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lepasharon:
In developed countries, prescription of such drugs is regulated. You usually can't get more than 50mg but look at Nigerians here shouting 200, 300 mg...haba

lepasharon:
Lol yh I say in a developed country so drugs are regulated and prescribedl.

It's hard to get beyond 50mg even though I feel like I need it more than most ppl.

Naavah:
Para

hob:
This tramadol shite is getting out of hand....



Funny enough i only recently heard of it from my GF who told me some guys use it for manpower.



Never used such and will never will...

lepasharon:
Just took a 50mg capsule this morning.

My ppl with Sickle cell will know about tramadol

Toks2008:
GOD forbid..na joke i dey joke o..i never wan die

lepasharon:
Where the hell did you get 300mg? Nigeria man

missKiffy:
rickyalphonsus what's cold turkey

jideomowunmi:
Nice piece bro.... Am a fan of codein....now taking ur advice.... Thanks much...

Movingcoil:
you are seeing ur period

rickyalphonsus:
Lolz...
Since u don't know, let me show u...
1 + 1 = 2
1 + 1 + 1 = 3
Ok... Oya
100mg +100mg +100mg (at a go) =?

That's d he'll d 300mg came from.

Movingcoil:
ur gf is gradually reminding you to up your game with tramadol

MarieSucre:
I am addicted to Diclofenac for 1 week every month. It doesn't matter if there is cramp or no cramp, what am I saying, there is always cramp. I am popping those pills like i am chewing groundnut. Mi o le was ku.

AGgal:
This tramadol thing is real, lol.
So many cases of tramadol abuse presenting in the hospital where I work these days.

I almost fell a victim myself. I fell ill once and it was prescribed for me cos I don't take NSAIDs(i suffer from peptic ulcer).

After completing the prescribed dosage, I loved the feeling, I had to step up my game, I upgraded to 100mg. That day we had an emergency that needed surgical intervention.

I was standing and dosing in the theatre, I don't have a head for alcohol naturally, so I felt the same way I use to feel when I take alcohol. I opened my eyes and saw my colleague laughing, she offered me a chair, that was when I knew I was in trouble.

Since then, I respected tramadol.

lepasharon:
And how did you feel. ordinary 50mg makes me throw up sometimes

stevecantrell:
Your seizure could have been due to a high fever, above 38.5 C (febrile seizure) I doubt it was due to Tramadol.

lepasharon:
And how did you feel. ordinary 50mg makes me throw up sometimes

rickyalphonsus:
Pls guys, forgive every form of grammatical error, short hand or omission, as this is written from my phone and without editing. My story could get a bit long, so pls be patient.

Before I go on with my story, I'll like 2 first all thank d op of an earlier thread "d use and abuse of tramadol" (see link below)
www.nairaland.com/2973705/use-abuse-tramadol/3
and also a particular nairalander by name "painpill", whose lol "mockery" but constructive advice was the back bone of my success in d fight towards subduing d withdrawal effects and consequently d reinstatement of my body system, after d grip of tramadol addiction. I write this today so that those of us out there that r willing and ready or r looking for ways to over come this "disease" will be encouraged and be guided duely.

