Hi, I have been on ultram for my chronic nerve pain that
I got from having gallbladder surgery almost 2 years ago.
I have been on Ultram now for a little over a year.
My pain level has gone down so I want to stop taking the
Ultram. I was taking before 3 to 4 pills a day, to now
I'm taking 1/4 of a pill in the morning and another 1/4 at
night. I have been doing this for a couple of weeks now,
and I have tried just completly stop taking it, but then
the withdrawals are horrible that I end up taking a 1/4 of
the pill again, UGH!!
My physcatrist spelling?? has me taking Amitriptyline
10mg 3 times right before I go to bed every night.
I have been on this for 2 weeks now, she told me that it would
take awhile before it would start to work.
She told me that this would help with my nerve pain and
the depression that I have from being in chronic pain.
I talked to my primary doctor yesterday about that I need help in
stopping the ultram because of the withdrawals, I told
him about taking Valium to help with the withdrawals,
I read somewhere that someone used that to help with the
withdrawals. well my doctor didn't give me anything, he told
me to try to get off of the ultram on my own and if I can't
seem to do it then he would prescribe me the valium.
Well duh I have been trying to get off of ultram for over a month
now and he knows that!!!
he told me that he doesn't think that a person can go thru withdrawals
while trying to stop taking ultram, how dumb is he huh??
He knows that ultram is a narcotic.
He thinks that it's just all in my head, YEAH RIGHT!!
I don't want to end up going to a rehab, I want to do it as
a outpatient.
My doctor thinks that since I am on a low dose that I can just
easily quit, well let him be on a narcotic everyday for over a year
and see if he can just stop, I bet he couldn't.
I hate that this surgeron screwed up my life, he gave me nerve damage
and also now he made my body dependant on a pain med. UGH!!!
So do you think that just by taking valium that , that would help
me get off of ultram completly??
Any suggestions on what I should do??? Kim

Josh,
My doctor did prescribe me valium, he gave me 16 pills.
But I won't be taking anymore because they don't even help
at all with my withdrawal from ultram.
When I'm on valium, I don't feel any different at all,
it's like I'm not even taking it.
I guess that the ultram is way stronger then the valium
that's why it doesn't help with the withdrawal.
I am seeing a physcatrist for my chronic nerve pain, and trying
to get off of ultram.
I am currently taking Amitriptyline for my nerve pain and my pain
level has gone done so that's why I want off of ultram.
I will have to discuss with my doctor about going into a outpatient
rehab to see if they can help me because the withdrawals are horrible
and I just can't do it alone. Kim

P.S. And my primary doctor as well as my physcatrist
both said that it would be ok to take Amitriptyline with the ultram
because I am on such a low dose of the ultram.
I have been taking the Amitriptyline for 2 weeks now, my doctor
said that it will be another few weeks before it would really take
effect.
It's been 24 hours now since I have taken ultram and I am going thru
hell. No matter how much that you take before you detox you will
get some form of withdrawal, being that my body has been on it
for over a year now and my body is so sensitive.
I wish that there was an easier way to go thru withdrawal. :-(
It's not my fault that I'm in this position it's the darn surgeron's fault,
he's the one who gave me nerve damage and made me take the ultram
to get some sort of pain relief, my pain use to be so bad that I couldn't get out of bed, all I would do is cry and wish that I was dead.
IT felt like someone grabbing my insides and pulling them out that's how bad my pain was for the past 1 1/2 years. But by the grace of God my pain level has gone down from a 10 to a 3, so now I know that I won't be needing to take ultram anymore. kim

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P.S. And my primary doctor as well as my physcatrist
both said that it would be ok to take Amitriptyline with the ultram
because I am on such a low dose of the ultram.
I have been taking the Amitriptyline for 2 weeks now, my doctor
said that it will be another few weeks before it would really take
effect.
It's been 24 hours now since I have taken ultram and I am going thru
hell. No matter how much that you take before you detox you will
get some form of withdrawal, being that my body has been on it
for over a year now and my body is so sensitive.
I wish that there was an easier way to go thru withdrawal. :-(
It's not my fault that I'm in this position it's the darn surgeron's fault,
he's the one who gave me nerve damage and made me take the ultram
to get some sort of pain relief, my pain use to be so bad that I couldn't get out of bed, all I would do is cry and wish that I was dead.
IT felt like someone grabbing my insides and pulling them out that's how bad my pain was for the past 1 1/2 years. But by the grace of God my pain level has gone down from a 10 to a 3, so now I know that I won't be needing to take ultram anymore. kim

By the grace of God, we can accomplish anything. Hang in there.