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Originally Posted by ur_ladybird
Tramadol is a brilliant painkiller for me and my fibromyalgia. If you are depressed however you will have a problem finding anti depressants as tramadol has a huge effect on your serotonin levels in your brain and serotonin shock syndrome can accrue and kill.
So, if any of you has any ideas how to come off that stuff let me know, if you are considdering going on it.... Read up first and take regular breaks from it...  Hugs to all. Pain is awful... Knowing that it isn't going away is .... Well, you know the feeling.  |
I have had the worst experience with this drug. First of all I take antidepressants and mood stabilizers and I had to wean those down so I could take the tramadol to avoid the serotonin shock. That in itself took weeks to wean off of, and then when I was able to regularly take the tramadol I didn't think the trade off was worth it. It wasn't that effective for me and I would rather have the physical pain than the emotion upheaval. My pdoc said if I want to try cymbalta I'd have to lose the prozac, and if I want to try lyrica I'd have to go off the lamictal. So I am trying to manage the pain with ibuprofen and a lot of prayers. Thanks for bringing this up because people need to know of the dangers tramadol can present.