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by throwaway762762 1812 days ago
Just wanted to say THANK YOU for pointing this syndrome out to me. I'm almost sure I have this after years of being prescribed Tramadol for chronic abdominal pain that only ever gets worse. At first it was a life changer. Am now on the max prescribed dose, and the progression of pain seems to only accelerate each time I've upped the dose.
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Did they at least try to figure out why you have this abdominal pain?
Tramadol is absolute garbage, I feel for you. I was recommended Zofran to help with the nausea and upset by people who went through the same thing but haven't tried it myself. If you manage to stop, be strong and persevere, it took me months after fully stopping for the pain to go away and to be able to eat normal foods again. My doctor had me do a few purges and I only ate small portions of rice for those months, anything else would make me sick. I was also recommended replacement shakes but haven't tried them. Best of luck.