Opioids If I ask a doc for Tramadol, would he think I'm drug-seeking?

[Ava_]

I have more headache/migraine days a month than days without, and FINALLY after complaining for two years was I able to get a prescription for it, since Advil and Motrin and the like don't do a thing to help me. I was given 25mg Sumatriptan. 9 of them (and keep in mind she said take another every two hours until you feel better). And on the bottle it says my prescription that's for the next YEAR. So, that being said, I'm going to try and get an appointment with the doctor that prescribed it to me because that has to be a mistake. And because I didn't know that was supposed to be a year's supply instead of a month's supply, I've already taken two of them--and they're not that great. I was given a month's supply of Tramadol after I fainted and broke my nose by landing face-first on the desk in this same doctor's office, but the Tramadol was given to me by an ENT doctor a few days later because I was still in a lot of pain. Before getting that script, my mom gave me a couple Loritab and Percocets to try and ease the pain and those did nothing pain-wise. The Tramadol on the other hand worked wonders. I was nearly pain-free, and was walk-into-walls high. Fucked me up more than anything else I've ever tried and it gave me tons of visual and auditory hallucinations (which other opiates only did occasionally, and those weren't nearly as good as these were). It was a very good time. I've been trying to think of ways to get more and since the migraine medication didn't work, I was wondering if when I went back I could ask if Tramadol would work. I could say how it really fixed the pain after my nose, which gave me constant migraines for days until I got the prescription. I know that Tramadol isn't recreationally popular because most people can't get high from it, so would the doctor see me asking for it as suspicious or drug-seeking? If so, is there anything I can do to make it seem less suspicious?

 

[sarajenni88]

If u don't mind could I ask ur age? Unfortunately if u are a young adult most likely ur doc would think just that. You might not come right out and ask for it but explain the truth...u found it very effective in treating ur migraines and that opiates (well there's a debate about tram being an opiate but any who) don't seem to work. This would show ur doctor that u are looking for for pain relief...and not trying to get high.

Good luck. Just fyi tramadol can cause seizures at high doses and long term use will result in w/d.:

 

[bdomihizayka]

Asking for any drug by name is technically drug seeking, and if it's scheduled, then yea.... good luck. But there are always exceptions. My doctor would have given me nearly anything within reason if I asked, but that was an extremely rare case.

 

[opiatekrzy]

I noticed just asking politely my doctors opinion on Xanax. Or klonopin for my panic disorder , more beneficial than beating around the bush and hinting clues....I asked my doctor if i could. Go back Xanax and adderall as I was on in before and it helped.the response i got was "I suppose we can try that. He many MG?" . It's better than asking and acting completely nieve to the meds he may be hesitant as you never had experience on it...trust plays a huge role also. Just be honest , it's not taboo to say Xanax or klonopin to a doctor, after all he specializes in medcation, our guilty conscious makes its think the worst

 

[sekio]

Closing this, we can't advise you on talking to your doctor.