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 |
| 5 | Anxiety and Mood Stabelizing | Drowsiness, but it helps to keep me calm and if I get mad it helps me to not fight and beat people | M | 18 | 7 months 50mg | 6/28/2012 | 5 | acute anxiety | Some nausea and dizziness, but it's WELL worth it! I had severe neck and back spasms for 4 weeks. This is the only thing that gave me relief. | F | 45 | 2 days 25mg 3-4x/ | 6/12/2012 | 1 | Anxiety/opiate withdrawal | Blurred vision, extreme dizziness, nausea, severe headache, worsened anxiety, heart palpitations, all around worst feeling I have ever had, I would rather suffer from withdrawal!! | First day I took this med I took on 25mg tab. I slept for about 16 hrs. It was not refreshing sleep, I just felt extremely doped up and sedated almost like waking from anesthesia. Today I took 1/3 of a 25mg tab. Ten hours later I am still extremely tired, I can hardly see, my eyes feel heavy and I cannot focus them, lack of focus, horrible anxiety, basically worst med I have ever taken | F | 28 | 2 days 25mg 3X day | 5/29/2012 | 3 | Hives | tired. I can't wake up. I would sleep12 hours if given a chance. I wish I could find something to counteract the exhaustion. This is the only medication I have found so far to prevent my hives, but i'm exhausted all the time. | F | 46 | 2 weeks 25 1X day | 5/22/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | M | 42 | 20 months 50mg 1X day | 5/9/2012 Patient History | 5 | Anxiety | Helps with anxiety and sleep. I have no drowsiness taking it during the day. It's saved my life. | F | 25 | 6 months 50 MG | 5/7/2012 | 4 | Insomnia and anxiety | Just a calm feeling and also helps my anxiety. | F | 31 | 10 days 100 | 4/23/2012 | 4 | anxiety | The only side effect I have is a bit of a hangover feeling the morning after, but, usually only lasts an hour. | I would recommend this to anyone experiencing anxiety. It is non habit forming and can be stopped at any time. I used to take Xanax and the doctor pulled me off for fear of dependency. | F | 33 | 4 months 50mg 1X day | 4/11/2012 | 4 | Insomnia, nausea | Sleepiness. It did calm me down as well and helped me sleep. | It contains an antihistamine, so you probably wouldn't want to take too much of it. I have also read that long-term use can cause Tardive Dyskinesia. | M | 49 | 2 weeks 25 MG. 2X day | 4/7/2012 | 2 | Insomnia/Anxiety | Hypersedation Sluggishness Muscle Shakes when waking up Vivid dreams, mostly quite negative ones | This medication worked ok for a bit. Definitely puts me to sleep at night, and I sleep very soundly. The only problem is that I don't wake up. I will sleep right through any alarm. Generally speaking, this medication makes me sleep about 17-18 hours. It's completely unmanageable. There is no reason I should be sleeping this long, but when I take this medication, it is impossible for me to get out of bed before then. If I manage to get out of bed at a reasonable time, I am extremely tired all day, and feel like I could go right back to sleep any minute. This is terrible. I would not recommend this to anyone, unless you don't want to do anything else with your life except sleep. | F | 29 | 3 weeks 50mg 1X day | 3/15/2012 | 1 | anxiety | Headache | F | 27 | 3 days 25 mg | 3/9/2012 | 1 | anxiety | hi i suffer with depression anxiety an insommnia the otherday i took 1 25mg tab of vistaril it didnt do anything for anxiety just made my stomache feel a bit dodgy lastnight i took 2 x 25mg tabs so 50mg it was horrible i felt manic sweaty hot angry violent started shouting at stupid things couldnt sleep so took my zopiclone half hour later was asleep now ive woke up feeling tired stressed angry and violent going mad about minor things also feel slightly detached from reality an i dont know how to shake it | M | 26 | 1 days 50mg | 2/24/2012 | 2 | Anxiety | brain fog, hangover, drowsy, depersonalization, anxiety, potential hallucinations, depression | I was prescribed this a few days ago as an alternative to a benzodiazepine for anxiety. The first dose of 25mg was ok-- it calmed my body down, certainly. Unfortunately, it also made me feel detached and somewhat depressed. It was manageable at first, but as I tried more doses later in the day and night (I took 4 doses overall), the brain fog, detachment, and depression worsened. Any time I tried to sleep on it, (which was twice), I woke up many times with night sweats and bizarre dreams. While napping during my last dose, I had a period of about 2 hours where I couldn't tell if I was dreaming or awake and I heard talking that wasn't there-- really freaked me out. Anyway, I think I'm done with this drug. I would recommend trying it if you want to avoid benzodiazepines, many people have very good reactions to it. I was afraid that I might not because I have had similar reactions when I have taken more than one dose of benadryl for sleep for a day or two. So, BOO, I really wanted this drug to work for me!! | F | 24 | 2 days 25mg 1X day | 2/9/2012 | 4 | Anxiety | Felt like I took some Benadryl (because this is an anti histamine I obviously expected this). Hopefully this works better than Xanax XR. | M | 22 | 2 days 25 mg | 2/5/2012 | 5 | Anxiety and allergies | This medication is outstanding! I recommend it to anyone considering it. I get allergy attacks that make me break out in hives and swelling along with at times panic attacks. I have gotten to the point that I only have to take one pill every 3-4 days and have been doing so for over 15 years. This is just as good ad life's bread for me. I have no side affects from but do wake up a little heavy the day after taking it but it wears away after a nice hot shower! | M | 38 | 10 years 50 MG | 12/31/2011 | 4 | Anxiety. panic attacks | Ive become very shaky. Mostly my hands and arms and mainly in the morning when I first wake up. But it does help for the panic attacks. I was taking ativan but I was told very little chance of becoming addicted to vistaril | F | 23 | 3 weeks 50 mg | 12/29/2011 | 4 | Anxiety | Mornings are very sluggish like I have a hang-over, sometimes have a head pressure and dizziness. Always able to sleep well when taking, never have a problem waking in the middle of the night to the dog barking, always fall asleep promptly afterwards. | M | 25 | 1 months 50 QD | 12/24/2011 | 3 | anxiety | Sleep.. | M | 21 | 2 years 50mg | 12/7/2011 | 4 | anxiety attacks | heart fluttering crazy dreams | its helped me alot! highly recommend for anxiety and rest | F | 34 | 2 months 25 4X day | 11/13/2011 | 5 | IC issues, anxiety | None. | Doesn't make me sleepy and has been great for my anxiety issues! And has stopped my IC symptoms too! | M | 31 | 7 days 25 mg 2X day | 10/27/2011 |