I suffer from depression and did when I had to have surgery. I was given Tramadol for post-surgical pain and I simply CANNOT believe that my depression simply lifted. It was gone.

I have been given codeine before for pain and, yes, I did use it when I didn't need them simply to escape the here and now (I knew what I was doing and I never tried to get more). The codeine simply made me feel slightly out of it and not really care.

The tramadol, however, was different. I didn't feel high or loopy. My depression was simply gone. I was my old self.
I'm grateful that I had that time to be reminded of what I'm trying to work toward. Also, it reminded me of what I no longer have
But it was a great temporary relief.