DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE Reviews (DOXEPIN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.1 (252 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 | Insomnia | Horrible NightMares , Felt very Drunk. Can't think or concentrate on anything. Won't take anymore. Only on it 2 days. Wicked stuff. | Think twice before taking it. Read up on it , it has some nasty side effects. | F | 52 | 2 days | 4/15/2009 | 5 | anxiety disorder | none | F | 47 | 1 years | 3/30/2009 | 3 | Bad case of ECZEMA | Horrible weight Gain! | It was great for my hives well not really it just put me to sleep so I wouldn't itch but i am 4 11 and weighed 127lbs and after I started taking it next thing you know I was 160lbs fast. I stopped taking it about a month ago and I am finally down to 136 | F | 27 | 6 months | 3/19/2009 | 5 | Autoimmune idopathic urticaria | tiredness, lack of energy, weight gain. Pharmacist told me to take coenzyme Q-10. Doxepin depletes this from your body. | Watson stopped manufacturing doxepin. It was the only thing that helped my hives. I have had to take the par brand. I am doubling the dose and it seems to have the same effect of the lower dose watson brand. I also take hydroxizne. These two drugs have anti-histamine properties in them. It is the only meds that work on me. The prednisone works also but is not good for long term. | F | 52 | 20 years | 2/17/2009 | 5 | anxiety depression eating disorder | After taking phen-phen and loosing 100 pounds I fell into a deep depression and became unable to face my anxiety of taking exams. Doxepin was prescribed and slowly (over 8 months or so), I began to feel real again. However I'm now 5'7 and 255 pounds. | As a singer, the dry mouth is often a problem. I lower the dose i take at night if I have to sing in the morning. While on phentermine I could go several hours without eating. Now I crave starch/sugars too often. I used to have bad seasonal allergies. Now I don't. I used to have symptoms of PTSD, now I don't. I still suffer from anxiety. I can't wake up in the morning, but my life works around this comparably small issue. If I miss a dose, I have a huge headache so it doesn't happen that often. | F | 40 | 14 years | 2/14/2009 | 3 | Anxiety, panic attacks,insomnia | dry mouth,visual auras, intense headaches,numbness/thigh,itching,parasthenia,photosensitivity,increased restless leg syndrome. | It was fine for 14 years but the side effects outweighed the benefits during the last year. Discontinuing the daily 10mg dosage resulted in 7 weeks of terrible withdrawal symptoms; namely, nausea, headache, fatigue,general malaise, etc. | F | 74 | 15 years | 2/13/2009 | 4 | Irritable Bowel Syndrome | none | I was prescribed this medicine for IBS. I hope that it will help with my bowel spasms and nausea, but I have only been taking it for 3 weeks. My doctor advised me that it may take 4 to 6 weeks to get into my system. I was terrified of taking this after reading others reviews, but I have had no side effects. Sometimes I feel drowsy, but I take it at bedtime, so I don't mind. | F | 27 | 25 days | 2/3/2009 | 5 | Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria | A little dizzy and tired, dreams most every night. When I first started the Doxepin, I was on Prednisone as well, so I gained a lot of weight but I don't think it was from the Doxepin. | I started having chronic hives in high school and had to go to the hospital many times to get shots and even went to Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins to get diagnosed. I was on prednisone and everything else- about 20 pills - until my dr. gave me Doxepin. It works great for my hives and I only get a few here and there. It's great not to have to worry about massive hive attacks anymore. I recently quit taking the Doxepin since it has been 11 years now and I'm wondering if anyone else has quit taking Doxepin long term and had any problems. I am planning on getting pregnant in the next year, so I wanted to be off as much medication as possible. I am feeling itchy and hot, but very few hives and have been off of it for about 5 days now. If anyone has any experiences with this, please feel free to contact me. Thanks! | F | 28 | 11 years | 12/30/2008 | 5 | depression and panic attacks | Almost no side effects other than sleepiness (which isn't a problem since it treated my insomnia too), especially compared with other antidepressants I tried before discovering Adapin/Sinequan (generic: Doxepin). I take 75mg each evening. | I have been taking the Watson Labs version of the generic. As several other comments have mentioned, the Mylan and Par generics don't seem to work for me. Now, my pharmacist tells me that Watson has quit making Doxepin, so I am very worried. Does anyone else have any information on this? | M | 49 | 18 years | 12/26/2008 | 3 | | 12/24/2008 | 5 | chronic hives | really makes you sleepy, so take it at night. Also have had dry mouth and and food taste strange. | I have had chronic hives for over 1 year now. No doctor can find the cause. I found a great allergist/Immunologist who started me at 25mg doxepin and gradually increased it to 150mg a day. He did this over a 1-1/2 week period. This drug has cleared up most of my hives. I still get a few here and there, but I can live with those. The hives are far and few between. My doctor also told me doxepin had to be in you system (about 3 weeks) to really start feeling