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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 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
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 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
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 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
 3  Anxiety/Insomnia I was groggy every morning and would sleep until late into the afternoon. Major weight gain and bloating to the point where my pants no longer fit. Frequent headaches. This medicine really does work to help me sleep, but the grogginess and weight gain just wasn't worth it for me. F 23 4 months
50
5/10/2020
 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
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 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
 1  Anxiety Horrible brain fog (no memory, couldn't concentrate, no cognitive skills) that caused me to miss work. Actually triggered panic attacks because I felt so off. Almost like I had no control over my movements. Went off of it 3 days ago and am still feeling the effects F 38 7 days
25mg
2/25/2019
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 1  To sleep. Didn't work at all Pissed me off Rip off F 66 3 days
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12/24/2017
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 1  Depression anxiety panic disorder No sleep since the first night of vistaril and remeron. On night 3 I started having auditable and visual hallucinations. Terrible experience will never use again F 46 3 days
50
11/23/2017
 1  Anxiety, insomnia Racing heart, nightmares, anxiety, couldn’t sleep, restless This med is a joke. It made me tired but wired. I slept two hours and had nightmares. The anxiety, and how my heart raced until it was out of my system was ridiculous. Never again, F 37 1 days
25 mg
9/24/2017
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 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
 1  Post-surgery pain relief booster 2 seizures. I was prescribed visteral following knee surgery. I have a known seizure disorder that I have had since birth. They have been controlled for the last 10 years and 20 years before that. I had the first seizure 3 days after starting Visteral which required a visit to the e.r. The e.r. doc said that it was inconclussive that the Visteral was the cause. Wouldn't even commite to the possibility. I followed up with my neurologist who also did not mention that Visteral could be the cause. It wasn't until the second seizure that the on call neurologist said that Visteral was most likely the cause asking my wife why on earth anyone would have prescribed Visteral to someone with a diagnosed seizure disorder. I can't figure out why the surgeon would prescribe this med an e.r. doc would not at least admit to it being a possibility and a neurologist not mentioning it. I have only looked at 5 websites about side effects and everyone has listed seizures as a side effect. M 38 6 days
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7/11/2017
 1  Anxiety Major Charlie Horses..did absolutely nothing for my anxiety..as this med was prescribed for..unable to stop eating...insomnia due to these muscle cramps in my calves. I see hair loss is a side-effect and I'd rather not go bald as I am a woman. I will not be taking this med again !!! Doctor said was an alternative to benzo for anxiety and panic attacks which I have had since BEFORE I ever ever took any xanix, Clonipen or Ativan..so they CANT THEORIZE that these Benzo' s INDUCE panic attacks..benzo's have NO side-effects whatsoever..unless mixing with alcohol. I heard the crackdown is due to kids abusing. Not my fault !! Why should I be punished, have to do without and suffer because of the inappropriate actions of others ? And they wander why people turn to buying off the streets ? I also heard the crackdown is due to OBAMACARE and soon there will be crackdowns on ALL meds because of OBAMACARE !! Thanks again, Obama..and because of YOU for open boarders, there has been an increase in ILLEGAL drug activity and HEROIN Deaths !! F 50 2 days
4/27/2017
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 1  Anxiety Extreme Dizziness, Cloudy thoughts, Nausea This is the worst med ever!!!! I have had to miss two days of work and still feel like I am spinning. I would rather have anxiety any day than to feel the side effects from this med. And on top of that my doctor that prescribed this horrible med tried to send me to a mental hospital like I had lost my mind. Needless to say I need a new doctor F 29 7 days
25mg
3/28/2017
 1  To help me sleep Anxiety, extremely elevated heart rate, brain fog. This stuff has had my heart pounding so hard that sleep is impossible. It has had my bed shaking, and so loud in my ears that keeping my thoughts off of it, and the fear that I about to have a heart attack, was impossible. I'm never taking the stuff again. I'm done with it. M 37 1 months
1/30/2017
 1  Anxiety Omg. Please be careful with this drug. I wouldn't take it again if it would save my life. The side effects are unreal. I had severe tremors, confusion, cloudy head, vision was blurry. Every time I went to sleep on this medicine I woke up feeling like I had drank a gallon of liquor. Horrible. Not to mention I have a racing heart and this medicine has a side effect of tachycardia. Wth? I have no idea why this drug is still allowed on the market. F 25 2 days
50mg
12/31/2016
 1  To taper off benzo's This drug made me very, very ill. Mental confusion, auditory/visual hallucinations, disturbed coordination. anxiety that was OUT of CONTROL!!! Paranoia, panic attacks, irritability, blurred vision, headache, fatigue, severe dizziness, severe mental confusion and memory loss, mood & mental changes, and I'm sure there are a few I left out. I thought I was losing my mind while taking this med! I thought all these things were a result of withdrawing from Klonopin, but once I looked up the side effects of this medication, I was absolutely stunned that all of this could come from what is peddled as "antihistamine". Never, ever again. ALWAYS CHECK YOUR SIDE EFFECTS BEFORE TAKING ANY NEW MED. I don't care if "most people" don't have "severe side effects" or not - YOU could be the one that is NOT included in the group that doesn't! A ridiculous amount of side effects for such an innocuous-sounding drug. I think doctors should be more cautious of the patients they prescribe this to, due to the number and severity of possible side effects. My psychiatrist prescribed this for me - and not until this morning did I see that people with seizures are ruled out for taking this drug! He never even asked, but it was right there in my chart. This has been hell. F 63 30 days
50 3X day
10/12/2016

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