First of all I would like to say that this site is WONDERFUL! I've learned so much from you guys and just want to say Kudos to all of you.
Now.. on to the dilemma...
About 6 months ago my dr. put me on 50mg Ultram, 2 every 4 hours for my leg pain. This worked well because I was going through Physical Therapy. 1 month ago, my doctor moved from the office and a new doctor took his place. They realized that my old doc had prescribed me more than the mfg. recommended dosage..and freaked.. Instead of slowly taking me down to a lower dose, the jerked it all from me, cold turkey.
Now I know Ultram isn't like Lortab, morphine etc. But because I was so dependent on it, I believe it belongs in a similar category when it comes to withdrawals. I've taken Lortab, Darvocet, Oxycodone and Percocet before, and none of those comes close IMO to the withdrawal from this Ultram.
I was going out of my mind... up all night.. cold sweats.. soreness on top of my normal pain. Now this new doctor is filling my stomach full of NSAIDS, and stuff my old dr. has already tried and failed. I've been prescribed Soma and Valium to help me sleep, but these are useless to me because I still have severe pain even tho im horribly sleepy.
So I began reading on Imodium, cant remember where I'd initially read that it had an opoid like derivitive. I've turned to buying Lortabs on the street, but am new to the area so am very limited on my sources. After being out of any kind of pain meds, I became so irritable and moody that I just couldn't take it anymore.
So this morning, I threw up my hands and tried the imodium (I usually have a bottle on hand, because I suffer from diarrhea since my gall bladder was removed). I only tried 20mg to begin with, but drank 2 large glasses of orange juice and took a Tagemet about a half hour before hand.
About an hour later I began feeling something. Now I know what my body does, what it reacts to and how. I know where I hurt, what helps it, what doesnt and what intensifies the pain. I began with a kind of light headedness, that usually comes with a morphine dose (I've taken this before, from my source, and particularly did not like it because it relaxed me too much to be able to get up and do physical activities). At any rate, another hour passed and nothing new. I then popped 10mg more, waited about 45 min and all of a sudden it snuck up on me.. that I was no longer edgy and actually laughing and joking with my bf. But I still had the intense soreness that morphine usually gives me. I couldn't get up and clean,do alot of physical stuff I could do when I had the Ultram... but it helped with the craziness of the W/D's.
Now this was what I was looking for. Not a high, or a complete pain erasement..but something to keep me from going looney in the midst of my pain delirium. Because I was still going through such bad Ultram/Street drug withdrawals.. anything was a relief..and this was exactly what I'd needed.
However, I was up most of last night, due to the pain in my legs being horribly bad, so I was already hurting from lack of rest prior to trying this. If I don't sleep well, I pay for it the next day with intense soreness (On top of my normal pain, together this is unbearable). So due to my serious insanity at feeling like shit, the imodium was sorta like a last hope.
I'm going to get some rest tonight, cuz for once I dont have to take a valium or Soma (I hate taking them w/o something for pain because they intensify my muscle pain). I'm going to get up fresh tomorrow and try this again, and monitor it a little better and see if I get related results.
The reason I'm posting this is because so many people think this is a fluke, and are very restricted in their beliefs that science is solid. I've noticed alot of posts asking what it was like.. how much should I take... can you shit? etc. So thats why im posting, to give my personal account on what this stuff does. Please don't judge or put me down for this, because everyone has their own hell, and no one else should try to justify how hot it should be.
Thanks!! And I'll be Bock!!
On a side note, I started this at about 12:00 noon today, and am still feeling the effects
Now.. on to the dilemma...
About 6 months ago my dr. put me on 50mg Ultram, 2 every 4 hours for my leg pain. This worked well because I was going through Physical Therapy. 1 month ago, my doctor moved from the office and a new doctor took his place. They realized that my old doc had prescribed me more than the mfg. recommended dosage..and freaked.. Instead of slowly taking me down to a lower dose, the jerked it all from me, cold turkey.
Now I know Ultram isn't like Lortab, morphine etc. But because I was so dependent on it, I believe it belongs in a similar category when it comes to withdrawals. I've taken Lortab, Darvocet, Oxycodone and Percocet before, and none of those comes close IMO to the withdrawal from this Ultram.
I was going out of my mind... up all night.. cold sweats.. soreness on top of my normal pain. Now this new doctor is filling my stomach full of NSAIDS, and stuff my old dr. has already tried and failed. I've been prescribed Soma and Valium to help me sleep, but these are useless to me because I still have severe pain even tho im horribly sleepy.
So I began reading on Imodium, cant remember where I'd initially read that it had an opoid like derivitive. I've turned to buying Lortabs on the street, but am new to the area so am very limited on my sources. After being out of any kind of pain meds, I became so irritable and moody that I just couldn't take it anymore.
So this morning, I threw up my hands and tried the imodium (I usually have a bottle on hand, because I suffer from diarrhea since my gall bladder was removed). I only tried 20mg to begin with, but drank 2 large glasses of orange juice and took a Tagemet about a half hour before hand.
About an hour later I began feeling something. Now I know what my body does, what it reacts to and how. I know where I hurt, what helps it, what doesnt and what intensifies the pain. I began with a kind of light headedness, that usually comes with a morphine dose (I've taken this before, from my source, and particularly did not like it because it relaxed me too much to be able to get up and do physical activities). At any rate, another hour passed and nothing new. I then popped 10mg more, waited about 45 min and all of a sudden it snuck up on me.. that I was no longer edgy and actually laughing and joking with my bf. But I still had the intense soreness that morphine usually gives me. I couldn't get up and clean,do alot of physical stuff I could do when I had the Ultram... but it helped with the craziness of the W/D's.
Now this was what I was looking for. Not a high, or a complete pain erasement..but something to keep me from going looney in the midst of my pain delirium. Because I was still going through such bad Ultram/Street drug withdrawals.. anything was a relief..and this was exactly what I'd needed.
However, I was up most of last night, due to the pain in my legs being horribly bad, so I was already hurting from lack of rest prior to trying this. If I don't sleep well, I pay for it the next day with intense soreness (On top of my normal pain, together this is unbearable). So due to my serious insanity at feeling like shit, the imodium was sorta like a last hope.
I'm going to get some rest tonight, cuz for once I dont have to take a valium or Soma (I hate taking them w/o something for pain because they intensify my muscle pain). I'm going to get up fresh tomorrow and try this again, and monitor it a little better and see if I get related results.
The reason I'm posting this is because so many people think this is a fluke, and are very restricted in their beliefs that science is solid. I've noticed alot of posts asking what it was like.. how much should I take... can you shit? etc. So thats why im posting, to give my personal account on what this stuff does. Please don't judge or put me down for this, because everyone has their own hell, and no one else should try to justify how hot it should be.
Thanks!! And I'll be Bock!!
On a side note, I started this at about 12:00 noon today, and am still feeling the effects
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