DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE Reviews (DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.1 (252 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DOXEPIN HYDROCH | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | chronic urticaria | none | I couldn't take it any more. After several misdiagnoses by general practitioners, I saw a dermatologist who diagnosed me, and sent me to an allergy specialist. When the hives are in full misery mode, I take this with buckets of Benadryl, Zyrtec, Allegra, Claritin, and Zantac. This makes me sleepy, so the allergist said to take it at night. I have suffered with this for so long, and have found that Doxepin is the best help for the problem. I am glad that others have found it as well. | F | 40 | | 4/2/2007 | 4 | Anxiety - sleep related issues | Very few once I learned a secret. I started out with the full amount of Doxepin my Dr. suggested. It worked well, but in time I felt sluggish. I cut back (over time) and found that I had the same success at much lower dosage - 1/4 of dosage. I believe that my body adjusted to it and made me more receptive to it. In backing off of dosage, I found a perfect level. I can't tell you what a blessing (for 12 years) doxepin has been. | With regards to weight loss, again - adjusting dosage was a big help here. Talk to your doctor about looking at cutting back amount after first 3 months. It was amazing to me how little I needed to get that same effect related to good sleep! | M | 53 | | 11/2/2008 | 3 | | 12/24/2008 | 1 | for hives | dizziness me feel weird | i want to know wy my dermotoligist gave me a anti-depressant drug | F | 36 | | 2/13/2005 | 1 | Insomnia | This drug is toxic. | This is not good medicine for itching (similarly to atarax)! Itching can be due to liver damage: doxepin is antidepressant and it makes liver damage worse. Use regular antihistamines for itching. Be very careful with withdrawal. It can kill you. serotonin 5-HT2A receptor. | M | 30 | 1X day | 9/11/2011 | 1 | insomnia | I fell asleep for two hours husband snoring woke me up, then I cannot sleep again. | I might try it again tomorrow night. Can update. | F | 42 | 6 1X day | 9/1/2014 | 2 | to sleep,gave me restless leg. | gave me restless leg syndrome | F | 63 | 9 times 25 | 9/30/2014 | 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 | 5 | chronic hives | tired, but I have a 1 year old, so she is probably more to blame! | Thank God for this medication. My hives were so bad that I had severe swelling and had to to carry around an epi-pen. This medication works wonderfully. If you have chronic hives, you owe it to yourself to try it. I feel giddy just looking at my skin and not seeing angry red welts all over me making my life miserable. It started working pretty quickly too. | F | 32 | 1 days | 8/25/2005 | 4 | for sleep | For the 1st time takin dox i took 2 and i was out ,but i was up at like 3;30am i went to sleep at 7 pm i did fall asleep again ,but i was alil googally in the mornin. | M | 57 | 1 days 75mg | 1/11/2012 | 4 | for sleep | Lightly head ache when i miss taking and feeling sluggish. | M | 58 | 1 days 25 mg | 4/13/2014 | 3 | insomnia | Groggy next day | took 1, 25 MG tablet , 3 hrs prior to bed , woke up after 9 hrs sleep and here I am 13 hours later and I am still groggy - cant focus on work | M | 52 | 1 days 25 MG 1X day | 2/9/2016 | 2 | rash | took it one time and now I am going to the bathroom. Feel like I am having contraction, peeing a LOT! | M | 52 | 1 days | 11/10/2009 | 2 | Insomnia | Dizziness, Very sluggish, tired, and "achey" the next day. Sluggish, etc. | After battling with insomnia for many years and trying numerous meds, I asked my psych. for something else to try. She suggested Doxepin. Very suspect about this drug. Only took it once last night and I feel like hammered sh*t today. I did not want to get up this morning. I will give it one or two more days at 10 mg/ just before bedtime before I trash this experiment. At various times over the last ten years, I have tried Ambien, Ambien CR, Lunesta, Sonata, Xanax, Ativan, Neurontin, Lyrica, Chlorazepate, Restoril for trying to get to sleep