VISTARIL Reviews (HYDROXYZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 2.6 (258 Ratings)

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VISTARIL  (HYDROXYZINE HYDROCHLORIDE):  Hydroxyzine is used to treat itching caused by allergies. It is an antihistamine and works by blocking a certain natural substance (histamine) that your body makes during an allergic reaction. Hydroxyzine may also be used short-term to treat anxiety or to help you feel sleepy/relaxed before and after surgery.    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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DATE ADDED
 
 2  Anxiety, panic, nightmares Knocks me clean out a little too well. Definitely gets rid of the nightmares as far as I can remember but I still wake up repeatedly throughout the night feeling loopy, groggy, less sleepy and more like my whole body is made of heavy stone. Leaves me very fatigued the following day. Cut the dose in half and experienced same exact effects. I haven't taken it consistently since I worry it will make me late for work and/or school. F 23
5-10mg 1X day
8/14/2023
 1  Anxiety You name it, every possible negative effect. A Horror. Dizzy, disoriented, GI problems, muscle pain, dry mouth, severe despair, etc...unsafe to drive, yes, also Weight Gain very quick and obvious with taking very small dose! Nothing Good from this drug- nothing! Don't forget Serious Dehydration. Stay away from if you value your ability to function and want to escape suicidality F 66 1 days
20mgx1/day 1X day
12/31/2022
 3  Anxiety/Insomnia Felt Lethargic/Weak/groggy most of the day with weak upper limbs kind of like feeling I had no energy at all. I was prescribed this drug on 9/6/2022 for Panic/Anxiety/Insomnia because my fight/flight is usually stuck in the on position; Whenever I tried to sleep, my body would jerk me back awake as soon as I started to drift off. I held off on taking this drug until almost a month after prescribed because I am always hesitant about taking any medications. Upon taking it, after about 30 minutes, it felt like it was trying to work but my body/mind was just fighting it. I eventually succumbed to sleep, which I am thankful for but I do not feel restored or refreshed. I do not feel it provided me with the deep sleep that is needed to repair your body. While I did sleep with it, 7 hours (with occasional wake ups) it was not refreshing. M 36 1 months
25MG 3X day
10/8/2022
 1  Anxiety Severe nausea dizziness. Does not help anxiety except to knock me out for 12+ hours very sick the next morning I am going to stop taking. Can't handle. Too sick F 48 2 weeks
25 1X day
6/18/2022
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 1  anxiety/panic attacks My dr gave me 50mg for anxiety and to help me sleep, I took it one time and slept for 15 hours and woke up extremely tired and loopy, my muscles felt weak and I had a hard time focusing. I felt and still feel extremely fatigued and it's been 3 days since I took it. F 18 1 days
50mg 1X day
3/25/2022
 1  Anxiety dry mouth, weird vivid dreams, depression. The worst is after I stopped taking it, I'm having waves of depression, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts. I have been off it for about a week now and things are a little better but still feel weird. Any one else have these effects after stopping taking this? email me This is not just an innocent antihistamine. It is an anticholinergic and a serotonin antagonist, which means it messes around with levels of the neurotransmitters serotonin and acetylcholine. So of course it is going to affect mood, anxiety, sleep, thought processes, etc. M 36 8 days
25 1X day
1/29/2022
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 3  Anxiety None really, just makes me tired. I was prescribed this medication to take up to twice a day as needed for anxiety and panic attacks. I also take an antidepressant (wellbutrin XL), and without the wellbutrin im not sure this medication would be very successful. It works in the sense that when i take it, it makes me so tired i cant function- even just one 25MG. so weather or not i can take it depends on where i am and what im doing. It does work well for a panic attack. If i am having anxiety at night and cant sleep i take it, and it knocks me out- i feel fine in the morning though. F 26 6 weeks
25 MG 2X day
12/17/2021
 1  Anxiety Weight gain insomnia, leg pain, blurriness, anxiety, aggression, suicidal. 48 2 years
3X day
12/14/2021
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 1  Insomnia Could not sleep, restless legs, felt like I was drugged. Headache next day, groggy. Will never take again!!! F 65 1 days
50mg 1X day
8/16/2021
 3  help with sleep My skin is drying out very bad. I get nightmares. F 73 7 months
25 mg 1X day
6/2/2021
 2  Anxiety My anxiety started relapsing and while they increased my dosage of lexapro they also prescribed this drug for the occasional anxiety attack back in 2019. One night I took a pill and it did make me sleepy and relaxed but it made me feel really weird. I felt so confused, unfocused, and my felt light. Never took it again, I prefer promethazine. Don't recommend, consider all other options. F 21 1 days
1X day
4/25/2021
