Ultracet and hallucinations

Ultracet works for the pain but the tingly-fuzzy-sleeplessness, hallucinations, floating feelings were so weird, my son asked me (jokingly of course) to "hook him up". One instead of two, works okay for pain and the side effects are much less disturbing. Still, I take them sparingly. I described the effects to my doctor as "an unpleasant high".

i just took my first ultracet last night for arthritis in my lower back. from 10:30 to 2:30 i had mild hallucinations, night sweats, and my head and body felt totally numb. this morning i am nauseaous, headachy, and in a daze. no more! i'm stuck with a bottle of these pills and a stupid "hangover"...

I am so glad to know that people are sharing their side effects for ultracet. I have been on ultracet for about 5 weeks and it has been very helpful to help me move around especially in the morning. I have been diagnosed with plantar fasciitus in my left foot and degenerative osteoarthritis which makes me feel like I have been ran over every morning by a MAC truck, but after taking ultracet I am able to function decently-- it doesn't get rid of all the pain, agony, aches or burning in my foot but it does take the edge off and the tension in my face has decreased noticeably and I am able to smile again without being so grumpy and negative about life. Although, I have the itching, anxiety, hallucinations and nightmares of family deaths and massive people dying, I too am afraid of being addicted to this med and believe that I am because--- if I don't take 1-2 pills a day that's when I experience the racing thoughts, fear, eyes feel crossed and my mind definitely feels as if I were on a high of some sort and withdrawals seem to send me spiraling downward. I also take desiryl at bedtime to help me sleep which has been helpful also. I will be speaking to my doctor about something with less side effects, if its possible.

ADDICTIVE!!! BEWARE OF ULTRACET!!!!
I was prescribed Ultracet after a car accident. I had torn fascia in my back, and a leaking disk in my neck. The disk began to pinch a nerve, sending shooting pain into the entire left side of my body, to the tips of my toes and fingers. I wanted to throw myself against the wall to numb my body. The pain was unreal, and did not cease with Massage, Accupuncture, Chiropractor visits, or Physical Therapy. My last resort was to get on Medication, so the doctor told me about Ultracet. He said it was NOT ADDICTIVE, and so I trusted him. I did my own reasearch on it, discovering that it is an artificial "opiod derivative".....well he wrote a scrip for 200 of them, and I took them all. Then he wrote another and another. When I finally realized that I was not myself, which took a few months...I tried to stop taking them.

The withdrawals I went through included three days of lying in bed, with cold sweats, hallucinations, vomiting, shaking, and emotional upheaval. While I was on the medication I had horrible nightmares, slept constantly, and had harsh emotional backlash when the medicine began to wear off. I lost my motivation for sex, socializing, and school.

The pain was gone, but it reaked havoc on my emotion. I think that part was worse than physical pain could've been...I don't know. I was at the point of wishing I was dead due to the physical pain I was in. I began to workout, and take MSM. This seems to have helped eliminate some of the pain. I also got a really good matress. Don't believe that this is not addictive.

IT IS ADDICTIVE if you stay on it for more than a week or two. BEWARE!!! I've never been addicted to anything in my life, not even cigarettes, and this took me months to recover from. I actually thought about checking into a drug rehab hospital, it was sooooo scary.