OKAY WHAT IS UP WITH TRAMADOL...I DONT GET THE ADDICTION PART?

[K Todd]

Good morning to all.

I just have one simple question...I take 50mg of Tramadol 3-4 times a day max, for my knee pain, instead of 20 Hydro's a day.

I have read people taking 30 a day...WHY?

They are non-narcotic, they give me absoulty NO buzz whatsoever, they do not alter my mind...why are some people so addicted to a non mind altering drug? I dont understand where the addiction is in tramadol..

Well anyway, got almost 5 hours of sleep today (well woke up at 3am and PM a good friend) then got another hour. So I am happy and good to go today.

Hope everyone is well, and has a ver blessed and happy day today!

God Bless,
Love,
Todd

[GoingToMakeIt]

Well, it didn't do anything for me either. Go to their site and read up on it. It says to not use if you have a prior history of opiate abuse. It also says to taper off of them as to minimize w/d and seizures. It is no surprise that you had no w/d off vics when you subbed Trams for it. Have you ever tried to get off of the Trams? That means NO opiates and no Trams? You might be surprised.

[avisg]

See but for some i does strip there whole lives away. Its no diffrent for them then hydro is for you . I am gald that it has not been negative for you .... Lets hope it stays that way :)
avis

[K Todd]

I even know older people that have taken 2-4 a day for 5 years, and never ever increased their amount...

That is why I am so confused as to why some people get a buzz of some type of high off tramadol...because I definitly do not...and I am glad that I have a non-mind altering, non-addictive medicine for my knee pain...

To me 3-4 tramadol a day, seems to waaaaaay more better and safer that 18-20 hydros a day....that were taking my life away from me!

Tramadol does not strip my life away, nor do I even desire to take more..there is no need, I have no pain.

Guess it really depends on the individual.
Thanks for your help,
Love,
Todd

[avisg]

todd,
It does have something to do with your body ,some people it works great other it does nothing it a very odd drug . I am glad to hear you don't get withdrawal when you go off then cuz wd from tram made norco withdrawal seem like a picnic .
It is /was my doc it always did sooooo much more for me then both oxys and hydro

[K Todd]

I have taken tramadol in the past when off the vicoden...and no withdrawls.

They are nothing new to me, I just really only took them when I was either low or out of hyrdo's....but they never did anything other than helped with my pain.

I have never taken more than 3-4 a day, and have never had a problem stopping them at all.

Even 2 days ago, I had to remind myself to take my 2nd one before I ate...

I dont know...Your talking with a man who God has delivered me from:

-Chronic Alcoholism
-Phenobarbitol
-Valium
-Xanax
-Lunesta
-Ambein
-and now 18-20 hydros a day...

Maybe my body is so used to hard hitting drugs, that this is so mild that it does not even phase me....it really does work great with pain, but I still am currently going through the normal hydro w/d's.

I could walk away right now, and it would not phase me one bit, execpt I would have more pain in my knees.

I even called my Pain Management Doc, yesterday and asked him...and he will not even dare presribe me hydro's...it almost impossible to get a narcotic from him, but he tells the truth...and the Doc said  "Someone has to work really hard at it to get addicted"....

I asked him what do you mean? My doc said  "What I am saying is that it would require people not caring about how many they take, and taking more than persribed and for longer periods than they are supposed to...but at 3-4 a day, the addictive part is merely non-existent.."

Maybe is just depends on the individual I guess, because if I was getting anytype of "high" from these, my natrual reaction would be to chug them down...but they to exactly what they are designed to do for me, without altering my mind.

Maybe it's just me, in taking so much other severe addictive things...I dont know..

Thanks,
Todd

[hopinforhappy]

Thank goodness you don't get it and stay away from it.  I have taken a lot of hard drugs and never got anything from tramadol until my system was clean from the harsher drugs.  But now I get a euphoria feeling off of it.  They say it is Narcotic Like.  I personally like how it makes me feel which is how I became an addict.  I guess what my point is, be glad you don't have an issue with it.  For me, dilaudid was not an issue and I didn't get how people could get hooked on that.  To each their own I guess.