| Key to ratings for flexeril: 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. |
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| 1 | Back pain and muscle spasms | After two days I was so irritable and mean to my husband and kids and realized today, it was because of this medication. It also gave me a very rapid heartbeat and such drowsiness that I felt lethargic and even high. It helped the pain but after looking to see of my symptoms were a figment of my imagination and now seeing that so many suffer from these horrible side effects, it is not worth it to me to continue. I have also felt groggy all day, worthless and sleeping 14 plus hours at a time but feeling the same when I awoke. BAD BAD DRUG!!! | F | 39 | 4 days | 11/3/2009 | 4 | accident | dry mouth | F | 53 | 3 weeks | 10/23/2009 | 3 | muscle spasms/stiffness | nothing of concern until drug started to wear off (withdrawal effects) dizziness. drowziness. blurred vision. feeling weak/faint. | did help briefly for muscle spasms/stiffness, helped me temporarily to get some sleep as well. recommended for short term use (2 weeks or less). | F | 40 | 1 weeks | 10/5/2009 | 1 | Severe neck and back injury | DEPRESSION, morning fog, irritability, and frequent urination during the night (after years of taking but has gone away now that I am off it a couple years). My mood and irritability levels are much much better after being off it even without the sleep. | I took this medication for 10 years (5-10 mg before bed) to help me sleep following a neck injury and couple surgeries. I had a terrible time sleeping and it did help me sleep, however it has made me much more of a nervous person than I was before. See my other side effects listed. For these reasons I cannot recommend it. However, to-date I have not been able to find something to help me sleep with my neck pain. Nothing else has worked and I live on 3-5 hours a night. I should also mention that I take no other prescriptions and only took narcotics immediately after surgery. That is a road you should avoid at all costs. | M | 46 | 10 years | 10/3/2009 | 1 | tmj, neck pain | Extreme low blood pressure, extreme lethargy | I took one before bed and could not get up the entire next day. I do have lower blood pressure normally but this was pretty rough. I won't take it again. | F | 35 | 1 days | 10/1/2009 | 1 | my husband was taking for back pain | my husban commited suicide while taking flexeril | M | 43 | 0 days | 9/29/2009 | 3 | spasms caused from spondolythesis | drowsy | It seems to work all though briefly | F | 35 | 3 months | 8/31/2009 | 1 | FMS | Vivid dreams and nightmares, suicidality, awful, PTSD symptoms, loss of balance, unable to function for the foggy thinking, unable to drive to work, paranoia, shame, rumination., hate the world, insomnia. Brief relief from pain but not worth it. | Horrible drug -- beware. | F | 38 | 14 days | 8/14/2009 | 4 | back injury- 10 mg at night | drowsyness in the morning if I took it after 9 pm | Helped my muscle spasms and TMJ a lot post back injury. I got used to the drowsyness after a few weeks- I was even able to take 5 mg while at work. If I couldnt get in for a massage often enough, I would take some during the day. Never had any other side effects. | F | 30 | 1 years | 7/28/2009 | 2 | neck muscle sprain | tired, sleepy all day after waking, brief shortness with other people, overall rundown feeling the day after taking at bedtime | i may one of the lower percentage people effected this drastic, but my side effects tell me the drug needs to be looked at closely. | M | 42 | 2 days | 7/22/2009 | 1 | bulging discs | suicidal and homicidal thoughts, severe rage and anger, depression, uncontrollable crying, lack of motivation and self-control, insomnia, incessant memory "replay" ex: re-living horrible past events that were traumatic - unable to stop or control these thoughts, short-term memory loss, confusion, lack of focus and concentration, dizzyness/lightheadedness, dry mouth, constipation, unable to urinate | The only good thing about this drug is that it did alleviate the pain and stiffness in my back. However, the potential side-effects of this drug need to be seriously re-evaluated by the FDA. The current listed side-effects of this drug paint a very unrealistic picture of what could possibly happen to you if you take Flexeril. THIS DRUG HAS SERIOUS SIDE-EFFECTS IN SOME PEOPLE - ON THE LEVEL OF CHILDREN/TEENS TAKING PROZAC - YET THERE ARE NO WARNINGS ABOUT IT. In my opinion, this drug should NOT be taken by anyone with EITHER a history OR current diagnosis of bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety or PTSD. I am seriously considering filing a lawsuit against the manufacturers of this drug because of the lack of disclosure of the potentially LIFE-THREATING side effects. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SOMEONE KILLED THEMSELVES OR KILLED/HARMED OTHERS WHILE ON THIS MEDICATION!!! This drug nearly destroyed my life and my marriage. Thanks to this website, I have come to the conclusion that Flexeril is the cause of my violent outbursts, suicidal thoughts and feelings of worthlessness. Today is the first day that I did not take it and I am terrified of the withdrawal symptoms and the return of my back pain - but NOTHING is worth losing your life or family for. I would rather be sane with back pain than suicidal and pain-free. I will never, EVER, take Flexeril again. | M | 30 | 1 months | 7/21/2009 | 2 | Back Pain | 20mg--Extremely agitated; severe hypersomnia; rapid heartbeat; slight depression | would not suggest this drug to anyone at any higher dosage than 5 MAYBE 10mg. | M | 20 | 1 times | 7/16/2009 | 1 | back spasms | depersonolization, derealization, insomnia, stupor, rapid heartbeat, seizures, panic attacks and its still going on.. could