Drug Ratings for FLEXERILAverage Rating: 2.5 (389 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLEXERIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 1 | back spasms | severe mood swings, anxiety, anger, yelling at my family for no reason, inability to function, insomnia on the 2nd night | Luckily my back pain started to feel better with heat and massage, so I was able to quickly stop this medicine. I've never felt like this before, I was doing things (like yelling at my family for no reason) that I knew was wrong, yet I was unable to stop myself from doing it. It was as if I was observing this different person in my body. I will never, ever take this medicine again. I would rather deal with the pain I had then feel this way again. It's been 24 hours since my last pill and I'm still agitated and get frustrated very easily doing very simple housework. | M | 39 | 2 days 10mg 3X D | 12/24/2010 | 3 | Yes | I am very groggy in the mornings. Somewhat depressed. Had to take energy drinks just to get going. Forgot daily duties, and had mood swings. Didnt care about a lot of things anymore. Had TERRIBLE NIGHTMARES, had nightmares of relatives dying and woke up crying. BEWARE! | BEWARE OF THE MENTAL SIDE EFFECTS! | M | 36 | 1 weeks 10mg 1X D | 12/21/2010 | 3 | whiplash; SCM; TMJ | Aside from loosening my skeletal muscles so I don't experience days-long criks in my neck, ear pain, shoulder or back pain...I sleep too long, have been late for work, lost a job or two because of inability to function and could care less because of the zombie effect at the time, and now that I want to go off of it am searching for info to help me manage all the aches and pains that I KNOW will present themselves to me in uncomfortable ways. | Will I be able to work out and will working out help me feel more limber? I have noticed when skipping doses before that my muscles get more tight at their connections and I become extra uncomfortable. I am afraid I will pull something just during normal daily activity. I don't know how long I should take it easy. Guess I'll be going to the health food store. | F | 46 | 8 years 5-10 mg 1X D | 12/13/2010 | 2 | Sciatica (lower back pain) | Drowsiness, NIGHTMARES!!, limbs felt heavy | It made me very drowsy, so I started taking it only at night. After the first few days I experienced TERRIFYING nightmares for several nights, to the point that I woke up one morning with self-inflicted scratches on my shoulders, yikes!! I stopped taking it and the nightmares stopped. | F | 25 | 1 weeks 2X D | 12/8/2010 | 3 | Neck and Back Pain | hard to wake up next day, moodiness, weight gain. | F | 38 | 4 months 10mg 1X D | 12/3/2010 | 1 | Whiplash/Concussion | I never have high blood pressure and my heart is beating out of my chest. I'm anxious and my whole body is restless. DO.NOT.TAKE.THIS | F | 23 | 1 days 10mg 2X D | 12/1/2010 | 2 | Chronic myofacial pain; poor sleep | Very dry mouth, fatigue, mental fuzziness, shortened attention span/inability to concentrate, alternating anger and depression, social withdrawal, tinnitus, stabbing head pain, vivid dreams, loss of apatite, significantly diminished sense of taste, difficult urination | I was prescribed this drug to help with long-standing (9 yrs), moderate-to-severe myofascial pain and sleep issues. My doctor instructed me to take it two hours before bed; because I'm med sensitive, she gave me the option of taking half a pill instead of a whole one if I felt "hung over" in the morning. Even on half a pill, I have been sleeping 12 hours and have to force myself to get out of bed, though it hardly seems worth the effort since I have no energy or motivation to do anything due to extreme fatigue, spaciness, irritation, and depression. I also have to force myself to eat, as I have no apatite and everything tastes flavorless (not a problem you want to have at Thanksgiving!). The effects from this stuff last me until around 7pm, so basically I'm either sitting on my couch staring at the wall while trying to ignore the stabbing pain in my head or screaming at my elderly cats for no good reason all day long (that is, if I can resist the urge to go back to bed). It has eased my pain a good deal but hasn't helped my sleep. I've read that the action of this drug is thought by some to be similar to the old-school tricyclic antidepressants, so it's possible that people who have problems with them might have issues with flexeril as well. And that's too bad, because being pain-free has been nice, though I'd enjoy it a lot more if I didn't suddenly feel that life is pointless. I'm