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 |
| 1 | anxiety | I don't think it's doing anything at all for me. I'm amazed at all the people who say it knocks them out. I have been taking one in the a.m., one at mid day and two at night. I'm still restless and can't sleep. I wonder if I could be immune to it? | F | 55 | 2 weeks 50 mg 4X day | 10/25/2010 | 1 | Anxiety | Really angry and wanted to be left alone! Emotionally unstable!!!! | F | 32 | 1 months 50 to100mg 1X AN | 10/9/2010 | 5 | General Anxiety | Some mild grogginess. | Since a psycotic break 4 years ago I've suffered from general anxiety. Taking Vistaril when I'm feeling edgy in combination with Zoloft in the morning and Seraquil at night has worked wonders for me. | M | 23 | 6 months 50mg 4X day | 9/23/2010 | 4 | Severe anxiety and panic attacks | Some drowsiness, restless legs at night, dry mouth | Works great for me, better if I take it throughout the day instead of as needed, can't take benzo's because of addiction problems, so this is the next best thing. | M | 29 | 30 days 50mg 3X day | 8/30/2010 | 1 | headache | this meds didnt help my headache at all, it caused me 2 sleep and shake all freaking night and im still moving | dont use | F | 32 | 1 days 30mg 1X day | 8/30/2010 | 3 | anxiety | Dry mouth, headache, extreme drowiness | I have only taken one dose since prescribed (50mg) and slept for 17 hours straight, got up for 3 hours and slept another 9 hours. I don't know how well it works for anxiety, because I can't stay awake following a dose. Also, aches and pains in my legs, but that is probably from laying in the bed for 2 days. | F | 27 | 3 days 50mg 1X day | 8/26/2010 | 4 | anxiety | sexual climax problems, a stoned feeling, sleep long periods of time, morning hangover feeling | i only take it as needed so when i take it, i need to be somewhere where i can sleep if needed. it is hard to shake myself awake in the morning and function. i always feel stoned for hours after taking it if it dont knock me out. it really calms my anxiety though. its great for me since im a recovering addict. | F | 24 | 1 years 50mg 1X AN | 8/10/2010 | 1 | Anxiety | Severe sleepiness, inability to function, delayed muscle reaction, feeling "high", and dizziness/equilibrium problems. | I hate this drug with a passion, I can take it one day and i am knocked out and high for the next week straight (literally). I have tried everything to combat the drowsiness and narcolepsy, it has not worked at all. It does do wonders for anxiety, however, its hard to be anxious and nervous when you are knocked out for 72 hours straight | F | 25 | 6 months 150 MG 1X day | 8/3/2010 | 5 | anxiety | slight drowsiness, water retention | I was put on this about 2 years ago during a time of extreme stress and it was great. It allowed me to stay calm but was mild enough that I could still think clearly and function properly. From the outside, you would never know I had taken a medication. Well a new year, a new job loss, a new set of god awful circumstances and I found myself in a situation again where I needed to be calm but focused. Vistaril is again helping me to do this. I will say that I do feel a bit puffy from water, but I'm not wringing my hands and freaking out, I'm calm enough to do what I need to do. You can always give it a try and just quit if you don't like it... | F | 35 | 14 days 25 mgs 4X day | 7/28/2010 | 1 | panic, anxiety & insomnia | The first three days i thought vistaril was a wonder pill for my anxiety and panic. not insomnia though. then it stopped working completly. i might as well have taken a sugar cube. i started having anxiety, anxiety attacks and panic attacks again right away. NOTHING has helped me. i've been on everything. but i stuck with it for a month. i was on it 6 times a day and gained a ton of weight. that's all it did for me. and for insomnia, i can tell you the tv line-up until about 5:00 in the morning. now for my boyfriend, he's sleeping right now from it and can't wake up. | my family dr told me i could just take them as an antihistamine and smiled. | F | 43 | 1 months 50mg 6X day | 7/9/2010 | 4 | Anxiety | drowsiness | I take 25 mg twice a day for anxiety. I was going through my life constantly "on edge." I always felt like I was about to have a panic attack. So far, this drug has been WONDERFUL for me. It makes me a little sleepy, but nothing that I can't handle with a little bit of caffeine. (I work 12-hour night-shifts. I can take a pill at 9 pm, and