DOSE: T+ 0:00	30 mg	oral	Pharms - Mirtazapine	(daily)
T+ 0:00	100 mg	oral	Tapentadol	(pill / tablet)
T+ 20:20	25 mg	insufflated	Tapentadol	(ground / crushed)
T+ 21:10	25 mg	insufflated	Tapentadol	(ground / crushed)

BODY WEIGHT:

150 lb

After getting bored with Tramadol which to me with a high opioid tolerance is more like an anti-depressant-stimulant than an opioid, I decided to get my hands on some Tapentadol.

Not for recreational use instead as a self-medication for chronic fatigue which is what I used Tramadol for.

Tramadol is too stimulating. And not in a good way, causing anxiety. Enter Tapentadol which is chemically similar to Tramadol but works much more like an opioid whilst retaining some of the stimulant/mood lifting properties of Tramadol but is a lot smoothier so hardly any anxiety. Unlike Tramadol, Tapentadol has a much shorter half-life of around 4-5 hours peak effect but it wears off.

Although can snort the ground up tablets for a faster onset, it's a lot of powder to snort, stings like a bitch and seems to have a shorter duration of effect, at least for me. Orally is the way to go with these bad boys else it can lead to compulsively re-dosing with snorting with diminishing returns and wastage of pills, plus the damage it does to your nasal passages. Not cool.

Without further ado, here's my experience of Tapentadol after a month on 50mg Tramadol+2mg Subutex and then a week of neither so my system was pretty baseline and tolerance reduced somewhat.

11:20am
Tapentadol arrives. Orange coloured 100mg tablets which can be split easily into 4 x 25mg doses, with the brand name Aspadol. Cheap Indian generics. I take a whole 100mg tablet on an empty stomach with coffee.

11:50
I'm now experiencing a definite onset. A warm glow feeling that starts in my hands and gradually builds.

12:30
I'm now experiencing peak effect which is a classic opioid bliss feeling but nothing like the euphoria I have experienced on real opioids like Morphine.

Nevertheless it's a thoroughly pleasant physical and mental feeling of well-being. I feel motivated, energised and ready to take on some of the tasks I'd been putting off due to chronic fatigue and depression I struggle with daily which without meds leaves me on the couch or in bed with no energy to do anything.

The feeling of physical comfort and mood lift continues for several hours and gradually diminishes early evening but leaves me with a nice afterglow after a half-decent nights sleep I wake up still feeling energised and ready to get up.

The next day...

7:40am
Just for the sake of the curious I tried snorting 50mg of the tablet in two separate doses after scratching off the nasty Sunset Yellow painted skin on the pills. Damn it does indeed sting like a bitch and 25mg in two lines is hard on the nose. I do 25mg and within 15 minutes I feel the warmth onset in hands again. A feeling of being mentally uplifted with a motivated mood
and fully energised.

8:30am
After almost an hour I snort the other 25mg. It hardly does anything to enhance the positive effects with only a hint of mild euphoria.

Conclusion:

Tapentadol is like Tramadol 2.0 an improved version of a synthetic opioid med which has distinct anti-depressant and stimulant properties. Tapentadol leans more towards the opioid effects than the stimulant effect I always get from Tramadol. Tramadol has a very long half-life about 12+ hours for me whereas Tapentadol is about half that 6 hours tops. More like a painkiller than Tramadol with a mild buzz, stimulation and an instant anti-depressant mood lift. It's also not as addictive or abusable as traditional opioids like Codeine or Morphine. I can take it and function perfectly fine on it without feeling sleepy as it stimulates me but in a smooth way. Not really recreational at least not for me even at 300mg.

I should point out here that I'm taking 30mg of the anti-depressant Mirtazapine daily whilst taking Tramadol and Tapentadol. I take my Mirtazapine late evening so most of the Tapentadol is gone from my system.

Exp Year: 2024	ExpID: 118232
Gender: Male
Age at time of experience: 52
Published: Nov 8, 2025	Views: Not Supported
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