DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE Reviews (DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 3.1 (252 Ratings)

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 5  chronic hives Taken at night, the sedation side effect helps me fall asleep better. This is the BEST medication for hives. It is an antidepressant with extremely strong antihistamine qualities. I suffered for 20 years with chronic hives before they were completely brought under control by using Doxepin. M 9 years
3/3/2004
 5  Insomnia none! I've had insomnia for several years. Fall asleep around midnight and wake up between 2-3AM. Unable to shut my brain off it just goes on non-stop preventing me from falling back to sleep. Tried Ambien, I sent emails that were jibberish in the middle of the night and not remember in the morning - wasn't good. Dr. put me on Doxepin, works well for me. I still wake up on occasion but generally fall back to sleep. I do find myself groggy between breakfast and lunch but it beats 2 or 3 hours of sleep a nght! M 8 months
9/5/2009
 5   M 3 months
8/2/2013
 5  Because I had pressure in head, anx Has been good for me many years but now down to 10 mg nightly-have started getting bad pressure in head- not sure if I should not take it at all tonight 1 days
Started 45
1/7/2016
Email
 3  
12/24/2008
 2  Migraine headaches extreme daytime fatigue, listlessness, severe weight gain (~15lbs in 4 weeks on 25mg for the first 2 weeks then 50mg, most of the gain came after the increase to 50mg/day). I'm not sure how much it did for my migraines though I was finally able to get off of effexor which I had been taking for several years while on this. 4 weeks
3/30/2007
 1  Migraines Horrible weight gain. im disgusted. and very bizzare strange dreams and very tired wanting to sleep all the time bu thas got a little better. I can't control my hunger, i was 120 when i started and now im 145. i have been taking it for almost 2 months. it has helped so much with my migraines but there has to be something else out there that can not take over my appetite this severely and still be able to control my migraines. F 2 months
7/4/2009
 3  Itch relief I really didnt expierience side effects M 14 2 months
10 mg
3/26/2012
 2  Migraines depression, fatigue My daughter started taking this 2 months ago.(25mg) The first week she was quite depressed. The pharmacy said to give it a few days. She was more like herslf after 6 days. The Neurologist bumped her up slowly to 100 mg. Said that since it seemed to help with her migraines we should try to increase it a bit more. Now I'm worried her increasing depression will lead to suicidal thoughts. I've asked today to come off it. Please do NOT take this med! F 16 2 months
100 1X day
7/26/2011
Email
 3  Insomnia Weird headaches,drowsyness, groggy in the morning,weightgain It was alright, not bad or good. The first night I slept like a baby but it was hard to get out of bed the next day. F 17 6 months
50
5/19/2015
 3  itching, hives, depression Very very strange dreams.. huge appetite at first but controlled it after a while..very drowsy in the morning F 18 30 days
1/2/2010
 3  insomnia/depression, anxiety I started taking one doxepin per night about 3 months ago in hopes that I would have an easier time falling asleep and less panic attacks. It's worked well, but I was unaware of the weight gain and I find it incredibly hard to get up in the mornings. Though it's probably been a year since I've had sexual intercourse with anyone, I've also stopped my period completely for some reason. Has anyone else had this problem? F 18 3 months
25 mg 1X day
1/11/2011
 1  anxiety, depression, insomnia 4 days of straight sleeping, weight gain, jumpy-ness, increased anxiety, difficultly sleeping. RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME ! Started out on 75 mg once a night, I slept straight for the first four days of this drug, only waking up to go to the bathroom/take doxepin @ night, and change my sleeping position. After sleeping all that time i was finally able to get up during the day, but i had a huge lack of energy. I continued to take this drug and after 2 weeks i had put on 8 lbs, was very disappointed to find out that this is a common side-effect for doxepin because my Dr. (D.O) had assured me it wouldn't effect my weight. My third week was where i drew the line- I would take doxepin at 10pm with the knowledge that it would help me sleep, but 3 weeks into the medicine i noticed it not only made me wide awake, but it made me have TERRIBLE "restless leg syndrome" (RLS). It was so bad to the point where i would have to get out of bed and walk around consistently, which continued all throughout the night until around 6am. i decided to stop the drug immediately, cold turkey. I felt 10 times better, and had no withdrawal symptoms. i DO NOT suggest taking this medication. F 18 3 weeks
75 MG 1X day
8/5/2013
Email
 4  Migraines I have a hard time getting out of bed. I am having some anger mood swings once and a while with out reasons for them. Always craving sweets. I am on 200mg a day to control my sever migraines. It has helped a great deal. I take 1 in the morning and 3 at night as prescribed by my doctor. I am always very tired but have migraines maybe once every few days. F 20 1 months
50 4X day
12/23/2011
Email
 2  Anxiety and Insomnia A small amout of Weight gain, I still cant stay asleep. I used to wake up about 10- 15 times a night, Now I wake up about 35 times a night. I don't think this works as well as the doctors think it should. F 20 7 days
10 1X day
7/29/2010
 2  insomnia, depression extreme weight gain - have only been on it 2 weeks and have already gained 10 lbs. helped a lot with insomnia, but if I have to deal with this continued weight gain, it's not worth it. i struggle with my weight enough as it is. F 20 2 weeks
6/25/2009
 3  Chronic Idopathic Hives I feel very tired even when I get 8 or nine hours of sleep. I wake up exhausted, feeling as if I got no rest at all. I am going to start taking doexepin around 730 at night and try to be in bed by 9:30 to insure a full nine hours of sleep. I may start to take it every other day? I am starting to eat more, it’s a little bit uncontrollable, but this feels like a total mental thing. I am going to start buying more fruits and replacing ice cream and bad snacks with sweet fruit. I am going to start going to the gym two to three times a week. I will not allow myself to gain more weight. At work I feel like I can’t concentrate, it is the weirdest thing. My thoughts are all discombobulated. I feel like I am drunk. I try to focus but it’s really hard. I am getting weird joint pain in my knees & wrists. The worst part is feeling this tired. Its bad. I can tell you that this medication is working to reduce my hives. They are not gone completely, but I am getting relief. Also, as many others with chronic hives, the only other thing that would help was prednisione. Now that's a terrible drug. F 21 40 days
6/23/2009
 5  Sinequan Doxepin I was really tired the first morning after taking and did have a few panic attacks the first two weeks but after that I have been great. I've been suffering with extreme panic for 12 years. I was put on almost every anti depressant nerve pill out there and nothing worked. Doxepin has saved my nerves, i'm three weeks in and my panic has gone from two times a day everyday to only once a week if even that. I was 88lbs when I started it and now I actually have an appetite and can enjoy eating. I only take about 3mg of the medication though rather than a big amount. It is a life saver for anyone experiencing severe panic, I can't believe I tortured my body this long without taking it. You have to tell the doctor to prescribe it to you though because its an older medicine and they like to hand out the new ones. F 22 3 weeks
7/14/2008
 2  sleep dry mouth, blurred vision M 22 2 weeks
3/17/2007
 5  Contact Dermographism Sleepiness. I have been taking Doxepin for over 2 yrs and I can't imaging not taking it, it has helped sooooo much. No more hives!!! F 23 2 years
11/21/2003

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