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Opioids Eyelid Twitching & Tramadol WD

supersonic89

supersonic89

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Hi Bluelighters.

Why is it that every time I run out of Tramadol and I cannot take it for several days, my right eyelid begins to twitch? It always happens and it's quite annoying. I have read this happens to people after cutting benzos, but I have never heard this happen after you quit Tramadol. I know this has to do with Tramadol because once I take it again my eyelids are fine. Perhaps It's related to the anxiety that arises when I you cut cold turkey some drugs.

Does this happen to someone else? Will a benzo or some muscular relaxant help me?
 
supersonic89 said:
Hi Bluelighters.

Why is it that every time I run out of Tramadol and I cannot take it for several days, my right eyelid begins to twitch? It always happens and it's quite annoying. I have read this happens to people after cutting benzos, but I have never heard this happen after you quit Tramadol. I know this has to do with Tramadol because once I take it again my eyelids are fine. Perhaps It's related to the anxiety that arises when I you cut cold turkey some drugs.

Does this happen to someone else? Will a benzo or some muscular relaxant help me?
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Brainzaps and some twitching is possible with Tramadol withdrawal in part due to it's SNRI properties. It is not an opiate alone in the classical sense. Be careful about reducing too rapidly or running out, especially at high doses (You should never take more than 400mg per day), it can result in seizures. Best of luck.
 
BK38 said:
Brainzaps and some twitching is possible with Tramadol withdrawal in part due to it's SNRI properties. It is not an opiate alone in the classical sense. Be careful about reducing too rapidly or running out, especially at high doses (You should never take more than 400mg per day), it can result in seizures. Best of luck.
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The truth is that I have never felt a lot of brain zaps during my withdrawal periods, even after quitting Sertraline and Venlafaxine I didn't feel much. I think I'm immune to it hahaha.
 
supersonic89 said:
The truth is that I have never felt a lot of brain zaps during my withdrawal periods, even after quitting Sertraline and Venlafaxine I didn't feel much. I think I'm immune to it hahaha.
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Yeah, personally, I wouldn't want to test that. I've withdrawn from Sertraline and Tramadol both and had some brain zaps from the former and was taking silly doses with the latter and ended up suffering a seizure when I stepped down in dose too quickly. Better safe than sorry.
 
BK38 said:
Yeah, personally, I wouldn't want to test that. I've withdrawn from Sertraline and Tramadol both and had some brain zaps from the former and was taking silly doses with the latter and ended up suffering a seizure when I stepped down in dose too quickly. Better safe than sorry.
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Can I ask you how many grams of Tramadol were you taking and for how long?
 
400mg-500mg Tramadol per day, probably about 6 months of use. Certainly wasn't taking anything in the gram range. 400mg is supposed to be the absolute maximum upper limit of safe use according to docs and the lit I have read. I think I stepped down from 500mg to 300mg when I had the seizure.
 
BK38 said:
400mg-500mg Tramadol per day, probably about 6 months of use. Certainly wasn't taking anything in the gram range. 400mg is supposed to be the absolute maximum upper limit of safe use according to docs and the lit I have read. I think I stepped down from 500mg to 300mg when I had the seizure.
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400 mg is definitely the limit. I have irresponsibly taken more than 1 gram many times. I got to a point where 400mg was not longer getting me high. I've never had a seizure luckily but I know what I did was stupid.

Fortunately, my tolerance has dropped quite a bit during these weeks when I ran out of Tram and the last time I took it I only tolerated up to 500 mg maximum. After that, I start to puke and feel really nauseous.

Did you successfully taper off? Did you do it by yourself or with medical help?
 
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supersonic89 said:
400 mg is definitely the limit. I have irresponsibly taken more than 1 gram many times. I got to a point where 400mg was not longer getting me high. I've never had a seizure luckily but I know what I did was stupid.

Fortunately, my tolerance has dropped quite a bit during these weeks when I ran out of Tram and the last time I took it I only tolerated up to 500 mg maximum. After that, I start to puke and feel really nauseous.

Did you successfully taper off? Did you do it by yourself or with medical help?
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I successfully tapered by myself. I just stepped down by 50mg every few days until I was at 200mg and then quit cold turkey.
 
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