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 |
| 5 | anxiety | drowsy | THIS MEDICATION SAVED MY LIFE. MY ANXIETY WAS SO BAD I THREW UP ALL DAY AND DREADED MY LIFE. MY RELATIVE TOOK 3 MONTHS OFF WORK TO TAKE CARE OF ME AND I HAD MANY ER VISITS. THE FIRST TIME I WAS PERSCRIBED THIS I STOPPED TAKING IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WASNT WORKING. BUT THE DOCTOR CONVINCED ME TO KEEP GOING. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK I NOTICED WOW I WENT 2 MINUTED WITHOUT DEBILITATING ANXIETY ! AND IT ONLY GOT BETTER AND BETTER. IT SAVED MY LIFE. I HAVE TAKEN THIS FOR YEARS AND HAVE HAD 0 SIDE EFFECTS BESIDES BEING DROWSY WHICH GOES AWAY AFTER THE FIRST WEEK OF USING IT. IT -DID NOT- MAKE ME HAVE A LATE PERIOD AS SOME HAVE SUGGESTED. SOMEONE SAID IT MADE THEM FEEL LIKE A DRONE BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE DROWSY FEELING ITS THE SAME FEELING IF YOU WERE TO TAKE BENADRYLL. SOMEONE ALSO SAID IT TOOK HER A WEEK TO NOT FEEL LIKE A DRONE AND GET OUT OF HER SYSTEM BUT IF YOU LOOK UP THE FACTS OF THE LIFE OF THE MEDICATION IT IS OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM QUICKLY. I STARTED TAKING THIS 4 X A DAY AND NOW I AM TO NOT EVEN ONE A DAY. THIS COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT THE ONLY TO GET OUT OF MY TORMENT WAY WAS TO POSSIBLY END MY LIFE. NOW I LIVE A COMPLETELY NORMAL LIFE. DONT LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THIS DRUG IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT. IT IS A GODSEND FOR THOSE WITH ANXIETY BUT YOU DO NEED TO TAKE IT FOR AT LEAST A WEEK AND TAKE A HIGH ENOUGH DOSE LIKE I SAID 4X DAY TO INITIALLY STABILIZE YOUR BODYS SHOCK. | F | 25 | 50 4X day | 6/16/2011 | 5 | anxiety | well the first time i took it i feel asleep for 12 hours and that was only with 50 mg's | lolol im taking it now at around 300-400 mg's just to feel a lil' sleepy, actually i just took 300 mg with 3 Advil PM's and ima bout to pass out! i was prescribed it, so i wouldn't be on Klonopin any more, vistaril works good for sleep and feeling calm at night, but if i ever had a panic attacked i'd whip out the klonopin, but i havent had to do that in a while even now that i've been off all antidepressants for about 2 months : ) | M | 17 | | 8/27/2008 | 3 | anxiety attacks | i stay very tired and not alert while taking this.but it does help with attacks | F | 41 | | 6/3/2005 | 3 | anxiety | i was extremely drowsy. i would take it before bed as the doctor had recommended, i would sleep for long amounts of time and when i woke up, i felt drowsy and irritable. | it did help me calm down when i was having a panic/anxiety attack, but the drowsiness and anger i had while taking it was not worth it. Cannot take it during the day or i will be tired and cant focus. | M | 16 | 25mg 1X day | 12/3/2015 | 2 | social anxiety disorder | dry mouth, hunger | I started taking Vistaril because I'm a recovering addict and benzodiazepams (Xanax, Ativan) are too tempting for me to abuse. It helped for a minute, but now it doesn't seem to be as effective. Maybe it's all in my head or maybe the dosage is wrong. I hope that I can figure it out because for a few days there I was sure I found a wonder drug. | M | 28 | | 12/15/2009 | 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/Depression | Sleepiness Irritability Loss of Concentration/Focus Confusion | This medication did absolutely nothing to treat my anxiety or lessen it. All that this medication truly is, is a prescribed form of Benadryl. The only thing it does, is that it acts as a sedative, but for someone like me, who has chronic insomnia, the feeling of being sleepy from taking this medication makes me irritable and unable to function/concentrate throughout the day. | F | 16 | 25 2X day | 4/11/2013 | 1 | anxiety | HATE THIS DRUG! DRY MOUTH, DOWSINESS, & PERHAPS i AM "IMMUNE" TO THIS DRUG. I felt nothing at all in the way of helping the severe panic attacks and anxiety unless took along with klonopin...when needed. | F | 29 | 50mg 2X day | 7/25/2011 | 4 | FMS-frozen in fetal position) | Loss of time | I was having an extream FibroMyalgia attack. My body moved into the fetal position and was in extream pain when touched and minor movement. went to hospital in ambulance, they administered this medicine and i could not remember what happened forat least 24 hr. I was told that i was able to do what was asked and eventually i could move normally. I would not reccomend this as a perminant treatment for FMS but when an extream case comes and you are conservitive about the meds that are given, i would say yes. but only in rare cases. | F | 44 | 1 times | 10/11/2008 | 2 | anxiety/ insomnia | EXTREME drowsiness, dry mouth, urinary retention. Do not take this medication if you can't sleep for at least 12 hours, plus I got a "hangover" feeling the whole next day. I wouldn't recommend taking this during the day. I can't really say whether or not it helped my anxiety because it basically knocked me out for a