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Opioids Tramadol paranoia

xtcgrrrl

xtcgrrrl

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I'm so scared of having a seizure on Tramadol. I've never had one, but I just know I'm a good candidate for having one becuz 1) I have a lot of psychological issues stemming from chemical imbalances in the brain and 2) I've done a lot of damage to my neural pathways by taking A LOT of drugs. Today I took 300 mgs Tramadol, the most I've ever taken, and I was lying here enjoying the high when I suddenly had a closed eye visual of sparks. It was so vivid and I thought maybe I was seeing my brain misfire and I was about to have a seizure (silly I know but when you're high you can convince yourself of anything.) so my heart started racing and I almost had a panic attack. I got up and took Topamax and Gabapentin (both anti-convulsants.) I wish I could just relax and enjoy the high but taking Tramadol just feels so RISKY. I wish I could get prescribed regular opiates!!!
 
As it turns out, it's not seizures I have to worry about, it's respiratory depression. I keep falling asleep and forgetting to breathe.
 
tramadol is incredibly scary! My husband and I have been taking high doses for about 6 months now and he had a seizure right next to me on Saturday night. scariest thing I've ever experienced in my life, and he bit his tongue something fierce. immediately, we decided that we need to get off the tramadol asap, so we've started the tapering process. but after what I experienced last Saturday, I would urge anyone and everyone to run from that drug and never ever look back! It is evil. I hope your feeling better. as for the respiratory depression, how do you know? do you keep twitching every time you fall asleep? that has always happened to me on tramadol. I end up laying on my stomach with my arms under me as to pin them down so they can't jerk. I never realized it was a respiratory depression issue, but I always woke up the next morning...
 
Tramadol has bad effects on me at 50 mg. Seems when it begins to wear off, I get a tremendous headache nearly every time.
Too bad because it works nicely for pain but that's about it. I would drop your dosage by 50 mg over the next few weeks gradually.
 
tramadol is a very weird medication. it affects the serotonin level in your brain and if people say it's not addictive, it is. my sister had a horrible time getting off of it.it's definitely NOT worth the mild buzz.
 
@T.Calderone

Same with me
I find it helps when you split a 100 dosage into 50's between a few hours, saves the headache for me.

It's not such a bad drug, but definitely not something I would want to depend on for years.
 
Well it's now the middle of the night and I can't sleep becuz every time I drift off I wake with a start becuz I THINK I stopped breathing. The last time I did that I made a groan out loud as I woke up, sort of involuntarily. The reason I suspect I wasn't breathing is becuz my fingers and toes are tingling like they had no circulation. So now I'm a little afraid to go to sleep...
 
this used to happen to me too..only when mixed with thc..which was, you know, as often as possible :\
 
My back is really bad I have been on tramadol for nearly 12 months and it doesn't work anymore, I tried to get doc to prescribe oxycontin (endone) but their scared everyone is drug seeking stupid laws, Anyone doc refused and is now giving me 400mg a day tramadol, I haven't seizure yet so you should be ok
 
xtcgrrrl said:
Well it's now the middle of the night and I can't sleep becuz every time I drift off I wake with a start becuz I THINK I stopped breathing. The last time I did that I made a groan out loud as I woke up, sort of involuntarily. The reason I suspect I wasn't breathing is becuz my fingers and toes are tingling like they had no circulation. So now I'm a little afraid to go to sleep...
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Like I said, that same thing has always happened to me on tramadol, but I never felt to concerned about it and went to sleep anyway and always woke up in the morning. the involuntary moaning always happened to me also. It used to freak my husband out.
 
Why people don't read the medication pamphlets with their prescriptions is beyond me...

You all are just experiencing side effects...

This means you need to switch and/or not take this medication anymore...
 
Psychedelic Jay said:
Why people don't read the medication pamphlets with their prescriptions is beyond me...

You all are just experiencing side effects...

