Life Saver
Okay well here's my life story! I too first discovered Tramadol by accident. My dad suffered a work related injury and has been prescribed increasing amounts of narcotic painkillers - Tramadol, Vicodin, and OxyContin. Well, I suffer from migraines quite often and one day we ran out of Tylenol and Aspirin and my dad was too lazy to run to the local pharmacy to buy some more so he irresponsibly gave me one of his 50mg Tramadol pills. In my ignorance toward opiates I just figured it would be another painkillers like aspirin or Tylenol but more effective in relieving pain. I was wrong.
About twenty minutes after taking the pill I noticed that I was feeling differently. Not only was my migraine completely gone, I was feeling relaxed and my mood was hugely increased. I still didn't contribute these feelings to the drug I had just taken. I welcomed these feelings though as they were helping me to forget about all my problems, and soon I didn't have a care in the world. Within another twenty minutes I was extremely relaxed, my legs were tingly, and I was on the nod. Although at the time I had no idea what the "nod" was.
Eventually I managed to stumble my way over to my bed from my laptop and I passed out as happy as I had ever been in my life. I woke up about 2 hours later and I was still buzzing. This was the best feeling I had ever felt in my life. Even my social anxiety was gone, and I called up a few friends just to talk. They were surprised by my sudden outgoingness. For awhile I even thought I was cured of my anxiety and depression (I've suffered from both since I was 13). I went to bed truly happy that night and woke up after one of the best sleeps I have ever had. It was around this time though that I realized it must have been the pill I took the day before. What the hell was this godly drug I had taken? When I was home alone I rummaged through my dad's things until I found his pills. Tramadol. I went online and looked it up and found so much more. I didn't take Tramadol for awhile and it never occurred to me that I could steal a few of his pills and he'd never notice. But I had another migraine about a week later and we still had no Tylenol or Aspirin so my dad gave me another.
However this time I was hesitant to take it. So I saved it and just let the migraine go away on it's own. I had it for around a month before I decided to use it, this time just for fun. Again the feelings returned, same as before. This drug was a life saver! I decided to then steal a few and save them or occasions when I would need to quell my anxiety or get myself out of a depressive slump. Over the course of 4 months I began to use increasing amounts more and more regularly along with other opiates such as Hydrocodone and Oxycodone. However, even though Tramadol is weaker than these other opiates, it remains my favorite. The body high lasts longer, it's somewhat smoother in that is doesn't give me the "brain fog" I get with Hydrocodone, and it's got a longer lasting euphoria at least in my experience, than Hydro or Oxy. I now use it about once or twice every week.
