There are 246 ratings for the drug: FLEXERIL in the Askapatient database.

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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4	Chronic Tension Headache Neck Pain	Makes you extremely sleepy. Small weight gain (assuming from eating more from feeling less pain)	Take at night and get at least 8 hours of sleep. I get 7 and in the morning it's hard to get up but once I get started I am okay for remainder of day. It has helped my chronic tension headache and neck pain and decreased frequency. I'm okay with this med!	F	31	45 days 10 MG 1X D		7/17/2010 Email
1	Neck Pain, Muscle Spasm	Tiredness, confusion, forgetful, lack of focus, Severe dry mouth, Leg and foot tingling and numbing.	The first few days of this medicine were ok, it seemed to help with the pain, but the third day I started feeling more tired, and dreamy like..I wanted to sleep all the time. I can't. I have children on summer vaca. My mouth felt like someone stuffed cotton in it..I also started experiencing cold leg and foot numbing and tingling..that scared me a great deal. It was my last dose I am taking..flushed the rest of the pills down the toilet. Nothing is worth this. I feel like I can't even concentrate enough to type this. I keep having to correct spelling errors. I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone unless you can take the time during the day to sleep it off. It works great as a sleeping pill.	F	39	3 days 10 3X D		7/12/2010
1	Damaged neck muscles	Occasional dizziness	I am still taking this for damaged muscles in my neck and I have been for 5 years. These pills wear off so quickly or do not work at all. I have taken them up to 5 times a day and they did nothing.	M	20	5 years 10mg 1X AN		7/11/2010
1	neck & shoulder pain	Always tired. Everything was an effort. Finally, recognized lethargy and stopped.	Recommended in combination with tylenol as couldn't use blood thinner. I wouldn't recommend.	M	62	5 months 1X D		7/5/2010
1	Neck pain	Extreme dry mouth, groggy, depressed.	I NEVER take pills, but my neck was in so much pain so I went to the doctor. The first day I took the pill I woke up in a great mood, but felt a little "spacey". Kind of like I was watching myself in third person. The second night, it did absolutely nothing for my neck pain. I also woke up in the most depressed state. I cried for almost an hour. I didn't want to go to work. I do not recommend this medication to anyone.	M	29	2 days 10 MG 1X D		6/25/2010
2	myalgia and myositis	extreme dry mouth, drowsiness	I did not enjoy this. It was the worst case of dry mouth I could imagine having. I was extremely drowsy. I felt like a complete zombie because I just could not get up to be able to do anything. I still suffered in pain after taking it. It barely did anything to help with relaxing my muscles and even though I used it in conjunction with 400mg of ibruprofn every 8 hours, it did nothing to help the pain.	F	26	5 days 10mg 3X D		6/19/2010
1	back pain	Extreme fatigue, 'out of it' feeling, dry mouth, limp muscles.	I will never take Flexeril again. One 10 mg. dose and I feel like a limp noodle...arms dangling at my side and legs that won't hold me up. All I want to do is sleep and then when I finally try, I am not able to. It has been almost 24 hours and I still feel awful. I couldn't work today and cannot go to a planned event this afternoon...I feel stoned and would be afraid to drive. Did nothing for the pain, so all of this is for nothing. Hoping this passes soon...I don't like feeling drugged.	F	50	1 days 10mg 1X D		6/5/2010
5	severe tension headache	Constipation, drug hangover, drowsiness	My problem is chronic pain and muscle tension due to neck/back injury causing severe headaches that last up to 2 weeks. I used to take this drug years ago and noticed that I felt so much better when I was on it. I didn't know but I had an anxiety disorder and I was able to relax when on this med. My dr. changed me to an antidepressant and baclofen for a few years but the baclofen wasn't working very well any more. I am now back on flexeril, in fact I asked to go back on it. I can only take it when I am home, not at work or I can't function. It's best to take at bedtime, at least 12 hours from when you need to be at work or functioning. If less than 12 hrs I only take half of a tablet or I have a drug hangover. Only problem I have with it this time around is constipation. I am only taking this drug occasionally now rather than daily just for when I need my muscles to loosen up to relieve a severe headache.	F	44	1.5 months 10 mg 1X D		6/4/2010
