VISTARIL Reviews (HYDROXYZINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.6 (258 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare VISTARIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VISTARIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | anxiety in place of klonopin | upset stomach and slight diarrhea, other times nausea, other times vomiting | I was given vistaril b/c my dr. thought that klonopin wasn't good for my intractable depression (turns out that klonopin can cause depression and I could have saved 5 years of my life if the drs. told me this and I would have never started on a med roller-coaster of anti-depressants, antipsychotics, etc to help depression). Anyhow, vistaril worked for anxiety to calm me down and didn't have much sedation to it but I was used to klonopin so maybe I just didn't notice sedation. It wasn't as strong as klonopin but did help. I can't tolerate it b/c lucky me my body doesn't like it but my brain did. I gave it a 2 b/c of the side effects. | F | 36 | 4 days | 6/4/2009 | 2 | anxiety/panic attacks | none | I was on 150 mg a day and I felt nothing, but thats just my experience. | M | 38 | 3 months | 5/31/2009 | 1 | Anxiety/Panic Attacks | Sleepiness & extreme hunger. | This med did nothing for my anxiety except made me sleepy. I honstely felt like I took 4 tylenol pm pills, and the hunger it gave me was crazy. This is the first time and last time I will take this. If I continued I would probably gain 100lbs! | F | 28 | 1 days | 5/16/2009 | 5 | Anxiety/Depression | Slightly drowsy but not so bad that it's interfering with anything I want to do. | I was prescribed this along with Lexapro for depression and anxiety. The anxiety is new for me and started as a result of my marriage failing, and beginning divorce proceedings. I should mention that I'm a recovering heroin addict who is on 130mg of Methadone and 30mg of Adderall daily (for the past 2 years) so that will obviously have an affect on the way the Vistaril effects me. I had a pretty noticeable reduction in my level of anxiety and muscle tightness the very 1st day. I'm hoping that this good response lasts and that once the Lexapro has a chance to build up in my system to its therapeutic levels that I will only continue to feel better. Since I'm an addict my doctor obviously didn't want to prescribe another addictive medication and I'm usually skeptical about "non-narc" drugs since I've always had a warped view that "the stronger the drug the better", but I've never been happier to be wrong. This has worked great and I'm so thankful that it's not another addictive substance that I have to worry about kicking one day, if necessary. | F | 34 | 1 weeks | 4/22/2009 | 5 | anxiety | none | Love it! Dr had put me on Cymbalta 30mg first, but when I called in due to a new panic attack at work two weeks into Cymbalta, his partner replaced the Cymbalta with Vistaril. Not only has it calmed me (and the pains anxiety brings), it took away ALL my seasonal allergy symptoms. Plus it reduced my appetite...I'm a stress eater so more calm = less eating. I now have my life back plus I can breathe! | F | 49 | 15 days | 4/8/2009 | 5 | insomnia, anxiety | a little hung-over early next morning at 50 mg. nothing else | this is a little known treasure in treatment of anxiety and insomnia. i've tried all the popular meds and vistaril is gently calming and cheap as dirt. no side effects but dry mouth and slightly harder to get out of bed. try it before klonopin, which can cause depression. really, vistaril (atarax) is worth a try. | F | 48 | 2 years | 4/2/2009 | 3 | Anxiety, Sleep-Aid | Experienced Extreme temperature fluctuations with daily fevers ranging from 100.4 - 103.1 | It helped with heart palpitations, chest pains from panic, and anxiety attacks but didn't help as a sleep aid at all | M | 29 | 7 weeks | 3/16/2009 | 4 | anxiety | Worked great for about three weeks. Then stopped helping . Dr. upped dose to 50 mg 3x a day helped for about a month then stopped working. It helped a lot until it didn't work for me any longer. | F | 26 | 2 months | 3/4/2009 | 5 | Withdrawal symptoms from Vicodin | None at all. | Coming off of pain pills is absolute hell, the Vistaril helped calm my anxiety and mood swings. I absolutely recommend it. | F | 36 | 3 years | 1/16/2009 | 4 | general anxiety disorder | worst side effect was sleepiness but I can still function well enough to continue taking it | I've been taking Lexapro for a week for anxiety and depression and was given Vistaril to take to help in the meantime. I was taking Ativan for a couple of years, only as needed, and was worried about becoming addicted. The Vistaril works fairly well and does give me a feeling of calmness. It also helps somewhat with the heart palpitations that come from stress/anxiety. I would definitely recommend