not sleep for 3+ days all from ONE 10 mg dose. | The FDA must be sadistic to allow something which has so many bizarre awful side effects to be available . xanax withdrawal is calm compared to the sheer delirious terror of this garbage. i have read reviews of people suffering for months, or permanently debilitated with health problems. Stay far far away, there are many other options. | M | 26 | 1 days | 7/11/2009 | 1 | muscle spasm | emotional instability, severe dry mouth, insomnia | pain relief was minor at best and range of motion without pain was not increased. I would not recommend this drug at all. | F | 40 | 1 days | 7/1/2009 | 3 | Fibromyalgia pain / help sleep | I took 10mg at night to help sleep. Very groggy in the mornings, hangover, and just feeling stoned throughout the day, though some of this may be due to the fatigue from fibro, but it just makes it worse. While on it, I notice that my hair was falling out, not severe, but noticeable. Takes forever to wake up in the mornings. Didn't work on my fibro pain at all. | It did help me to fall asleep and stay asleep all night, but the fatigue and hangover feeling in the morning was godawful. It did'nt help with the fibro pain at all. I went to see my psychiatrist and he said for me to use restoril instead. I cleared it with my rheumy and he said that was fine. I am now starting restoril and will see how it works for me. | M | 14 | 2 months | 6/10/2009 | 5 | Tension headaches | dry mouth, some drowsiness | I get chronic tension headaches due to an old neck injury. Flexeril is the only med for me that stops the headache from occurring. I take one 5mg pill in the morning so that I won't get a headache. It did cause drowsiness at first, but that is no longer an issue. I think my body just got used to it. | 41 | 1.5 years | 6/9/2009 | 4 | Muscel Spasms Back Pain | Very little drowsiness,not much | I really do well on this drug, it all ways amazes me how drugs effect people differnet. It has helped me alot with muscel pain.I stoped for two days and really notied the differance. At least for me I'll continue taking it. | M | 53 | 6 months | 6/3/2009 | 4 | bulging lumbar discs (back spasms) | 5mg: none. 10mg: very drowsy 2 hours after taking it. Slept 11 hours and woke up with a headache and slightly dizzy. | Far more effective in helping with my back pain than painkillers. | F | 27 | 5/30/2009 | 1 | post cervical surgery | lethargic, sleepy & drymouth | First & only time taking flexeril. Took at bedtime to relax muscles in order to get a good nights sleep. Unfortunately, it affected the entire next day as well. | F | 54 | 1 days | 5/4/2009 | 1 | hip and leg pain | Took flexeril for 5 days. The first evening I took it, I slept like a log. For the following days I had insomnia/waking up several times during the night. In the morning I felt like I had a hangover and was extemely tired for most of the day. I was lethargic, had bloating, stomach cramps, swelling of my feet and ankles, constipation, vertigo, hot flashes, and on the fifth day, severe spasms in my feet and ankles that traveled up one leg. | This medication now resides in the trash. I never had so many side effects from one drug. | F | 64 | 5 days | 4/29/2009 | 1 | Strained neck muscle | Cloudy vision, depression, bouts of rage for no reason, headache, breif thoughts of suicide | took 10 mg one night. It made me very sleepy which was good. Didn't seem to help my muscle spasm. Maybe it would have helped had I kept takng it. But this med messed with my head big time. I thought I was going to die at one point. Lost my temper on my wife and small child, thought there was smoke in the house because of clouded vision, the list goes on....this all happened the day after I took my first and only dose. BAD STUFF!! | M | 33 | 1 days | 4/6/2009 | 1 | TMJ and neck pain/spasms | Severe anxiety and depression. Couldn't stop crying. Noises were louder, dreams turned into nightmares, the pain became unbearable, and it made my muscle spasms worse! | My doctor didn't warn me that this "muscle relaxant" shouldn't be taken with SSRIs(I take Zoloft)as it can cause Serotonin Syndrome. I felt very agitated when I took Flexeril. It felt like a bad drug trip and I was scared that I might do something desperate. Take this drug off the market! | F | 40 | 3 days | 4/5/2009 | 1 | TMJ | depression, agitated,cloudy head, unmotivated, anxiety, and hard stools. | I would not take this drug ever again. Too many emotional side effects, it's not worth it. | F | 28 | 3 days | 3/28/2009 | 4 | back spasm | Slight drowsiness (but not nearly as much as results from anti-histamines). Very slight loss of balance when standing or walking, but nothing serious. TAKE IT WITH FOOD to lessen the side effects. | M | 49 | 4 days | 3/16/2009 | 1 | chronic neck muscle pain/spasms | Foggy. Like I was living in a dream. No concentration. Sleepy. | Only mild relief. The zombie feeling was so awful that I stopped taking it after two days. I drove past my driveway without realizing it. Felt "lost" all day. Made dumb mistakes at work, looked incompetent. Amrix is a little better, less foggy but still some. Amrix is Flexeril Controlled Release. | F | 32 | 2 days | 3/6/2009 | 4 | Muscle Spasms | I've been taking Flexeril off and on for years with no side effects. | F | 27 | 5 years | 2/27/2009 | 5 | Neck pain, muscle spasms | Drowsiness. Increased sex drive. Works well for my muscle pain. | I take 1 to 2 pills a day depending on my pain level. I love it. I have an increased sex drive on it---go figure. Maybe because I am not so uptight while taking it. I am used to the drowsy feeling so I can work through it. Wonderful sleep aid. As long as you get enough sleep you do not have a hang over the next day. | F | 41 | 7 months | 2/13/2009 | 2 | Depression, negative thinking, bad mood, enlarged