Hi again Rakkadoc
This last time I tapered off the ultram. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I was successful, but only because my husband of 38 years threatened to leave me.
My starting dose was 15 pills a day. I dropped 1/2 pill every 3 days until I got down below 3 pills, then I stayed at my dose for a week before the next drop. It was the first time in 20 years I was able to successfully taper, but again, I was highly motivated.
Definitely helped with the acute stuff, but I still had depression and anxiety for quite sometime.
I'm four months out now and I still have to fight lack of motivation and that blah feeling that comes with PAWS at times. What I know this time around is I have to have a plan for staying sober or I'll go right back to using. Seems like I would always get to 90+ days and say to myself "screw this", I still feel like crap. No one ever told me it could take a long time before I felt completely normal (sometimes up to a year). This time I'm determined to stick it out.
Please keep posting and let us know how it's going. Best of luck.