this to anyone suffering from anxiety/depression/stress related problems. | F | 44 | 2 weeks | 12/29/2008 | 4 | anxiety and insomnia | don't think i had any just felt tired | Worked good the first couple times but seem to loose effect after awhile. But i feel this is a far better med to be given for anxiety and stress. Is not addicting like benzo's. | M | 24 | 1 months | 11/29/2008 | 4 | anxiety | Drowsiness for first few days then weight gain, bad lower back pain (not sure if from meds or not.) it happend around the same time i started taking vistaril. | I started taking Vistiral because I was having heart paulpitations, stress, and anxiety; due to money issues, though of course it doesn't resolve the issues, it has helped calm me down, I no longer snap at the drop of a hat, or lie awake at night. the paulpitations haven't stopped, but they have become less and less each day. I believe they may have started from my smoking addiction. I have been quit smoking for going on two weeks and I believe all my medical issues will be resolved after my body adjusts to everything and clears itself out. | F | 20 | 3 weeks | 11/17/2008 | 4 | FMS-frozen in fetal position) | Loss of time | I was having an extream FibroMyalgia attack. My body moved into the fetal position and was in extream pain when touched and minor movement. went to hospital in ambulance, they administered this medicine and i could not remember what happened forat least 24 hr. I was told that i was able to do what was asked and eventually i could move normally. I would not reccomend this as a perminant treatment for FMS but when an extream case comes and you are conservitive about the meds that are given, i would say yes. but only in rare cases. | F | 44 | 1 times | 10/11/2008 | 4 | anxiety | weight gain | Hey, that's me down below. I had been on it for 4 days then, but after a few weeks, I've gained about 8 lbs. I feel like I'm bloated and retaining water. Anyways, It's still working well and I'm only on it for another week or 2 as the anxiety-causing situation is getting better. Just wanted to add this. | F | 33 | 3 weeks | 10/9/2008 | 5 | Anxiety | none | I was put on Vistaril 25 mg 3x a day several days ago. I will take it temporarily as a job loss is causing tremendous anxiety. I was afraid to try it because I was completely knocked out by Klonopin I needed to take several years ago. I helps, but in a very gentle way. I still feel a bit anxious, but I'm not snapping at people and crying for no reason. You can just kind of feel your brain relaxing a bit, but without being sleepy. Highly recommended! | F | 33 | 4 days | 9/25/2008 | 5 | anxiety | well the first time i took it i feel asleep for 12 hours and that was only with 50 mg's | lolol im taking it now at around 300-400 mg's just to feel a lil' sleepy, actually i just took 300 mg with 3 Advil PM's and ima bout to pass out! i was prescribed it, so i wouldn't be on Klonopin any more, vistaril works good for sleep and feeling calm at night, but if i ever had a panic attacked i'd whip out the klonopin, but i havent had to do that in a while even now that i've been off all antidepressants for about 2 months : ) | M | 17 | | 8/27/2008 | 1 | Anxiety | None | I couldn't even tell that I had taken it, even at higher doses. It may be worth noting that low and high doses of benzodiazepines have no noticeable effect on me either. | M | 23 | 7 days | 7/30/2008 | 3 | PUPPP rash in pregnancy | dry mouth, increased appetite | I'm taking it because I have a really bad rash all over my body from being pregnant. I dosen't seem to do much to quell the itchies, but it did help me sleep at night throught the itching. As soon as I opened my eyes though, I HAD to eat someting, like I was starving. | F | 22 | 2 days | 5/28/2008 | 2 | Anxiety | not really a side effect per se as sedation is a main effect of antihistimines but these effects included "impossible to fucntion" sedation and over sleeping. | I now know what a coma feels like. As far as how well it works for anxiety? Couldnt tell ya; Id need to be awake. | M | 28 | 4 weeks | 5/27/2008 | 2 | Insomnia | Increased appetite, weight gain in a week, bad temper, irritability | I am a hard psychiatric case in regards of Insomnia. The only thing that works for me is Xanax 6 mg for sleeping. But my new doctor reduced the Xanax and added Vistaril. Bad combination for me especially how do I feel the day after. It makes me sooo hungry that I have to get up in the middle of the night to eat whatever I find in the fridge. The doctor knows I suffer from Metabolic Syndrome and I should not take anything that make me eat more endig up in more pounds for my body. Metabolic Syndrome=diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high triglycerydes and overweight. At least for me is not a good option. | M | 39 | 7 days | 4/9/2008 |