VERY strange feeling-day AFTER Tramadol

[Epiper888]

So as some of u know I've been taking Tramadol the last few days. Ysterday I took some. I woke up today and didn't feel to bad. As the day progressed I started feeling strange. I unfocused and had this terrible mental fog. I tried taking a rest during the middle of the day but couldn't. Had this weird feeling in my head. I pretty sure this wasn't a brain zap or anything. It continued until I took my regular dose of gabapentin today.

Any idea why this happened. And is there anyway to help this feeling without any drugs. This feeling almost lead me to a psychotic episode.

 

[falsifiedhypothesi]

Tramadols metabolites have very long half life's, at least it seems that way. When i would take a total of 200mg by noon the effects would literally last at least 10 hours, sometimes up to 16 hours, I would still be high when I woke up the next day.

It sounds like you may have been on the verge of a siezure. tramadols long half life and ability to lower the seizure threshold coupled with gabapentins short half life and ability to cause seizures when withdraw occurs (or in your case possibly not taking gabapentin on schedule) may be the cause of your symptoms. Even if I'm completely wrong you should still stop tramadol if it makes you feel borderline psychotic.

 

[AquaMergirl]

It improved after Gabapentin? Sounds like mild withdrawal to me. I know Gabapentin helps my withdrawal symptoms!

 

[Epiper888]

Well shit dude. I only took it 3-4 days in a row

 

[Johndoedoe.junk]

This feeling almost lead me to a psychotic episode.

My wife took Tramadol for over a year and it DID make her psychotic. She was determined to kill herself and became a very hostile angry/crazy person. We almost split up because of it. Thankfully she realized how bad it was fucking her up and got off the stuff and sure enough the psychotic behavior subsided.

Even though it was only a few days, you may have been feeling some withdrawal (not unheard of as my wife recently went back on the stuff for a few days outs of desperation and she had withdrawals when she stopped) or it could have been just plain adverse reactions to the Tramadol. I know some people like Tramadol and get sort of an uppy high from it but I despise the stuff although my opinion is admittedly biased.

 

[AquaMergirl]

Well shit dude. I only took it 3-4 days in a row

Yeah, I know. Well, do you have any experience of prolonged use of opiates (even though Tram is a synthetic)? Say... within the past year? If you have been in withdrawals in the past year, then the discontinuation of Tramadol would probably cause some withdrawal symptoms.
Since I think that Tramadol has an SNRI component, you might be feeling that way because of it. I know when I started an anti-depressant I felt groggy and just a little off for a few days.

 

[Sparkoid]

Yeah, I know. Well, do you have any experience of prolonged use of opiates (even though Tram is a synthetic)? Say... within the past year? If you have been in withdrawals in the past year, then the discontinuation of Tramadol would probably cause some withdrawal symptoms.
Since I think that Tramadol has an SNRI component, you might be feeling that way because of it. I know when I started an anti-depressant I felt groggy and just a little off for a few days.

Boom, you got it right here "Tramadol has an SNRI component" ... this can mess with you in a big way. I do not get on with SSRI's or SNRI's an Tramadol had me feeling like crap. I was much better on Dihydrocodeine for pain relief. It is an opiate and is missing the SNRI component.

 

[Epiper888]

Boom, you got it right here "Tramadol has an SNRI component" ... this can mess with you in a big way. I do not get on with SSRI's or SNRI's an Tramadol had me feeling like crap. I was much better on Dihydrocodeine for pain relief. It is an opiate and is missing the SNRI component.

I also to think it's the snri. The longest spout I had with opiates is taking 35-40mg of Hydrocodone a week stright. So I'm guessing it's not withdrawal.