 1  For sleep I was prescribed this med a few yrs ago. It made me so groggy with no energy, headaches, bad sweats agitated and horrible vivid nightmares along with more. I just started taking it again. After just one night taking it the bad side effects kicked in even though I cut the pill in half (25 mg). I will NEVER touch this stuff again. This drug is dangerous! F 60 1 days
25 1X day
4/15/2021
 1  Sleep I tried this on a Dr's advice but it is definitely causing me lots of aweful dreams. They are so realistic and scare me so much that I try to wake up to stop the nightmare but I end up going right back to it. I'm always in a very deadly situation in each case and the people I love most in this world ie kids, granddaughters, and mother are always the ones I'm trying to save. It took me a while to realize it was the Vistaril but as soon as I skipped a night, no nightmares. The dreams are so vivid and scary that I can't put them out of my mind for most of the day. This drug is not worth the distress and depression it's causing me. Trust me, this is a horrible way to feel and I hope this helps people. F 64 30 days
25mg 1X day
1/17/2021
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 5  Sleeping My son has been taking this for 2 years he turned 5 November 13th 2020 today is December 2nd 2020. He has gained weight the entire time on it which we were told he was just a growing boy he is heavy for his size 56lbs. He has experienced nightmares, leg pain, extreme confusion you can talk to him sometimes it's like he's not even there, he'll say sorry mommy I was thinking about that noise again and he wakes up swearing he is hearing noises such as singing, talking, or growling. He wakes up in a complete panic screaming and he has extreme emotional breakdowns we have four kids so we know normal breakdowns and these are not typical ones, he's only 5 this was prescribed by his pediatrician 2 years ago we were told that these were all not side effects of his medication. I don't believe it. He was out on this for anxiety and sleep disorder he did not have these issues prior to the medication. Leg pain started 3 months into the medicine. Nightmares started when they upped his dose from 5ml to 10ml. I am discontinuing the medication slowly and seeing how he does. I DO NOT recommend for anyone. M 5 2 years
10ML 1X day
12/2/2020
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 1  Anxiety Making me very sleepy, making my heart race, which should be doing the opposite. Makes me feel wired.... Blah. I'm going to stop taking it, just to see if this is the issue. F 28 2 days
50 mg 3X day
11/14/2020
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 1  Anxiety Angry as f*, vivid nightmares about the anxieties I was having. The only thing this is good for is sleeping all day. What the f is this drug? Not only has it made my anxiety worse but caused more intrusive thoughts to keep happening M 29 6 months
25mg 1X day
11/1/2020
 2  Anxiety severe nausea Drowsiness heart racing for the first hour disassociation Short term memory loss The side effects make this drug hard to be functional on and that is the premise of this so take what you want from it. I do feel like this medicine has helped me sleep but also makes me more anxious. I feel like it does nothing for me cause regardless I do not feel properly functional. This is a medicine that might be hard to go to work on. I find it strange that all the ratings for this drug from circa 2012-present are 2 and under, and prior to them (2000-2008) all the ratings are stellar. For that you can make your own consensus We know the pharmaceutical industry. This makes me doubt if this is even a good drug at all however I will give it a chance, that is who I am, this is my first week. I used this for the anxiety induced by my IBS, 99% of my mornings I wake up at 5am to nausea and cramps. I hope my information helped, stay safe and healthy. Email me if you have any good medicine suggestions Or questions :) F 19 0 days
25 2X day
10/5/2020
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 1  Insomnia Horrendous weight gain, severe leg pain developed over time, tremors, groggy feeling upon waking up. It worked for the first few months but the last 2 months I just keep getting more and more side effects. It's also not helping me sleep anymore. F 31 6 months
100MG 1X day
9/26/2020
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 2  Anxiety Dizziness, cloudy head and vision, feel like I am going to HAVE a panic attack which is what I am taking it for!, groggy, clumsy, feel like my body doesn't work right Disappointing as I don't want to go back in SSRI's F 57 1 days
25mg 3X day
9/14/2020
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 1  Insomnia It did put me to sleep but I was so groggy the next day. Not worth it. F 66 3 days
25 1X day
9/2/2020
  

VISTARIL  (HYDROXYZINE HYDROCHLORIDE):  Hydroxyzine is used to treat itching caused by allergies. It is an antihistamine and works by blocking a certain natural substance (histamine) that your body makes during an allergic reaction. Hydroxyzine may also be used short-term to treat anxiety or to help you feel sleepy/relaxed before and after surgery.    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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