UNISOM Reviews (DOXYLAMINE SUCCINATE)Average Rating: 2.5 (88 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare UNISOM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR UNISOM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Insomnia | I slept soundly for an hour, woke up feeling extremely dehydrated. Dry mouth, coughing, anxiety, and restless legs.. I've done everything from Melatonin, Benydryl, other natural supplements l.. I'm so jittery and anxiety ridden this is the absolute WORST. | Try to stay close to herbal teas and other methods before trying any kind of pill !! | F | 20 | 7 days 50 mg | 1/28/2017 | 4 | to sleep | 1X day | 9/20/2016 | 4 | sleep | Lots of dreaming | There are two different Unisom pills. One contains Diphenhydramine and one contains Doxylamine. I take the one that contains Doxylamine, as the other one does not let me sleep through the night and can me me jittery once awakened. | F | 56 | 90 days 25mg 1X day | 8/6/2016 | 2 | Yes | Hunger,weight gain | In the 4 years I've taken this medication it has helped me sleep but I've become overweight since starting it mainly because it makes me mindlessly eat hundreds of calories more than my unusual intake. The hunger feeling is so great I eat just to shut it up. I went from 150 pounds to 175 pounds and in my entire 29 years of life I've never put on weight so fast or struggled so hard to get it off. I only recently decided to track when my weight gain first started the time is nearly to the week that I started the unisom that the first two or three pounds appeared. I believe I have to stop it completely to loose weight. Hopefully my sleepless nights don't come back to hunt me | F | 29 | 4 years 100mg | 7/31/2016 | 1 | work hours sporadic ...needed help | Once I fell asleep my mind couldn't tell the difference between being asleep or being awake.It was a very uncomfortable feeling. It took quite a few moments after waking up to find cohesion. I was not on any other medication. I am not sure what caused this ; but very awful due to the mental confusion. | F | 33 | 7 days 50mg | 6/9/2016 | 4 | Sleepless nights | The first time i took the pill i took two and it helped me to fall alseep right away. The next day i felt drowzy which was a good thing since i hadnt beem sleeping well i fiured it was a good way to catch up on my sleep. I kept taking it maybe twice a month when i couldnt fall asleep. I only take it when its absoulutly necessary. Recently I took a pill but then had intimate relations with my babe and the sleeping pill seems to not work. Just wondering if pleasure or dopamine released from my body had anything to do with it? | F | 25 | 4 weeks | 10/22/2015 | 1 | Sleep aide | I took two pills around 11:30pm, woke up next morning at 6:30 with a very upset stomach. Can't think of anything else that could've caused it. | F | 40 | 1 days 2 pills | 10/21/2015 | 3 | To catch up on rest | I have tried unisom a total of 8 times 4 of which were when I was prescribed them from my doctor while I was pregnant. Each and every time I have only taken half or less of the single pill size. It helps me fall asleep within 25-30 min and I sleep very good however the next day I am groggy and extremely irritable. Anger absolutely has to be a side effect of this sleep aid. All 8 times I've taken it then very next day I'm a bear and that is not my personality AT ALL. | F | 28 | 8 times 10mg about | 10/1/2015 | 5 | Pregnancy insomnia | It helpes me call asleep pretty quickly and I stay asleep all night. The only thing I don't like is I feel tired and groggy the next day. I almost always have to end up taking a nap. | F | 18 | 5 months 1 | 9/3/2015 | 2 | catch up on lost sleep | definitely not worth the side effects next day: dizziness, grogginess, lack of focus, brain fog, nausea and mild pain in my stomach and mild diarrhea. | Went to bed at 11pm, took the pill, was a sleep by 11.30pm and slept well until about 5am, then on and off weird very light sleep till 9am, i could not get up!!! Next day is hell, not