Jackie,
I'm have the same exact problems you are having with ultram. Every
single one of them. I just figured out yesterday what was going on with
me. I am calling my doctor first thing this morning and going to tell
him I'm addicted to ultram. Today will be my first day of not taking
them and I expect it to be horrible but I know I will get through it. It
is evil stuff and should not be on the market. I have chronic back pain
and that is why it was prescribed to me in the first place. Then I had
a back injection and the pack pain went away but then I started having
body aches. I tried taking plain old Tylenol but it didn't work so I
tried the Ultram and it worked. In reality the reason why I was having
the body aches was because I stopped taking the Ultram and was having
withdrawals. I didn't realize that. I've haven't felt like myself in
so long that I had myself convinced that I had some sort of disease and
that I was dying. I decided to look up my symptoms on the net and that
is how I figured out that I am probably additicted to Ultram. I can't
even believe this is happening to me. I feel you pain. Please feel
free to email me anytime I could use some support right now. >
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To whom this may concern,
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>I have no idea how big this forum is but I would appreciate if someone
>here would be willing to email me with some information. I have been
>doing research on a medication called Ultram, or more specifically its
>newer version Ultracet. I was in a car accident over the summer and
>about three months ago I started on Ultram 2 times a day. I was just
>upgraded to Ultracet a month ago and told to take it up to 4 times a
>day. I have been only taking it for one month at 2-3 pills a
>day..however two weeks ago I stopped sleeping and have been aching,
>having chills, stomach aches, overeating, under eating, experiencing
>extreme nervousness, and hot/cold flashes. I went in for a blood test
>but I have a sinking feeling it is going to show up normal. Is it
>possible that I could be addicted in so short a time at such a low
>dosage? If so, how do I stop this evil stuff without dropping out of
>all my classes (or maintaining some semblance of a life?!).
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>Sincerely yours,
>Jackie
>University of California, SC
>2/18/02