hello everyone,
i'm new here and need advice to help me through withdrawls i'm currently going through.
first, a little history to help you understand how i got to be here.
i'm on a medication called tramadol for very severe headaches. it took many years to finally find the right medication to help me with my headaches, and finally when my doc put me on tramadol, it was literally a life-saver.
prior to the being put on tramdol, my headaches were so intense! everyday, all the time, 24/7. it was so bad i thought about suicide many tims. but once i was put on the trams, everything changed for the better.
but now years later, i have built up a tolerance to it and it doesn't work as well as it did when i was first on it. i guesss this is natural for any type of medication you might be on for a really long time.
i have discussed this openly and honestly with my doctor, and his response was to reduce my meds. i was thinking -- how is this going to help my head if the amount i'm already on isn't really working anymore.
but i tried the reduction. that worked fine til my head started to get worse, again, so i would take an extra pill here and there. and then before i knew it, i was out of my meds and started withdrawls. so i called my doc and told him that i took extra pills and was now feelig sick. so he gave me a small amount of my meds and scheduled an appointment for me to see him shortly after that.
i did that, but am back again going through the withdrawls and have 8 more days to deal with this until i can can get a new script. i don't know if i can hang in there that long and am scared and don't know what to do?
it's only been one day without my meds and i have IBS, even with taking the anti-dirrahea meds as suggested here. i've tried vitamins and drinking water to keep my self hydrated, but have lost all desire to eat cause my stomach hurts so bad. i keep kicking and having to strech my legs cause they feel all achey, even with taking Tylenol. i feel my heart racing and jumpy, even with my prescription i have for xanax.
so i feel i'm doing a lot of things as suggested here for home remides, but they don't seem to work :( if anyone has any other ideas, please let me know, cause this is hell and i don't know if i can hang in here, feeling so sick and bad til i get my next script.
i would exercise or go for walks, but i have 0 energy and feel very very weak. even when i simply walk around my house, i noticed i have to change my stance and walk with my legs a bit further apart for more support and balance. and i've been walking sort of slumped over, like i can't even carry my own weight, which is not a lot to begin with.
i hate myself for getting into this position of withdrawl. i know it's my own fault (taking extra meds) and that i made my own bed and need to lay in it.
but at the same time, i don't think i can do this without some type of support.
i'm scared, alone and sick.
any advice, suggestions, or help would be really great, thank you.
i'm new here and need advice to help me through withdrawls i'm currently going through.
first, a little history to help you understand how i got to be here.
i'm on a medication called tramadol for very severe headaches. it took many years to finally find the right medication to help me with my headaches, and finally when my doc put me on tramadol, it was literally a life-saver.
prior to the being put on tramdol, my headaches were so intense! everyday, all the time, 24/7. it was so bad i thought about suicide many tims. but once i was put on the trams, everything changed for the better.
but now years later, i have built up a tolerance to it and it doesn't work as well as it did when i was first on it. i guesss this is natural for any type of medication you might be on for a really long time.
i have discussed this openly and honestly with my doctor, and his response was to reduce my meds. i was thinking -- how is this going to help my head if the amount i'm already on isn't really working anymore.
but i tried the reduction. that worked fine til my head started to get worse, again, so i would take an extra pill here and there. and then before i knew it, i was out of my meds and started withdrawls. so i called my doc and told him that i took extra pills and was now feelig sick. so he gave me a small amount of my meds and scheduled an appointment for me to see him shortly after that.
i did that, but am back again going through the withdrawls and have 8 more days to deal with this until i can can get a new script. i don't know if i can hang in there that long and am scared and don't know what to do?
it's only been one day without my meds and i have IBS, even with taking the anti-dirrahea meds as suggested here. i've tried vitamins and drinking water to keep my self hydrated, but have lost all desire to eat cause my stomach hurts so bad. i keep kicking and having to strech my legs cause they feel all achey, even with taking Tylenol. i feel my heart racing and jumpy, even with my prescription i have for xanax.
so i feel i'm doing a lot of things as suggested here for home remides, but they don't seem to work :( if anyone has any other ideas, please let me know, cause this is hell and i don't know if i can hang in here, feeling so sick and bad til i get my next script.
i would exercise or go for walks, but i have 0 energy and feel very very weak. even when i simply walk around my house, i noticed i have to change my stance and walk with my legs a bit further apart for more support and balance. and i've been walking sort of slumped over, like i can't even carry my own weight, which is not a lot to begin with.
i hate myself for getting into this position of withdrawl. i know it's my own fault (taking extra meds) and that i made my own bed and need to lay in it.
but at the same time, i don't think i can do this without some type of support.
i'm scared, alone and sick.
any advice, suggestions, or help would be really great, thank you.
