Tramadol Addiction

[diddygq]

Over the years I have become more and more addicted to Tramadol and with my tolerance at an all time high.  I need to get off these things.  I live in Bangkok so does anybody know of a Methodone clinic or a place where I can get Suboxone to wean myself off?

[Sheryl]

I moved this into a separate thread as you had posted it in an unrelated thread.

 

You need to be treated by a specialist n addiction psychiatry. It is not as simple as just weaning off, as such addictions usually arise in an effort to self-medicate for some underlying problem e.g. depression, anxiety, insomnia, chronic pain etc. So it is often necessary to both address the addiction and to provide alternative treatment for the underlying issue.

 

This doctor is the best addiction specialist in Thailand:

 

https://www.bumrungrad.com/doctors/Pichai-Saengcharnchai

http://www.manarom.com/dr_pichaieng.html

 

Same doctor, different hospitals. Rest of the time he is at the army hospital (Phramongkutklao hospital.  If you are very short of money you could probably see him there, ask for their after hours clinic - but there will be long waits and he will not be able to spend as much time with you as if you went to private hospital.

[al007]

I am sorry to hear of your predicament and wish you well, often the first and biggest obstacle to overcoming addiction and dependancy is admitting there is a problem, and you seem to have achieved that

 

Personally I plan for the worst and hope for the best

 

Maybe from your problems and sharing why and what you used tramadol for might be helpful to me, either on open forum or by PM

 

The reason I ask is I am facing some heavy surgery, and suffer a couple of different cancers, I am very scared of pain,I have very low pain thresholds, I keep good supplies of valium  which I get with a prescription and recently my very large pharmacy ( I was making enquiries about morphine) suggested Tramadol to me and told me I could buy over the counter, I bought some and it stays in the box, but I have it

 

Thailand generally is not friendly to pain, and access to the higher level of painkillers difficult and probably only through hospital pharmacies

 

It is possible to buy some of the stronger ones online, but are the vendors honest and selling genuine products

 

I have hip problems and pain as well, generally I do my best to avoid pain killers and valium, and when I do use; alternate between the various alternatives so as not to build resistance to them

 

I am approaching 73, and if it were a choice of addiction or pain as a last resort I would choose addiction

 

So far I have avoided addiction to pain killers, I drank heavily for 27 yrs was maybe a functioning practising Alcoholic,used it to self medicate; I then went 17 yrs with no alcohol and the help of AA,(not one relapse from the day I walked in, dressed immaculately with new Mercedes parked outside, the Greeter said, Sir if your wife has a problem she needs to come not you, I replied no its me maybe ! ! !) and admire both AA and NA greatly, they help so many

 

I went back to alcohol after my third divorce, about ten yrs ago, at a time I had lost nearly everything, and rebuilt my life, prior to hospital I now only drink one night in ten, and for the last ten years my alcohol consumption was far lower than in my first 27 yrs of heavy drinking, but still on a daily basis

 

My family say alcoholism is a family illness, and say it killed my grandfather at the age of 92, he drank more than a bottle of Whisky a day, I look at it the other way and say maybe it kept him alive, who knows

 

After surgery I will return to my Samsong and  plain water

 

I still buy Samsong by the case, like to have it in the house just in case

 

Maybe  diddygq NA might be able to help you, only a suggestion, generally you will find some of the kindest and most caring people in both AA and NA, for me the biggest downside of going back to drinking is missing the people in AA, I went to many many meetings all round the world, for many years and still cherish my medallions, happy memories