[MaryJ]

Hi. It was a year ago when I started my journey with Ultram ER 200 and Topamax. I was prescribed them for chronic neuropathy leg and feet after a disectomy L5-S1 in 2003. It’s becoming ineffective now and on the basis of my most current MRI, the neurosurgeon ( not the one who operated me for the first time ) says that there’s no point of operating. He said this is the job of pain management doctor and he sent me to one ( my previous doc stopped practicing ). The problem is that I actually can’t even evaluate how bad is my pain taking medicines without any break. I wonder how this would be if I stopped treatment. But here, another problem appears- I am terribly scared of withdrawal side effects. I’m an RN and have experience with many patients going through DT’s and withdrawal from cocaine etc. Here I would only say- God save me from such thing! I don’t know what exactly I can expect when I decide to stop taking Ultram. And here my question for you: have you already experienced reactions to withdrawal? How were you feeling? Please, tell me about that. Thank you, Mary.