Hi,

First let me thank everyone for these great posts. I normally hang out at the back board, as I have cervical and lumbar ruptured discs. I saw the doctor on Wednesday and told him that I was taking 10-12 tablets of Tramadol ACET 37.5 (also called Ultracet) and that they were stopping the pain. His reply was that I was not taking too much and that no one ever died from pain (what a jerk). Luckily, I have only been taking these and hydro for 6 months and just raised the dose in the past month.

So I decided on Friday to stop cold turkey. After a somewhat miserable weekend, I decided to do a search and found this thread. I have been lucky compared to many. I have had alternating chills and then sweats, watering eyes, stomach is bothering me some and sleep has been vivid dreaming, with a lot of waking due to the chills. My appetite has been fine, which seems totally opposite of most.

I hate to think that the withdrawal symptoms are not done, but at least I am in day 4 and feeling well enough to focus on my computer. The great news is that the back pain is no different.

Any advice on Ultracet withdrawal would be appreciated.