pores. | Slept great and helped with pain, but the next day I was SO depressed and negative I couldn't stand it. | F | 42 | 5 days | 2/1/2009 | 5 | TMJ and related neckpain | a little drowsy at first | MY miracle! I was in so much pain with my TMJ and headaches stiff neck and jaw my head literally felt like it was ggonna explode from all the pressure. i take it every night, the first morning i already felt the difference, and with a nightgaurd and physical therapy i am finally almost pain free! its awesome | F | 17 | 5 months | 1/30/2009 | 1 | fibromyalgia pain and insomnia | Anxiety, increased depression, hangover in the morning, dry mouth, constipation, HAIR LOSS!, and I can go on and on. | I asked to go on this drug as the lesser of the evils for treatment of fibromyalgia. HAH. My hair has been falling out and no one seemed to understand why -- how about one of the "uncommom" side effects of this drug from HELL that I just found in a google search! Shame on my doctor for not knowing this, I plan on finding another doctor. My anger level has increased and my energy level dropped. I would get so anxious in the morning after the crazy drugged sleep I needed a Xanax! I didn't know if I was having palpitations or anxiety. Plus for someone who is vain with fine hair, unexplained, unexpected hair loss is just the icing on this cake of poison called Flexeril. Yes, the horrific pain of the fibro is back, but the insanity of the drug isn't worth whatever little bit of help it may have given me. STAY AWAY! | F | 53 | 9 months | 1/28/2009 | 3 | Back Spasms and Pain | Flexeril has a eurphoric component and rather dulls ones mind. The very worst aspect of this medication is the psychological effects it had on me. For 6 months I was very irritable and no idea why, until I stopped Flexeril and that irritable, kind of angry feeling totally disippated within 2 days. | Excellent for back spasms if the irritability side effect is one you do not suffer. | M | 67 | 180 days | 1/16/2009 | 3 | Back Spasms | I felt kind of lightheaded, like a high kind of feeling, and a little drowsy but not bad | It helped with the pain I was feeling and I take it when I do experience pain, sometimes it helps a lot sometimes a little. | F | 22 | 1.5 months | 1/12/2009 | 1 | Shoulder and middle back pain | Although it relieved the pain and I slept for several hours, I could barely get up to use the bathroom. I was very tired and groggy the next day and started experiencing palpitations. After 3 days I had an episode of atrial fibrillation which lasted about 4 hours. I was ready to go to the ER. I had not had an episode for over a year so I attribute it to the Flexeril. | Relieved the pain I won't take any again. | F | 58 | 1 days | 1/10/2009 | 1 | Neck pain - collapsed disk | numb feel all over body - loss of erection | M | 44 | 13 days | 12/23/2008 | 2 | Fibromyalgia- Muscle Pain | Exacerbated Vasovagal Syncope. Near Collapse. Increased Heart Rate. | I was taking this off and on to sleep at night for my fibromyalgia pain. It did help me sleep, but after several months of doing this I noticed that taking it correlated with severe vasovagal syncope episodes where I would collapse and drop my BP. It is one of the side effects and none of my doctors ( even the cardiologist) put 2 and 2 together. Be Extremely careful with this if you have heart/blood pressure issues! | F | 48 | 4 months | 12/20/2008 | 3 | Lower Back pain | Drowsy,a little agitated. | I dont know if its really helping my lower back pain, i usually take it at night, and i dont feel it working or feel any different. It feels like it doesnt kick in until after i eat, usually about a half hour later im passed out, i was wondering if that happens to anyone else?! | M | 22 | 4 days | 12/10/2008 | 5 | Bulging Discs, D.D.D., Arthritis | Sleep through the night, wake up able to move without pain | I have read a lot of the comments posted and it seems that most people that listed depression as a side effect had problem with it before. Ever think it is your condition causing the depression and not the flexeril? Back pain is cause enough. I take 5mg. every night and notice a difference if I miss a dose. They are not habit forming like hydrocodones, etc... It helps me to lower my pain med doses. | F | 25 | 3 years | 12/9/2008 | 1 | Muscle pain/spasms | I took this medication for three days, it was a nightmare. Upon taking: Relaxed, comfortable and no pain; 2 hours later (after eating): Couldn't breathe or catch my breath, mind couldn't stay focused, paranoia, seeing things that weren't there, not at all lucid, tightness in chest, tiny pupils, nausea, tight muscles, EXTREME vertigo, dizziness and blurred vision; 4 hours after taking: VERY rapid heart beat, tired but could NOT sleep, anxiety, confusion, couldn't drive because I was too dizzy, couldn't catch my breath. It was TERRIBLE. I'd rather experience pain than the not being able to breathe and the feeling that I was going to have a heart attak or a stroke! The following morning: I woke with the WORST HANGOVER I'D EVER HAD IN MY LIFE AND I DIDN'T EVEN DRINK!! I had a SEVERE headache, blurred vision, vertigo, couldn't walk straight, severely swollen lips, face, hands and feet plus a nose bleed. (Nose bleed!?) I drank tea, soda and water; anything I could to rehydrate myself. Too | Please do not take this medication. I drove my fiance insane for the past 4 days, researching over this past weekend this and other medications I am taking trying to find out whether or not I was going to DIE. Turns out, it's the Flexeril according to the doctor and about 20 websites. It is NOT the others I am taking, it's the Flexeril. For the love of God, please do not take this medicine. Take anything but. ****** LET MY WASTED TIME AND LESSONS LEARNED BE YOUR GODSEND. IF YOU TAKE THIS MEDICATION: YOU WILL SEE THINGS THAT AREN'T THERE. PEOPLE WILL THINK YOU ARE CRAZY. YOU WILL THINK YOU'RE CRAZY! YOU WILL HAVE TERRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS. YOUR EYES WILL GLAZE OVER AND YOU WILL BE DEPRESSED, PARANOID; ACT LIKE YOU'RE ON SOME PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG. IF I'D GONE TO THE LOCAL REHAB, THEY'D HAVE SURELY ADMITTED ME. THIS IS NOT A FUN EXPERIENCE. YOU WILL THINK YOU'RE HAVING A HEART ATTACK OR A STROKE. