THORAZINE Reviews (CHLORPROMAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.8 (35 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare THORAZINE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR THORAZINE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | porphyria AIP | weight gain, snoring, sound sleep, reduced anxiety | This is good for insomnia but fraught with side effects. I've been lucky | M | 68 | 35 years 75mg /day 1X day | 3/21/2010 | 1 | uncontrollable hiccups | I was hospitalized for a ruptured appendix and had a reaction to the anesthesia, which resulted in uncontrollable hiccups. The doctor ordered me Thorazine, and I had a reaction of psychosis, was very manic, couldn't sleep, was angry and nasty. The reaction lasted 4 days. The hiccups never went away. I do not recommend this medication to anyone. | M | 56 | 4 days | 5/11/2009 | 1 | A So-Called Schizophrenic Process | Temporary-but-frightening loss of creativity; overall depression; weight-gain; water-retention; sleep-paralysis; short period of flatulance; lowered libido; brief episodes of blindness; drowsiness; jaundice. | Prescribed in late summer of 1973. Off in spring of 1976. See my entry under Navane. I recommend this even less than Navane. Although I was misdiagnosed, I don't think that was fully responsible for side-effects. Just a nasty drug. | F | 52 | 3 years | 7/11/2005 | 5 | Insomnia | Nothing else worked long term by itself. Take 100 mg. with Chloryl Hydrate (Somnote 4*500 mg.) before bed. I can now sleep sometimes 13 hours (on weekends only). I get up relatively refreshed (vice other meds), ready for work. Multiple traumatic brain injuries require 7-9 hours sleep, else hallucinations (no lie). | Dry mouth is a bummer, but I'm getting used to it. | M | 47 | 16 days | 3/22/2006 | 5 | difficult sleeping | i used for 20 years.25 mg every night | F | 46 | 20 years 25mg 1X day | 9/18/2012 | 1 | attempt to help with depression | was having migraines at the same time & was being given compazine for that nausea. All of a sudden, I couldn't walk or even coordinate my hands to feed myself. Went to ER & they realized initially that compazine causes these parkinson like symptoms. They stopped the compazine immediately but didn't realize that the thorazine was also causing the parkinson like symptoms which was why the symptoms didn't go away after stopping just the compazine. It took over a month & going to a neurologist for him to realize that the continued parkinson symptoms were being caused by the thorazine even after stopping the compazine. Both meds cause these symptoms & after both were stopped it took about another month for the symptoms to go away. I couldn't coordinate my hands & needed help just to walk. I couldn't even walk myself into the bathroom so had to wait for my husband to get home from work just to go to the bathroom. It took so long for the Dr's to realize the symptom | I was on the combination for about 6+ months before the symptoms just immediately showed up. It didn't even help with the depression & high anxiety level that I was having so it definitely wasn't worth the side effects. | F | 46 | | 2/16/2007 | 1 | phycosis | Loss of memory,tics physical and vocal,confusion,scattered thoughts.These are long term effects that will never go away. Please be carefull. For short term use only !! | M | 46 | 10 years 100-400 mg | 4/14/2014 | 4 | Severe anxiety | Weight gain!! | Was a wonder drug for my anxiety. | F | 45 | 2 years 100 3X day | 7/7/2021 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | TD symptoms occassionally. | Helps with anxiety a great deal. I sometimes take up to 400 mg a day, but find that if I do take this much, I get the TD symptoms. Thus, I try not to take more than the 200mg a day even though the doctor prescribes enough to take 4 times a day. This medication has helped me a lot. The doctor tried to talk me into taking it for a couple years before I finally agreed to try it. My recommendation is to give it a try. If the side effects outweigh the benefits, then don't take it. If it helps, then why not? | M | 43 | 2 years 100mg 2X day | 2/5/2015 | 5 | schizo/bipolar/insomnia | no side effects,only on 150mg@bedtime | also taking xanax2mg,prosom2mg,prilosec20mg,(just started lyrica100mg),i love the thorazine,b4 even with sleeping pills had trouble sleeping,now i sleep deep and wake up real early and feel refreshed, used to have pill hangovers b4 thorazine,not anymore! | F | 43 | 5 months | 6/18/2008 | 2 | Anxiety depression bpd | Still feeling very anxious, diarrhoea, still have thoughts of suicide, very shaky, | I'm taking thoracic along side 90mg of duloxatine | F | 43 | 10 days 25mg/5ml x | 10/24/2015 | 5 | pychotic disorder /schizophrenia | Anxiety, sedation, restless leg syndrome, | It has helped a great deal with visual and adios hallucinations | F | 42 | 1 years 100 (2×) d | 5/7/2016 | 1 | Forced to take it | Damaged something in the deep Nasal cavities in the head. I keep getting painful infections and they are not treatable so far | Horrible | M | 42 | 15 2X day | 6/21/2012 | 5 | anxiety | nothing really,maybe a bit of a dry mouth | slows you down and calms nervous energy,couldnt live without it. i take it with 50mg amitriptyline and 50mg atenolol,all for severe anxiety | M | 40 | 2 years 50mg 1X day | 3/6/2016 | 3 | Insomnia | Started taking this last night. Prescribed for terrible insomnia. well after about two hours I finally fell asleep and slept for 12 hours! I feel groggy today and sorta zombie like, but will continue as maybe this is normal at first. | F | 39 | 1 days 50mg 1X day | 2/9/2011 | 5 | just for fun | couldn't understand anything | wow | M | 38 | 1 days | 10/15/2004 | 1 | bipolar II | extreme physical agitation combined with a zombielike mind state | horrible stuff. Got off it as soon as possible | M | 38 | 1 weeks | 2/9/2005 | 5 | I have two black belts, psychosis | Sleep, slightest bit stiff that’s it. Life ain’t bad these days. | I’ve taken all the anticholinergic antipsychs, memory and cognition all intact. 15 years straight. I use it in case I go into a rare psychosis, no one gets hurt. A+ | M | 37 | 1 years 25mg 2x | 7/17/2019 | 4 | Bi polar. Depressed. Anger. | I have anger out bursts now after 3 weeks of being calm for 1st time in long time. | I'm on chlorpromazine and need to speak to doctor again. The 1 st week was amazing... Walking on clouds but having very big anger out bursts daily again. | F | 37 | 3 weeks 25 1X day | 8/21/2022 | 3 | Auditory hallucinations, insomnia | This drug was a God send for me. It stopped the auditory hallucinations and helped me sleep. Side effects are awful. They include grogginess and urinary incontinence. | F | 37 | 4 weeks 50mg 3X day | 6/9/2012 |