DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE Reviews (DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.1 (255 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DOXEPIN HYDROCH | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | depression | Vicious nightmares, extreme sedation, depression. | This med is beyond evil. Anyone that writes anything positive about this med is beyond me. My Dr (Sloan) was extremely careless in prescribing this med and it actually made my depression 10 times worse. After taking this med for two days I told my fiance that I wanted to stop it, being as understanding as she was, she demanded I keep taking it. Two weeks later I was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries to my body because my Dr's bad advice mixing this med with other medications etc. I should have never taken this med or any meds for depression...they don't work anyways! Since taking this med I have thought of suicide well over 100,000 times easily, I would've been better off taking NOTHING than taking this crap. Antidepressants can cause depression, if that isn't proof they don't work...I don't know what is. BTW, this med was made in 1962 in Germany and that isn't too long after Hitler and I would eat my shorts if his Dr's weren't behind this monstrosity. I read the clinical observations of this med and they claimed it had excellent antidepressant effects. Well, there isn't an antidepressant on earth that can claim that so you know where they can shove this stuff...sideways. If our governments weren't so corrupt, THEY would do the actual testing of these garbage meds and NONE would get approved! Calling this med crap is an understatement if there ever was one, I really hope I die and before I took this med I was okay. Dr's and Big Pharma are evil. | M | 41 | 2 weeks 25 | 9/21/2015 | 2 | Insomnia | Cannot get comfortable. My legs keep shifting almost like restless leg syndrome. Take with 1 mg clonazapam. Recently stopped taking ADHD medicine and bupropion same time. Severe depression and anxiety. | M | 50 | 5 days 20 MG 1X day | 9/2/2015 | 5 | Sleep3-5mg | Take lowest dose 3-5mg 1-2hrs before bedtime sublingual. Bitter taste distracts from too much thinking. Sleep yummy, nice dreams. Wake up good coffee and another great day undeerway. | Super cheap effective sleep med for me. No wt gain. I am buff and love fierce excersize! | M | 53 | 1 years 3-5mg | 9/1/2015 | 4 | Immune disorder-chronic hives/angioedema | Dry mouth, rapid weight gain | This medicine immediately took care of all of my allergic reactions (hives and facial/neck swelling) and helped me fall asleep and stay asleep all night. At first, it would immediately knock me out for like 10-12 hours and I would wake up groggy and drowsy. After a couple of days, it still put me to sleep but I started waking up refreshed. The Doxepin, however, caused me to gain 23 lbs. in just a month and a half!!! I did not change my eating and/or exercise habits and I was not taking anything else so the weight gain was definitely a result of this medication. Because of this, the allergist is now weaning me off of the Doxepin and giving me something new in a few weeks if I start having allergic reactions again. He said only a small percentage of people gain weight from it but it definitely slowed my metabolism down rapidly. I am not taking it again! | F | 23 | 6 weeks 1X day | 8/17/2015 | 5 | For migraine prevention. | No side effects so far. | F | 60 | 10 days 50mg | 7/11/2015 | 3 | Insomnia | Weird headaches,drowsyness, groggy in the morning,weightgain | It was alright, not bad or good. The first night I slept like a baby but it was hard to get out of bed the next day. | F | 17 | 6 months 50 | 5/19/2015 | 2 | Insomnia, depression | increased suicidal thoughts, more crying spells, nausea | I was put on this for insomnia, but instead, ended up with increased suicidal thoughts, more crying spells, and deepened depressive episodes. Perhaps I should take it longer but "I'm having a huge mental breakdown because my meds are f*ing with me even more and I feel like I might stab someone with my pen because I'm sad and sleep deprived" isn't a valid reason to miss work. | F | 23 | 8 days 10 mg | 3/23/2015 | 5 | depression | I have been taking it for 30 years which has enabled me to lead a normal life as opposed to being crippled with anxiety, depression and panic atracks. Its worked brilliantly for me | 67 | 10 years 125mg | 3/21/2015 | 2 | depression and anxiety | Spacey feeling throughout the day, vivid and disturbing dreams. Numb, head pressure. | So far I do not like that it keeps me spa ed out ALL day! I feel numb and head pressure. It did slow down SOME anxiety because of its sedating effects but I am starting to have bad dreams already. Also when I take these sorts of meds sometimes I can smell items in my dream.I'm really thin and everyone says weight gain is a problem. Remeron also sedated me and I craved sugar. I dont know if I can stick with this. As it is I take another script that has sedating effects. Why would the doctor give me this? I am