Does anyone else get the same symptoms as speed on tramadol?

Yes, I actually get those same symptoms and I also will get anxiety/panic attacks from tramadol as well! I know usually it lowers people’s blood pressure but mine goes up on tramadol because of the panic attacks. I can’t even take it anymore because of these effects! It relieves the pain but makes me too sketched out.

When I first started taking tramadol in 2001, I took the brand name of tramadol, Ultram. For a while, like several months, I would experience an elevated mood with increased energy. Over time these side effects or spill over benefits stopped especially when taking the generic, tramadol. Some generics of tramadol (produced by various pharmaceutical companies) can still give me a heightened state of "false" well - being or euphoria along with a feeling of increased energy. I have never taken speed so I really can not compare the two substances, tramadol and speed.

Yes I have the same symptoms, if I forget to take my morning tablets I start to feel dreadful no energy as though I was coming down with a virus. I sweat as though I am going through the menopause but I'm not menopausal. I am definitely having more energy but not as much as I would if I were on speed. I am often confused at work doing really silly things and I think I'm going mad half the time. I'm pleased it's not just me who is experiencing these things I really thought it was me. People at work think I'm ditzy.

Tramadol does make me feel as I'm on speed for about w hours. It also make me extremely irritable for about 2 hours. If I need to take it in the evening say around 6 pm it will keep me up the entire night. Sometimes I doze on and off.

Yes yes yes. I just told my son, I feel so high. Its weird. I kinda get the jitters
and I just talk and ramble I forget what I was talking about by the time I get to th end of the story
lol

I did when I first started taking it. I’ve been on it for a long time for arthritic pain. Now I don’t notice that at all. I like that it doesn’t make me drowsy. I take it first thing in the morning to be able to get out of bed and get going.

Yes. I cut it down to half a pill (25 mgs) and eventually moved on to another med. Just a heads up make sure you taper. Withdrawals are horrible!

I have been taking tramadol for years at 200mg per day for back and neck pain. Yes it and all pain meds give me the euthoric feel good plus pain relief. I cannot sleep if taken after 5pm. It causes me severe insomnia. So I take a sleep aid at bedtime. Over time the combo has given me restless leg syndrome, severe. So I have been trying to wean myself off of Tramadol. I would rather get a good night sleep than the feel good highs. Warning: tramadol is extremely hard to detox from. Even cutting back 50mg a day is miserable. It takes weeks of anxiety, flu like feelings, fatigue and nervousness to get off of it. Plus my sleep patterns are altered dramatically. The sleep aids no longer work from the withdrawal of tramadol. So, be prepared for a long road of recovery if trying to do it alone. I am now close to a month into discontinuing from 200mg a day to 50mg a day. I am still struggling but the worst is over. My next trial is controlling the RLS and getting my sleep pattern to return.

Yes i do at times feel like i have soo much energy! And once in a while I'm relaxed where I'm awake I could watch TV I can function

I've been taking them maybe for two months but I do not take them every day! The first time I took them I was relaxed and then maybe three or four times into that all those three times or four times I get a burst of energy so yes I do get a burst of energy from tramadol

Yes. Does it ever go away??

I am prescribed tramadol also as to i just have 3 skull fractures and some brain injury so I've been on it from my headaches I get which are terrible but it definitely made me get out of bed and not be depressed and gave me tons of energy I never had a loss of appetite because I think I went through that stage with my ritalin which was 5 years ago but to summarize yes I did get that feeling you are describing! Hope all is well mate!

Yes, I too have experienced some of those symptoms. Sometimes I feel like my eyes are bulging... like "crazy eyes." I'm glad you have found relieve from your pain. If the other side effects are too much... or your instinct kicks in and says "something's wrong," then I would tell your doctor ASAP.

The "happy" feeling ro euphoria is one of the first things you get tolerant to and people often respond to this by "upping" their dose and this kind of behavior will lead you down the path of addiction so be very careful with this drug. It is a difficult one for some people to come off of. Would you need methadone? No, I think that would be unnecessary, tapering is usually effective. Just be very careful because some of the "feel good" side effects are the first things you become tolerant to. Dont increase your dose without your Drs approval. Tramadol also lowers the seizure threshold and taking more than the recommended amount can lead to seizures.

No, I have not had this side effect but I did get headaches and felt lightheaded on it.