1	Neck Muscle spasm	Nervousness (not able to sit still), extreme depression	I was on Ativan and Valium for a week during a prior extreme spasm. Dr. offered me Flexeril as he said it was "safer". It was prescribed 5 mg three times a day. The first pill didn't touch my pain. After the second dose I was feeling better but I was trying to watch a movie with my boyfriend and just couldn't sit still. Within 12 hours of starting the med, I was feeling very "down". I was withdrawn, didn't feel like speaking, and generally didn't want to be around anyone. I remember thinking I wish the doc had given me valium because at least I would have been drugged and happy! Suicidal thoughts crossed my mind a few times. I will NEVER take this drug again.	F	31	2 days 5 mg 3X D		5/11/2010
1	Pain relief	Drowsiness, extreme restless feet, serious anger, mild depression.	I would never, ever, recommend this medicine.	M	18	1 days 10 4X O		4/17/2010
1	Restless Leg Syndrome Leg Spasms	Total and complete insomnia. Loud, pounding heartbeats. Agitated.	Stopped the calf muscle spasms but I could not sleep - at all. After two nights of absolutely zero sleep, I was wide awake and had more energy than I can ever remember having. My chronic low-back pain even eased up but I seriously need to sleep an entire night and wake up refreshed and rested. Told my Dr. to note in my records to never, ever prescribe this medicine for me. I'm afraid I'm doomed to a life of severe calf muscle spasms from having Restless Leg Syndrome AND Period Leg Movements.	F	51	2 days 10 MG 1X D		4/16/2010
1	herniated disc pressing on a nerve	Have been trying to get off of Flexeril for about a month now. Has anybody else experience withdrawal symptoms? On the nights I dont take it I have severe hot flashes and sweating, nausea and dizziness. This is an awful pill, and I wish I never started taking it. Have been titrating off as my pharmacist advised me to do. So glad to see others are experiencing similar symptoms, especially the extremem mood swings		F	37	3 years 1X D		3/25/2010
1	lower back pain/strained muscle	Extreme depression, anger/rage.	Flexeril worked great for pain but made me crazy. On the ninth day of taking it, I was IN SUCH A RAGE OVER NOTHING, that I took a knife to my forearm. Multiple cuts and stiches to find out that this medication just caused my week long depression. Never again!!!!	F	32	9 days ?? 1X D		3/23/2010
1	pinched nerve	blurred vision, pressure headache, severe depression and anxiety, stoned out of my mind	this drug was awful - these people should be locked up.	F	23	3 days 10mg 2X D		3/7/2010
5	Fibromyalgia/restless legs syndrome	Dry mouth, drowsiness at first. Mid-day sleepiness makes you crave a nap.	I cut back my dosage to one pill an hour before bed but right before my hot shower to further relax. If I take Flexeril during my work day, it's tough to keep my head up off the steering wheel, and that is NOT good as I drive a dump truck for a living. All in all with a little common sense, this drug helped immensely with my spasms and with the torn rotator cuff. It won't cure you by itself, but it will relax you so you can rest your muscles comfortably. I take an Rx 800mg Ibuprofen with it at bedtime for the diffuse pain associated with the muscle problems. With the complications of Fibromyalgia, Restless Legs Syndrome, Systemic Sceroderma, Lupus and Rhumatoid Arthritis it's nice to know I can get 5 or 6 hours good sleep when I take the Flexeril.	F	47	8 years 20mg 3X D		2/28/2010 Email
1	Back pain	OMG i took one and a half pill and i felt extremly aggitated,paranoid, severe anxiety,tremors. Feeling of being poked in my head and body with cold needles. The worst Hours of my life. The effects didn't fully wear off for 24 hours.		F	30	1 days 10mg 1X D		2/25/2010
1	pain,neck and back,muscle spasms	thoughts of suicide,homicide, rage, depession, hopelessness	I have been taking flexeril off and on for at least 5 years. The pharmacy I use gave me a "differant" generic brand a month ago, I was taking them everynight at the time. I became enraged, had suicidal thoughts, cried all the time, cussed my "angel" of a husband (married 36 years) threatened to leave him, angry at the WORLD! I did not take it for a few noghts and woke up"not angry at the world" all of a sudden.It occured to me that just maybe this brand of "generic" might have differant side effects? I researched and found this site. Just about everyone saying the saying the same things I was feeling. I have had problems in the past with "generic drugs" as opposed to brand and I don't care what they say, SOME GENERICS ARE NOT THE SAME AS THE BRAND!!! I have been there , done that more than once. I know they say the"active ingredient is the same, however I did enough research to find out that the "inactive ingr. can cause your body to absorb(thus react) the medication differantly and certainly so, if you are on other medications! I am OFF this Stuff for good, I will deal with not sleeping and the pain before I take this stuff again!!! I would like to know how to contact other people who would like to join me in a Class Action against this DRUG??? The FDA needs to hear from everyone who has taken this also. It is very helpful to them to recieve feedback like this. Just go to FDA.gov to report side effects, they enco	F	55	5 years 1X D		2/23/2010 Email
