so you should be able to find it from the info provided. You sound like you’re doing ok being on day 16 but if you do relapse you can always get some kratom and remember relapse is all part of the recovery process. Best wishes and good luck from John Wesley Hardin so mean he shot a man just for snoring! google my name JOHN WESLEY HARDIN the meanest cowboy in Texas. Who said Tramadol doesn’t affect the brain.

John, i am prescribed it for some pretty heavy er....female issues haha. Like you, i love the feeling it gave me! I was like superwoman on it, messy house...pop a couple pills and it was clean. Bad day? Pop a couple and watch the stress melt away. Unfortunately, it came to the point where i had to take them to feel normal. I have a refill due tomorrow, arguing with myself over filling it. When the pain is bad it is BAD.

Re last post MMwright, sorry I thought you lived in the UK but I am sure the Kratom surplier here would ship to the US if the US surply is dodgy. I know what you mean about that groggy feeling in the morning on tramadol its worth packing it in just to get rid of that alone, your life will be better without it this s++t. Good luck.

If you have to take pain meds for pain and you’re not an abuser like me I suppose physical addiction is the price you may have to pay for having less pain, it’s a kind of a trade-off like which is the worst of the two evils. What I would ask you because you have admitted you like the effects is are you honestly still taking them for pain or for the good feelings you get from them? It’s such an alluring drug because of the anti-depressant effect, because I suffer from mild depression I find tramadol particularly attractive but I am determined to stay off this time. Three months is good for me and for some strange unexplainable reason the thoughts about tramadol are not so strong now. Like I said, probably down to being happier at work and knowing I couldn’t carry on like I was.

Nope I started taking them for the pain, but was still finding excuses to take them on days where i didn't need to. I need to find another med that i don't like as much haha.

• I know exactly where you’re coming from EE, but to be honest it’s a serious matter, I feel much better being off them I think it’s because last time I came off I had seriously had enough, my dose would increase after a cold turkey from 2x50mg a day to 10 in a matter of three weeks, and after getting up in the morning I would need at least 4 pills before 11 o'clock just to function if I didn’t take them that horrible withdrawal would start to kick in, you can’t live your life like that MM. You have got to find a way without them otherwise you will always be a slave to them and as you say need them just to feel normal that can’t be right. Anyway EE got to go to bed its 10.35 pm here and had a hard day so probably get back to you soon to see how you’re doing and let you know how my recovery is going. John

what do you mean "not clean" . . . . withdrawal period?

Hi all !!! I wanted to come back and say hi to everyone, and KEEP HOPE UP!! I posted here during my initial withdrawl from tramadol and Vicodin, which I quit when I found out I was pregnant. Since I was pregnant I couldn't take anything to help me get thru withdrawals so I did it all cold turkey. I went thru about a full week of COMPLETLE hell and I am now just over a month sober. I still feel like c**p, symptoms from pregnancy... And what I believe to be PAWS. I still am EXHAUSTED everyday, easily out of breath and the depression and BOREDOM is what's really killing me. I realized how much lost time I had while on the pills... days blended together and I never had to deal with feelings, boredom, pain, anything negative. Now my mind dwells on these things and I have had a few severe anxiety attacks. I think that over time I am SLOWLY gaining back some energy and the "interest" to do things again. I still have no interest or concentration for all the crafts, video games and things I LOVED to do on pills. But I hope that this comes back in time. Now I am pretty much just in a waiting game. 7 more months of being pregnant and I think by the time this baby comes I will feel awesome off of pills :) this gives me hope. So for everyone out there who are making the decision to quit, u CAN do it and you WILL get thru it :) and you will feel better. the waiting is the hardest part.