good 12 hours. | F | 22 | 1 times 25mg 4X day | 3/2/2011 | 1 | Anxiety & Insomnia | Pounding heart, extreme anxiety, night terror, hallucinations | Just took for the first time. Was prescribed for anxiety & insomnia. Have diagnoses of depression & anxiety. Used to take Ambien only as needed. Went to doctor & requested refill. Doctor said she'd prefer me to try something non-prescription, like Melatonin. I did so (3 mg up to 10mg eventually), and that worked for a while. However, it stopped working. Would go to bed & couldn't sleep due to racing thoughts, etc. Many nights awake till 2 or 3 AM. Then up at 6:00 for work. Finally had enough after one entire night with no sleep. Contacted my doctor again to request Ambien. Was prescribed this instead. Took my first dosa this evening at 9:00, looking forward to sleep. Have had HORRIBLE nightmares, pounding heart, sweats, tremors & hallucinations. All after only 3 hours. Was so frightened because of the dreams! Never experienced ANYTHING like this. Hallucinations, as well. Had to get up & turn on the light because I was scared of the dark. Fearful it's going to trigger a panic attack. Even though I knew I was having irrational thoughts, I couldn't control them. Decided to access internet to see if anyone else reported similar effects. Thank goodness I did. I see it's not only me. I thought I was losing my mind!! I won't EVER take this again. I'd rather have insomnia. | F | 55 | 1 times 25 mg | 8/25/2017 | 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 | 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 | 5 | Panic Attacks | At first I was nervous to take Vistaril; but when I woke up in the morning, I realized that Vistaril helped me sleep throughout the night; no bad dreams at all. I took it with Lisinopril 2.5mgs to help lower the blood pressure that comes with having severe anxiety. I was a bit drowsy the next morning, but was able to do things calm and collected. | Premature to say anything about Vistaril and its effects; but I do know that the stress that my body had is stabilized at the moment; that is 1 time dosage of 25mgs at 9:00pm. I plan to stay off it once I return to the gym, but will continue to use my 2/5mgs of Lisinopril; because anxiety does, and can, cause an increase of blood pressure, not even funny. Vistaril I used before, but I didn't use it as recommended; now this 2nd time around I did and it did wonders. I thought I will be at the ER again with a blood pressure reading of 189/117, but so far my blood pressure reading, on Vistaril has been 119/70 or 129/82. Not bad!! And pulse below 80. I do not plan to take it for a duration of time; as I don't want to be zombie like or disconnected from the world. But for an emergency basis, Vistaril has been a life savor; not to mention faith and believe in my savior Jesus. | M | 42 | 1 days 25mg 1X day | 10/31/2013 | 5 | Nausea/vomiting from pregnancy | None | I was given Vistaril intraveneously because I could not eat, sleep or function throughout the day. I was rushed to the hospital during the first trimester of my pregnancy. Within 5 or 10 minutes after receiving it, I felt absolutely wonderful! After almost 3 months of being ill,I was able to finally eat, sleep and feel close to being normal again.I don't know why, but my doctor did not prescribe it for me again but switched to something else. | F | 47 | 1 days | 3/3/2008 | 4 | Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Depression | Dry Mouth, minor drowsiness, coldness. Overall great calming effect. | Took during a severe anxiety attack and within 30 minutes the panic attack had subsided. I would recommend this drug to anyone who doesn't want the addictive side effects of benzodiazepines. | F | 26 | 1 days 50 4X day | 3/18/2011 | 4 | insomnia due to pregnancy | very sleepy | I liked this med. It knocked me out cold. And after not sleeping due to my pregnancy I really needed a night of sleep. This helped a lot. | F | 20 | 1 days | 1/11/2010 | 4 | side effects of antidepressant | I have just been prescribed celexa for anxiety but they said it could aggorvate my condition before it gets better. I took the Vistaril and hour ago at work and feel like I could fall asleep. Which is weird since it is so light out. | So far the side effects have chilled out a little from the antidepressant. I am hoping this works as good as xanax because I have been taking them for about a week for anxiety and am afraid to get hooked. | F | 30 | 1 days | 6/24/2009 | 4 | anxiety | Having really bad nightmares and does not help my breathing any but it does help with the attacks have not had one in 23 days now | M | 21 | 1 days 50 | 9/11/2014 | 3 | Sleep issues | Twitching in my sleep, my boyfriend claims I said things that didn't make sense. | This drug worked to help me sleep through the entire night but I woke up about 12 hours later still very drowsy & zombie-like. Wasn't a bad feeling, just weird. | F | 38 | 1 days 25mg | 1/8/2016 |
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)