FLEXERIL Reviews (CYCLOBENZAPRINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.4 (559 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FLEXERIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FLEXERIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | injury from caraccdint | servere mental if phys pateint have any aniety depression do not take it will mess you i tok medince like five mmothn stil havent be able get back it put phyc leevl at high like never be fore | it worek for pain not worth what can to to your mental haelth | F | 25 | 1 weeks 1X day | 3/5/2011 | 1 | Neck Spasms | Took 1/2 a pill (5 mg) and had major anger/irate for no reason. | Not worth it.. was way scary mood swing. | F | 36 | 2 days 10 mg 1X day | 2/26/2011 | 1 | shoulder injury | suicidal thoughts, paranoid delusions, severe mood swings, anxiety, dry mouth, headaches, | My mom was the one taking the flexeril off and on for about 1 year. The change in her behavior was gradual. She became delusional and nearly lost her life, her job, and many of her friends. 2 months after she stopped taking it she was like her old self. I cannot know for sure it was the flexeril that caused this. Many people use the drug without these effects. But please beware of long-term use. | F | 55 | 1 years 10 1X day | 2/21/2011 | 1 | shoulder injury | The drowsiness was bad but the blurred vision is awful. I can't see clearly at all!! | F | 39 | 2 days 10mg 3X day | 2/16/2011 | 4 | DDD,Scoliosis,Labral Tear Shoulder | Groggy in the morning. | I prefer Zanaflex (Tizanidine)but I found a few of these in the med. cabinet. They do help me relax and take away some of the pain. The reason why I am commenting is because of the dreams I've had while on this med. I've had some awesome dreams the last few nights and they seemed so real. Last night in my dream, I was partying with guitar wiz Zakk Wylde. And then some women I didn't know took off their shirts/bras and let me feel their breasts. I can't remember too much else about the dream but I didn't want to wake up:) The night before last, I also had a dream I enjoyed. Flexeril and Zanaflex are probably for you if you have addiction problems. Stay far away from Soma if you do. I can't wait to go to sleep tonight. I hope my new girlfriends are back! LMAO! | M | 30 | 1 weeks 10mg 1X AN | 2/3/2011 | 3 | pain | shakes | M | 36 | 5 days 10 3X day | 1/31/2011 | 1 | Muscular tension- headaches | extreme fatigue, lethargic | was given this pill in the er at about midnight and here we are at 530 pm and can still barely function. Could not get up with my kids for school and have basicly slept the whole day. i feel like I can fall over when standing. hate this drug will never ever take it again!! | F | 31 | 1 days 10mg 1X day | 1/25/2011 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | No side effects. | I have taken Flexeril for 2 years, 3x a day, daily as an adjunct to the pain medication I take for Fibromyalgia. It helps, not a huge amount but it does help. It does not make me sleepy and I have no negative side effects from taking it. | F | 49 | 2 years 10 MG 3X day | 1/19/2011 | 3 | Torn Calf Muscle | Mild Depression, Sleepiness, Slight Disorientation, Increased Anxiousness | Flexeril was prescribed to me 3 times daily as needed for muscle spasms. I noticed Flexeril helping a little with the muscle spasms, but the other side effects were disconcerning to me. I took this with 800 MG of Ibuprofen, which was 3 times daily as needed for pain. | M | 29 | 10 days 10 MG 3X day | 1/18/2011 | 4 | sciatica | Drowsiness, dry mouth, increased anxiety | I've been taking Flexeril/Cyclobenzaprine on an as-needed basis for about a year (usually about once a week), but due to a pulled muscle in my back, I've been taking it daily for a week. This is not something you want to take regularly on a long-term basis! I have problems with depression and anxiety, and Flexeril definitely increases both of those. It's okay to deal with for a few days (I just increase my Xanax, with doctor approval) but not something I'd recommend long-term. | F | 33 | 7 days 10 3X day | 1/14/2011 | 1 | back spasms | severe mood swings, anxiety, anger, yelling at my family for no reason, inability to function, insomnia on the 2nd night | Luckily my back pain started to feel better with heat and massage, so I was able to quickly stop this medicine. I've never felt like this before, I was doing things (like yelling at my family for no reason) that I knew was wrong, yet I was unable to stop myself from doing it. It was as if I was observing this different person in my body. I will never, ever take this medicine again. I would rather deal with the pain I had then feel this way