2	back pain following a car accident	I slept intensely. Maybe the pain was alleviated, but i really wouldn't know because i was zonked out, totally unable to care for my children. It was a very good sleep, though!!	Just I sometimes take it in desperation to ease the pain, but really, I'm just fooling myself, because it knocks me out for quite a long time. Fascinating to hear of others' reactions here. I came here before taking one tonight...I probably will do it and I will watch to see if I notice any depressive feelings. I don't recall feeling that way at all!	F	39	7 months ?? 1X D		2/18/2010
3	Herniated L4 disk with stenosis	The depression I experience after this drug wears off is practically intolerable. I am usually a happy person, but when this stuff wears off, I become extremely depressed: crying, down, thoughts of apathy/killing my career, giving up, etc. I take 5mg up to 3 times per day. It helps me sleep, but I wake up so depressed, I do not want to meet the day. I stopped taking it during the day all together. A bit of caffeine helps me snap out of it, but when it is happening, the emotions feel so real. I am also opiate-intolerant, so this was a last resort for me.		F	28	4 days 2X D		2/9/2010 Email
5	Pinched nerve	The most bothersome was dry mouth and periodic mild depression feelings. First week it made me drowsy, then I adjusted and was fine.	Benefits far outweighed side effects. I was incapacitated by severe muscle spasms, use of flexeril made the spasms diminish and allowed me to get through my day.	F	33	2 months 10 mg 2X D		2/7/2010
2	fibro pain1	feeling drugged up all the time, really sleepy it's all I can do to stay awake and take care of my family and when I do go to sleep it is impossible to wake me up.	I don't take them as prescribed to me because I'm supposed to take 10mg 3x a day. Thats way too much. But when my fibro is really bad I can take it and get some very welcome sleep. But I have to take it when my husband is home so he can care for our children.	F	30	1 years		1/23/2010 Email
4	severe TMJ	very drowsy	relaxes the jaw muscles greatly	F	20	1 years		1/21/2010
1	Lower back muscle spasms	Ridiculously dry mouth and spacey feeling, even 2 days after the last dose. :^(	This was prescribed to me as a muscle relaxant for lower back spasms and, quite honestly, it did nothing for my pain. It did make me sleepy so, I suppose, while I slept I wasn't feeling any pain but it didn't induce a deep sleep or long lasting sleep (took one 10 mg tablet at 10:00am each day, got drowsy and sleepy by noon, slept until 1:00pm) therefore, it was not an effective medication to relieve my lower back pain. The 10 mg tablets were prescribed for 10 days (one table every 8 hours), I only took one tablet a day for 3 days and stopped because the extreme dry mouth and spacey feeling weren't worth it because it didn't relieve my pain. I am really bothered by the fact that it has been two days since I took the last tablet and my mouth is STILL very dry and I am still feeling spacey. Not happy with Flexeril and can't recommend it; I see others here at this site have posted success with it so it must have different effects on different people but, it's not for me.	F	47	3 days		1/20/2010
3		drowsiness, extremely dry mouth	It did help with post-surgery muscle spasms, but the dry mouth is awful and I will try to go without Flexeril. It did not help much with the pain.	F	48	7 days		1/10/2010
1	Back Pain	Serious depression, thoughts of suicide, hysterical crying episodes, extreme sadness, hopelessness, all day fatigue	Awful side effects and it did not even help my back feel any better, so in addition to all the negative side effects I was feeling...my back hurt :o( I'm glad at one point I stopped taking it just because it wasn't helping with my pain. For 3 weeks I did not take it and for the last 2 of those weeks my mood was actually pretty good. I felt good with the exception of my back pain. After doing some heavy house work one weekend I decided to take a flexeril Sunday night. The next day all the negative side effects were back, this is when I realized the correlation. I will never take flexeril again, nor would I recommend anyone else take it. The side effects are just not worth it.	F	32	4 months		1/4/2010