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE A CAR. PLEASE, PLEASE BE CAREFUL! ****** | F | 34 | 3 days | 12/8/2008 | 4 | herniated discs in neck | little trouble waking up...i use it to lower my intake of addictave painkillers. it helps me sleep though the nite pain free. i have lowered my 15mg oxycodone intake to 6 per day and do not run ut early anymore. | i like it at bed time only. i drive for a living and it lets me sleep through the nite pain free on half of a 10mg tab. i restart my day with one tylonol and a 15mg oxycodone, then take them thoughout the day. i do not run low on meds anymore for the last couple months. | M | 48 | 2 months | 11/25/2008 | 5 | Chronic L3-L4 break recy 2 yr past | None - a bit sedate, relaxed | Much better and safer than quasi-narcotics like Ultram and oxycontin-basednarcs. Very useful. | M | 4 weeks | 11/23/2008 | 2 | hurt arm after accident | it made my urine very thick almost in tears when i had to pee | by far the most dumbest drug i have ever taken. I have been on this drug for a month for back spasms, and it doesnt even help. i wake up in the morning very tired and cranky and i can't go on with my day. doctor gave me ultram and it dramatically helped me | F | 31 | 1 months | 11/21/2008 | 1 | TMJ | Took one 10MG pill last night. I woke up in the morning from a crazy real dream to find my leg was numb. Had 4 cups of coffee to wake up and then I thought my heart was going to explode. Tried to work, but had to leave early. Kept thinking that it was pointless to work and to do anythng. Especially since I believed that every phone call was going to be my boss about to fire me. Seriously contemplated killing myself. It has been 24 hours and I think it is starting to wear off. Heart is still racing. | Have a history of depression and never did I feel this bad. | M | 38 | 1 days | 11/15/2008 | 1 | back trauma (auto accident) | It put me to sleep with the pain med combo but the 2nd night it kept me up and made me feel anxious and couldnt sleep. Dr upped my dosage from 5mg to 10mg to try for better results and it messed my head up SO BADLY! I woke up feeling fine but hours after my dosage wore off i wanted to fight someone, get beat up, kill myself and couldnt get out of my mood. | I dont reccommend using this unless you feel like you're giving birth through your back or whatever it is that hurts. Stay away. | M | 21 | 1 weeks | 10/31/2008 | 4 | Bulging cervical discs w/spasms | Took 10 mg about 8 pm- I was knocked out by 10! Briefly woke up between 11 and 12 when other family members went to bed. I remember yelling at them to be quiet. The was out until 9 am. When I got up felt like a hangover- tired and felt emotionally unstable- a little depressed and weird. The spasms and major pain had subsided. This was the first night I had been able to sleep laying down in 4 days! Went back to bed slept another 2 hours-got up felt a little better. Now a full 24 hours later I feel mentally normal and with a pain now controlled by tylenol/cod. | This is a very powerful drug. I am not taking any more since the single dose gave me much needed relief. Funky side effects- I could see being really depressed and suicidal on this stuff if taken longer. It did what I needed it to do, would use it again under extreme circumstances knowing that you had better devote 24 hours to being out of it. | F | 46 | 1 days | 10/4/2008 | 2 | Muscle spasms in shoulders | abdominal pain; addictive | I have been having severe abdominal pain and couldn't pinpoint the reason. Then I linked the start of the medication with the pain. I have stopped taking it and the abdominal pain has ceased as well; but now the muscle spasms are back. This worked great for sleeping and relaxing my muscles, but the abdominal pain was too intense. I can easily see how this can be addictive. | F | 32 | 6 months | 10/3/2008 | 5 | Post Partum Back Pains | Slight drowsiness, possible drastic mood swing in the evening. | When I took this medication, my severe back pain melted away in about 45 minutes. Later that day, I decided to take a nap, and I slept for a full seven hours, which I haven't done since the baby was born! I woke up refreshed and happy. I took another one today, and the pain that I felt 'coming on' is gone. How wonderful! My husband wanted to blame a mood swing on this drug...but I don't know if it was just me or the drug! | F | 22 | 2 days | 9/25/2008 | 4 | neck pain (Pinched nerve) | First night, very calm. I slept very soundly and it helped with the pain. After that, I had insomnia for two nights. Now I have stopped it. Also dry mouth | F | 44 | 7 days | 9/25/2008 | 4 | herniated discs in neck | None | I have been taking this drug for four years with no side effects. I still have neck pain but when I stop taking it, I have horrible muscle spasms in my neck and shoulder area. | F | 46 | 4 years | 9/24/2008 | 4 | Constipation, Light headedness | Great drug! | M | 39 | 4 days | 9/21/2008 | 1 | neck and back pain | Depression, emotional, anxiety, confusion, slow mental thinking, unmotivated | I have been an emotional wreck since I took this drug. I cry at the drop of a hat. Also, I feel very unmotivated and can't bring myself to get things done. I've have had my depression and anxiety under control until I took flexeril. For the first time, I have had thoughts of suicide. I