also sensitive to meds. | F | 39 | 5 days 10mg | 1/18/2015 | 3 | insomnia | F | 43 | 1 months 100mg | 1/2/2015 | 1 | insomnia | I have been taking it for 8 months. I have put on 80 POUNDS!!! I put on 25 of those in the last 5 days!!! I tried to quit but then my insomnia is so bad I cannot stand. But i shed 12 pounds in less than a week. I am going to the doctor to beg to be put back on Ambien. I honestly think i am dying from fluid suffocating my heart. This stuff feels too dangerous to be worth the benefit of sleeping. I sweat to death and it makes my skin crawl, my boney legs look like tree trunks. I went from a size 10 to a size 18!!!!! I wouldn't give this to my worst enemy. There are a LOT better regimes than this out there!!!! I just cannot stop it until i get a doctor's appointment because when i stopped it cold turkey i had too many negative side effects(i.e. suicidal thoughts, increased anxiety, worsened insomnia lasting more than 5 days, diarrhea, vomiting,etc). | JUST DO NOT! DO! IT! | F | 37 | 10 days 100mg | 1/1/2015 | 5 | Early Awakening Syndrome | I haven't had any side effects in 10 years. But I only take the equivalent to 3 mg, enough to keep me asleep. | I used to wake up after only 4 hours of sleep. I was tired and had no energy. After a few tests, my doctor diagnosed me with Early Awakening Syndrome, which means that you fall asleep but cannot stay asleep. I only need 10 drops and I only take the liquid form. While leaving abroad, I was prescribed the pill form and I had to break it into 3 parts because if I took the full 10 mg I couldn't wake up and felt drowsy all day long. | F | 56 | 10 years 10 drops 1X day | 11/17/2014 | 3 | Anxiety | It has greatly helped with my anxiety, however it has caused me to gain 10 lbs so far, so I'm getting off of it. | F | 27 | 1 months 25 MG 1X day | 11/13/2014 | 4 | panic depression anxiety phobia | the side effects are beneficial--makes you drowsy, good for insomnia. Not as good as a SSRi for OCD or phobias | I have taken this drug off and on for 28 years, it is my 'old standby'. Maybe not the best antidepressant (I took 50 MG. three times a day in 1986), however, I now take it to counteract the side-effects of Prozac which I also take (10 MG. every other day). Apparently it blocks the 5ht2a receptor which Prozac stimulates making this SSRi more tolerable for me. I take it a bedtime and the benefits last thru the next day. Much higher doses are needed to get a mild antidepressant effect but it will make you very groggy in the morning for about 2-3 hours. It's inexpensive, anyone without insurance can afford the generic form. | M | 50 | 28 years 25 MG. 1X day | 10/8/2014 | 2 | to sleep,gave me restless leg. | gave me restless leg syndrome | F | 63 | 9 times 25 | 9/30/2014 | 4 | Insomnia, Depression, Anxiety, PTSD/GAD/BPD | Works well for my insomnia. Usually fall asleep within 2 hours of taking it, and sleep all night except for getting up to use the toilet. Vivid, lengthy dreams, but no PTSD related nightmares, so that is a plus. Groggy/drowsy for about an hour or so in the mornings. Some loss of concentration, "heavy/fuzzy" feeling in head. No weight gain as of yet, but I have noticed some bloating in my abdomen. Currently weigh 125lbs. A major positive is that my nervous stomach has nearly disappeared. Used to have almost constant nausea/vomitting/diarrhea associated with stress/nerves before I began this med. It has been an amazing change. The most negative side effect for me has been the anger/irritability. I literally feel like I could snap any minute, and the smallest things set me off nowadays. Much more bitchy than usual. Psychiatrist says that should pass in a few more weeks though. Impressed with the quality and amount of sleep I have been getting since starting Doxepin. That in itself truly makes a difference for me. Best wishes to anyone who decides to give it a try. I have been more satisfied with Doxepin than any other med I have taken (Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor, Xanax, Celexa) for my mental health. | F | 28 | 1 months 25mg qhs (every nigh | 9/29/2014 | 1 | insomnia | I fell asleep for two hours husband snoring woke me up, then I cannot sleep again. | I might try it again tomorrow night. Can update. | F | 42 | 6 1X day | 9/1/2014 | 3 | Anxiety and insomnia. | Very very sedating.Wake up to early cannot get back go sleep then it's a bad day at work can't smile and talking feels like a hard job. | F | 45 | 10 years 75mg | 8/9/2014 | 1 | anxiety and depression | Terrible nightmares ,woke up all night off and on .next day felt terrible really spaced out ached all over .couldn't get out of bed hate this drug not taking it again | F | 46 | 2 days 25mg | 7/19/2014 | 1 | chronic pain and insomnia | Stiffness and pain so bad I could hardly walk. | Like another patient, I took this a few years ago with no bad side effects. Then was off of it for a while. Started back on it and it makes me so stiff, I cannot even walk. Severe pain from it. Got off of it and will NEVER take it again. | F | 68 | 3 months 25 1X day | 5/30/2014 |