Ojc
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This is ridiculous, I'm an addict gone cold turkey.
Last week I made the decision to stop taking Tramadol which is a powerful painkiller, the doctor told me they are addictive but didn't say just how addictive they are.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/interactive/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=43220&f=8
Restlessness, anxiety, shortness of breath, itchy skin, aching limbs, hot sweats all of which I suffer with.
I'm sat here at work, restless I want to just get up and walk around in circles or something.
Been a week since I stopped taking them, how long until I feel normal again? 
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chris_uk
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not until you take your next dose.
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mwg
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try some cocaine?
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Ojc
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I lay in bed at night looking at the tablets thinking "if I take one, I'll sleep better" I have addicts thoughts.
Amazing.
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Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
try some cocaine?
I'm putting weight on, I don't want to loose it all.
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alan-g-w
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Wean yourself off them, take half as much one week, then the same the next, then only one at night etc. till you can manage.
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Ben G
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I started on 600mg about 3 years ago and am now down to my last 50mg tablet.
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DaveyLC
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My mate was on the same thing after his bowel op.. He was on the liquid though. Nasty shit! Apparently if you are on high doses it can kill you if you go cold turkey?
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Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
I started on 600mg about 3 years ago and am now down to my last 50mg tablet.
I was on 200mg a day
I just stopped taking them.
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Ojc
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
My mate was on the same thing after his bowel op.. He was on the liquid though. Nasty shit! Apparently if you are on high doses it can kill you if you go cold turkey?
I can imagine so, very easily. The shortness of breath thing is worrying, everytime I walk for any long distance I get light headed and can't catch my breath and that is on what is really quite a low dose of tramadol.
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LeeM
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I've been on anti depressants for about 3 years, I get pretty ill if I miss a few days
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Ben G
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i'd personally go back on a low dose for a while rather than cutting them out completely.
it also said in that link you posted to take some paracetamol if you have problems sleeping.
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alan-g-w
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Start smoking weed tbh.
[Edited on 13-10-2010 by alan-g-w]
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3CorsaMeal
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me, i'm a drug addict
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Ojc
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I'm not going back on them now I've been off a week, I'm coping ok.
Might try the paracetamol thing.
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LeeM
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Originally posted by alan-g-w
Start smoking weed tbh.
[Edited on 13-10-2010 by alan-g-w]
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Ben G
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
me, i'm a drug addict
corrado's are not drugs, sonny.
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alan-g-w
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Without a word of a lie, my mate that had crones got caught with a bag of green and got away with a caution for saying it was to help manage the pain he had with his crones.
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Ben G
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did he have to get his ringpiece out for proof?
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Root
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take small amounts and wean off it and/or try to replace it with something else, like if you smoke...or drink or eating? anything.
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Root
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quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
Without a word of a lie, my mate that had crones got caught with a bag of green and got away with a caution for saying it was to help manage the pain he had with his crones.
everyone gets a caution
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Ojc
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You would get away with it for pain control, deffo.
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scoob
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im addicted to crack
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Root
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personally, drugs for me (not hard, just normal) have different effects on my body..
coffee makes me feel sleepy and not alert, it might wake my body up but in my head I feel more sleepy if I have a coffee. I also feel slightly (very) light headed after a coffee for a minute or two.
tea...is addictive for me, sometimes I drink 10+ cups a day
cannabis..used to give me the giggles etc, now just mongs me out and I've been off it for years now.
The only good medicine I can say that works that I've used is an inhaler, instant relief from breathing difficulties.
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3CorsaMeal
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whatabout if its to cope with the pain of society?
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