I took Tramadol for just three weeks and became physically dependent in it (which I didn't know until I missed two doses one day). It made me woozy and I felt unsafe drivjng and walking downstairs (which is why I skipped the doses on a day out). I spent three sleepless nights thrashing around on the sofa to get off it. I was so incensed that I went back to the doctor and berated him for prescribing it. I won't take any opioids. This is not advice. It's just me.