hardy har har
29-09-16, 12:58
Two days ago my friend gave me a few 50mg tramadol tablets to help with a moderately bad episode of cervical arthritis pain. I don`t take anything but ibuprophen for it and never have used any opioids. I've recently been suffering from chronic apathetic depression...you know the type, tired,fatigue,hopelessness about the future, no drive or motivation to take care of yourself, sleep too much,rarely shower and the house is a mess.I wake up about 7:00 - 8:00am with the feeling of impending doom and gloom that my death is not very far away(although I am healthy). I haven`t had a normal awakening for many yrs now. You know, when it feels good when you wake and lay there calm with the relaxed feeling you had a restful night. Not for me. I need to get up and get some coffee into me which helps the doom and gloom fade into my general low mood chronic apathetic malaise.
Well, I took a 50mg tramadol before bed. I woke up at 10:45 the next morning and I was shocked that I was feeling good, relaxed and had the sense I had a full night of restful sleep! My depression was fully gone! I have taken benzodiazapines to help me sleep many times before, but this was not anything like that. I felt human again. I was alive. No sedation or any drug related feeling at all. So I went to the kitchen to make coffee as I usually do, but instead of turning on the tv, I felt I wanted to play some music instead.This is a sure sign I was not depressed and had a positive outlook for the future. I usually just zombie with crap tv all day, it`s pitiful I know, a sign of apathy and loneliness. My kitchen,bathroom and house in general is a mess,like me, and I am ashamed. It gives me grief but I am stifled to tackle it. I can only see the immensity of the task and it`s overwhelming to me. Well, not this morning. I happened to look at the stove and in my mind I said "Ok, stand up and clean this." I just started doing it, without fear, overthinking the details! I didn`t stop there. I continued cleaning around, taking little sit down breaks for a few minutes then continuing until a few hrs later I got tired and stopped.
This was highly unusual behavior for me, and again I wasn`t feeling speedy or medicated/high. Later I did some research on the psychiatric effects of tramadol and found that my experience is not only common but documented in a few medical journals I came across. I`m not going to go into those details but I invite you to just look at these anecdotal experiences from MANY people who have noted the same things.
https://www.drugs.com/comments/tramadol/for-depression.html
So far I have not seen any real psychiatric applications concerning the unique effects of this drug, but have read neurological data showing significant efficacy towards alleviation of apathy/depression and activation of brain structures concerned with drive and motivation. I can only guess this lack of interest may be because it`s an old drug with no commercial licensing potential for pharmaceutical companies.
To end, I pray this drug gives me some time to live again. I have been ill for the better part of 20 odd yrs, and now i`m 61 with little hope that my life will be anything but a downward descent. People on tramadol are claiming a feeling of re-birth and still going strong for yrs. :byebye:
Well, I took a 50mg tramadol before bed. I woke up at 10:45 the next morning and I was shocked that I was feeling good, relaxed and had the sense I had a full night of restful sleep! My depression was fully gone! I have taken benzodiazapines to help me sleep many times before, but this was not anything like that. I felt human again. I was alive. No sedation or any drug related feeling at all. So I went to the kitchen to make coffee as I usually do, but instead of turning on the tv, I felt I wanted to play some music instead.This is a sure sign I was not depressed and had a positive outlook for the future. I usually just zombie with crap tv all day, it`s pitiful I know, a sign of apathy and loneliness. My kitchen,bathroom and house in general is a mess,like me, and I am ashamed. It gives me grief but I am stifled to tackle it. I can only see the immensity of the task and it`s overwhelming to me. Well, not this morning. I happened to look at the stove and in my mind I said "Ok, stand up and clean this." I just started doing it, without fear, overthinking the details! I didn`t stop there. I continued cleaning around, taking little sit down breaks for a few minutes then continuing until a few hrs later I got tired and stopped.
This was highly unusual behavior for me, and again I wasn`t feeling speedy or medicated/high. Later I did some research on the psychiatric effects of tramadol and found that my experience is not only common but documented in a few medical journals I came across. I`m not going to go into those details but I invite you to just look at these anecdotal experiences from MANY people who have noted the same things.
https://www.drugs.com/comments/tramadol/for-depression.html
So far I have not seen any real psychiatric applications concerning the unique effects of this drug, but have read neurological data showing significant efficacy towards alleviation of apathy/depression and activation of brain structures concerned with drive and motivation. I can only guess this lack of interest may be because it`s an old drug with no commercial licensing potential for pharmaceutical companies.
To end, I pray this drug gives me some time to live again. I have been ill for the better part of 20 odd yrs, and now i`m 61 with little hope that my life will be anything but a downward descent. People on tramadol are claiming a feeling of re-birth and still going strong for yrs. :byebye: