VISTARIL Reviews (HYDROXYZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.6 (258 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare VISTARIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VISTARIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Anxiety | Weight gain insomnia, leg pain, blurriness, anxiety, aggression, suicidal. | 48 | 2 years 3X day | 12/14/2021 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Anxiety | Elevated anxiety, irregular heartbeat in the beginning, fast heart rate through out the whole day, blurry vision, headache, confusion, sweating, insomnia, tinglyness and numbness throughout body, extreme paranoia. | Will never take this drug again. Only took one med of 25mg and I never felt so scared about what was happening to my body. I was so tired but felt like if i were to fall asleep that I was going to have a heart attack or die because of how hard and fast my heart was pounding. I even went to the ER because I had no idea what was happening to me. Woke up next morning feeling a bit better but still dealing with major headache and blurry vision. Please...do not take this drug! | F | 28 | 1 days 25 mg 1X day | 9/2/2020 | 1 | Sleeping difficulties | Increased muscle pain, burning, tingling, itching, suicidal thoughts, insomnia, angry, aggressive. | Possible drug interactions with 2 of my meds! Not supposed to take with depression. | F | 47 | 8 days 25mg 1X day | 8/20/2020 | 1 | Anxiety | Vertigo for way longer than the actual effect of the drug. Motion sickness due to that. Not worth it. Only thing it does for anxiety is put you to sleep | F | 30 | 5 days 25 | 5/22/2020 | 1 | Anxiety | Agitation, can't focus, horrible weight gain, barely helps with anxiety. I'm more anxious about the weight I put on | F | 25 | 25 days 150mg | 5/9/2020 | 1 | Nightmares and insomnia | Messed up my period. Leaves me spaced out for days. Water retention and extreme weight gain. | I actually got my period twice in a row. | F | 34 | 3 months 25 mg | 1/31/2020 | 1 | Sleep, anxiety | I am diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorder and I’m on antidepressants as well as Vistaril. My doctor prescribed me this medication as I expressed I had lots of anxiety while trying to sleep and it caused me to not be able to fall asleep most nights. I was getting around ~5 hours of sleep and with Vistaril I am now getting ~3 hours. It makes you feel drowsy, don’t get me wrong, and relaxes your muscles, but not in a way that is helpful. I felt like I was trapped inside a zombies body. Falling asleep on this drug is extremely difficult. My body is uncomfortable and feels numb. I wake up several times during the night and the next morning I don’t know if I was asleep or awake during the night. I can only remember staring at the window for what seemed like hours. I feel the side effects of this drug a whole 24 hours after taking it. The next morning after taking it for sleep, my muscles do not work properly and I feel as though I’ve lost motor function in my limbs and fingers. My brain is not comprehending information quickly and I have a hard time typing and reading, which is most of my job. Even reaching up to open my car door is a chore for my body. I was in a store and felt like I had to be taken to emergency because of how much anxiety I was feeling coupled with my body feeling limp and weak. Everything about this medication effected me negatively. Didn’t help with my anxiety. Didn’t help me fall asleep. Just made me feel like an empty shell | F | 20 | 3 days 50mg | 11/20/2019 | 1 | Insomnia | I was on Ambien for several years with no side effects whatsoever! Dr. decided it was too addictive & put me on this! I have not slept at night since I started it. I didn't realize ER gave it to me last year for nausea & I was So restless that I could not stay in the bed. It made me a nervous wreck! I did not have anxiety before. I just needed something to get me to sleep. I take it just 1x a night. But never again!!!! How can Ambien not cause me any side effects & this Hydroxyzine cause me horrible side effects.?! | It also gave me severe diarrhea! I cannot take St Johns Wart either as it messes with your serotonin! | F | 71 | 0 days 25 MG | 10/15/2019 | 1 | Anxiety | It took about 2-3 hours to kick in and when it did my head was so cloudy couldn’t open my eyes and felt like I couldn’t hardly walk can’t hardly wake up the next day my eyes feel so heavy and headache I itches all night long till I took a half Benadryl to stop itching my husband had to help me around the house to bed and shower that night NEVER taking this again! | Be very careful taking this medicine! Make sure your not home alone and do not drive! | F | 43 | 1 days 50 mg | 8/20/2019 |
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)