the effects, (he also said doxepin only works in about 50% of the people who try it for hives). I noticed some of the comments of people taking 50mg to 75mg and getting no results. Talk with you doctor and see if he/she can bump you to 150mg. Also I have not had any weight gain. I also noticed in the comments that people were taking both doxepin and prednisone. Prednisone is the worst for weight gain and its really bad for you. | F | 53 | 60 days | 12/1/2008 | 4 | Cripp Anxiety, MJ Depress, Fatigue | I have been disabled by illness for two + years! I was getting disenchanted with meds and did some research on my own and picked this one based on MANY issues. I have been pleased so far. I do have the slow-morning issue, but it is my 1st job in many years so I am not pushing myself. Also I was very hungry the first few weeks of this medication, and experienced some sleep related issues such as Sleep Dialing, Sleep Eating, Sleep Internet Related Issues. It lasted about 6 weeks. I notified my friends and therapist about this, and learned to take the meds every night at the exact same time and to not do anything tech or food related shortly before or during dosing. | I take this medication with Topomax, and I think this is why I have not had weight related issues. As for dry mouth I had a very negative issue with MAOI's years ago, EXPENSIVE, so I am chewing sugarless gum on a regular basis with this med. The gum also helps with weight and IBS issues... sorbitol! I think it also important to note that I take fish oil, vit D, a vit B complex, and these really also assist me with managing my illness and fatigue. I am 5'3 and weigh about 125 My dentist gave me the two thumbs up! | F | 40 | 3 months | 11/30/2008 | 4 | depression from chronic fatigue syn | very few, increased sleep duration | on 25mg, improved sleep and appetite, it took 8 weeks for full antidepressant effect you must be patient, none of the negative side effects of ssri ad's. i was about to give up on antidepressants and life. | M | 35 | 2 months | 11/22/2008 | 1 | chronic hives | dizziness, weight gain, bloating, blurry vision, occasional coordination problems - dropping things. | Did not notice improvement on hives even with steadily increasing doses up to 75 mg. Prednisone helped immediately. I am weaning myself off doxepin and finding a physician with more honesty. Would prefer if physician had warned of weight gain - 20 pounds in a 2 weeks - normally active, work out, but no energy while on doxepin. | F | 59 | 3 weeks | 11/12/2008 | 3 | insomnia | Tired, listless all next day. I took 50mg as prescribed and although I slept well at night I needed repeated naps during the day and still slept all night.I couldn't focus on tasks and was afraid to drive. | I will try a lower dose and see what happens. | M | 50 | 6 days | 11/11/2008 | 4 | Anxiety - sleep related issues | Very few once I learned a secret. I started out with the full amount of Doxepin my Dr. suggested. It worked well, but in time I felt sluggish. I cut back (over time) and found that I had the same success at much lower dosage - 1/4 of dosage. I believe that my body adjusted to it and made me more receptive to it. In backing off of dosage, I found a perfect level. I can't tell you what a blessing (for 12 years) doxepin has been. | With regards to weight loss, again - adjusting dosage was a big help here. Talk to your doctor about looking at cutting back amount after first 3 months. It was amazing to me how little I needed to get that same effect related to good sleep! | M | 53 | | 11/2/2008 | 1 | insomnia | Fast weight gain. Abdominal bloating, constipation, and cramping. Alopecia and disturbing, bizarre dreams. I have to get off of this stuff. It does NOT help me sleep and the side effects are horrible! | F | 38 | 2 months | 10/22/2008 | 1 | Insomnia | Severe Wright Gain, 20 pounds in 4 mths, no matter how much I exercised or how little I ate, I still gained. It made my breasts very large. Sever bloating, gas, and cramps related. I slept great, but spent a ton of money trying to figure out what was happening to my digestive system. If only Drs would do a little research about the meds they prescribe. I will not take it again. | F | 33 | 5 months | 9/12/2008 | 4 | Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria | Vivid and bizarre dreams the first 2 weeks. Some dry mouth. Excessive weight gain. | Doxepin did seem to do a pretty good job of allowing me to decrease my Predinisone following my most recent bout of CIU. However, I am completely miserable following a 25lb weight gain in less than 3 months. I can't walk up stairs or even the length of a couple blocks without becoming exhausted. I'm going to taper off the Doxepin and increase my other antihistamines and save the Doxepin for bad flare-ups. | M | 46 | 3 months | 8/18/2008 | 4 | Anxiety | I started taking Doxepin after I landed myself in the ER from my first panic attack. I knew I had some anxiety issues, but I thought that it was apart of life. Well, my life has been better. I can think clearer and my anxiety is alot better. But, I too, have gained more weight than I care to have. I went to my Dr to see about something else and he told me to exercise and be more active. Well, that was a couple months ago and the scale has went no where but up and all of my jeans are skin tight. I love the way feel mentally, but I can't stand the added weight. | F | 26 | 6 months | 7/20/2008 |