am still waiting for the side effects have yet to wear off completely. | F | 39 | 1 months | 9/15/2008 | 4 | unexplained midback pain with spasm | Drowsiness at first. Extremely hard stools, difficult to pass. | I am taking the extended release version of flexaril called Amrix 15 mg. I have had terrible mid back pains for two years, and taking flexaril/amrix have made sudden flare ups disappear. i have noticed though that my stools are extremely hard and painful to pass, and the medication is the only change in lifestyle that could explain this symptom. | F | 27 | 2 months | 9/12/2008 | 3 | pinched nerve muscle spasm | Vivid dreams, dry mouth, disturbed sleep, disconnected, depressed, depressed, depressed, uncontrollable crying | helped the muscle spasm, side effects are bad glad i read comments of others on this site, thought i was going crazy | F | 30 | 3 days | 9/6/2008 | 2 | Leg achiness caused by MS | This drug really helped out relieving the aching in my left leg. I had been sleeping with my leg elevated to help with the discomfort, but did not really need any elevation after taking Flexeril. The BIG ISSUE/side effect with me was the EXTREME sleepiness/drowsiness this drug caused: I took only one 5mg dose at night and got a very good night's sleep, but while watching TV at about 10:30am the next day I just could not stay awake -- I dozed off and on for about an hour before finally going back to bed and took about a 2 hour nap. I felt better after sleeping, but began to feel very fatigued again by early afternoon, whereupon I took another nap! This is extremely unusual for me; even with my MS I am a "morning" person; I am usually very awake and alert until about 2-3pm when my daily fatigue usually sets in. The other morning after I took another 5mg dose I was grocery shopping and was again very fatigured -- I felt like a zombie in the store, barely able to concentrat | M | 53 | 2 days | 9/2/2008 | 1 | upper back and neck pain - whiplash | anxiety, ringing in the head, headache, depression, constipation, foggy all day, poor sleep. Took 1 10mg at night only. | I've been off Flexeril for 6 days, and I feel lousy, waking up after sleeping for only a few hours, and can't fall back asleep. Feeling very dizzy/nausea, bad headache. | F | 47 | 7 months | 8/21/2008 | 1 | Neck pain | disturbed sleep,bad dreams, too drowsy to work | M | 42 | 3 days | 8/5/2008 | 5 | TMJ and chronic neck pain | sleepiness (a welcome side effect) | I have lived in chronic pain from my TMJ for as long as I can remember, and I can't take pain medication on a regular basis, as it causes rebound headaches. This medicine (10 mg) allows me to sleep peacefully at night, while relaxing my jaw and neck muscles. Without it, I would be in pain 24/7. | F | 26 | 1 months | 7/30/2008 | 3 | muscle spasms | short duration relief, helps with sleep, does not fix problem | F | 57 | 1.5 years | 7/29/2008 | 3 | Lower back pain | Drowsiness, bad taste in mouth, dry tongue and it always feels like bugs are crawling on my body; but nothings there | It does help the pain / spasms. But I think it could do better or something else is better | F | 38 | 60 days | 7/24/2008 | 1 | tightness in my back | It made me sleepy the first couple of times I took it,felt a little relief,but it's starting to drive me crazy. | I wouldn't recommmend it | M | 30 | 5 days | 6/14/2008 | 1 | back pain | slow thinking process/itchy drugged up feeling face | This medication made me feel drugged up. My thinking process was slowed, my body movements were slowed, my speech slurred. My face was also really itchy, and in a drugged up fashion I would try to itch it by stretching out my mouth as apposed to scratching it. I think maybe I was alergic to this? I stopped taking it because these wierd side effects were to much for me to handle. | F | 32 | 3 days | 6/12/2008 | 1 | Muscle Spasms from pinched nerve | Hullucinations | I have a bulged disc in my neck causing a sharp muscle spasm behind my right shoulder blade. 10mg Dose 3 X a day. Seamed to work controling muscle spasms. Then after a week I noticed very clear and vivid dreams. The symptoms progressed over time. Started having hullucinations when I went to bed even with my eyes open if the room was dark. Could see people like in another world. If I partly closed my eyes the visuals would get more vivid sort of like ghosts floating around. Very strange but I didn't freak out and didn't get paranoid from it. Didn't hear voices. This progressed over time. I sleep with a fan blowing on me at night, and when I would get into bed when it was dark enough, the fan blowing looked like it was blowing snow around the room and I could see the air currents. I held my arm up and I could see like the sweat and heat rising from my arm and swirl around with the air currents that looked like snow. As the currents blew around I would use my breath and blow | M | 43 | 3 weeks | 6/11/2008 | 5 | arthritis in my spine | maybe dry mouth for a day or two | I love this medication. Before I was prescibed this my back was so tight I could barely move and it wa radiating heat. Now, no problems. Every once in a while my back gets tight when working out but i just stretch and Im fine. I LOVE IT | F | 25 | 2 weeks | 6/6/2008 | 4 | Shoulder tendonitus | Extreme drowsiness/sedation. | I took this back in 2001 for tendonitus in one shoulder. I had lost part of my range of motion. I don't remember the dosage or how long I took it, but I think it was about 2 weeks. What I DO remember so well is that it practically knocked me out. I don't know if it was from Flexeril alone, or in combination with the Naprosyn and Tylenol w/codeine I was also prescribed. Anyway, I could only take it at night. Even watching TV took effort, since I was so doped up. All this medication was necessary to make the exercises