and stay asleep. I should note that I have peripheral neuropathy in my feet that flares up at night and interfers with getting to and staying asleep. | M | 48 | 1 days 10 MG 1X day | 2/9/2011 | 2 | PTSD/Sleeplessness/Nightmares | Lethargy that is unbelievable! Unmotivated and consistently sleepy and hungry. Extremely IRRITABLE! However - I slept like a champ although only for 5 hour stretches but that's pretty much all one needs as one gets older, yes? | 25mg dosage perscribed by my physician at the VA Hospital. Took the meds one day and am still feeling the effects! Finally 'sobering' up if you will. Difficult getting up at my usual time and can't seem to stop eating. Can't afford to get fat as I am still in the military (Nat'l Guard)and must pass p-t test and weight asides. A bit tentative about taking it again - (didn't take it last evening and slept like a freakin' baby for 5 hours) as I am still groggy and sluggish. After the first night of meds driving to work I could not focus on the trek in and nearly had an accident. Never had more horns blarring at me. My next VA appointment is in two weeks so will discuss other options then. In the meantime I will stick to an every-other-night regime until this medication and I can come to an agreement. | F | 45 | 1 days | 4/12/2007 | 1 | sleep | drunk feeling, buzzing sound in ears, moving room | F | 25 | 1 days | 9/16/2003 | 1 | Insomnia | Took in the form of 6 mg tablets of Silenor along with Rozerem. Did not work at all. Did not sleep. Am wide awake today. Ended up taking 2 more 6 mg after several hours because it looked safe since Silenor is such a low dose of the Doxepin HCL. Not worth it at all! | Did not work last night (slept maybe 3-4 hours fitfully) from around 4 am and was wide awake at 7 am, no drowsiness the next day! No weird reactions, crap just did nothing! Ended up taking 18 mg of Silenor for 1st time (just got samples); 8 mg of Rozerem (did not work either), 2 doses of Benadryl (more than 4 hours apart), Ibuprofen, 9 mg of Melatonin and 1 mg of Klonopin, and still no sleeop! Even took Guanfacine (3 mg) for Adult ADHD (also have depression, panic attacks, general anxiety, along with insomnia, trouble staying asleep, and the ADHD (Guafacine had a sedative effect for about 3 nights, but still take for the ADHD. Silenor sucks, too! Have also tried Trazedone, Restoril, Seroquel, Mirtazapine, other trycyclics, Lunesta, and Ambien. Beginning to think Benadryl and Melatonin work better! Am ready to try a barbituate-based sleep medicine if my Dr. will give me a few for a few nights of sleep! Only slept 2 out of the last 8 nights, constantly woke up but was at least able to get back to sleep those 2 nights. Usually cannot fall asleeo or wake up after 1 1/2 -2 hours and stay awake. IAt least this worthless medicine was given via samples! Ambien never worked great, Lunesta never worked great (and lleft a bad taste), Trazedone and Restoril were like taking nothing, Seroquel made me feel sub-human, Mirtazapine (?) made me stutter terrible and feel like crap. Trycyclics make me fat and I have to take large doses for sleep. I am so tired of this! | F | 42 | 1 days 18 mg 1X day | 3/31/2012 | 1 | Ulcer | Tired, nightmares, blurred vision, uncontrollable shaking, dizziness. | Due to reaction to other medicine doctor said to take early in afternoon. I fell asleep sitting up within the hour and then slept for the next 18 hours. It was not a good sleep - bad dreams and blurred vision in the morning. I felt like a caged animal wanting to pace when I did wake up. If I did manage to stay seated for any period of time, my foot would shake uncontrollably. After one day, the doctor said it was not a good option and took me off the medicine. | F | 38 | 1 days | 4/18/2009 | 1 | Bipolar anxiety insomnia | I took one 50mg capsule and 3 days later I'm still not awake and not alert. And I will never take it again I'd rather have bipolar episodes than to take this crap. | F | 43 | 1 days 50mg | 2/6/2017 | 1 | For Sleep | In 1 year I have gained 46 pounds and I still only get 4 hours sleep at night, really worried | Really VERY worried | M | 57 | 1 days 150 mg at | 3/1/2017 |