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| 2 | waking too soon, unable to sleep | Sinequan made me so sleepy I was useless for anything the next day. I got up to 75 mg one day and slept almost the whole next day. had been falling asleep with xanax but also waking after a few hours needing more xanax to get back to sleep. Wanted to cut down on xanax, reserve it for daytime anxiety. Tried over the counter sleep meds which worked but made me feel like I was someone else the next day. Trazodone was less zombifying on low doses but it or something else made me start to lose my eyebrows. I was already on a tricyclic (clomipramine) so figured sinequan would be a good companion drug. I am still on it as 25 mg and very groggy but since I was recently on a higher dose I will hang in there for a bit because the half life of this drug is so long 25 mg may affect me less as time passes from the higher dose. | This drug is so sedating it's actually depressing me even though it's an antidepressant. I'm told the excessive sedation will pass but that will take weeks rather than days. I can't accept that and will try to take half a capsule. If that doesn't work I'll quit it, but damnit I want to stop using xanax at night. I'm worried about excessive habituation leading to addiction. | M | 63 | 6 days 25 mg 1X D | 7/5/2010 | 4 | Migraine prevention | Slept great at night (took before bedtime, althought sleepy during the day. light headed upon standing. | This was a GOD SEND for getting rid of my headaches for two years. Almost never had a migraine, I could indulge in wine again, vary from a strict sleep/workout/eat right schedule with no repercussions. however, the headaches slowly crept back after two years and now I am going to try Lamictal. we will see. | F | 28 | 2 years 75 1X D | 6/8/2010 | 4 | Insomnia | Weight gain. Maintained a satisfactory weight until starting this medication. Dieting and exercise are not halting it. Possible short term memory problems but I am currently on five other medications for bipolar disorder. | After trying many medications for insomnia, the combination of Tamazepam and Sinequan are the only effective solutions I have found. This drug was prescribed soley for sleep disruption. | M | 45 | 60 days 50 MG 1X D | 4/6/2010 | 5 | anxiety/depression | Some mental fuzziness, but it's getting better. Some water retention and increased appetite, but I also have more energy for exercising! | Sleeping very well, my GERD and anxious tummy is feeling SO much better! Digestion improved, feeling less responsible for fixing the world's problems and am focusing on just solving my own! Panic attacks have STOPPED, and I'm also feeling slightly more social. | F | 42 | 10 days 25 mg 1X D | 4/3/2010 | 1 | anxiety, sleep | amnesia,severe change in emotions and mood. Confusion increase in paranoia to the 10th degree. Amnesia at night was similiar to the ambien affect. I am not sure if this is due to many meds I am on and the combo of doxepin, but I am stopping this tonight. I have just figured this out now. | Be careful with the medication and get right in bed after you take it. I found food in my bed, I called people etc and did not remember and again this was at a small dose. | F | 38 | 8 weeks | 11/1/2009 | 3 | insomnia some very lil anxiety | first two days heavy weakness, some blurred vision and head ache not sure if its from little sleep or the med. | ive had insomnia this passed month and only being able to sleep 3 or 4 hours a day started to make me depressed, so doc. suggested doxepin 25mg, it helps with my mind but as far as sleeping it hasnt helped much, so im hoping it will kick in this next week if not im going to stop taking it and try other methods only because theres no point in taking a medicine that doesnt work. | F | 18 | 6 days | 8/10/2009 | 1 | Severe Insomnia | This medication made me feel extremely Drunk | I went to my doctor on 4/13/09 because my battle with Insomnia is killing me. Try going without sleep for 1 week , you feel horrible. The doctor gave me a prescription for Doxepin 100 mg's 1 or 2 capsules before bed. I took one and 2 hours later felt nothing , so I took a 2nd. Capsule because I'm ready to drop from being exhausted. Oh my heavens , That drugged me so bad , I feel Drunk. I can't think or concentrate on anything. I barely even know where I am or what I'm doing. I did sleep real well last night. Haven't done that in ages. I kept waking up alot and looked at the clock and it was as if time was dragging or not even going by at all. I don't recommed this medication. I would start on the lowest dose if you do try it. Good Luck* | 51 | 1 days | 4/14/2009 | 1 | help sleep due to itch | i was extremely bitchy, it helped me sleep really well but i was very mean to my boyfriend it was so bad i even stopped and went omg i am being rediculous! | F | 20 | 3 days | 2/21/2009 | 1 | for insomnia | panic attacks, very frightening visual changes, tunnel vision, skin crawling sensations | suffered needlessly for months because psychiatrist refused to believe that I was having these side effects and kept insisting only that the dosage needed to be increased | F | 43 | 3 months | 1/8/2009 | 2 | doesn't feel nothing at low dose, but is very dangerous at higher dosage (150mg one shot) | I overdose on 150mg (white and blue pill) and I was sleeping for almost 3 days in a row, I just wake up for going to the bathroom and back to my bed. Never again. Don't estimate the potential of Doxepin, you don't feel maybe nothing at first cuz is a drug need some time to work (at low dose of 15mg) but 150mg one shot be careful. Potential Benzo very quietly. | M | 30 | 3 days | 9/8/2008 | 2 | Anxiety | None | Did absolutely nothing at 75mg | M | 28 | 4 weeks | 5/27/2008 | 4 | Stubborn itch | Drowsiness, dry mouth. Drowsiness okay since I took it at bedtime. The "cotton mouth" though was very miserable. | I took this a few years ago, 25 mg at bedtime to get this itch to settle down. Even though the cause of the itch was treated, the doctor said the nerve endings were still "irritated" and needed to "settle down". The itch was in a VERY uncomfortable place: anal area! (It was caused from yeast! Yes, ladies, you can get overgrowth of yeast in THAT area too, not just vaginal) I took it on a "as needed" basis. It took a awhile to work, but it did. Since it practically knocked me out, I could only take it at bedtime. | F | 46 | 2 months | 5/25/2008 | 3 | Depression and Anxiety | weight gain, dry mouth, headaches, some daytime drowsiness | I began at 20 mg. and I increased the dosage by 10 mg. per week. Currently I am at 225 mg. At first, while I was taking 20 mg. the medication put me to sleep in minutes. Now, I need to take a sleeping pill if want to to fall asleep within an hour. My mood was very good when I reached 150 mg. However, that only lasted for 2 weeks. So now when I increase the dosage by 10 mg. every week, I feel better for about 5 days and then the depression comes back. I will increase my dosage to 300 mg and hope that my improvement will last. The side-effects seem to last for 3 days and then go away with each increase in dosage. This medication seems to help but I think that you have to take a high dosage to see a permanent effect. Most people are better off trying the newer medications. | M | 52 | 7 months | 11/4/2006 | 3 | Depression and Anxiety | weight gain, dry mouth, headaches, some daytime drowsiness | I began at 20 mg. and I increased the dosage by 10 mg. per week. Currently I am at 225 mg. At first, while I was taking 20 mg. the medication put me to sleep in minutes. Now, I need to take a sleeping pill if want to to fall asleep within an hour. My mood was very good when I reached 150 mg. However, that only lasted for 2 weeks. So now when I increase the dosage by 10 mg. every week, I feel better for about 5 days and then the depression comes back. I will increase my dosage to 300 mg and hope that my improvement will last. The side-effects seem to last for 3 days and then go away with each increase in dosage. This medication seems to help but I think that you have to take a high dosage to see a permanent effect. Most people are better off trying the newer medications. | M | 52 | 7 months | 11/4/2006 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety | A little drowsiness. Sleep in more on weekends but I need it. | Helps with anxiety and is a sedative at night helping me get to sleep. | M | 43 | 4 years | 6/20/2006 | 5 | Chronic pain patient helps to sleep | If I miss my night time dosage 25 mg my body knows it and I sleep maybe 3 hours (but very restless). Lack of sleep equals more pain the next day. | Very effective for sleep. Never had a weight gain issue. | F | 46 | 5 years | 4/28/2006 | 1 | PANIC ATTACKS/MANIC DEPRESSION | SERIOUS WEIGHT GAIN ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER UNPLEASANTRIES | NEVER AGAIN. | F | 37 | 4 months | 3/28/2006 | 5 | chronic urticaria | Drowsiness and weight gain | Using Doxepin in combination with Tagament to help subdue hives. Usually works well, but I have had to make the occasional trip to urgent care for a steroid and adreneline shot in addition to the Doxepin. Nothing else works..tried Benedryl, Claritin, Zyrtec, Atarax and steriods. | F | 32 | 4 months | 6/2/2005 | 5 | Anxiety and mild depression | At first, it was difficult to fight the drowsiness and increased cravings for food. But with some time, after having worked my dosage up to 250mg daily, somnolence and increased appetite disappeared. My anxiety subsided markedly and my mood was elevated, as well as my energy levels. | You should give this drug at least a month before you decline it - all uncomfortable side effects disappear and it is, in my opinion, a very potent anxiolytic. | M | 21 | 4 months | 5/17/2005 | 4 | anxiety | dry mouth in the morning, and light-headed upon quick standing | The minor side effects were worth the quality of life I had received since taking 75 mg at night. I was able to enjoy the things I had been missing for years | F | 25 | 6 years | 3/25/2005 | 5 | help sleep due to pain disorder | sleepy | helps me sleep due to a a pain disorder. | F | 36 | 4 years | 11/1/2004 | 4 | Problems with sleeping | None, as long as I take a very tiny amount | Before I took this drug, I would wake up around 2 AM and not be able to go back to sleep. I would just lie there and worry about anything.... If I take 10 or 20 mg at bedtime, I sleep all night and if I wake up to go to the bathroom, I am able to go back to sleep as soon as I get back in bed. It has really helped me a lot with this problem. | F | 61 | 12 years | 4/30/2004 | 4 | mainly sleep problems, some anxiety | May have increased acid reflux; something did. It's hard to say... nothing really major has gone wrong with me since I started it. | It didn't make me drowsy, but after a few weeks I was able to sleep again without waking up so much, so I assume it was the Sinequan. I'm thinking of cutting down or even discontinuing it, though, since there are risks associated with it. | F | 49 | 9 months | 4/23/2004 | 1 | sleep aid | buzzing feeling, didnt wake up til 1045 the next day..took 24hrs to sleep it off. unbalanced and felt drunk...just awful | F | 30 | 1 days | 9/16/2003 | 4 | help with sleep | F | 38 | 5 months | 3/12/2003 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |