Opioids Strange After-Affects W/ Tramadol?

[Ava_]

Forgive me if this post makes me sound really stupid, I have very little experience with drugs so hopefully someone can figure this out for me.
So I got a prescription for Tramadol when I broke my nose and I only ended up taking about 1/4 of the pills because I got a higher prescription for the pain. Tramadol didn't help the pain but my dosage was 100mg every 6 hours and that 100mg actually got me high and it was great so once I was off the other pain pills I started taking Tramadol for fun and now I'm up to 250mg to feel anything. Here's where I think things start getting weird:
The high lasts
I've taken them at lunch one day, gone through the whole day, gone to bed and woken up still high--off balance, itchy, my mind is slower, etc
And even if I'm not "high" the next day, I can still feel..off. Like it's still affecting me.
I've taken hydrocodone and oxycodone recreationally and neither last nearly as long or affect me into the next day. So what's up with the Tramadol? They're slow release tablets so I chew them up. I have hepatitis c (so I'm not supposed to take them) so could it be that my liver can't handle them or something like that?

 

[Skeeef]

Depends on the slow release mechanism, it might be something like polistirex dxm, where your body has to metabolize it and chewing up the tablet won't effect the duration

 

[WVEMT]

Could you tell us what the pills have inscribed on them (their imprinted numbers/letters)? I've never heard of a 50mg slow release formulation of Tramadol, this is the only reason I ask. Tramadol HCL itself can be considered "slow release" as its primary form does not have a high binding affinity to the opiate receptors that your body is believed to have. When Tramadol is metabolized in the liver, it is converted to a much more potent metabolite. This process takes between 30 minutes and 4 hours (based on my clinical experience and what I've read on BL). Metabolic disorders, liver impairment and a host of other conditions could explain a slower elimination time. It could also be your body's unique physiology. Tramadol is one of those drugs that everyone reacts to differently.

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