4	sciatic nerve compression	This drug knocked me out the first time I took it only. After that I was able to take it and carry on with my day. I either have a herniated disc or Piriformis syndrome which is compressing my sciatic nerve. I was in pain for about a month and a half before I started to take Flexeril. It hasn't been a week yet, and I'm already starting to feel better. The sciatic pain is still there, but I don't feel nearly as disabled as I was feeling before. The only negative side effect I've experienced with Flexeril is severe dry mouth. I definitely recommend this drug for others with similar experiences to my own. I am hoping that another few days of taking it along with ibuprofen and some stretching and light exercise will completely relieve me of my ailments.		F	22	6 days		1/3/2010
1	back pain	I was very drowsy after the first dose at the E.R and when i got home fell rigth to sleep but woke up a about 1-2 hours later and felt very anxious and could not sit still	In total i took only 3 of the 24 pills the dr perscribed to me. I would have never been able to function at work and i know i was driving my boyfriend crazy in bed cuz i could not sit still and was always very anxious. I dont know how anyone could function on these pills. To make it worse i was already depressed from having a second miscarrage only 2 months after having a still born then getting put on the depo shot which caused all the pain i was having, and know i would have to waite atleast 3 months to try again to get pregnant, this pill made my depression worse...Luckly my b/f was with me the 1 night and the next day otherwise i probably would have harmed myself because i was feeling exstremly depressed	F	24	2 days		1/3/2010 Email
1	muscle soreness in shoulder/arm	hallucinations	Saw ants and gold fish all over the bed, worms in my food, animals morphing into other animals, hearing noises, small birds hiding in the curtains, saw people looking in through the window then they morhphed into animals, water would come from somewhere and get all over the bed....BE VERY WARY OF TAKING THIS MEDICINE. I took 7 pills over the course of a couple of weeks before I realized the hallucinations were from the drug.	F	87	14 days		1/3/2010
2	Muscle spasm pain.	Just one and another half dose of Flexeril caused me to be so knocked out I couldn't wake up. It also caused serious worsening of depression and irritability. I think this is a very bad drug. It did relieve muscle pain to some degree but even at 1/2 dose these side effects make it impossible to tolerate.		F	51	2 days		1/1/2010
1	TMJ	My 46 year brother had been taking this med prescribed by his dentist for about a week when he died suddenly last week. 4 days before his death had a EKG and physical-no problems no health issues and he wasn't on any other medications.	Still waiting for coroner's report but the coroner did say that he had an undiagnosed enlarged heart weighing about 520 grams. When I tried to find out more about enlarged hearts I read a newspaper article online about a 28 year old fire chief with an enlarged heart also weighing 520 grams was on Flexeril and also died. The firefighter was on several meds but Flexeril was one of them. Enlarged hearts can have no symptoms and not all tests can detect them. Beware of this drug.	F	49	7 days		12/15/2009
3	shoulder spasms, misaligned kneecap	dry mouth, lethargy	I've taken this twice, once for a stress injury in my shoulder that was causing muscle spasms. It worked pretty well then, helped me sleep and rest and now I have no trouble with that joint at all. The second time I took it, for a misaligned kneecap, it didn't help at all. I slept like a log, but it made me feel lethargic and rundown the next morning, unable to really do anything. Also, I woke up with sore legs, pain in both ankles and knees. Dunno why it worked so well the first time and not now.	F	20	2 weeks		12/2/2009
1	back pain	drowsiness, 15 lb weight gain	Flexeril is really an antidepressant and, as such, can cause sleepiness AND weight gain AND the other lovely side effects just like any other antidepressant can. Doctors either don't know this or won't tell your this. Do your research and stay the hell away from this! It also will not necessarily relax your muscles.	F	46	3 years		11/23/2009
1	Neck pain	Depression	Took it for a couple of weeks, and was gradually ramping up the dosage. Suddenly one Sat. night in bed great sadness overcame me. For almost 2 weeks I had horrible depression, constant sad and negative thoughts, etc. It got so bad I can almost guarantee I would have committed suicide if I had not had wife and kids to support, which I take seriously. It finally occurred to me the problem might be the Flexeril. I stopped taking, and things gradually got better. This stuff was very bad news for me.	M	48	20 days		11/20/2009
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 Email
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 Email
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 Email
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 Email
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 Email
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

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