I hope this question is not inappropriate for this Board. I figured everyone here would know at least as much as the Pain Mgmt. board regulars.

The good news is I slowly weaned off Xanax for almost a year, and just went almost 3 weeks without any Xanax (but I took about .125 Xanax this morning, because of this other problem):

I have been taking 6-8 tramadol a day for several months now (which is as prescribed by the on-line dr.). My family dr. does NOT know this, as he prescribed a limited amount of ultracet for me but then wanted me to try other stuff like hormone replacement and beta-blockers, etc., all I wanted was some pain killers for my endo. So I get tramadol shipped to me from on-line . . . well, of course, there was a foul up in the order-taking/shipment part of the process and as a result I am now entering day two of no Tramadol. (and none will be arriving for at least a couple of days from the report I am getting) But the only withdrawal symptom I've had so far is really jittery nerves, good old-fashioned anxiety. I really don't know what to expect -- I'm wondering if I should just keep going with not taking it at all and go to a different pain-killer (alleve or motrin) -- I am tired of having to monitor all of this ordering and deliveries and then worrying about late shipments, not to mention the money . . . help