Posted by bleauberry on January 2, 2011, at 7:41:04
In reply to Tramadol for TRD., posted by roscopeeco on December 30, 2010, at 15:33:50
At websites where patients randomly rate their med experiences, tramadol happens to be one of the best. The only others getting high scores are nardil and parnate. On a 1 to 5 scale, tramadol scores in the low 4's, along with nardil and parnate, where all other psych meds score low 3's or lower.
That said, at these same places you can find horrible stories of tramadol....bad reactions, withdrawals. Tolerance and addiction seem to be common, but can be accepted and managed depending on whether the med is working well or not. Addicted and well, or unaddicted and sick....that's the decision tree.
I was unfortunately one of the minority of people that did very bad with tramadol. It sent me into a a deep dark place within 2 days. Fortunately my experience is in the minority.
Tramadol can be magical. People have taken every other antidepressant on the planet with bad effect, and then found tramadol to be wonderful. Most of those people discovered it by accident during a pain reliever prescription.
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