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 | I had an anxiety attack | 20 minutes in my head stated to hurt, an hour in, my neck, shoulders, and back seized up in pain. 2 hours later...I could barely walk 30 paces from the car to my apt. I could not lay flat on my back and I was dizzy beyond belief. I felt sick the next day and still had all those symptoms. The day after that was a little better...but it is 2 nights later and I have really bad neck and ear pain, I only took the one dosage of 50 mg 2 nights ago. | I had never taken it before...but I was prescribed 25 mg a day. They made me take 50 mg at the crisis center to calm me down. Idk if I'll ever take it again. My ears and neck hurt SO much. | F | 22 | 1 days 50 mg 1X day | 10/30/2015 | 4 | can't sleep..anxiety | My dreams are very vivid. Stuffy nose once in a while. | F | 26 | 3 weeks 25 MG | 10/27/2015 | 4 | Anxiety | None really. | It works. I don't know what to say. I have been on Ativan and Klonopin in the past and this kills the anxiety without making you sedated and depressed. I too was under the impression it would not work, but it does work - imagine that. | M | 30 | 2 days 25mg 3X day | 10/14/2015 | 2 | anxiety | Makes me tired and angry. I do ok if I'm alone but the moment my husband comes home I'm quick to anger | F | 25 | 1 days 50 | 9/25/2015 | 1 | anxiety | None | I take this for anxiety and the only thing it does is give me a weird taste in my mouth. I still have anxiety and I still shake all of the time. | M | 32 | 6 months 50mg | 8/25/2015 | 4 | Anxiety & Insomnia | twitches, dry mouth (can be extreme at times), occasional lack of appetite but I'm not sure that's because of this medication | I began taking this medication for anxiety whilst in rehab for my benzodiazepine addiction, ironically. I was referred to studies conducted comparing the efficacy of Vistaril to Ativan for long-term anxiety control. Vistaril, over time, far out performs benzodiazepines for anxiety AND doesn't cause dependency. I take it TID (once upon waking, once in the afternoon, and one at bedtime) every single day. If I don't take it or forget a dose, I do notice an increase in anxiety, but nothing compared to forgetting to take a Xanax or Klonopin (both of which I was prescribed for years). Anyway, the reason I give this drug a 4/5 and not a 5/5 is for two reasons: the intense, almost 24/7 dry mouth it causes and, more importantly, the restless legs and / or arms it causes along with 'feeling the need to move'. | M | 24 | 4 months 50mg TID | 8/18/2015 | 5 | Panic Attacks | Decreased anxiety symptoms, decreased panic attack symptoms | I started to have panic attacks during the night and would have anxiety symptoms during the day. Thought I would give Vistaril 50 mg a try b/c I don't want to use a medication that can cause dependency or effect my work. It has been great. Anxiety symptoms are gone. Panic attack symptoms have decreased to where I awaken but can reason myself out of having full blown symptomology. I am considering trying 75 mg at bedtime to see if that will stop the panic attack from occurring altogether. I have had no negative side effects. Individuals should attempt this medication prior to using an anti-anxiolytic. | F | 53 | 7 days 50 | 7/16/2015 | 1 | Anxiety | It has taken me a little while to figure out what medicine was giving me awful side effects. Vistrail is the worst med I have ever been on, and I have been on so many. I can't remember having any noticeable side effect with ANY meds, but this one is the Worst I could ever imagine. Body twitching, eyes hurt(wierd) I am so hungry,helium head, dizzy when bending over, which has made me fall 9 times in 6 weeks, Hearing Voices + Noises that are not there. As I heard the voices, in my head I knew they weren't real. Paranoid ~ I thought I heard someone in my side yard, and it's all wooded there. I heard them crunch thru the woods, then their truck pulling up beside my house. There was no way this was possible, especially since I had the window closed, AC, fan and television on. I saw the shadows. I had the crazy dreams, sweats, hands trembling, cotton mouth and muscle weakness. I'm not positive about the muscle as I have been trying to figure this out. Anyway, my muscles twitch like crazy and even had a scalp twitch. I stood up a few times and wanted to go in the other room. | IT DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HELP WITH MY ANXIETY. AS A MATTER OF FACT THE VOICES, MOVING SHADOWS, NIGHT TERRORS,MUSCLE TWITCHES and DIZZINESS TO WHERE I KEEP FALLING...Yeah, the Doctor was right, this is so much better than the Xanax I'd been taking for years. The side effects of the Xanax was MY ANXIETY WENT AWAY! Geez, my grandfather used to say,"if it ain't broken, don't fix it." I guess everyone is punished because young adults are buying and taking them. Now anyone who is on a Benzine or Opiate, they torture you, finding new meds. Those young adults will still get their hands on it the while others who actually need it can't. BRAVO! | F | 45 | 2 months 50mg X 3 | 7/12/2015 | 1 | anxiety | Previously on Klonopin for 15 yrs. This is the first drug tried for anxiety since and it does not work. I still have anxiety so bad, I constantly rock and self-sooth. My legs are extremely restless with anxiety and at times start spasming/jerking.I am so paralyzed with my anxiety that I