"tears of joy! omg! thank you all!! i started tramadol after my back surgery, i begged my dr. to get me off hydrocodone after 20 years, no more nonnarcotics, this was for personal reasons, i enjoy sitting in my chair every day watching tv, i thought i was as good as it gets!! i accepted life as that, but... all of a sudden, i found myself off the chair cleaning, doing things, happy, doing wonderful, not enough of pain control, i experimented with doses, after 3 months i made a mistake and ran out 5 days early, omg! this is how i realized that the tramadol is what made me a person again, and your comments made it so! i am 58 yrs. woman, disabled, takes 100 mg zoloft everyday, now i am alive!"