again. It's been 24 hours since my last pill and I'm still agitated and get frustrated very easily doing very simple housework. | M | 39 | 2 days 10mg 3X day | 12/24/2010 | 3 | Yes | I am very groggy in the mornings. Somewhat depressed. Had to take energy drinks just to get going. Forgot daily duties, and had mood swings. Didnt care about a lot of things anymore. Had TERRIBLE NIGHTMARES, had nightmares of relatives dying and woke up crying. BEWARE! | BEWARE OF THE MENTAL SIDE EFFECTS! | M | 36 | 1 weeks 10mg 1X day | 12/21/2010 | 3 | whiplash; SCM; TMJ | Aside from loosening my skeletal muscles so I don't experience days-long criks in my neck, ear pain, shoulder or back pain...I sleep too long, have been late for work, lost a job or two because of inability to function and could care less because of the zombie effect at the time, and now that I want to go off of it am searching for info to help me manage all the aches and pains that I KNOW will present themselves to me in uncomfortable ways. | Will I be able to work out and will working out help me feel more limber? I have noticed when skipping doses before that my muscles get more tight at their connections and I become extra uncomfortable. I am afraid I will pull something just during normal daily activity. I don't know how long I should take it easy. Guess I'll be going to the health food store. | F | 46 | 8 years 5-10 mg 1X day | 12/13/2010 | 2 | Sciatica (lower back pain) | Drowsiness, NIGHTMARES!!, limbs felt heavy | It made me very drowsy, so I started taking it only at night. After the first few days I experienced TERRIFYING nightmares for several nights, to the point that I woke up one morning with self-inflicted scratches on my shoulders, yikes!! I stopped taking it and the nightmares stopped. | F | 25 | 1 weeks 2X day | 12/8/2010 | 3 | Neck and Back Pain | hard to wake up next day, moodiness, weight gain. | F | 38 | 4 months 10mg 1X day | 12/3/2010 | 1 | Whiplash/Concussion | I never have high blood pressure and my heart is beating out of my chest. I'm anxious and my whole body is restless. DO.NOT.TAKE.THIS | F | 23 | 1 days 10mg 2X day | 12/1/2010 | 2 | Chronic myofacial pain; poor sleep | Very dry mouth, fatigue, mental fuzziness, shortened attention span/inability to concentrate, alternating anger and depression, social withdrawal, tinnitus, stabbing head pain, vivid dreams, loss of apatite, significantly diminished sense of taste, difficult urination | I was prescribed this drug to help with long-standing (9 yrs), moderate-to-severe myofascial pain and sleep issues. My doctor instructed me to take it two hours before bed; because I'm med sensitive, she gave me the option of taking half a pill instead of a whole one if I felt "hung over" in the morning. Even on half a pill, I have been sleeping 12 hours and have to force myself to get out of bed, though it hardly seems worth the effort since I have no energy or motivation to do anything due to extreme fatigue, spaciness, irritation, and depression. I also have to force myself to eat, as I have no apatite and everything tastes flavorless (not a problem you want to have at Thanksgiving!). The effects from this stuff last me until around 7pm, so basically I'm either sitting on my couch staring at the wall while trying to ignore the stabbing pain in my head or screaming at my elderly cats for no good reason all day long (that is, if I can resist the urge to go back to bed). It has eased my pain a good deal but hasn't helped my sleep. I've read that the action of this drug is thought by some to be similar to the old-school tricyclic antidepressants, so it's possible that people who have problems with them might have issues with flexeril as well. And that's too bad, because being pain-free has been nice, though I'd enjoy it a lot more if I didn't suddenly feel that life is pointless. I'm calling my MD tomorrow to get this business stopped. | F | 38 | 4 days 5mg 1X day | 11/23/2010 | 1 | Neck pain, Muscle spasms | Worse muscle spasms, worse neck pain, terrible anxiety, increased heart rate, high blood pressure, worse right eye pain, dizziness, confusion. | M | 33 | 10 days 10 3X day | 11/22/2010 | 4 | slipped disk in neck | HORRIBLE dry mouth; some sleepiness. | It works. There's not much else to say, except the HORRIBLE dry mouth it causes. Have plenty of fluid on hand to drink, and brush your teeth frequently, else the dry mouth will cause tooth decay (as it did to me). | F | 47 | 2 weeks 10 3X day | 11/21/2010 | 3 | pain | worst dry mouth ever! anger ( i felt annoyed with everyone) extremely tired, didnt really feel like eating, felt kinda nauseas. | this didnt help with my pain that much | F | 19 | 5 days 10 mg 2X day | 11/17/2010 |