I had to do more bearable. Without them, the pain was excruciating, and sometimes even after taking it, it was still painful. But I had to do the exercises to get my mobility back. Physical therapy was also painful. This medication seemed to relax my muscles alright, but it also relaxed my brain too much! | F | 46 | 2 weeks | 5/24/2008 | 1 | lower back and neck pain | made me very tired and I think it is addictive, much worse than carisoprodol | it didn't help to relax the pain and in the long run it made my condiition much, much worse; I was supposed to take it three times a day; the doctor was too narrow minded to change it although it was obvious that it didn't do any good | F | 61 | 1 years | 5/20/2008 | 1 | Neck pain | Drowsiness, slight nausea, headache | I tried this a few years ago. My doctor prescribed 10mg 3X a day. I took one in the morning and turned into a non-functional zombie. I tried it again recently, taking it before bedtime. It did not help my neck pain, and I felt tired and depressed for two or three days. This is one nasty, horrible drug which seems to have very negative affects on most people. | M | 61 | 1 days | 4/14/2008 | 4 | back pain, headaches | This medicine did help me..it does totally relax muscles. | I have two complaints though. A: To me it takes too long to "kick in". When I am hurting, I need relief quickly. Which leads me to B: Buddy, when it does "kick in" you own it for about 24 hours. This stuff sticks with you. If you work in any kind of field where precision and alertness are important to you i would recommend avoiding this particular drug. It may work...but isnt practical for those of us living in the real world. | F | 39 | 4/9/2008 | 5 | pulled muscle in my neck/L shoulder | Dry mouth but that's about it as far as negatives are concerned. My metabolism seems slower but I think that's bc of the Alleve. Sometimes it makes me sleepy but if I drink it with coffee during the day, I'm fine. At night, I don't usually take it until an hour or so before bed. It does relax everything and that can be a positive or a negative. | I've taken this for several years since I first injured my neck area in 2003. My physical therapist said it will continue to happen from time to time and I seem to re-hurt the area every 6 months or so. I take the Flexeril,along with Alleve for a week or two depending upon the severity. | M | 33 | 5 years | 3/27/2008 | 5 | back spasm | NONE. I have only used the 5 mg Flexeril. | I can't imagine what would happen WITHOUT Flexeril! My back spasms, if not caught early (I can feel them "coming on"), are debilitating, I cannot move at all, not even my head or neck, the pain is so bad even from slight movements due to breathing. My first spasm, I didn't know what was happening and started crying, I thought it was really serious and that I was disabled, a back injury or something. Now, I have learned what triggers my back spasms (upper back between the spine and shoulder blade, running up and down next to my spine) and I can prevent most of them through hydration, stretches, and avoiding physical triggers such as carrying a very heavy backpack. I keep the Flexeril for occasional use when the spasms get bad and don't respond to stretching, hydration, and other techniques. Luckily I do not get any side effects. For those people who have experienced mild side effects, try the 5mg dose (I've never tried the 10mg, the 5mg works fine for my back spasms). I ca | F | 29 | 2 years | 3/3/2008 | 1 | Chronic neck/skull base pain | Bad depression | As I was increasing my dosage of this med, suddenly (on Nov 10) I developed bad depression. Over the course of a couple weeks I was very withdrawn, sad, thinking one sad or negative thought after the other, wanted to die, etc. Just a terrible time. Then it occurred to me it might be the Flexeril. Stopped taking it, and depression gradually went away to almost nothing. This drug was evil for me. Works for some, though. I have a sister who liked it. | M | 52 | 1 months | 3/3/2008 | 1 | neck pain/headaches after car crash | --completely knocked out first night and racing heartbeat/anxiety following nights --headaches worse or same after taking --and I was only taking 5mg once a day, at night | I would not take this again. | F | 37 | 4 days | 2/29/2008 | 3 | TMJ, Herniated Disk, Neck Pain | Very tired, anxiety, dry mouth, awoke in the morning panicky, pain lessened from back and neck, dizziness, i am an engineer and i could not concentrate on my work, panic attacks, nausea from anxiety | It helped me initially to get some sleep but i feel over time it has hurt my social and professional life. | M | 30 | 3 months | 2/26/2008 | 2 | dunno | unexpected hard-on loss.....Guy's need I say more?? | M | 35 | 5 days | 2/22/2008 | 4 | Lupus, Fibro, RA body pain | racing heartbeat, seeing things | The side effects I described took about 5 months to subside but finally did. Now I only occasionally have to deal with either. And the side effect of seeing things... it was like seeing a bug crawling near me so that I'd jump a little, but wasn't terrified. Just startled. Not really that bad, and obviously not bad enough to stop taking it. Also, the side effects were drastically reduced just going from taking 10mgs to 5mgs instead. I now take 5mgs with Lorcet 10/650 3x a day every day. | F | 30 | 1 years | 2/8/2008 | 4 | Degenerative disc/lower back pain | sleepiness | I haven't had any bad side effects. It does make me drowsy, which helps me sleep, but it has helped the pain. | F | 40 | 3 weeks | 1/30/2008 | 1 | back muscle pain | confusion, hard to focus or concentrate, very slow in thinking and speaking, had a hard time finishing a sentence or writing an email, one night it knocked me out and the next night I had insomnia. | Flexeril relieved my muscle spasm the first night but it also knocked me out cold. I could not open my eyes. Within 3 days, I was having a hard time thinking, concentrating, putting 2 and 2 together. I felt confused, disoriented. I felt like everything was in slow motion. I would start to panic because I could not seem to shake the feeling. I had to try and work and focus and I could not make that happen. Was reading my sentences over and over again and they would not make sense, my spelling was horrible. Too scary for me to consider again. | F | 35 | 4 days | 1/28/2008 | 1 | back pain | paranoia,nervous,anxiety,depression | Wow! What a trip~! U all shuld have been there!