Day 13 of Tramadol taper, down from 24 a day to 5 a day and....

[kksmama]

Feeling great! In 13 days ive managed to taper down from taking between 18-30 tramadol a day and today im down to only 5! It started out superrough but I actually feel BETTER thani have in a LONG time! My body is definitely tired and a bit achey but I feel so much happier! I do have alot of down moments and a feeling of boredom BUT im SO proud of myself for stickin to my taper so far and tapering faster than I thought I possibly could and all on top of working and doing all my busy mom/wife duties! The big game changer for me has been the sublingual B12 suppliment as well as the hylands restful legs pills! Im still not sleeping a lot but its more so because I cant turn my mind off. Depending on how I feel tomorrow I think I will continue my 3 tabs in the morning and 2 in the evening one more day then try to go down to 2 tabs in the morning and one at night for a couple days then just cut out the evening dose completely. Since Tuesday ive managed to hold off until around 1:30 pm before taking anything! So im pretty much going 17 hours between my night and day doses without too many symptoms. I really feel like I could just do my day dose and be ok but to play it safe AND try to avoid more withdrawal symptoms than necessary so I dont get discouraged. Im sorry to go on and on and I KNOW that this fight is far from over and things are gonna get worse im sure once im completely off but I cant even describe how much better I feel! I feel so proud of myself. I still have like tons of pills to use for my taper and ZERO urge to cheat! This may be tmi but last night for the first time in SO long sex... WAS AMAZING instead of a dreaded daily chore which was how I used to look at it. There were times during sex with my husband that all I did was lay there and want to cry just wanting it to be over but now its back to how its SUPPOSED to be! Thank u everyone who has given me support and I kno I will continue to need it as I said im fully aware of where I stand in this process and I do kno what a long journey lies ahead but I had to post to tell SOMEONE how amazing I feel! God is good and I will be too! Very soon!

[pinkgirl73]

can u pm me with taper advice cuz I am also on a taper and I used to take 14 a day and jumped to 10 and then 8 and I currently take mine every 12 hours.  I want to go lower but its extremely hard to stretch it out that long between doses.  You are a total rock star doing a taper like that.  I had trouble just cutting down 2 at a time!

[Ballgame]

Awesome!!!!

[marycarmel]

Great post!

[luvdolphins58]

U go girl! !!!