calling my MD tomorrow to get this business stopped. | F | 38 | 4 days 5mg 1X D | 11/23/2010 | 1 | Neck pain, Muscle spasms | Worse muscle spasms, worse neck pain, terrible anxiety, increased heart rate, high blood pressure, worse right eye pain, dizziness, confusion. | M | 33 | 10 days 10 3X D | 11/22/2010 | 4 | slipped disk in neck | HORRIBLE dry mouth; some sleepiness. | It works. There's not much else to say, except the HORRIBLE dry mouth it causes. Have plenty of fluid on hand to drink, and brush your teeth frequently, else the dry mouth will cause tooth decay (as it did to me). | F | 47 | 2 weeks 10 3X D | 11/21/2010 | 3 | pain | worst dry mouth ever! anger ( i felt annoyed with everyone) extremely tired, didnt really feel like eating, felt kinda nauseas. | this didnt help with my pain that much | F | 19 | 5 days 10 mg 2X D | 11/17/2010 | 3 | neck pain | After 2 weeks, out of the blue and suddenly, I experienced flushing, heart pounding, shakiness. Wasn’t sure what it was, so I stopped the flexeril, or I thought it was the stomach virus or something. After a few more days, I went back on it and same thing happened. So the side effects were absolutely terrible, thought I was having a heart attack each time. But it did help my neck ache, have to say that. | Also, I took it at night before bed, but during the day I felt out of it, didn't really bother me that much, until the awful sudden side effects kicked in. Too bad, I got to find something else. | M | 50 | 2 weeks 1X D | 11/5/2010 | 2 | I had surgery on my cervical spine. | No side effects. | I can't really tell that this drug does anything. In my case, I feel like I might as well be taking a placebo... | M | 54 | 7 days 15mg 3X D | 11/4/2010 | 5 | Head and neck injury from MVA | The only side effect that I experienced with Flexeril is that it was hard to wake up the next day. However, this gets better with time. So, if you are taking it for the first time, just know that in the beginning you may have difficulty waking up or being alert for a period of a few hours the next day. | I was prescribed Flexeril due to severe pain from a head and neck injury I suffered from a motor vehicle accident. I hadn't been able to sleep at night because the pain would get worse when I lay down. The Flexeril has been fantastic! Even though it's not really a pain killer, it relaxed my muscles to the point where I could sleep. Sometimes I would still wake up throughout the night, but rather than staying awake, the Flexeril would get me back to sleep. I love this med! A note about the dosage: I have never taken the full 10 mg at a time. I usually just take 1/4 to 1/2 a pill (so 2.5 to 5 mg) at night. I personally am very sensitive to meds, so I usually start a med at a much lower dose than prescribed. | F | 39 | 5 months 10 MG 1X D | 11/1/2010 | 1 | back pain | Irritability, feeling like I was always on the verge of jumping out of my skin, a wobbly, out of control feeling, weight gain, and constant drowsiness. | I hated this drug. At best, it helped me to get some sleep at night. At worst, I felt like "Noodle Woman". It increased my anxiety and deepened my depression. I became highly sensitive to noises, like a train going by or a construction worker jack-hammering the pavement. My teeth actually vibrated! I switched to Xanaflex, then Robaxin and now I take Soma. It really helps the muscle spasms to settle down, especially at night when they really start to act up--and now I am really sleeping at night for uninterrupted 7 and 8 hour stretches. Soma keeps me rested so I wake up refreshed rather than feeling that I got beat up all night. Now, my pain management consists of Dilaudid, Soma, and Neurontin. I'm so glad to find out about other people who hate Flexeril as much as I do! | F | 53 | 6 months 30 mg 3X D | 10/24/2010 | 5 | Herniated Disc C6-C7 | Stays in system for 12 hrs so drowsiness the next day if taken too late. | I was in a tremendous amount of pain from my right shoulder through my fingers. I could not drive, sleep or work on the computer. Began Flexeril every night for the first few weeks, with exceptional pain relief after the first week. Gradually reduced to "as needed." Hate the next mornings, trying to wake up but the relief I get is well worth it. The pain is still there but minimal. Trying to avoid surgery. Has anyone had experience with a similar drug that does not stay in the system so long? | F | 42 | 3.5 months 10 mg 1X AN | 10/18/2010 | 1 | neck and back spasms | great sleep :) high blood pressure,anxity,paranoia.chest pain,rapid heart