Tramadol experience

[shatter eyes]

Anyone take tramadol?

I started recently and i suspect it makes me hyper talkative and messes with my sleep.

I am quiet by nature but after starting tramadol i talk alot and say the strangest things.

Am i alone?

 

[MyWillow]

Nope. Took it a few years back for back pain. I was talking 1000 mph with zero filter, high as a kite and should not have driven home from work. Kept rabbiting on all night apparently, passed out and work up feeling incredibly depressed the next day. My partner rather enjoyed the no filter part lol

Spoke to an old school GP (military) who pretty much said I was full of shit but a civilian locum I talked to a few weeks later said she’d heard of that reaction before. And it was more common in females. Never will I touch it again. The high was fun but the crash was awful.

 

[Gamereign555]

It could be an odd reaction to that medication you have. There is another thing to consider.

Maybe you enjoy the way the drug makes you feel and so you feel sort of amped up and willing to interact with the world. Typically though this is a drug that causes drowsiness and is a suppressant.

It is a non-addictive pain killer that acts on opiate receptors. But it’s not really nonaddictive as I’ve had old friends that were hooked on the stuff. They were hooked on it because it reminded them of Vicodin.
If It is interfering with your sleep that could be a serious problem especially if you have PTSD. If so you should go to your doctor and get something else.

Also a quick note: tramadol has been known to cause panic attacks in some people without warning. Don’t abuse any medications of course but definitely not this one as it is a suppressant which messes with breathing!

 

[shatter eyes]

for back pain. I was talking 1000 mph with zero filter, high as a kite and should not have driven home from work. Kept rabbiting on all night apparently, passed out and work up feeling incredibly depressed the next day.

Wow. I am not alone. I felt something was off when i began tramadol. And yes... the next day each day increasing i feel more down and slow low energy.

Example. Today i wanted to do laundry. I picked 3 items and stared at them trying to think if i can wash them and dry them. I got tired thinking so i gave up.

I vegged out allday but got little kicks from tramadol dose which got me eating food and watching youtube lego videos excited then sharing video like it is the greatest invention of humanity. A Lego burger making machine.


I think the tramadol is offsetting my seroquel and prasozin because they dont work.

I dont abuse meds.
I also noticed i flip my foot alot like i am listening to music but i am not. So as i am writing this my foot wants to flip flop around.

I just got off hydromorphone and onto tramadol for back and leg foot pain. Pain still exist.

I think tramadol causing more problems like constipation and filthy potty mouth that rabbits on.

If It is interfering with your sleep that could be a serious problem especially if you have PTSD

Can you elaborate so i can ask my doc?

Personally i dont like the road the tramadol puts me on. I say weird things...some can be considered racist too. Its really not my nature to speak like an idiot.

You seem like a scientist

 

[MyWillow]

I only lasted one dose. I wasn’t on any other medications and was otherwise functioning fine so it hit me really hard.

Recently I was on a drug for nerve pain (I staked my hand on a metal fence post) and the side effects slowly crept up on me as my GP gradually increased the doseage. I’d not long started therapy (there’s a whole other story) and was all over the shop as a consequence so didn’t recognise the change. Went cold turkey when I realised my anxiety was off the Richter scale when I woke up but improved by the time I went to bed. When I took my largest dose. I apologised to my GP for taking such a drastic step but she was totally on my side lol

Now if I wake up in a wave of panic in the middle of the night at least I know it’s not the pain relief!!!

 

[Gamereign555]

Wow. I am not alone. I felt something was off when i began tramadol. And yes... the next day each...

Yes I’ve heard all this about ultram. It is unpredictable. Sometimes pupils are dialated and sometimes they are constricted. Feel amped and then kind of wasted an hour later. In my opinion it is a terrible drug and should be limited to pain relief for dogs. It also seems to quit working for people and then suddenly works again.

The problem is this drug is unpredictable in how it will affect any given person and then for them the effects are also unpredictable.

Some people though it works as intended and like I said just reminds them of an opiate.

So when you say it is interfering with your sleep, that is no surprise to me.

 

[shatter eyes]

Its for dogs????
Pain relief for dogs.....

This is very interesting thread. I wonder what else will be revealed.

 

[MyWillow]

Yes it’s commonly used for dogs but there are plenty of meds that cross the divide between humans and dogs. I often wonder how the dogs experience it.

 

[Gamereign555]

I also took it as prescribed for pain. I decided to play some video games I was laying down close to the computer screen and about the time the drug took effect I felt a wave of euphoria sort of like with Vicodin. Then my eyes started getting kind of shifty as I stared at the computer screen about an hour later. I started depersonalizing and went into a panic attack.

I knew what was going on so it wasn’t such a big deal I just sort of laid there and control my breathing while I continue playing games ,which in itself is bizarre behavior. The pain relief gave way to a wicked headache and lots of dry mouth. I had forgotten about the panic attack by this time but my anxiety was really high and my breathing was really off.

And when I looked at the clock about 10 hours had gone by, whatever Vicodin-like feeling I had wore off in an hour. After that, I just continue to gack out on the video games for the next nine hours like some sort of possessed freak. I had difficulty sleeping that night and don’t remember some of the experience.

I woke up feeling really groggy and still had the headache. I had some food on my bed too and didn’t remember getting any food that night.

After that I looked up the drug on the Internet because I was curious about it and read all this and that from other people and decided to not take it anymore. I’m really not sure why they prescribe it it is a terrible drug.

 

[shatter eyes]

The pain relief gave way to a wicked headache and lots of dry mouth.

H0ly sh1t.... i been having increased headaches that remind me old old days of hangover and i also have a super dry tongue recently.

What the hell did they give me.... tramadol terrible.

This was my option as specialist said she will cut me off if i continued on hydromorphone so i cold turkeyed few weeks ago and was placed on tramadol. As time went on... people noticed my hyperness and then i began to observe myself more closely.

 

[Gamereign555]

H0ly sh1t.... i been having increased headaches that remind me old old days of hangover and i also...

I know right! This medication is like a sick joke!

 

[shatter eyes]

decided to play some video games

I have not gamed in years but recently i have been wanting to load up the Nintendo. I think the idea of gaming makes me think i can get through life without the daily struggles.

Just shut the world out and game on but i did not and could not game because my TBI messed up my vision to focus on moving multiple objects.

I also feel my last days memory is short circuit fried.