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Reply With QuoteI take the slow release version and find the side effects less severe, I get a bit dizzy but I've been on it for ages so am pretty used to it.
This is a discussion on Tramadol within the Pain Management forums, part of the General Spine Discussion Forums category; Does it make your head go round and round and your brain buzz all night?...
Tramadol Does it make your head go round and round and your brain buzz all night?
Re: Tramadol I take the slow release version and find the side effects less severe, I get a bit dizzy but I've been on it for ages so am pretty used to it.
Re: Tramadol I was given Tramadol early on and didn't care for the dizziness either. What I ended up doing was taking 7.5 to 10mg Percocet on my way home from work (10-15 minutes from home) and again at bedtime. Most of the time it controlled the pain level until the trip home from work the next day.
I had to bump up the dosages when the discs deteriorated more.
04/06 L5/S1 Rupture
05/06 MRI shows DDD @ L2-S1
06/06 Diskectomy/ Laminotomy L5/S1
04/07 Recurrent Disc L5/S1
4 Ortho and 1 Neuro Surgeon, 5 MRIs, 1 EGM, 1 Myleogram & 11 EDIs later:
03/27/09 L4/5 & L5/S1 Maverick discs at Stenum (www.dr-ritter-lang.com)
11/9/11 C6/7 Herniation with Nerve Impingement. Another journey begins.
Re: Tramadol I could never get to sleep when I tried Tramadol - just couldn't switch my brain off but insomnia is one of the side effects. It also made me have hangover & bad brain fog. I could sleep on Dihydrocodeine but that also gave me hangover etc but not quite as bad as the Tramadol. I could never get on with the stronger painkillers but usually struggle to get by on Co-codamol. There's also Co-Proxamol & Co-Dydramol but I think they can make you a bit drowsy especially if you're on things like Amitriptyline.
1993 Back pain age 29.
1998-2001 DDD at L1/2. 10 admissions for discography/epidurals/facet injections/disc injections/RFA's.
2005 ALIF at L1/2 with BMP & good result: pain free
2007 DDD at L4/5 unresponsive to epidural. Discography: early degeneration, anular tear & bulge. Limited response to core strengthening.
2009 ADR (activ L) L4/5.
2012 Myofascial Pain Syndrome T10-L2
Re: Tramadol Well, I think I have reached a compromise with this stuff. I cannot take it at night as I just buzz in a sleeping/waking place so I take paracetamol/brufen then but SR tramadol during the day. There is an hour in the morning when I can't actually talk. My brain is like mush and words don't form!
Re: Tramadol My husband takes Tramadol regularly and has no problem. However, I took one of his Tramadol pills in the evening for back pain and it made me dizzy and nausaus. I haven't taken it since. I might be able to take half a pill or take it early in the day, but I'm not taking any more chances with it.
Diagnosis:
Degenerative disc disease throughout spine
Generalized disc bulging with mild narrowing of thecal sac in L2-L3, L3-L4, L4-L5, L5-S1.
Moderate spinal stenosis L4-L5
Foraminal narrowing
Recent compression Fx at T10,T11.
Treatment:
Spinal decompression 2007
Cortisone injection in lower back in 2010
Relieved of pain for now
Hope for ADR
Re: Tramadol I have taken it for a few weeks now and my body is getting used to it. I still don't take it at night as I am not sure I want to see how long I can't go to sleep for.
The slurred speech and brain fug has, however, gone and I "function" as usual. It usually wears off by about 3pm and I start looking at alternative painkillers as my version is slow release.
Ho hum, life goes on!
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