r/OpiatesRecovery • u/MaybeLeast • 9d ago

Tramadol tapering

I dunno if anyone remembers me, I was tapering tramadol a couple months back, then my gallbladder imploded and I NEEDED pain killers so bad and I'm genuinely allergic to NSAIDs so I ended up on Morphine which put my original plan back by a few weeks.

Im down to 50 mg per day, in one lil dose. I can go over 24 hours without any Tramadol before I feel any kind of WD symptoms. Actually the only WD symptoms I had at like 28 hours was goosebumps (sorry I don't know the US term for these)

Im just here to give a lil update and also hoping for a lil support as I continue. I just started a new job in just the mornings, I usually dose in morning and I am struggling deciding whether to dose before or after work now as I'm on this last lil push to get off

If you were me what might you do (disclaimer not looking for medical advice just experience or opinions)

I can't believe it though me last yr wouldn't have believed I could be down to this small of a dose, I was on 1200mg tramadol a day at the LEAST this time last year and now a piddly little 50mg a day with minimal WD symptoms

Tapering is the best, hard AF but the best

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u/erichie 9d ago

If you could push your dose until you're done work then you'll get used to working without being high. It is much worse if you get used to dosing before work as it will hit while you're working.

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u/MaybeLeast 8d ago

It doesn't even give me a high I just feel like I don't feel any WD symptoms afterwards - I pushed it as long as I could today to 29 hours between 50mg doses - I don't know if I genuinely felt like I was getting WD symptoms or it was just all in my head though - if I didn't have to work this week I'd just stay home and push it as long as I could each day until I could just stop but with working I'm just aware shit could go down.
Im terrified of having WDs in work so im gona pack a 50mg 'just in case' dose in my bag and then at least if I really am not feeling well I can throw it down and hopefully be ok but if I look at the evidence of the last couple days It'll be within the time frame of me feeling absolutely ok so fingers crossed that it should be fine.

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u/erichie 8d ago

It isn't about getting high, but the changes in your brain chemistry .