Posted by Vincent_QC on February 25, 2010, at 18:42:18
In reply to Re: Tramadol Does It Work For Some As Antidepressant, posted by bleauberry on February 25, 2010, at 17:20:06
> Keeping in mind that the rate-a-med forums are somewhat biased in who goes to those places to write about their med experiences, tramadol happens to be one the three highest rated meds for depression. The others are parnate and nardil. Tramadol literally blows the other ADs in the weeds. Longtime treatment resistant patients discovered it by accident when they started it as a post-op pain med.
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> Maybe its because I got a generic version and its old, but that stuff made me feel horrible. Gosh, that was a bad two days waiting for it to wear off. Thankfully my experience is uncommon. Most people seem to love tramadol for depression.
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> And if you have pain, which I think you do (?) you have every right to be talking to your doctor about taking it. Kill two birds with one stone. Doctors seem to hand it out like candy almost as bad as antipsychotics, so it shouldn't be hard to get.When I had my surgery in last november, I was not able to tolerate the side-effects of the Dilaudid (Hydromorphone) or the Oxycontin (Oxycodone)opiate meds...
I finally ending at the emergency, in pain and panic, and they give to me Tramadol...I can tell you it's like a kind of Effexor-XR sensation. Not really helpfull for the pain and not helpfull for the anxiety also.
For the depression I don't know. I never have any improve for the depression from any meds... maybe i'm not depress but just anxious...
I know that I always had hard time with opiate meds. Demerol is making me sick and give a lot of visual hallucinations as well as others opiates...
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