(or was that u all?) I thought everyone in Starbucks was a zombie,and the lady asking me for my money was talking in rhymes and riddles that i had to figure out...I thought i passed her test when she smiled and took my money,but the customer zombies were not happy with that at ALL!!! They were like drooling meat hungry(mine!)maniacs just waiting for me to get to the end of the counter to get my latte! I tried to act like i didnt know that they were zombies form hell,and just stood there smiling at the brownies,and i guess it worked,because i casually walked down the isle whistling a happy tune,and they let me pass!!! "sheww!!"~stay off this stuff,!acid has a better chance of a good trip! what a zombie nightmare!!! | M | 37 | 2 days | 1/21/2008 | 1 | low back pain | Dizziness,Nausea,Vomiting(could not keep water down),Extreme Vertigo(like a bad carnival ride),Strange Breathing,Visual Disturbances,Dry Mouth,Bizarre visions when I closed my eyes(strange images that made me question my sanity. | This 10mg. pill put me on the floor for 56 hours.I felt so horrible that I considered killing myself for the first time in my life.I got really paranoid that I might not return to normal.At one point I could not even move my head without the room spinning.On the third day I put Hydrogen Peroxide 3% in my ears and the vertigo went away.The first day was not as bad as the second day and it subsided on the third. | M | 37 | 1 days | 1/18/2008 | 2 | lower back pain | crawling out of my skin, anxiety, insomnia | Took the first dose and it knocked me out for most of the day and did alleviate the pain. 2nd day of taking it, didn't help with the pain and started to feel anxious and having a hard time sleeping. Also nauseated on the 2nd day of taking it. | 2 days | 1/7/2008 | 2 | Back pain/ Muscle strain | Rapid heart rate, feelings of anxiety, felt like it raised my blood pressure. I woke up feeling as if I ran a marathon in my sleep - not in a good way. Really made me feel more bad than good. | M | 6 days | 12/26/2007 | 4 | Neck pain | sometimes groggy. More prone to extreme anger and rage. | This is the only drug that has consistently released the bunching up of my neck vertebrae, alleviating the excruciating pain of a pinched nerve in my 4th cervical disc. | M | 56 | 5 years | 12/25/2007 | 2 | Sciatica, hernaited lumbar discs | First time I took 5 mg, I was so sleepy that I forgot to take my night time blood pressure med. I started taking half tablet, but although it helped my back pain, I could not sleep at night. I also became dizzy feeling that I blamed on sinus infection. Sorry for other folks, but am glad to see that a side effect is dizziness. | F | 60 | 2 months | 12/22/2007 | 1 | Back Pain | Extremely moody; depressed!; edgy. Stay away from this one! Not worth the bad feelings. | M | 40 | 1 days | 12/7/2007 | 1 | lower back pain | dizziness, vertigo, mental confusion, anxiety, rapid heart palpitations, panic attacks, depression, visual problems. | I do not recommend this drug to anyone with or who has suffered from depression, anxiety or emotional problems like post traumatic stress disorder. The withdrawal effects are very hard on your nervous system. I felt i was going out of my mind, like a bad trip. I was moving in slow motion and could not concentrate, in a deep scary depressed state, making simple decisions became a big challenge, heavy anxiety, visual disturbance and awful vertigo -my head felt like a big balloon in the sky. I took it for 2 days (5mg each) and it was not until 4 days after taking the last dose that i slowly came back to my normal self. I am not taking this drug ever again, it helped me with my back pain but the emotional chaos is not worth it at all, i rather stay with the back pain than go thru that nightmare again. | M | 35 | 2 days | 12/7/2007 | 5 | severe arthritis, chronic Epstien Bar, and chronic pleurisy | I love this medicine! For 18 months of trying all sorts of medicine I was seriously ready to commit suicide I was so tired of being sick. I take 3 10mg flexeril a day. For awhile now I've been taking one in the morning and take the remaining two at the same time in the evening. I have been taking it regularly since December of 2004 in combination with celebrex and 300 mg of neurontin. Although I have since starting using a cane to be able to walk I honestly believe I'm finally on a good combo of medicine. If I miss my celebrex or neurontin I do okay, but if I miss my flexeril I can barely get out of bed. The first week I took it I had some mild drowsiness, but now they don't make me drowsy at all. The only side effect I have it dry month which sort of comes and goes. | F | 31 | 3 years | 11/29/2007 | 3 | Piriformis Spasms due to Bulging L5 | Very bad dry mouth. Bad drowsiness. | Pain was not relieved to my satisfaction. Often had to double the dose. | 17 | 6 months | 11/27/2007 | 2 | carpal tunnel , back pain | Very groggy, feelings of unease. | This was not worth the sleepy side effects.. it was not a pleasant sleepy feeling either. I don't think this drug is addicting, as one does not feel elevated at all by this drug. | F | 31 | 2 weeks | 11/26/2007 | 5 | Cervical Fusion C5-C6 | This drug