Lower back pain - recommendations

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it is not safe to increase tram.  if u have a tendency toward seizures, it will bring them on.  once u have a seizure, they will come forever.

further,  tramadol has proven to have a significant anti depressant effect.  so, when one decides to go off them, they go into heavy depression.

Withdrawal from tram is also very difficult.  Very.  When u read enough posts on here, you will see what i mean in candid statements from members.

Many of us self diagnose to some extent.  But, it is based on years of research.  Years of medical care.

You cannot decide to add a medicine to your regimen, without some actual medical advice on this.

You must research the effects of those meds u mentioned, soma and valium.

You know u can never go off a benzo such as valium, once u start, without doing a taper?  It can lead to death.

Research.  No one will answer medical questions for you.

We are family here, but we are not your doctor and cannot advise accordingly.

You must research and decide for you.  Your choices come with a lifetime of consequences.  Make no mistake.

And, this is an horrific time to attempt to get safe meds.  

Be careful.

Charon thanks for the reply. It's hard to figure out what's safe & what's not when some offer their opinions, even though they mean well. Thx for the honesty.

This is some of the best advise I have ever heard! I've heard it before and there is none better! just want to add my input on Tramadol, I've been prescribed them for years and it's a love hate relationship, they are the most finicky med I've ever dealt with, the more often you take them the less they work, the less they work the more often you need to take them! it's a hamster wheel effect not to mention the risk of seizures at higher dosses including daily dosses! myself I try to go at least one day a week (two is much better) only taking one 50mg, I'm prescribed up to 5 per day so one or none can be a big cutback from the normal routine, after that day I can tell that a single dose does really seem to help with the pain but after 3-4 days I'm right back to getting very little relief from them at all! they have worked OK for me but I don't recommend them to anybody with sever pain or moderate pain that can't have a day here and there to try to tough it out! there just don't seem to be any "good" answer for people in chronic pain!