Originally Posted by Graclyn

Long story short, ten years ago, after having always been a healthy person and never taking anything stronger than Tylenol (even after childbirth for 4 children) I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. My disease course has always been a bit different than most people with MS and 10 years later, thankfully I am not in a wheelchair, nor do I need a walker to walk and my vision, bowel and bladder function is fine, however, I have suffered from intractible constant pain in my hands and feet that radiates to my entire body within a few short hours IF I miss a dose of my tramadol which I take every 4 hours, 100mg. I also have debilitating fatique and frequent migraines ( those I have had for most of my adult life however). After years of my MS remaining stable, I decided I would like to try to get off the tramadol but each time I tried to stretch out the dose to about 8 hours,the pain would worsen and travel through my whole body and leave me bedridden, along with an odd sensation inside my skull. finally, through research I realized it could be the tramadol causing the pain and not my MS and likely the tramadol is also making me so tired as well. I have tried to get off it before by doing the taper but it never works because as a mom of 5 there are always things that come up that I have to be functional for so I end up back where I started. this time I decided to take a week and go off really fast. I have weaned fast from 100mg(2pills) 5 times a day over the week until yesterday I took my last 50 mg tab at 8am. I have had terrible symptoms of WD since I got to 50mg 2xday and was hoping the worst was behind me. Now is almost 30 hours since last pill....how long will these awful symptoms last if I don't take anymore at all. Am I crazy to do it so fast? Now that it has been so long since a pill it will feel like a major step back if I give in and take one. I am afraid I will just go back on them once I feel the physical relief. I do have pain in my feet now but I won't know if that is MS pain or a lie of tramadol until I am off and I need my energy back that I am hoping getting rid of Tramadol will give me. symptoms of WD are restless agitation, restless legs at night that make me thrash and have to take some Xanax to calm and sleep, terrible runny nose and sneezing, diarrhea, hot sweats and then chilled, emotional lability and the worse is an awful sensation inside my skull as if my brain is moving around in small jerky waves...especially if I turn my head and eyes at the same time...it causes me to take a big inhalation when it happens and sends a jolt through my core. it happens to a greater degree when I am up,walking, unless I try not to move my head or eyes or make any sudden turns and barely open my eyes basically just looking at the floor...very debilitating and no way I can drive with that....I will say so far it is a bit better, but the Xanax I took last has not warn off and I do still feel it slightly even after 30 hours. How long will the withdrawal take since it has already been 30 hours since last pill? Please tell me I am almost over the worst of it! Thanks to all who took time to read this and I pray for better days for all of you, starting NOW! Blessings!