Thanks everybody. I can't take any NSAIDs, including Advil, or even aspirin, because I had a gastric bypass. They're associated with ulcers and gastric bleeding, so anyone who's had gastric surgery, of any kind, can't take them. This is the reason I was prescribed Hydro.
So, if I understand from your posts above, Tramadol has an antidepressant effect? As well as a narcotic effect? I'm only take maybe one or two a day. Sometimes I don't take one at all.