You can try changing to the ultracet. They are less addictive and less likely to cause seizures. I have done that before and you will be slightly sick for a day or two then 2 of them 3 times a day will help you fine if you can discipline yourself to take as directed. I have no discipline but when I went to jail one time I had already ate all my ultrams and I had my grandmother pick up a script of the ultracet from the pharmacy and bring them to the jail. I believe after about a week I was used to the ultracet and they helped me. But, when I got out I went back to the ultram lol. Just a suggestion man, I know what you are going through

I will tell you ultram is dangerous. Some of you may have read some of my post about Ultracet and palpitations. I have been off Ultracet(ultram) for 2 months and still have extreme panic attacks and heart palpitations. Everyone keeps telling me that its anxiety. I am telling everyone that the anxiety I have experience since quitting ultracet is not natural. I have a panic attack like every 20 minutes. I have palpitations every minute. I have started to take a beta-blocker which has helped but it is only masking a syptom of a obvious physiological problem that I am having. I only took it for 6 weeks at 4-6 pills a day. Doctors do not believe me but there is no doubt in my mind that this medcine has done something to me that I can only hope goes away with time. If not my life is ruined.

Hi BH,

I do think the ultracet did all this...I'm no expert but my understanding is ultram messes with our bodies own ability to crank out endorphins(those feel good hormones we generate naturally). Without them we have anxiety and depression and all that entails. I hope time heals it for you....

BW

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I will tell you ultram is dangerous. Some of you may have read some of my post about Ultracet and palpitations. I have been off Ultracet(ultram) for 2 months and still have extreme panic attacks and heart palpitations. Everyone keeps telling me that its anxiety. I am telling everyone that the anxiety I have experience since quitting ultracet is not natural. I have a panic attack like every 20 minutes. I have palpitations every minute. I have started to take a beta-blocker which has helped but it is only masking a syptom of a obvious physiological problem that I am having. I only took it for 6 weeks at 4-6 pills a day. Doctors do not believe me but there is no doubt in my mind that this medcine has done something to me that I can only hope goes away with time. If not my life is ruined.

How long did your w/d symptoms last when first going off? I have been off 8 days & still feel flu like symptoms & shakey. It seems to be getting worse, rather than better. Panic attacks are horrible, not the kind I used to get from anxiety, but these are not even controllable. thanks.

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HEY LORI J,
How is your withdrawal going. R U doing any better with the panic attacks? I am going on 2 and a half months with panic attack symptoms mainly heart palpitations. I have been taking a beta blocker which has helped a little bit.

Saw my psych doc yesterday. He said all the xanax & klonopin I was popping at random while in pain, also has me in withdrawal from those!!!!!

He lowered the xanax, but put me on a regular schedule of it now & said my nerves are in a tailspin from all the meds I was on when they put me on the ultracet.

I do feel better today & in 2 weeks he's going to put me on a taper schedule from the xanax & klonpin, but says I need to stabilize out, since I was having such uncontrollable shakes from taking meds with no schedule at all.

At least I'm not panicking or shaking. He knows how against these tranqs I am, but said to quit those cold turkey along with the w/d from the ultracet would probably send me into a good seizure.

I did have the flu like symptoms from the ultracet w/d from wed thru sat, but am feeling better today.

I was addicted to ultracet (sister drug of ulatram) due to back pain. NEVER again, I would never take that again. IT was pure hell getting off of it, my doc put me on high doses of xanax to help me thru it, and NOW I am having to withdraw from the xanax. My life has been a mess for months. I was on the ulracet for 9 weeks for pain, but never knew it was addictive & how hard it was to get off of it. I literally had to have someone with me most of the time, as I would go into horrible tremors & my back would go into spasms. If any of you find a class action lawsuit, please let me know!@!

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I will tell you ultram is dangerous. Some of you may have read some of my post about Ultracet and palpitations. I have been off Ultracet(ultram) for 2 months and still have extreme panic attacks and heart palpitations. Everyone keeps telling me that its anxiety. I am telling everyone that the anxiety I have experience since quitting ultracet is not natural. I have a panic attack like every 20 minutes. I have palpitations every minute. I have started to take a beta-blocker which has helped but it is only masking a syptom of a obvious physiological problem that I am having. I only took it for 6 weeks at 4-6 pills a day. Doctors do not believe me but there is no doubt in my mind that this medcine has done something to me that I can only hope goes away with time. If not my life is ruined.

I have similar symptoms. Been off ultracet for 7 weeks & there are days my head feels like a waterglobe, like my brain is sloshing around in my head. Do you get anything like that?

Ultram & ultracet are horrible & I wouldn't be surprised to see them pulled off the market one day & that won't be a day too soon!!! I have days I think the ultracet did brain damage to me & YES I still have panic attacks from it!