Posted by greenhornet on February 7, 2011, at 12:08:08
I posted here a while back asking about coming off Darvocet since it has been removed from the market. Well I saw my doctor a week ago and he put me on Tramadol 50mgm 1-3 times a day. I have been on it for a week. I started tapering the Darvocet when I started the Tamadol. The first week began taking half a tab of Darvocet rather than one every other day while still taking a whole Darvocet on the other days. Then I began skipping a day and taking nothing. Actually I went two days taking no Darvocet at the end of last week By Saturday (three days ago) I began having REALLY bad racing thoughts, anxiety and total inability to concentrate. All this time I was taking one or two Tramadol a day (50 mgm tabs) I have take Wellbutrin SR 200 twice a day and have for five or six years. -- it is the only antidepressant that really has ever helped me.
My Doctor did caution me, sort of in passing, that I might have some mild anxiety problems adding the Tramadol with the Wellbutrin SR Well, I forgot that and thought the symptoms I was having were being caused by the lowered Darvocet dose. So for the past two days I have gone back to the whole Darvocet. I also take 0.5mgm of Ativan twice a day and that has helped marginally with the anxiety. Then this AM it hit me like a rock -- Could it be the Tramadol and not the withdrawal from the Darvocet.?!? I have done some reading this morning and I think it may be the tramadol!! So now, I took one 50mg of tramadol this AM and about two hours ago I took half a Darvocet. (This was BEFORE it dawned on me that the Tramadol could be the culprit)
I really need some help/advice here. I just want off BOTH -- I would rather live with the pain.
Any input out there?? Can I just stop the Tramadol after a week of 50 -100mgm a day??
I may be posting this in the wrong place, someone straighten me out if I am, but I need help. I cannot reach my doctor until late this afternoon and I am not sure what he can do anyway!!!
By the way the Tramadol did zilch for the pain!!!! I just want off all of this stuff and stick with my Wellbutrin and Ativan!!!
poster:greenhornet
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