BENADRYL Reviews (DIPHENHYDRAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.9 (608 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BENADRYL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BENADRYL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | insomnia - alergies | my memory seems to be effected (could be my age) | I sleep well and it helps with my allergies | F | 62 | 1 years 10 mg 1X day | 4/25/2011 | 5 | sleep aid | Good sleep, allergies gone | You people are all hypochondriacs. Benadryl is great. It helps sleep with just a little bit of grogginess in the morning, and it cures allergies. No night terrors or heat spells or that other black plague nonsense others talked about. | M | 18 | 10 times 36.5 MG 1X AN | 4/21/2011 | 3 | allergies | Depression, Worry, Fear that the world is ending, Night terrors and nightmares, Everything seems wrong and feels wrong, Anxiety, Dizzy, Headaches, Feeling low. | Wouldn't reccomend it as a sleep aid. If you are going to, i wouldn't do it more than once a month. | M | 20 | 3 years 60mg 1X AN | 3/25/2011 | 1 | allergies | i slept good, but upon waking up i feel queasy, dizzy, sleepy, no appetite, head pounding, depression. | never again! | F | 22 | 1 1X day | 3/21/2011 | 1 | Prevent Reaction from CAT scan dye | Was given to me through iv port in my hand last night prior to a cat scan. First it burned like heck and I asked the nurse to slow it down got red streaks going up my hand from injec site, immediately began to feel utterly weak, shaky, like lights were too bright, voices too loud, I couldn't form a coherent thought, my Dr and nurse thought I was crazy/couldn't believe I would have this reaction. I was shaking and my muscles wouldn't move, I could not speak this lasted for about an hour. It is now 12 hours since my er visit and Im still not 100%. | NEVER AGAIN | F | 55 | 1 days 50mg IV 1X day | 3/12/2011 | 4 | sinus/allergies | Did cause some drowsiness but took it at night. Switched to Zyrtec and my allergies seem way out of control plus I have gained weight and am tired all day. Benadryl seemed to have many less side effects and I remember feeling much better when I took it as compared to Zyrtec, less problems with allergy/sinus. Since my doc switched me to Zyrtec I have been on 7 rounds of antibiotics in less than one year! I started the immunotharapy drops and am switching back to first generation antihistimines plus salie washes. ENT's are pushing Zyrtec and I think it's a bad and inneffective drug. | F | 43 | 365 days 1X day | 3/9/2011 | 5 | sleep aid | assist me to fall asleep and stay asleep. | being in the healthcare field I did not want to be prescribed a sleeping aid with possible addictive properties therefore I tried benadryl and have been very pleased with the results. I take it an hour prior to bedtime and sleep the entire night without feeling groggy in the morning. Most prescriptive sleep aids I give my patients causes them hallucinations and that "hung over" feeling in the morning. I was fearful of that so turned to benadryl. | F | 42 | 2 years 25mg 1X day | 2/28/2011 | 3 | Insomnia | This is the "sleep" component in Tylenol PM and other sleep meds. It can help you sleep..no question, but at what price?..BE WARNED..Short term memory loss and lack of focus\concentration has become a problem. Can sometimes cause side effects that mimic Dementia \ Alzheimer's. | M | 42 | 10 years 50mg 1X day | 2/25/2011 | 5 | insomnia | dry mouth, morning after drowsy feeling | F | 28 | 2 years 25-50mg 1X day | 1/24/2011 | 1 | insomnia | insomnia! | Took for insomnia and ironically kept me up the entire night. | F | 37 | 1 days 50 mg 1X day | 1/4/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | I woke up and felt as if I was having a panic attack. Stress on my chest was experienced, and light shaking. Came to this website because of this (It's 1:23am). Felt better after seeing other people experiencing the same thing. I took it once before and it worked awesomely as a sleep aid, but after tonight, I'll never take it again. | F | 18 | 2 days 30 1X day | 1/3/2011 | 3 | insomnia | drowsiness, flashing lights when eyes closed, dizziness while lying down | This drug worked well to give