Now my story
In 2013, I gained admission into one of d greatest universities in d eastern part of Nigeria to further my studies for a masters program in Engineering. That was d same year I heard n knew tramadol for d first time. In fact back then, d guys I heard it from were undergraduates that uses this drug for premature ejaculation and extensive sex duration. They always ask me how I managed to last long during sex but every physical n metal techniques (which any ways took me years to master) I try to teach never worked for them except with d use of tramadol. I didn't know d drug nor it's after effects so I had nothing to warn them about, but it really got my curiosity and I wanted to try n see how it felt, since I was also told it gives some level of euphoria general body highness.
In fact during my tour around d East as a result of research purposes, every University I go, it seems it was d order of the day. In fact one particular University I went n spent some days, d guys in and around d Lodge were taking this drug not 4 sex sake bt 4 personal highness and would even mix it with some very strong alcoholic drinks, despite d high milligram of dis drug been consumed.
Personally I am a fan of highness... not that kind of fan ooh... I don't smoke, nor do drugs, but I can drink for Africa when I choose to. At this juncture, I had to try it. I started with 200mg at a stretch cos I believe I had a strong immune and an athletic body type with very strong brain capacity (as in unto drinking), despite their warnings to start with 50mg. Godddddd, I love d feeling... It was almost like codeine (don't get me wrong, I had taken codeine once or twice, bk then in abj, some girl introduce me to it. but because of its scarcity or should I say it's unlikelyness 2 get arnd, I didn't get to take often), made me relax, free minded, and Godddddd, sleep with a smile on my face.
I moved from 200mg to 300 or some times 360mg, that was my max. I didn't get addicted to it then cos I wasn't taking it all d time, just when I felt like. So in 2015, I was done with d course work of my program and it's exams n so I went bk to lagos to search for a job.
Now at some point, Nepa begin Bleep up, as in like Bleep up... For weeks to months, there was no light. Sleeping became difficult with d heat n mosquitos of lagos, I remembered tram n decided to tk it to ease my sleeping. At this point, I was taking it everyday constantly for more than 6 weeks.
December 28, 2015, I couldn't take tram because I was out of it n couldn't get it at d moment n decided to sleep without it. I noticed my night was terrible but I felt it was because of d normal heat n mosquito conditions. D next day, I had diarrhea (is that even d selling?) n I felt it was normal, probably took something my system reacted to. In fact it was alcohol n I took some self medications n because I was on drugs, I didn't bother taking tram. It went on for 4 days, I was suppose to be getting better, that's just how my system works but I noticed d purging stopped n d stooling but I was still very weak, in fact I knew I was not well. I went bk to d pharmacy n complained but they told me I will be fine, that I should just continue with d oral dehydration therapy. After a week without tram, I knew I was getting worse, so I had to run test.
D result of d blood test showed that I was very OK, no typhoid, just very minute malaria but one thing that d result showed was that my white blood cells were more than d normal count. So I was hospitalized. I was giving drip for more than 3 days constantly but I took solace to d fact that I will be fine n was still going thru treatment. When d doctor discharged me, I went bk home, even though was better than before, I knew I still was my usual self. I was still weak. At this juncture, I remembered tram n how it would help me sleep fine, I decided to take it n believe u me, I felt my normal self again hours after taking it for the first time in weeks.
Now late January 2016, I had some things to clear in school n had to return but by this time, my rent had expired n I had to look for a place to squat. All I could get was to squat with a yr 1 student I helped gained admission, who was staying with 3 other guys in a very small room with no fan. At this point in my life, after 24 hrs of d last intake of tramadol, I begin to feel like I was going to fall sick. I begin to hv high body temperature, more like an internal heat n a feeling of nauseaness, so even if I don't want to tk tramadol, I feel like I had to tk it cos I know those symptoms will stop once taken. My first night with these boys was terrible n I had to even increase my intake from 200 to 300mg at d time.
This continued everyday till March. In d midst of all this drama, I was beginning to know that I have become addicted to this drug and I knew I have to stop! Anyway I told myself I won't take it, the withdrawal symptoms that comes was mad! So mad that I had to look for the next available tram n pop. Lol in fact I bought tram in quantum n carry it everywhere I go.
One day I decided to go cold turkey... That day was a day I will never forget in a hurry. More than 24hours passed without popping tram, I was a walking corpse. I couldn't believe this was me. From the light-headedness to the daylight Hallucinations to the uneasiness to the weakness to internal heat abi na for night? God! I knew I was in big trouble. Lol I began to curse all those pharmacist... R they even pharmacist? Those greedy igbo men Jareh (am igbo too, I know wat am saying) both in d east n in lagos that sold those drugs to me and realised y those real pharmacist will always ask for prescription b4 they sell.
Then I found that thread on nairaland. I was so very interested. After reading thru, I was hoping someone will admit and ask how to go about stopping it, then "painpill" gave some "larshing" but experienced solution. I did some little research about d drug n how to stop it use and I stumbled upon a particular site where I found ppl, lol, whose case are far even worse than mine, commenting and asking questions on hw to go about stopping it.