makes you tired and very irritable 1-3 hours after taking. Makes you want to throttle anyone for just about any reason. Hard to get up the next morning if taken too late in the evening. | Helps tremendously with back and neck spasms. Taken along with a NSAID helps with pain considerably. I take as needed but hesitate because its hard to get up in the morning if taken late in the day and don't want to take it early due to pre-mentioned irritablity. Good for an ultra good night of deep sleep. | M | 32 | 11/21/2007 | 2 | lower back spasms and pain | Anger, Mood Swings, Irritability. Caused me to have severe outbursts with my family! Close to losing my mind! | Flexeril is good for relaxing my muscle spasms, but there are trade offs. If you suffer from any mood disorder, depression, don't take it. It will make you nuts! | F | 38 | 2 weeks | 11/17/2007 | 3 | F | 32 | 33 days | 11/12/2007 | 4 | Chronic Neck Pain | drowsiness, weakness in muscles | can become addictive. it got to the point with me where i had to have 3 a day no matter what. it's very easy to start popping these like m&m's because they're pretty good. i'm on skelaxin now, which is a better approach to my problem. | M | 19 | 2 months | 11/8/2007 | 2 | Neck pain | I thought I was losing my mind. Only took Flexeril at night and am still foggy and feeling terrible at 10:00am next day. Dry mouth, upset stomach, and the pain remains. Never again. | F | 54 | 4 days | 11/1/2007 | 1 | back pain | I took it for three days all total. The first night before bed I took it and was asleep within 1/2 hour. Next day fine, but felt a little out of it, wasn't concerned. Day three. Complete anxiety, felt like I was in a dream..hard to concentrate and wanted to ring my kids' neck for absolutely no reason. Day four, still feeling really weird, wondering if I will ever feel like myself again. Depressed. This website makes me think though, that is just needs to wear off. | Doctor's only repeat what they are taught. You can tell them over and over again that a certain drug causes problems, but if it isn't in the manual, it is certainly in your head. By the way, I don't have any history of major depression or anxiety. | F | 34 | 3 days | 11/1/2007 | 4 | lower back pain | None | I took the medication at 9pm and went to bed at 10pm. I slept as usual, though felt as though muscles were very relaxed and heavy. Woke at 8am feeling like I could have slept more, but was able to get up and begin working with no problem. My back is feeling better. I'm hesitant to take this medication during the day. | F | 28 | 1 days | 10/24/2007 | 1 | very stiff back & neck muscles | Within 3 hours of taking half of a 10 mg tablet I was very anxious, exhausted and irritable. It was impossible to function. I had to lay down. Took the other half 8 hours later (the middle of the night) and woke up the next day severely despressed, crying and in despair. It took 36 hours for all the symptoms to go away. I would not take this drug again or recommend it to any one. | 57 | 1 days | 10/22/2007 | 1 | SI joint dysfunction and sciatica | horrifying experience. extreme paranoia, panicky, suicidal...like the worst acid trip ever. tense, couldn't breathe or talk properly. thoughts jumbled and confused and scary. nothing seemed quite real. seriously felt like a really powerful drug trip gone hellishly wrong. sweating, panting for breath, afraid of everything. thought that everything in my life had just been totally ruined (by what?) and that i had nothing left. kept thinking of suicide as the only way to stop feeling like this. yep, one 10 mg dose made me want to kill myself. nasty drug. | i have a history of well-managed bipolar and anxiety, so four hours after taking my one little pill i was ready to check myself into the er or the psych ward for good. i am finally calming down now thanks to some ativan, but the pain is coming back like a monster. calling it a muscle relaxant is a sick joke. | F | 29 | 1 times | 10/16/2007 | 5 | muscle pain from fibromyalgia | none; was originally prescribed it for strained back muscles, and found that it quite unexpectedly also helped with the chronic fibro pain, so am now on it full-time. have been taking it for several months, 5mg 3x day. it's a godsend. | F | 57 | 8 months | 10/12/2007 | 5 | chronic neck & upper back pain | Slightly dry mouth in the morning for the first week. Drowsiness but that's the point now isn't it. | This is the first medicine in 7 years to give me any relief from chronic back and neck pain (from an injury). Has a pleasantly calming effect but do not feel drugged or incapacitated. Deepest, most satisfying sleep in a decade. Feel generally as alert but wouldn't drive while taking this medication. | F | 36 | 3 months | 10/11/2007 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | rapid heartbeat, insomnia, violent rage, uncontrollable crying, triggering of abusive memories, anxiety, depersonalization, derealization, spacey feeling, difficulty spelling, blurred vision, dizzyness, and vertigo with nausea upon being late for a dose | Do not take if you have PTSD! This drug inhibits the reuptake of norepinephrine, so your neurons "soak" longer in it, and it even induces more to be made. Norepinephrine-encouraging drugs exacerbate PTSD. I'm dropping my dose now, and then I'll stop. I hope the withdrawal isn't horrible. I see what it's doing with my just being late for a dose! | F | 40 | 7 days | 10/3/2007 | 2 | muscle spasms | dry mouth | didn't do anything for me | M | 29 | 2 weeks | 10/2/2007 | 1 | Very nervous and restless. I forgot that this same thing happened 2 years ago when prescribed. I will not take again! | I was told by a pharmacist that all muscle relaxers can have this same side affect. | F | 60 | 1 days | 9/26/2007 |
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