I'm still able to stay up all night.) I don't feel myself turning completely red when I talk to people anymore, and I don't have that constant nervous/anxious feeling. I really hope it stays this way. I had forgotten what it was like to feel "normal." Thank goodness for Vistaril! :o | F | 24 | 4 days 25 2X day | 7/5/2010 | 5 | Counter withdrawals from Xanax | Shallow breathing, heart slowed down, numbness & swelling in my face, dry mouth | Vistaril saved my life when I was trying to stop taking Xanax. I couldn't go off of it due to the horrible side effects when I tried lowering the dosage. The Vistaril is also for anxiety and is not addictive. A doctor in ER gave it to me when I went there in desperation while trying to stop Xanax. Not only did it help me sleep, it helped with the anxiety as well. I had to stop taking it due to waking up during the night and my face being numb. The next morning it was swollen and still numb. I now take Melatonin and vitamin B5 to sleep and it works great. | F | 49 | 21 days 25 mg 1X day | 6/23/2010 | 4 | anxiety | Extreme hunger | I feel a little drowsy after taking this medicine but I only take it one time a day and that is at bed time. I feel like it is working because I need something to take the edgy feeling that I get when trying to go to sleep. | F | 38 | 2 weeks 50 mg 4X day | 6/14/2010 | 1 | For Insomia and Anxiety | Severe daytime drowsiness and anticholinergic brain fog | Avoid it like the plague - it only creates a false drowsiness that you never would have had otherwise. And the drowsiness doesn't go away after a few hours. Wouldn't you rather have your life energy back so that you can function during the day rather than be sedated into a false soporific stupor all day? | M | 47 | 3 days 50 1X day | 6/14/2010 | 1 | anxioty and panic | no change in mood panic or anxioty. or even sleep | i was put on vistaril and strattera because of my provider not trusting me from past drug abuse. took them for a 3 weeks in combination with celexa. after missing all my meds for one day i took them the next day and within 45 min my body locked like a full body charlie horse felt like i was being shocked head to tow had to be rushed to the ER by ambulance. took 3 hours to regain mobility and prol 2 days for my brain to recover. so i do not recommend this drug to anyone with out having done the reserch and trusting your provider. i know my case is rare but still real. | M | 27 | 3 weeks 100mg 1X day | 6/13/2010 | 3 | to help with sleep | What I noticed the most after adding Vistaril to my night time medications was brain fog and difficulty in getting up in the mornings. | I have stopped the Vistaril in an attempt to reduce the number of medications I am taking. I have noticed increased mental clarity, and a slight increase in energy. The energy increase didn't last.I contribute that particular symptom to my MS. I do think that taken over a period of time, Vistaril is slightly addictive. I have noticed some depression, increased irritability, and some diarrhea. This is the fourth day since I stopped taking the drug. | F | 54 | 5 months 25mg 1X day | 5/7/2010 | 2 | anxiety | F | 23 | 3 months 50mg 1X day | 3/29/2010 | 5 | Anxiety | Just a litle tired when i wake up, also lifelike and strange dreams, unlike any dreams i ever had. | I was on klonopin for 1 yr and went crazy, thoughts of suicide, and bad depression, but when i did have a panic attack it did help, i gained 75 lbs. while taking it. My family could see what the drug was ding to me so they got me a new Dr. He said i had to get off the benzo's (klonopin, Xanax) because i was having to many side affects, he put me on visteril,and i have had no side affects,and it is non-narcotic, so i won't become addicted.....Thank God For Visteril!!!! | M | 31 | 3 months 100mg 1X day | 3/28/2010 | 5 | Sleep, anxiety | Nasty hangover effect in the morning. Very sleepy and sluggish. | I actually really love this medicine. I was on Ambien which works OK, but my Dr. added this to help me stay asleep longer. This works so well, I don't even take the ambien anymore. 50mgs will help me relax, but 100mgs will knock me out. I am glad I found something non-habit forming that works so well. The hangover effect in the morning is brutal, but i understand that will fade over time. | F | 33 | 1 weeks 50-100mg 1X day | 3/3/2010 | 5 | Anxiety | I had no side affects other than a little tired in the morning. It really got rid of my anxiety. | F | 33 | 1 months 50 1X AN | 3/2/2010 |