Tramadol anyone?
hal
injury. My pain management doc thought it would be safer than putting
me on Lortab for long term. While technically classified as an opiod
because it is basically a "stripped down codeine molecule" it turns
out it's closest pharmaceutical cousin is Effexor and Tramadol has
some very similar SNRI effects and works on seratonin receptors as
well as opiod receptors. Turns out it has some very remarkable mood
enhancing properties (for me anyway). I have had terrible success
with the SNRI/SSRI drugs in the past because they seem to have the
opposite effect on me that they are supposed to. For some reason I
don't come close to understanding the Tramadol seems to give me a good
anti-depressant effect as well as a pretty good analgesic effect.
The pain relief is not as good as Lortab but much better than Tylenol
alone. It does not have the heavy narcotic side effects that is
sought after by some but I don't find particularly pleasant (it makes
me nauseous). It seems to have helped somewhat restoring my energy
level which has been in the shitter since a couple of whopper major
depressive episodes over the last few years. Reports seem to be very
mixed out on the net. Some people hate this drug and consider it very
dangerous. It seems to work very well for me. A decent enough pain
reliever with the added side benefit of energy and mood improvement.
Just wondered if anyone had any experience with it. I had never even
heard of this drug before my pain doc mentioned it as an alternative
pain management tool.
Tristan
Yes, I've had a very similar experience with tramadol. I started taking
it for pain but found it also had an antidepressant effect. There is an
established biochemical relationship between pain and depression. I've
been reluctant to take it too often because I've learned from past
experience that tolerance builds up to similar drugs. But maybe doctors
should consider tramadol for the many patients who suffer from pain and
depression.
Rob Cypher
Tramadol has addictive properties, even for a non-scheduled substance.
I'd be a little hesitant to use this causally as an anti-depressant.
Good to pop if you're bored and not opiate-tolerant, though ;)
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Take this shit on a Saturday and you'll want to kill yourself by
Tuesday...
If you take it over a prolonged period, to avoid the killing yourself
bit, stopping will give you weird brain seizures (same with all
SSRIs)...
On the up side, you can drink beer until you burst and still not say
or do anything stupid...
Findings based doses of 150 - 600 mg
cuttlefish
If you just want to get high I'd recommend slamming speed. Sorry, I
couldn't help myself. Don't do speed. If you have serious pain or
clinical depression, see a specialist and be as open and honest with
them as possible. See them regularly, and let them know if you are
having any adverse reactions. DON'T try to self medicate based on
what someone told you on the internet.
Rob Cypher
you must not be a libertarian
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Tristan
How is taking tramadol daily for depression any more of an addiction
than taking Zoloft every day? The real question is whether you develop
a tolerance for the drug (i.e., require increasingly higher doses for it
to work).
And I don't get any feeling of euphoria ("high") from taking tramadol.
Rob Cypher
Yeah, you do develop a tolerance and you do develop physical symptoms during
withdrawal. It's addictive. How they got it to not be scheduled is beyond me,
but I'm not particularly complaining.
>And I don't get any feeling of euphoria ("high") from taking tramadol.
That's you. I do experience a mild "pseudo" euphoria from it altering my
mu-opiate receptors. But nothing like the real opiates.
I would bet you're addicted too. How long have you been taking it consistently?