Now after going thru d advice from nairaland n d little research I did, here r d steps I took which tremendously worked in 8 days

How did it work?
1. Do not go cold turkey :
Stepping abruptly (cold turkey) is d worst thing to do. It will never work. Even if u were hospitalized, it won't help ur situation.

2. Conceive in your heart that u r willing n ready to stop:
The battle against tramadol addiction is more psychological than physical. U have to be ready and willing to do anything to ensure u win that battle of withdrawal symptoms.

3. Know your Guage and use it in tampping :
Tampping is a gradual way of stopping a particular habit by slowly reducing d quantity. because my avg max was 300mg, I bought 100mg tram, took it on d first day.

4. Make a shift in periods of intake:
I took d 100mg at night say around 8 pm. normally tramadol works approximately 24 hrs in my system, so d withdrawal symptoms will start after this time has elapsed. Day 2, at around 7- 8pm, I started feeling d withdrawal. I managed to fight it till around 12 midnight, then took another 100mg. Which lead me into day 3. I went to bed early on day 3 knowing that the withdrawals will come by 12 mid night and managed to sleep thru, even though it was hell, until the next morning in day 4. I wanted to stop so badly so I told myself I won't take any tram that day. But my dear, d withdrawal symptoms was not helping issues. I made sure I was not at a place, I moved around as much as my strength could carry me but then, I ended up taking it at around 2 pm on day 4. (now at least I hv succeeded in changing my take in time and my system is beginning to adapt to d new change.). That evening in day 4, (at this point I was in ph) I had to fake a prescription of 50mg tram and paracetamol, then sent someone much younger to get it. Now in day 5, I was able to push further without taking tram d whole day and taking paracetamol in its replacement to help with d headaches n high temperature. Until around 6am in day 6, I took 50mg tram and engaged myself in some litle work like washing d cars (even though it wasn't dirty), and sleeping d compound so I don't feel idle. I was able to carry on for 2 days without taking tram n with d withdrawal symptoms gradually reducing to high temperature, less Hallucinations n light-headedness, n so on. On day 8 at around 7pm, for d first time, I had fever (note I have never had fever all d while, even when I was hospitalized). I was scared in a way but happy too cos having fever was far better than having withdrawal symptoms. So I took paracetamol n d next morning I was 94% myself (without tram 4 three days for the first time in my life in God knows how long now). With that, I shut down tram, shut down codeine, shot down anything narcotics. Am on my 15th day now n am feeling d way I should without tram (except for some very slight normal headaches n fever dat comes n once I tk paracetamol, it subsides) and am very happy about that.

So pls my dear nairalanders, plsssssssssss, like painpill said, "stay out of cheap drugs". Thanks for your audience and sorry for taking all your time

Haryohdeji:
Thank God for your Life....but let's be candid u self abuse Tramadol how can you b using tramadol daily?... Anyway for me Tramadol usage continues. Infact n tram+panadol @ once bad gan. Na Tram+panadol wey I dey use dey make my calabar n akwa ibom girls dey always beg me for sex for free. # one of ma testimony is dat since I have bin using Tram, I no dey spend for girl again

Gabreal1:
But I've seen several other people with same case of seizure caused by tramadol after me, could all be due to high fever?

bestdeals0:
Wow. I love u for this!!!. "u hv never taken any hard drug"

lepasharon:
Sorry?

stevecantrell:
Tramadol is actually supposed to bring down a fever its an NSAID. Abuse may increase the risk of high fever but your case was caused by severe untreated malaria.
So in other cases, they might also have had an underlying health issue.

Gabreal1:
Thanks alot bro, you seem helpful. My malaria was actually very high when i was tested, i didn't notice the malaria cause the tramadol was always giving me the required strength for the day and any day i miss my dosage, i felt sick. You a doctor, yeah?

stevecantrell:
Tramadol is actually supposed to bring down a fever its an NSAID. Abuse may increase the risk of high fever but your case was caused by severe untreated malaria.
So in other cases, they might also have had an underlying health issue.

lepasharon:
I want to know..which makes you higher weed or tramadol?