Posted by 90%there on September 22, 2014, at 6:38:59
I have a friend who takes daily tramadol for back pain. According to Wiki tramadol is only a very weak opiate and most of its effects come from its serotonin & noradrenalin/norepinephrine re-uptake inhibiting actions. Even its withdrawal symptoms are said to be linked to the re-uptake actions rather than opoid withdrawal.
Well I tried some and it definitely seemed to enhance my other ADs with a definite AD effect of its own. No drowsiness. In fact my friend cannot understand how I get any effect from them tho he has taken it daily for a few years now. And as he is taking it daily without need to escalate dosage, Would it not be a possible augmentor? For example, most would agree that benzodiazepines are addictive. They are, but since I hit 4mg clonazepam a day for SA I have never needed to escalate dosage, being comfortable at that dose.
I've been taking between 50mg & 150mg of tramadol most days for the past 10 days or so. When I dont take any I have no problems, tho I know I will feel better if I did take some.
Anybody else find a definite AD effect with tramadol? Don't get me wrong, my current 'official' med regime is still working (tho less so since my last hospital visit where they dropped my amitriptyline from 100 to 50mg and my bupropion from 300 to 150mg. Idiots). I'm wondering if my pdoc would put me on a month trial of 50mg twice daily, watching closely for any lessened effects over that month.
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