me a good night's sleep so I began to take it regularly. I am sensitive to anti-histamines so I never took more than a child's dose. Over time I developed increased sensitivity to cold, and sudden panic attacks which I believed had a physical and not a psychological cause, and severe hypoglycemic episodes. These symptoms moderated when regular Benadryl use was discontinued. | M | 62 | 2 years 12.5 mg-25 1X day | 12/25/2010 | 1 | runny nose, itchy eyes, allergies | Benadryl causes nightmares, big time. Yikes. It's 3:49am and I just found this website via Google after waking up with night terrors. I'm glad I'm not alone, this information is all over the web. This wasn't the first time either with Benadryl. We have to get the word out, I've read on several other websites this is used as a cure for night terrors when it is really the cause! | M | 42 | 1 days 30mg 1X day | 12/25/2010 | 1 | sleep aid | ringing in my ears, anxiety, high blood pressure and heart rate, tingling in my arms, funny feeling in my chest, went to E.R. last night, they did all the heart tests. Heart O.K., B.P still up a little and ears still ringing. | I am stopping this drug, as from the other comments I do think it is to used with a high degree of caution and only if needed for moderate to severe allergic reactions. I had no idea this could cause so many problems. Sure hope I get back to normal soon, this is NOT pleasant! | M | 57 | 6 months 50-75 mg. 1X day | 12/19/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | Do NOT take this medicine. This medicine is tantamount to sorcery described in the Bible. I believe demons are involved in this medication because of the effects it has on the mind of the person taking it. It puts all types of crazy thoughts in your head that you have never thought of. It feels like bugs are crawling on your skin and little black spots on the ground or anywhere seem to move and look like bugs. At one time I thought a moving black spot on the wall was just the side effect of the benadryl and it turned out to be a real insect as if the medication made it turn real. Don't mess with this drug regardless of what Dr's may say. This drug will send you to hell. | M | 37 | 5 days 50mg 2X day | 12/8/2010 | 1 | Allergies, Insomnia | Severe anxiety, panic attacks, depression, restlessness | I took Benadryl because I have very bad allergies and it usually helps me sleep too. Yet, as I started to take it on a daily basis I noticed many serious adverse effects. I took it right before bed and it would initially knock me out, yet an hour or so later (usually when my boyfriend came to bed) I would wake up in a full on disoriented panic attack. If you are prone to anxiety I would NOT take this medication. Try allergy shots, if possible. | F | 21 | 2 years 1 pill 1X day | 12/7/2010 | 4 | Insomnia, allergies | Nervousness, Vivid dreams, Hallucinations, drowsiness | It puts me to sleep. That's fantastic. However, about 4 months in, I got very paranoid and saw/felt someone in the bed next to me on more than one occasion (which was rather frightening, because I was living alone). Now, that doesn't happen. I think I just had too much in my system at the time. | F | 18 | 2 years 50-75 mg 1X day | 11/23/2010 | 1 | Itching | My daughter is 4yrs old and a chemo patient and after taking this she because real fearful, restless legs and arms moving all different ways. Heart rate was real tacky. Never again...using atarax now. | F | 4 | 2 days 1X day | 11/17/2010 | 5 | allergies, trouble sleeping | extreme drowsiness (which is the point!), dry mouth, hangover feeling next day | It works great for my sinus allergies at night (I take Sudafed during the day as needed). If I don't take it early enough, I'll have trouble waking the next morning. It also helps me stay asleep for longer periods at night, usually I wake every hour or so. Two pills can put me to sleep even if I've had caffeine | F | 34 | 10 years 25 or 50mg 1X AN | 11/1/2010 | 4 | hives | this did help with an allergic reaction with hives. I try to avoid benedryl because i usually become depressed for about a week afterwards, but I'd much rather take benedryl than steroids for hives! | F | 47 | 4 days 2X day | 10/31/2010 |