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day 2 --
ugh. i feel so awful and am still scared, feeling sick and alone and not knowing what to do?
all i do is keep counting down the days until i i get my new script. i have a week to go, but it feels like it's a year away, not a week.
i went out yesterday for about 10 minutes. 5 minutes to walk to a local store to buy some water and toliet paper, and 5 minutes to walk back. how i made it there and back, i don't know? when i got back, i felt so winded, as if i ran 5 miles.
i'm still feeling week, stil have IBS, and while i'm hungry, when i do eat, i get sick.
to make matters worse, i am now broke. i'm on disability for my chronic and serious head condition, but don't get much money, so i have nothing left. so even if i wanted to eat, i don't have money to buy food.
i'm still wondering if anyone can offer me some advice or support to help me through this. any alternatives to things i've already tried but haven't worked for me.
i'm also scared since some of my withdrawl symptoms are a-typical based on what i've read. my eyes are so dry and hurt really bad. when i woke up this morning, it felt like i slept with my eyes open the whole night with a light in my face. also, if i take deep breaths, i get this numb yet weird tingly feeling, especailly in my face.
has anyone ever expericed those symptoms? it's really freaking me out.
thanks everyone.
ugh. i feel so awful and am still scared, feeling sick and alone and not knowing what to do?
all i do is keep counting down the days until i i get my new script. i have a week to go, but it feels like it's a year away, not a week.
i went out yesterday for about 10 minutes. 5 minutes to walk to a local store to buy some water and toliet paper, and 5 minutes to walk back. how i made it there and back, i don't know? when i got back, i felt so winded, as if i ran 5 miles.
i'm still feeling week, stil have IBS, and while i'm hungry, when i do eat, i get sick.
to make matters worse, i am now broke. i'm on disability for my chronic and serious head condition, but don't get much money, so i have nothing left. so even if i wanted to eat, i don't have money to buy food.
i'm still wondering if anyone can offer me some advice or support to help me through this. any alternatives to things i've already tried but haven't worked for me.
i'm also scared since some of my withdrawl symptoms are a-typical based on what i've read. my eyes are so dry and hurt really bad. when i woke up this morning, it felt like i slept with my eyes open the whole night with a light in my face. also, if i take deep breaths, i get this numb yet weird tingly feeling, especailly in my face.
has anyone ever expericed those symptoms? it's really freaking me out.
thanks everyone.
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since my last post here today, i couldn't take this withdrawl anymore. my stomach hurts so bad and all the other symtoms i mentioned before.
so i called my doc but he wasn't in the office. so i explained to the receptionist what was going on with me, i was staright up honest and told her i'm out of meds and feel sick. she called my doc for me. she then called me back saying my doc said to either go the hospital or wait to see him tomorrow.
i don't know what to do? i'm afriad of going to the hospital, mostly afraid of them locking me up. can they do that? i know in the past when i've gone there when my head gets really bad and my pain meds don't cut it, the alwaysassume i'm there to get drugs cause of how i look. i have yellow and red streaked hair, tatoos, dark circles and bags under my eyes, but that's, unfortunately, gentic, and a couple of bad/rotten teeth cause i get cavitites easily but the pain of the cavitites is far less painful then after getting them filled since when they (the dentists) work on me, it triggers my condition and it's so much more painful and unbearable.
so i know what they think when they look at me, i'm not stupid, i know they think i'm a druggie. true, i go there to get drugs, but it's to manage my pain, not for kicks.
i don't know why my doc didn't or wouldn't call me back. doesn't seem right?
any thoughts or ideas on what i should or could do, i'd appreicate so much. thanks
but i don't know if i can wait til tomorrow either?
someoene please help who has been in this situation before.
so i called my doc but he wasn't in the office. so i explained to the receptionist what was going on with me, i was staright up honest and told her i'm out of meds and feel sick. she called my doc for me. she then called me back saying my doc said to either go the hospital or wait to see him tomorrow.
i don't know what to do? i'm afriad of going to the hospital, mostly afraid of them locking me up. can they do that? i know in the past when i've gone there when my head gets really bad and my pain meds don't cut it, the alwaysassume i'm there to get drugs cause of how i look. i have yellow and red streaked hair, tatoos, dark circles and bags under my eyes, but that's, unfortunately, gentic, and a couple of bad/rotten teeth cause i get cavitites easily but the pain of the cavitites is far less painful then after getting them filled since when they (the dentists) work on me, it triggers my condition and it's so much more painful and unbearable.
so i know what they think when they look at me, i'm not stupid, i know they think i'm a druggie. true, i go there to get drugs, but it's to manage my pain, not for kicks.
i don't know why my doc didn't or wouldn't call me back. doesn't seem right?
any thoughts or ideas on what i should or could do, i'd appreicate so much. thanks
but i don't know if i can wait til tomorrow either?
someoene please help who has been in this situation before.
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All I can tell you is that tramadol also acts in a somewhat similar way to many SSRIs (stuff like prozac). Therefore, the withdrawal includes some symptoms that one would find with opiate withdrawal and also some withdrawal symptoms that one would find if stopping an anti-depressant med.
I would really suggest that you taper your dosage. You really have to want to get off of them though.
Best of luck!
I would really suggest that you taper your dosage. You really have to want to get off of them though.
Best of luck!
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I've been on pain meds for 6 years, and it seems every 3 months I start going through a small amount of withdrawals. Why is that?
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