maniquan
Bluelighter
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Ok so it's been a while since I've posted on these forums so please forgive me if this exact topic has been discussed elsewhere. I am currently on no other drugs and have been free of opiates for about 2 years now. I was prescribed tramadol for a physical injury on my back recently. I also have intermittent but severe anxiety/depression that I use to medicate with traditional narcotics as well as marijuana. I've found that tramadol helps my depression/anxiety better than any drug I've ever tried. It gives me a slight buzz but even better than that it just helps to regulate my mood in a very subtle fashion. It doesn't numb me like other drugs do and I can still feel the events and interactions of the day, but it allows me to hold onto a strange sort of optimism that otherwise I rarely have.
So my question is this: What is the difference between the way in which tramadol acts on the brain (the ssri and norepinephrine aspects) as opposed to traditional SSRI's? I have tried various anti-depressants and none of them have ever worked. Either they had no effect, or the side effects were so bad that it wasn't worth it. I know both have SSRI activity but why is it that tramadol works so much better?
I will be out of my script soon and I know that getting a Dr. to script (even a low dose) for me to combat my depression is very unlikely.
Thoughts?
So my question is this: What is the difference between the way in which tramadol acts on the brain (the ssri and norepinephrine aspects) as opposed to traditional SSRI's? I have tried various anti-depressants and none of them have ever worked. Either they had no effect, or the side effects were so bad that it wasn't worth it. I know both have SSRI activity but why is it that tramadol works so much better?
I will be out of my script soon and I know that getting a Dr. to script (even a low dose) for me to combat my depression is very unlikely.
Thoughts?