Originally Posted by mrsD

Well, I am wondering how many here have had this side effect?

I went to the doctor on Thurs, and we decided to try tramadol at night when I have more pain than usual. Most of my pain is arthritic and also revolves around my left hip (since my injury 3 yrs ago).

So I took the first one last night. Suffice it to say, it was some TRIP! I don't use drugs much, just for blood pressure and thyroid. I've had codeine in the past some, and once I had Vicodin Tuss for a severe cough. Opiates tend to depress me so I don't favor them, except for extreme situations.

First off with the tramadol, I had a wave of nausea that was considerable an hour after taking. But it tapered off, when I laid down. Then I couldn't fall asleep, my mind starting tripping around. Not exactly hallucinating but very strange. My middle cat sensed this somehow and slept ON me most of the night (this is not typical of her--she will sleep on me on vacation tho sometimes). Finally around 2 am I fell asleep and woke up at 8:30. The pain IS better, but the side effects! I don't know if can can endure these. All this from 50mg!

I feel like I've been on a major TRIP outside of my normal existence! Totally weird! And I am totally surprised.
This morning I have a bit of a vague hangover, but not like a typical hangover.

I was hoping to use the Ultram for bad days, when Tylenol doesn't seem strong enough. But now I don't know! I have 29 left to last until my next doctor visit, in Oct.

I wonder if this is safe to use in the woods where we live on vacation? We are very remote on an island there! Can't see myself stumbling around in the dark in the woods with a flashlight, to go to the outhouse?