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Does anyone besides me get a little bit hyper on tramadol?
My question concerns tramadol use, specifically, but my experience is that I get a little hyper from tramadol, other opioids, and even benadryl. I use tylenol every 6 hrs religiously, take 50 to 100 mgs of tramadol when things are worse than I can handle, but I find if I take it after 3pm, I will undoubtedly have a restless night. I will be able to stay awake later than usual, but I will not sleep well once I fall asleep. I take Tizanidine at bedtime, and another after 1 am with a 1mg lorazapam, but on nights when I have resorted to a later dose of tramadol, I toss and turn. I have pretty severe RA and the typical joint and muscle pain that accompanies that (18 yrs of RA). My rheumatologist has no issues with my needing and taking pain meds, so I could ask for something else, but experience (a few big surgeries) has told me that the problem applies to all opioid meds. I'm curious about others experiences. I'd love to have better pain relief at night.
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Yep, I had to add tramadol to my "allergies" list. I already have sleep issues, and tramadol makes me downright jumpy. I've had good luck with duloxetine and low-dose naltrexone. They haven't alleviated my pain, but they've cut back on it quite a bit.
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2 ReactionsI sure do. I’ve cut my pills in half. Helps a little but solution for me is not taking it at all. Back to square one for pain relief.
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I consulted my AI "smart dude". He said to keep up with 3 Tylenol doses a day,(maximum) & do the tramadol only in between the morning doses (around 10am which is when I need to get out and get things done) and the second dose of just 1 pill (50mg) no later than 2 pm. So I get up at 5 and take Tylenol, 10 am 100 mg of tramadol so I can shop, cook, run errands, do laundry, Tylenol again between 11 & noon. A bit later only 1 tramadol if I need it. Then my third dose of Tylenol at bedtime with my muscle relaxant (tizanadine) and then I sleep better. I'm 69 & retired long ago, so I try to accomplish everything in the middle of the day. With this dosing schedule, I'm usually exhausted and ready to sleep by 8 or 9pm. I wish I could take Nsaids, but that's not allowed with colitis. I hope this helps. Send me questions if you have them.
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1 Reaction@rdf56 Am concerned, maybe needlessly, about Tylenol and liver damage. Also concerned about an AI and dosage advice…who owns AI and same for Tylenol? Is Tramadol considered an opioid? Someone told me recently it wasn’t. Have hard time believing that. I’m not always skeptical but find it pays off as a journalist and an old woman!!
Tylenol, in excess can absolutely cause liver damage and since I'm taking Xeljanz also, I have liver function testing done every 3 to 4 months. My bilirubin did go up once but we stopped Leflunomide and it went back down. Tramadol is an opioid and a scheduled narcotic. It is known to be potentially addictive and when you take a lot of it regularly, you will eventually develop a tolerance to it. I'm at the final stages of a long road of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases that will inevitably cause me to resort to much stronger opioid narcotics like dilaudid and morphine, but I've been managing on Tylenol and 1 to 3 50mg Tramadol tablets for a few years, so I can accept that. You're absolutely right to question your data and facts. I spent many years in medical malpractice, so I am pretty good at research. I use AI as an adjunct to whatever else I read and what my doctor says. All my AI dude did was give me a different way to organize my pill schedule so that I could sleep with a little less pain. So, it was helpful. My doctor would increase my meds if I asked, but I'm trying to put that off a bit longer. I hope this clarifies my situation. You will ultimately figure yours out with your doctor's help.
The first time I took tramadol I had palpitations, just a moment or two. I take the tramadol with melatonin, tramadol for pain, melatonin for sleep........
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