SINEQUAN Reviews (DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.1 (50 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SINEQUAN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SINEQUAN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | HIGH ANXIETY SLEEPLESSNESS | DIFFICULTY AWAKENING IN MORNING, BUT ONCE UP FEEL FULLY AWAKE. | F | 69 | 20 years 20MG 1X day | 3/19/2011 | 4 | sleep | good | M | 57 | 5 days 1.5 1X day | 1/27/2011 | 5 | hives and itching | initially very tired. | This medicine has been the ONLY thing that has helped my miserable skin. OK prednisone too but you can't take it long term. I am currently trying a very strict elimination diet. I hope to find the culprit to all of this. | F | 40 | 2 months 40 1X day | 1/4/2011 | 3 | Migraines/Depression | Cravings for sugar/FOOD and have gained weight - UGH! Sleepy a good part of the day and dry mouth. | F | 50 | 7 days 25mg 1X day | 11/17/2010 | 3 | waking too soon, unable to sleep | I sleep a really long time, so I have to use an alarm to get me up after 9-10 hrs. Otherwise I can be out for 12 or more. However, once I am up it takes me much less time to become functional than it used to. | Since I am already on another tricyclic antidepressant (altho. there are significant differences between the various tricyclics), i.e., clomipramine, I'm in no hurry to up the dosage. The reason I take sinequan is to help me sleep, which it does. I was off it for several weeks and when I started up again I expected to be more zonked the next day than I was, but it was as if my body remembered and continued where I left off, i.e., not so much a zombie the next day./Really, just getting out of bed is the hardest part. Once my feet are on the floor I feel perfectly ready to make coffee, etc. | M | 63 | 7 days 50-75mg 1X day | 8/28/2010 Patient History | 1 | Anxiety Stress Depression | Sedated while on it the going near psychotic 4 days after stopping it. It has now been two weeks and I am suicidal from all the symptoms it caused. I was functional before taking it and now cant work and looking for a bridge to jump | You dont read these failures much probabaly because the people are dead on in an instution. This is crazy crap. I am young, take wonderful care of myself and am in perfect health. I just hit a bad spell of high stress with several family members dying and mhy doctor thought I could use an AD. | M | 34 | 7 days 10 1X day | 8/18/2010 | 4 | Migraine prevention | Slept great at night (took before bedtime, althought sleepy during the day. light headed upon standing. | This was a GOD SEND for getting rid of my headaches for two years. Almost never had a migraine, I could indulge in wine again, vary from a strict sleep/workout/eat right schedule with no repercussions. however, the headaches slowly crept back after two years and now I am going to try Lamictal. we will see. | F | 28 | 2 years 75 1X day | 6/8/2010 | 4 | Insomnia | Weight gain. Maintained a satisfactory weight until starting this medication. Dieting and exercise are not halting it. Possible short term memory problems but I am currently on five other medications for bipolar disorder. | After trying many medications for insomnia, the combination of Tamazepam and Sinequan are the only effective solutions I have found. This drug was prescribed soley for sleep disruption. | M | 45 | 60 days 50 MG 1X day | 4/6/2010 | 5 | anxiety/depression | Some mental fuzziness, but it's getting better. Some water retention and increased appetite, but I also have more energy for exercising! | Sleeping very well, my GERD and anxious tummy is feeling SO much better! Digestion improved, feeling less responsible for fixing the world's problems and am focusing on just solving my own! Panic attacks have STOPPED, and I'm also feeling slightly more social. | F | 42 | 10 days 25 mg 1X day | 4/3/2010 | 1 | anxiety, sleep | amnesia,severe change in emotions and mood. Confusion increase in paranoia to the 10th degree. Amnesia at night was similiar to the ambien affect. I am not sure if this is due to many meds I am on and the combo of doxepin, but I am stopping this tonight. I have just figured this out now. | Be careful with the medication and get right in bed after you take it. I found food in my bed, I called people etc and did not remember and again this was at a small dose. | F | 38 | 8 weeks | 11/1/2009 | 3 | insomnia some very lil anxiety | first two days heavy weakness, some blurred vision and head ache not sure if its from little sleep or the med. | ive had insomnia this passed month and only being able to sleep 3 or 4 hours a day started to make me depressed, so doc. suggested doxepin 25mg, it helps with my mind but as far as sleeping it hasnt helped much, so im hoping it will kick in this next week