This may sound like a weird situation, but maybe someone can help.

I have for the past 3 days successfully gone cold turkey to rid myself of my dependency on the pain killer, Tramadol (Ultram).   Since I do have some attention deficit and also since I had positive experiences with Ritalin decades ago, I decided to take Ritalin-5mg (reverse says "m" in a square)- it must be the generic version. 

My questions are as follows:

1. I take a ritalin at 5 a.m. for the past 3 days. I believe it has been successful in helping me "kick" the tramadol addiction I have experience for a fiew years. I do "miss" tramadol, but I am convinced I have made the proper decision.

2. I would like to take a second 5mg late morning or early p.m. but don't know if I can/should. My body hasn't experienced any significant changes that I can't handle with the substitution of drugs. Yet the mild euphoria associated with Ritalin has a positive effect on my job.

3. when can i take a 2nd one, if at all. Since they're time released, how long do they stay in the system and do the effects gradually wear off?

4. If I pursue this plan for just the next two weeks, I believe I will have totally licked tramadol's psychological as well as its physical dependance on me.  Am I correct that most people would have almost no problem stopping ritalin after a couple of weeks without any withdrawl symptems..  Thanks for any advice out there coming my way

J.B.