Great little pill!! I started taking these when I was 14 and I am now 17. I take 25mg rather than 50mg, makes me slightly drowsy but honestly I feel more at ease and overall pretty blissful. I have severe anxiety and panic daily and it renders me unable to even leave the house, this pulls me right out of that mindset and brings back hope. I honestly don’t have any side effects other than getting a little tired, but it doesn’t make me dizzy, lightheaded, or have a dry mouth. Also brings back my cravings and hunger, really helpful if your anxiety is leaving you with no appetite. Haven’t noticed any issues revolving my heart and I’ve taken this almost every day for up to 2 weeks sometimes. The longer I use them the less drowsy they make me, but I think they also start to lose effectiveness at a certain point (I haven’t reached that yet). Overall really great, one of the best medications I’ve taken for anxiety. Started them with Zoloft and didn’t have trouble with either. Nearly instant relief of all panic and overthinking.
I take the medication for itching due to allergy from another medication I’m taking, but it caused extreme drowsiness in me and severe and extremely realistic nightmares every time I fell asleep, no matter if it’s just a nap. I felt like I was going crazy, I went off it because I couldn’t take it anymore. If you have similar reactions to Benadryl I do not recommend taking this.
Was prescribed this at urgent care when I was having really bad panic attacks and chronic insomnia. Helped me sleep at first and only mildly eased my anxiety. After a week or two, I built up a tolerance and it completely stopped working. I ultimately decided to stop taking them when I started getting horrible heart palpitations. My heart rate stayed in the 140 range for over 24 hours and I ended up having to go ot the ER. I would also get these intense headaches and head pressure.
This is the only drug I can take that will stop itching dead in its tracks. I get extreme itching from lichen planus. It will kill it in about 15-20 minutes.
Works great ... After my wife passed of 13 yrs within 3 months to cervix cancer tumor thinking it was menopause and butt pain 8 1 23 was only 50 :( - I took otc sleep aids for a year to the point they quit working, i was always able to sleep my whole life 10 hrs and drink coffee n sleep till she passed - i tried to take amitriptyline once n it gave me nightmares tried trazodone and it gave me anxiety, and didnt want to be on antidepressants from the horror stories of withdraw trying to come off of them I told the dr i took otc sleep aids n didnt take the others she gave me 6 mths later and prescribed this to me, after reading reviews i was hesitant but after 2 days of no sleep i tried 1/2 of 1/2 to see/watched how i felt, n no side effects happened - no sleep either waited a week later n slept somewhat on my own then was up again all night, that night i took 1/2 of the 25mg and was the best sleep i had in a while n woke up refreshed like my old self n only minor dry mouth n less than what unisom gives to you, so yeah start off with 1/2 a dose at night or even less to see/feel how this affects you and up your dose from there - i love it and works for me grief depression is diff from real depression, but losing my wife i know what real depression feels like now its awful - also am/we were a caregiver for my mom n was worried about meds to take now she passed n no family friends, nor job being there for each other now. - good news no withdraws I've read unlike antidepressants for sleep - but can't take every day,ive read is the bad news tho, maybe try to sleep on your own or use OTC when needed n use this as a backup so not to build up tolerance - best wishes to everyone :)
I’ve been on this med for various anxiety disorders and insomnia for my whole young adulthood. It helped my anxiety in the beginning major time and sleep but it was not worth the side effects of severe drowsiness, dry mouth and chronic constipation. I had to stop taking it in the morning because I found myself unable to drive to work or concentrate at work. It also made it nearly impossible for me to get up out of bed I would be too drowsy to start my day. No matter how much I slept I never felt rested on this med. This med caused me dizziness and brain fog. I also had blurred vision to the point I couldn’t read numbers and work in accounting. I was better off continuing to take ativan as needed but doctor was not okay with me on benzos long term. After four years on this med I built tolerance and it doesn’t even help my anxiety anymore.
Went to er since I had not slept for 3 nights with panic attacks.. was prescribed this and told I could take Benadryl with it to help. I took alone and it did not stop the panic attacks , I felt drugged and drowsy but still did not calm me down to sleep more than an hour I would wake back up with attack again
THE SIDE EFFECTS WILL HAVE YOU TRIPPING. DO NOT TAKE THIS I COULDNT SEE HEART WAS BEATING EXTRA HARD I WAS SLEEP A DAY FOR 20 hours I couldn’t think. I felt like I was dying I feel as if I got worse after taking this and want to sue the doctor that gave it to me because this drug does not help at all. Just makes it worse it helps for 30 min then he left with side effects. DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG SERIOUSLY.
My eyes went blurry after I woke up anybody else I took the medication before taking a nap woke up, could not see
I have issues with itching and anxiety. This drug doesn't do anything for either one.
My doctor prescribed this for sleeping. I had issues where I would wake up 5 hours after going to sleep and had trouble falling back to sleep even though I was tired. I take one of these before going to bed and sleep like a baby. Even if I have to get up early for an unforeseen reason I'm not groggy. Love this medicine
I have anxiety and panic attacks. My doctor gave me this to use 'as needed' and I use it when I get hit with a panic attack. My panic attacks make my chest feel tight and warm, breathing is hard and my heart starts racing while I'm terrified. A single 25mg dose seems to work well for me to calm me down within 10 minutes. It relaxes me and makes me have a sense of well-being for the rest of the day. It does make me feel drowsy too, but not terribly so.
before being prescribed hydroxyzine my whole body would itch intensely and nothing would relieve it. A soak in an oatmeal bath would help for as long as I was in the water and for maybe an hour or so after. Thank-you hydroxyzine, the three times a day Rx keeps it away. i
will elevate your blood pressure and swelling !!!
My dermatologist prescribed it for my scalp itch. 25mg tablet, It seems to be more of a sleeping pill. It made me fall asleep in 30 minuets, it was too hard to wake up next morning. Next time I cut it in half but it is way too strong. I don’t like it.it only stopped the itch because of falling asleep. I think it’s dangerous.
took 25mg once and about 30 mins later my chest feels tight and my heart is absolutely pounding and fast and i can only doze off to sleep about every hour and then wake up due to the feeling i can’t breathe in my sleep and the next morning i had auditory hallucinations and very vivid dreams when i did manage to sleep a little
Been having anxiety to where it’s making me feel like my heart is fluttering or having palpitations. Was prescribed this medication only benefit, it made me fall asleep, but I would wake up every night (the 2 weeks I was on it) with a weird pressure in my chest & heart palpitations. Definitely not a medication that helped with my anxiety.
My dr gave this to me to help with anxiety but it literally didn’t do anything for me. No calmness, no sleepiness, still have raging anxiety. This med just doesn’t work for me at all. Luckily no side effects either though. I used to take klonopine (probably didn’t spell that right) and that worked great, I had to stop taking that and I had high hopes for this med but unfortunately it was about the equivalent of a tick tac for me.
This medicine works a little too well for anxiety. So much so that it causes confusion and I've lost two jobs because of it.
??I love this drug. I was actually feeling good the other day and was like why do I feel so good. I just recently was prescribed this drug for anxiety. I also have bipolar 1 mixed episodes. I mean I can’t believe it makes me feel good!! I currently am having no side effects. And would recommend you try this!!