if not im going to stop taking it and try other methods only because theres no point in taking a medicine that doesnt work. | F | 18 | 6 days | 8/10/2009 | 1 | Severe Insomnia | This medication made me feel extremely Drunk | I went to my doctor on 4/13/09 because my battle with Insomnia is killing me. Try going without sleep for 1 week , you feel horrible. The doctor gave me a prescription for Doxepin 100 mg's 1 or 2 capsules before bed. I took one and 2 hours later felt nothing , so I took a 2nd. Capsule because I'm ready to drop from being exhausted. Oh my heavens , That drugged me so bad , I feel Drunk. I can't think or concentrate on anything. I barely even know where I am or what I'm doing. I did sleep real well last night. Haven't done that in ages. I kept waking up alot and looked at the clock and it was as if time was dragging or not even going by at all. I don't recommed this medication. I would start on the lowest dose if you do try it. Good Luck* | 51 | 1 days | 4/14/2009 | 1 | help sleep due to itch | i was extremely bitchy, it helped me sleep really well but i was very mean to my boyfriend it was so bad i even stopped and went omg i am being rediculous! | F | 20 | 3 days | 2/21/2009 | 1 | for insomnia | panic attacks, very frightening visual changes, tunnel vision, skin crawling sensations | suffered needlessly for months because psychiatrist refused to believe that I was having these side effects and kept insisting only that the dosage needed to be increased | F | 43 | 3 months | 1/8/2009 | 2 | doesn't feel nothing at low dose, but is very dangerous at higher dosage (150mg one shot) | I overdose on 150mg (white and blue pill) and I was sleeping for almost 3 days in a row, I just wake up for going to the bathroom and back to my bed. Never again. Don't estimate the potential of Doxepin, you don't feel maybe nothing at first cuz is a drug need some time to work (at low dose of 15mg) but 150mg one shot be careful. Potential Benzo very quietly. | M | 30 | 3 days | 9/8/2008 | 2 | Anxiety | None | Did absolutely nothing at 75mg | M | 28 | 4 weeks | 5/27/2008 | 4 | Stubborn itch | Drowsiness, dry mouth. Drowsiness okay since I took it at bedtime. The "cotton mouth" though was very miserable. | I took this a few years ago, 25 mg at bedtime to get this itch to settle down. Even though the cause of the itch was treated, the doctor said the nerve endings were still "irritated" and needed to "settle down". The itch was in a VERY uncomfortable place: anal area! (It was caused from yeast! Yes, ladies, you can get overgrowth of yeast in THAT area too, not just vaginal) I took it on a "as needed" basis. It took a awhile to work, but it did. Since it practically knocked me out, I could only take it at bedtime. | F | 46 | 2 months | 5/25/2008 | 3 | Depression and Anxiety | weight gain, dry mouth, headaches, some daytime drowsiness | I began at 20 mg. and I increased the dosage by 10 mg. per week. Currently I am at 225 mg. At first, while I was taking 20 mg. the medication put me to sleep in minutes. Now, I need to take a sleeping pill if want to to fall asleep within an hour. My mood was very good when I reached 150 mg. However, that only lasted for 2 weeks. So now when I increase the dosage by 10 mg. every week, I feel better for about 5 days and then the depression comes back. I will increase my dosage to 300 mg and hope that my improvement will last. The side-effects seem to last for 3 days and then go away with each increase in dosage. This medication seems to help but I think that you have to take a high dosage to see a permanent effect. Most people are better off trying the newer medications. | M | 52 | 7 months | 11/4/2006 | 3 | Depression and Anxiety | weight gain, dry mouth, headaches, some daytime drowsiness | I began at 20 mg. and I increased the dosage by 10 mg. per week. Currently I am at 225 mg. At first, while I was taking 20 mg. the medication put me to sleep in minutes. Now, I need to take a sleeping pill if want to to fall asleep within an hour. My mood was very good when I reached 150 mg. However, that only lasted for 2 weeks. So now when I increase the dosage by 10 mg. every week, I feel better for about 5 days and then the depression comes back. I will increase my dosage to 300 mg and hope that my improvement will last. The side-effects seem to last for 3 days and then go away with each increase in dosage. This medication seems to help but I think that you have to take a high dosage to see a permanent effect. Most people are better off trying the newer medications. | M | 52 | 7 months | 11/4/2006 | 5 | Depression, Anxiety | A little drowsiness. Sleep in more on weekends but I need it. | Helps with anxiety and is a sedative at night helping me get to sleep. | M | 43 | 4 years | 6/20/2006 |