so tired, but freaking dizzy and not myself. Hard to work! Temazepan has no side effects and good sleep (10mg is enough for me), but highly addictive. Trying to get pregnant so I'm trying to find something I could take during pregnancy...any help? | F | 35 | 1 days 12.5mg 1X day | 8/25/2015 | 3 | insomnia | I got a great nights rest. Took a whole pill first night. Then last 6, i only took half. Regardless of amount, i woke up to total lethargy. Left me with a dry throat too. I was useless at work until afternoon. | I gave it a week to see if my body would get used to it. I will not take it anymore. | M | 57 | 7 days 15mg | 8/11/2015 | 4 | Insomnia | Nausea and early morning grogginess | I find that like others it takes an hour, sometimes 2 to start working, once it does I sleep pretty well. I do feel a bit hazy in the morning but after a couple hours or a good brisk walk I'm back to myself. I feel nauseated off and on though. I take it 3-4 times a week, I find if I skip a day or two in between is when it works best. | F | 36 | 3 months 50mg | 7/28/2015 | 2 | I have insomnia | Immediately after taking it I felt very drowsy so I laid down and tried to go to sleep. It then took me a half hour to fall asleep. Once I fell asleep I woke up about a half hour later and felt very restless and fidgety. It was almost like my feet wanted to run a marathon. I then fell back asleep and woke up about every hour after that with the same thing. It was very uncomfortable. | F | 19 | 1 days 50 mg | 6/11/2015 | 1 | trouble sleeping | Tried two nights a few days apart. The first night sleep came easy. BUT the next day I was a basket case and had a complete melt down. So out if character for me. I never even thought it might have been a reaction.I took again several nights later and spent entire next day in a dark depression. Very scary Will never take again Count sheep, pray, read anything else | F | 56 | 2 days 25 | 5/15/2015 | 5 | To fall asleep sooner | A full pill made me dopey until 5 p.m. the next day. | 1/8-1/4 of a pill has worked great for 16 years. I fall asleep in 1/2 hour, only wake up once to use the restroom, fall immediately asleep again, and wake up refreshed and alert at 6 a.m. One cup of coffee does the final morning perk up. Take 250-500 mg of magnesium before bed to soften stools. | 59 | 1/8-1/4 pi 1X day | 5/5/2015 | 5 | Insomnia | did not feel any side effect. | Very satisfied | M | 54 | 2 days 1/2 25mg | 4/18/2015 | 4 | Occasional sleep aid | I experience mild personality suppression the next day, but few other side effects. | I use the Unisom sleep tabs, but have learned to break them in half, and only take 1/2 tab as my dose. When I use them I take it by 9 PM and am in bed by 9:30, as I get up at 6:30 AM -- so I'm able to get a full night's rest. Taking only the 1/2 tab seems to make it much easier to control the next day side effects, yet I always get a deep sleep. I find I take 1/2 tab maybe once a month when I need to catch up on my sleep. | M | 62 | 5 years 25 mg 1X AN | 3/25/2015 | 2 | Several days of insomnia | Finally fell asleep 3 hours after taking. Woke up after 4 hours of sleep. Dizzy the entire following day. | F | 50 | 2 days | 3/23/2015 | 2 | insomnia | It still took me nearly 5 hrs to get to sleep and an hour later I was awakened with restless feelings, twitching legs and feet. And very tired the next day. | F | 54 | 1 days 1 tablet | 2/19/2015 | 3 | Insomnia | I took this med (doxylamine succinate Unisom tablet) for the first and last time last night. It was great falling asleep at midnight compared to 5 a.m. but the next day, today, I am so out of it. I can't talk, not my normal articulate self. It's a different kind of grogginess than what I get from Benadryl/diphenhydramine... I'm tired, restless, don't feel like myself. I take adderall for the fatigue associated with my depression. I took 60 mg (3 pills) in the past two hours and... nothing. I'm too scared to take 1/2 a pill lest this happens again. | F | 27 | 1 days 25 mg 1X day | 1/18/2015 |