can't drive, feel nauseous, have migraines/headaches and just don't feel like doing much of anything. | F | 56 | 30 days 25 mg 3X day | 7/9/2015 | 2 | Anxiety | Knocked unconscious and severe swelling and pain in feet. I can't even walk or stand it is excruciating. | Works great to knock someone unconscious but I have 4 children and was prescribed this because I went to the ER shortly after my baby was born suffering from severe post partum anxiety. I explained that there are only Xanax or Valium help without making me a zombie and they gave me this crap. I asked the nurse if it would make me pass out and she told me no that it doesn't do that. Clearly I can see that is inaccurate and I'm very disappointed in this medication as it causes severe pain in my feet so that I cannot walk for several days after just 1 pill. I have taken 3 pills this time over the course of 48 hours and my feet are still extremely painful 2 days after my last dose. | F | 30 | 2 days 50mg | 6/10/2015 | 4 | anxiety nervous tension allergies | Slight drowzyness when starting it then you get use to it | Was prescribed along with antidepressant zoloft has helped with anxiety feel more relaxed and mellow | M | 23 | 1 months 25mg | 5/21/2015 | 3 | anxiety and sleep | I get migraine after taking it. the skin on my hands and feet feel like it's on fire. it hurts when I put my hands in water. I have a rash on my hands half way up my arms and on my feet halfway up my legs.it does help with the anxiety but the side effects aren't worth it.my eyes hurt as well | F | 37 | 7 days 25MG | 5/9/2015 | 1 | Ended up in ER with panic attack | I have taken this medication before. ONCE a night while detoxing from alcohol almost three years ago. Made me feel loopy and tired and gave me weird dreams. THIS time I was prescribed it 4 times a day (100mg) total after an emergency visit for a severe panics attacks and thought I was having a heart attack. A few days in I noticed my hands tremoring, had stomach aches, weird dreams, night sweats and heart palpitations. Last night I had to call an ambulance. I took exactly as prescribed. My my left arm and leg were tingling, my left arm still hurts, my BP and HR were through the roof and I was seeing stars and about to pass out. I terrified I was dying. Today my hands won't stop shaking and twitching, my stomach hurts, my heart is pounding like crazy and my arm is still in pain. Throwing them out... WORST THING I COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN. I suffer from GAD, OCD, Bipolar, Major depression and ED. I am awaiting getting back on my Celexa and Buspar, which together do wonders for me. I will NEVER take this poison again. | Doctors need to be more aware of the side effects of giving this to people and how much they prescribe. I feel like I am detoxing off of alcohol again and have been sober since Aug 28, 2012. | F | 28 | 7 days 25mg 4x/da | 5/9/2015 | 2 | Anxiety | Bad dreams, dry mouth, exhaustion | My doctor prescribed this originally in a dosage of 2-4 pills. She then lowered it to only 1 pill due to my sensitivity to medications. I ONLY take this when I know I am able to stay home the next day. I am literally exhausted and cannot wake up for at least 24 hours. Sure the anxiety goes away because I'm passed out! Still looking for other options at this point and would not recommend this product. | F | 33 | 1 days 1 pill | 4/25/2015 | 1 | insomnia/anxiety | None | Didn't do anything for me except good for certain allergies. Benadryl doesn't affect me either, sleep-wise | F | 57 | 3 months 50 4X day | 3/29/2015 | 2 | for anxiety and sleep | Dry mouth all night Restlessness. Severe shaking the next day unless I take more vistiril My Dr thought my ativan was to much but if I can take 2-6,ativan for sleep and anxiety I have never felt any side.effects. this is frustrating. I take 8 Valerian capsule and 15 mg of melatonin. Valerian says take 4 half hour priar to bedtime I take Valerian magnesium and calcium prior to bedtime about an hour .I sleep about an Hour and wake up | M | 54 | 1 years 10-40 | 2/5/2015 | 3 | allergic reaction | Only side effect was drowsiness. | Only side effect was drowsiness which was welcomed bc I had a severe allergic reaction and had itchy hives all over my body. I hadnt slept in two days so being able to sleep was great. I took a ton of benadryl and it did nothing. This made a huge difference in my hives and itchiness after just one dose. I will definitely ask for this by name next time I have an allergic reaction | F | 27 | 1 days 50mg | 1/20/2015 | 2 | Anxiety/insomnia | I tossed & turned the entire night & soaked my sheets in sweat. Finally stopped it & got 6hrs sleep & no sweat. | F | 35 | 1 weeks 25mg | 1/16/2015 | 2 | Anxiety, insomnia | Made me feel like everything was in slow mode, complete blank head thoughts, kept me awake | Didn't make me sleep it made me toss and turn, woke up eyes hurt so bad and headache, also a lot of cold chills | M | 21 | 1 days 50mg | 11/21/2014 | 3 | anxiety | At first it would help like the first two weeks if I felt anxious or nauseous it would with in ten twenty minutes subside. After a while though I'd feel tired for about ten minutes it would only intensify my anxiety or nausea. But I talked to my doctor he upped my dosage and it continued to help and has yet to intensify any problems. | F | 22 | 1 months 50 mg | 10/11/2014 |