UNISOM Reviews (DOXYLAMINE SUCCINATE)Average Rating: 2.5 (88 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare UNISOM with similar:
Type: Over-the-counter Drug
|
Results are sorted by Gender with females listed first (reviews with no gender reported listed before females). Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) |
More on UNISOM: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR UNISOM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | To fall asleep sooner | A full pill made me dopey until 5 p.m. the next day. | 1/8-1/4 of a pill has worked great for 16 years. I fall asleep in 1/2 hour, only wake up once to use the restroom, fall immediately asleep again, and wake up refreshed and alert at 6 a.m. One cup of coffee does the final morning perk up. Take 250-500 mg of magnesium before bed to soften stools. | 59 | 1/8-1/4 pi 1X day | 5/5/2015 | 5 | 1 days | 3/9/2017 | 4 | to sleep | 1X day | 9/20/2016 | 5 | Pregnancy insomnia | It helpes me call asleep pretty quickly and I stay asleep all night. The only thing I don't like is I feel tired and groggy the next day. I almost always have to end up taking a nap. | F | 18 | 5 months 1 | 9/3/2015 | 5 | Insomnia; to sleep | Sometimes groggy in the morning. I usually take it when I know I don't have to get up early, and I let it put me back to sleep for a while. | My seventeen year old daughter and I both have insomnia. For her, Unisom Sleepgels have worked very well. I have had to take something stronger most nights, and am currently taking Ambien. But on occasional nights, I do take the same Unisom Sleepgels that my daughter does. They work very well. Sometimes it takes a while for them to take effect, so I will take one an hour or so before bedtime. They often keep me very sleepy the next morning, so when I take them, I try not to plan too many morning activities. At the time they do put me to sleep, they feel very strong for an over the counter medication. | F | 49 | 2 years 1 Sleepgel 1X day | 10/1/2010 | 5 | insomnia | morning grogginess, difficulty waking, increased appetite in morning | I became reliant on these tablets for sleeping so cut my dose to a quarter of a tablet and increased to half if still unable to sleep. Now I only use for emergencies. Very helpful! | F | 25 | 1 years 12.5 1X day | 10/26/2010 | 5 | sleep aid | First day wonderful rested and energized. | F | 59 | 3 days 50 mg 1X day | 1/30/2011 | 5 | Morning Sickness | You must use the Unisom with the active ingrediant Doxylamine if you want it to help with morning sickness. | Works great for me! | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 10/23/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | I am using Doxylamine already for a few years. I live in Australia and take it in tablet form with the brand name Restavit. However, I take only 1/2 a tablet (12.5mg) about an hour before going to bed. I then take also a Valerian capsule and 1/2 teaspoon Tryptophan. The combination seems to work exept when I have been overstimulated by having visitors or working too late on my computer etc. I have Fybromyalgia and find that the anti-histamnine is something I also need for some of my allergies. | So far I have not found problems with taking this but I may not recognise them because of the complaints I have with Fybromyalgia. | F | 56 | 7 years | 4/14/2008 | 5 | Pregnancy nausea and preg.insomnia | Just really hungry. Had the munchies but I was okay with it. No extreme weight gain. Helped keep food down. | This worked wonders with me. Takes the nausea away right away. Relaxes me and I sleep through the entire night. I even wake up without morning sickness. So glad my doc recommended this as it's helped with this horrible morning sickness. | F | 30 | 3 weeks 1/2 dosage 1X day | 1/31/2023 | 4 | Trouble falling and staying asleep | Worked wonders for falling and staying asleep. Took longer to wake up in the morning. Less jittery and worked up the next day | The "less jittery and worked up the next day" side effect has been very welcome. | F | 31 | 2 days 25mg 1X day | 1/13/2022 | 4 | Insomnia | First time I took it I experienced anhedonia, emotional blunting and fatigue. But I took whole 25 mg tablet. I realized I can induce sleep with as little as 7mg, which is roughly a third of the tablet. Any sedation is counteracted with caffeine next day. Nowadays I have to take the whole tablet though, I still get decent sleep though. But I always reacted poorly to benzos and other GABAenergic drugs. | F | 27 | 1 years 12.5-25mg | 12/25/2013 | 4 | Insomnia | A very effective insomnia remedy. Better than sleeping tablets. The down side is that over time you need to keep on upping your dose till you reach a point where you are actually overdosing as you become tolerant very quickly to the Unisom (Doccylacime Succinate.) For people with gastric sensitivity it is worth keeping in mind that this is actually an anti-histamine and can mess quite badly with the acid contents of the stomach. | F | 50 | 1 years | 7/15/2007 | 4 | Insomnia | Having used sleeping meds for years and after having become highly addicted to them, Unisom brought me wonderful relief from extended insomnia when I had to stop the sleeping pills. Be warned though! I now have HYPER acidosis! Have to take up to 80mg's of acid blocking P.P.I's due to a totally messed up gastric system now. This has lead to ulcers and now gout type arthritis which the Physician says all stems from having used Unisom for close on 3 years. | F | 51 | 3 years | 1/21/2008 | 4 | trouble falling and staying asleep | I never taking sleep meds so i started with 1/2 of one 25mg tablet after 30 mins of no results I took the other half. I still had trouble initially falling asleep but after that I was out, I had no problems with waking during the night. I won't take it again because I felt tired and groggy all the next day. Not worth it I would rather be tired from no sleep and able to function then feeling out of it all day because of a pill. It basically all depends on the past medical history. I someone has been taking sleeping pills often and have built up an immunity to them this probably won't work, but for someone using only once in awhile it does the trick. | F | 27 | 1 days 25 | 3/31/2012 | 4 | Sleepless nights | The first time i took the pill i took two and it helped me to fall alseep right away. The next day i felt drowzy which was a good thing since i hadnt beem sleeping well i fiured it was a good way to catch up on my sleep. I kept taking it maybe twice a month when i couldnt fall asleep. I only take it when its absoulutly necessary. Recently I took a pill but then had intimate relations with my babe and the sleeping pill seems to not work. Just wondering if pleasure or dopamine released from my body had anything to do with it? | F | 25 | 4 weeks | 10/22/2015 | 4 | sleep | Lots of dreaming | There are two different Unisom pills. One contains Diphenhydramine and one contains Doxylamine. I take the one that contains Doxylamine, as the other one does not let me sleep through the night and can me me jittery once awakened. | F | 56 | 90 days 25mg 1X day | 8/6/2016 | 4 | Insomnia | Nausea and early morning grogginess | I find that like others it takes an hour, sometimes 2 to start working, once it does I sleep pretty well. I do feel a bit hazy in the morning but after a couple hours or a good brisk walk I'm back to myself. I feel nauseated off and on though. I take it 3-4 times a week, I find if I skip a day or two in between is when it works best. | F | 36 | 3 months 50mg | 7/28/2015 | 4 | Insomnia | I had restless legs but 500mg of magnesium, along with or sometime before the unisom, fixed that issue. I've taken unisom off and on for a few months now and it works a majority of the time. (+magnesium) | F | 30 | 5 days 25mg | 2/19/2017 | 3 | Sleep Aid / prenatal morning sickness | Initially took a half of a unisom in combination with b-12 as prescribed by my midwife for morning sickness. It did help the morning sickness and helped me sleep as well. The biggest issue is that it made me feel blah the next day. | Causes a Debbie downer affect and I wouldn't recommend for people who are depressed or in a dark place this will only make it worse | F | 36 | 0 days 1 pill 1X day | 10/4/2020 |