This means you need to switch and/or not take this medication anymore...
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i'm pretty sure everyone realizes it's side effects..
i don't know..but i'm pretty sure we can talk about those too.
 
xtcgrrrl said:
I'm so scared of having a seizure on Tramadol. I've never had one, but I just know I'm a good candidate for having one becuz 1) I have a lot of psychological issues stemming from chemical imbalances in the brain and 2) I've done a lot of damage to my neural pathways by taking A LOT of drugs. Today I took 300 mgs Tramadol, the most I've ever taken, and I was lying here enjoying the high when I suddenly had a closed eye visual of sparks. It was so vivid and I thought maybe I was seeing my brain misfire and I was about to have a seizure (silly I know but when you're high you can convince yourself of anything.) so my heart started racing and I almost had a panic attack. I got up and took Topamax and Gabapentin (both anti-convulsants.) I wish I could just relax and enjoy the high but taking Tramadol just feels so RISKY. I wish I could get prescribed regular opiates!!!
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Gabapentin will not help prevent seizure risk from tramadol. I actually even think it increases the risk of having one (at least in higher doses), though I'll leave that one to someone with more knowledge about the combination. Topamax I do not know, but I do not think it's the kind of medication you can just throw in for the sake of it, you have to actually be on it for quite some time before it becomes an effective anticonvulsant.

I always get closed eye visuals from tramadol, it's pretty common I think.

I also think you worry too much. 300mg tramadol is pretty safe, it's not going to cause you respiratory depression (tramadol is not very effective at doing that) and it's not going to send you into a seizure. If you're really worried about it take some benzo. Gabapentin certainly does not help. The only time I've had a seizure from tramadol was when combining it with gabapentin.

You will be vomiting and feeling sick long before you go into respiratory depression. Calm down.

Tramadol can actually cause paranoia sometimes, which is what I think you are experiencing.
 
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Toz said:
300mg tramadol is pretty safe, it's not going to cause you respiratory depression (tramadol is not very effective at doing that) and it's not going to send you into a seizure.
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Even though OP will most likely be fine, people have seized off pretty miniscule doses of tramadol...
 
Toz, I've been on Topamax since 2007. And gabapentin is SUPPOSED to be an anti-seizure medicine! I suppose if you were taking upwards of a gram at one go, that's different, but at my prescribed dosage of 600 mgs it should be fine. Last, I really wish I could "just take some benzo" but I'm not prescribed that and have no access to it otherwise.

Jay, I do read the papers that come with my medicine. Religiously. I even SAVE them so I can check them later. Paranoia was not a side effect I remember reading on this paper.
 
xtcgrrrl said:
Toz, I've been on Topamax since 2007. And gabapentin is SUPPOSED to be an anti-seizure medicine! I suppose if you were taking upwards of a gram at one go, that's different, but at my prescribed dosage of 600 mgs it should be fine. Last, I really wish I could "just take some benzo" but I'm not prescribed that and have no access to it otherwise.

Jay, I do read the papers that come with my medicine. Religiously. I even SAVE them so I can check them later. Paranoia was not a side effect I remember reading on this paper.
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Irregular thinking patterns are. Paranoia is an irregular thinking pattern.
 
wellsmegan said:
tramadol is incredibly scary! My husband and I have been taking high doses for about 6 months now and he had a seizure right next to me on Saturday night. scariest thing I've ever experienced in my life, and he bit his tongue something fierce. immediately, we decided that we need to get off the tramadol asap, so we've started the tapering process. but after what I experienced last Saturday, I would urge anyone and everyone to run from that drug and never ever look back! It is evil. I hope your feeling better. as for the respiratory depression, how do you know? do you keep twitching every time you fall asleep? that has always happened to me on tramadol. I end up laying on my stomach with my arms under me as to pin them down so they can't jerk. I never realized it was a respiratory depression issue, but I always woke up the next morning...
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Damn, guess I am glad I am coming off of it. I was taking 200mg a day and now I am down to 100mg. I hope I can get down to one then off of it and not have any withdrawls.
 
Although I only like to take it for sexual activities, Tramadol hangovers are real strange. I used to never get them, but now I feel tired the next day which hints at taking another dose.

It looks like every 2-3 months, I get flu-like symptoms with unbearable headaches from tramadol for days even if I don't stop taking it.
The last time I went to hospital, neither Ibuprofen or Tylenol helped so I had to ask doctor for something stronger, which ended up being injectable morphine in my IV. This helped a ton.
Been to ER 3 times and each time the doctor wants to make sure I either A) Don't have the flu virus or B) Don't have Meningitis. That's how bad it can get sometimes.
It sucks because it doesn't happen often and it is the only thing that can help me with certain functions.

Be careful and responsible.
 
my god why do people insist on taking tramadol, why does this garbage even exist??

take codeine or kratom for fucks sake, anything is better than that semi opioid trash, and much less dangerous
 
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