What a scary story Annie! I am so you went through that but it gives me more info about how some people, including me, are just more sensitive to meds than anyone understands. And it plays into the story from last night.

I was talking to a friend about how to get off this med and she asked an impt question: is it impt to ever get off it? It is such a low dose at a half a pill per day(25mg/day) and I am having serious breathing problems without it....what if I cannot be transitioned off of it or it is too unsafe to do that? What would that mean?

Also, yesterday I learned that tramadol is a central nervous system depressant which means that it is contraindicated in MG. You think someone would have mentioned that to me!

These are great questions for the pain specialist. I have not gotten an appt yet so I really hope I hear tomorrow since I called on Friday for an update and did not hear back.

I am still doing well, actually, I am doing BETTER than I have since I started trying to get off of tramadol. Oh, the irony.

debra