beat,constipation,impotence(Erectial dysfunction) oh yeah let not forget the headaches. | my blood pressure was through the roof 181/97 and i work out daily. i was scared to death i thought i was going to have a heart attack. i also could not get and erection and i m 28. constant chest pain constant thoughts of dying paranoia anxiety. I blame the pharmacist for not tell the side effect, i remember when they use to tell you those thing now they just ask do you have any questions. if you get a presciption fot this med give someone the side effect sheet and tell them if the notice any thing different to stop the med. and i went to the emergency room for my blood pressure and the doctor gave me high blood pressure med and to me to follow up with my family doctor. THE WORST PART I TOLD THE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR THAT I WAS TAKING FLEXERIL AND INSTEAD OF TELL ME TO STOP THE FLEXERIL THEY GAVE BP MED....WE HAVE TO IMFORM OUR SELVES ABOUT THE MED THE DOCTORS GIVE US!!!!!!!!!!!.........CAUSE THEY DON T KNOW JACK | M | 28 | 5 days 10mg 1X D | 10/13/2010 | 2 | Neck pain and headaches | If taken long term - constipation, anger, anxiety, depression, crying spells, dry mouth, painful swallowing, hypertension, racing heart | If you take this drug occassionally, you may not have a problem with it. However, this drug is not good for long term use, the side effects are major. I took it daily for three years and it caused anger, anxiety, depression, crying spells, constipation, painful swallowing, dry mouth, hypertension (bp went to 150/90). If I didn't stop the drug, I would have thought I needed a psychiatrist for depression and anxiety. But it wasn't me, it was the drug. Once I stopped the drug, everything went back to normal for me. Someone posted that this is an antidepressant - it isn't - it suppresses your central nervous system, there is a difference. | F | 46 | 3 years 10 mg 3X D | 9/21/2010 | 1 | fibromyalgia | very disoriented when waking up, suicidal | After looking further into this drugs make-up, I found out that it is chemically related to anti-depressants, which I cannot take since they get me suicidal. Most doctors dont seem to know this and dont really look into things like this but I suggest really doing research beforehand. Especially if you have ANY issues with anti-depressants, it changes the chemicals around. | F | 21 | 90 days 1X D | 9/14/2010 | 4 | constaint muscle tension | When I wake up in the morning every thing seems to hurt a little bit more but works out of it quickly enough. | It deffinatly helps relieve the pressure raising the pain level. My spelling was bad before being put on all the meds. | F | 48 | 10mg 1X D | 8/27/2010 | 1 | arthritis in neck | Extreme drowsiness. Headache. | Totally zonked out on this drug. The only thing it did for the pain was to help me sleep through it. Now taking chlorzoxazone. It takes away the pain and muscle spasms with no side effects to speak of. Slight drowsiness that goes away in about an hour, | F | 63 | 3 days ? 1X D | 8/17/2010 | 1 | TMJ/Neck Pain | Taking off and on when needed for TMJ. Always regret taking it because I end up with horrible side effects. Take at night and wake up next morning feeling hung over. Can barely get out of bed. Dizzy and disorientated for the rest of the day. Lack of foucus, feeling out of it, spacey, like a zombie. My body feels extremely heavy to the point where it's a lot of work just to lift my arms up. I am going to throw the rest of this medicine away and stick with aspirin instead. It's just not worth the side effects. | F | 31 | 6 months 10mg 1X W | 8/16/2010 | 1 | back pain | fogginess, irritability, clumsiness, loss of coordination, change in urination and IMPOTENCE!!! | Beware... this is bad stuff!! | M | 44 | 2 days 10 2X D | 8/13/2010 | 3 | back spasms | major anxiety, fogginess, depression, sleepiness | i am in recovery and was told that this drug would be safe for me to take. after debating for a while i decided to take it, and then only at night. in three days i was obsessively worried that i had somehow relapsed and ruined 9 years of sobriety; however, i just had back surgery 5 months ago and am still suffering spasms and pain to the point of being unable to sit still sometimes. anyway i took this after robaxin stopped providing any relief and it has made me extremely anxious -- like, cannot stop worrying. So. There's that. I hate the spasms but i would rather that then constantly fearing that i have relapsed. | F | 26 | 3 days 10mg 1X D | 7/29/2010 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |