Tramadol pain question

i have been taking tramadol for about 5 mo. prescribed for back pain and nerve pain.

i am now tapering off as I hate it & of course am physically dependent since i get WD symptoms when late etc with dose. not addicted and have always taken as prescribed or less. 100 mg a day & now have tapered to 25 in AM & about 35.5 or thereabouts in eve. i cut a 50 in half for AM & then cut off like a quarter from eve dose now. been doing this for a few weeks . I have some WD symptoms when lowering like runny nose & eyes sneezing , sweats, moody and depressed. but im also depressed because of my back pain so maybe thats from both as its back with a vengeance with dose lowering. guess tram was covering up a lot ?

question is i read on these posts that tapering etc tramadol will cause your body to " trick you" with pain so you take more etc? can this be true? i am pretty sure my back pain is there from before but it does seem worse and i know opiods make you more sensitive to the pain after on then awhile.

i just dont get what people are talking about when they trick you? i also know that quitting opiods causes a pain flare i read for three days sometimes .

i am aware of the serotonin component of tramadol so am aware that's why I have already started done crying jags etc. even with dose lowering

any thoughts on the pain factor? i do NOT want to keep taking these but I'm now totally bummed as the pain is fairly intense & my dr never has any solutions other then take pain meds! already did pt but not effective really.

did anyones original pain change or increase or get affected by tramadol?

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