I Need Help Getting My Boyfriend Off Tramadol! Please Please HELP!,?

Question by Samm: I need help getting my boyfriend off tramadol! please please HELP!,?
I’ve been trying to help him get off this shit for almost two years now…
he’s tried detox…didn’t work…he just got addicted to the suboxone /:
and now i don’t know what to to anymore…
every time he doesn’t get tramadol he’s irritable, depressed and is pissed at everything and everyone…Sometimes the withdrawal symptoms are so bad that i have no choice but to let him take some.
oh, i forgot to mention, he used to take up to 15 a day, now he’s down to about 5-8 a day /:
anyone got any suggestions???
besides rehab, because that shit doesn’t work, believe me i know from experience.
and don’t tell me to leave him, because that’s ridiculous and won’t happen.
please help me out…
Linda…Not helping /: i’m not stupid and i know that D:< and he's not all irritable towards me... i probably should of added that. before i make myself look like a retard...i know its a bad thing that i give in to his addiction sometimes, but that's just how much i love him that i don't want him to suffer. Best answer:

Answer by Linda R
He’s trying (in his own way) to let you know who is the most important person to him…..HIMSELF! Since you’re NOT willing to leave him…..then accept the way he is. It’s truly sad because YOU can do something about the situation and he obviously can’t…..by the way, when he’s in ‘withdraw’….do NOT give in to him and give him the stupid stuff…this is NOT helping him.

Answer by Andersen
Samm, the way to help him get off tramadol is for him to wean down. Personally, I do not think that getting him to endure the withdrawal is doing him any good. It just creates a fear response so that he comes to associate being without tramadol as feeling horrible, so that he gets even more dependent on the tramadol. When he doesn’t take it, then the fear sets in and he is miserable whether he actually has withdrawal or not.

Try getting him to switch to the ER (extended release) versions. Those have a special coating that dissolve very slowly over 24 hours so that he gets a constant dose of tramadol but is only taking 1 pill. Have him start on the 300 mg (it is the equivalent of 6 regular pills a day). Let him take the full 300 mg strength for a full month, then switch to the 200 mg. Don’t rush it! Eventually he will be down to 100 mg, then he can switch back to the instant release tablets and only take 1 a day.

Good luck. I take tramadol daily, but I am extremely cautious because I have had those withdrawal symptoms before, and they are sheer hell.

EDITED TO ADD: Also, don’t freak out too much. Tramadol withdrawal is one of the worst, but tramadol itself is not one of the worst pills out there, much weaker than most of the other opiates and has no acetaminophen in it so it isn’t ruining his liver. There are worse things to be dependent on.

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