Atarax and Tiredness: What Users Say

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 5, 2020

For Anxiety "Was prescribed 10mg Atarax tablets with directions to take 1-2 every 6 hours as needed for anxiety and panic attacks. Taking 1 pill did nothing, so I took 2 the next time I felt anxiety creeping in. It made me very tired and dizzy, then sent me into a panic attack. I am better off not taking this medication when I feel anxiety coming on because it usually does not develop into a panic attack, let alone as worse as this one got."

• Jos...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 11, 2016

For Anxiety "I've been taking Atarax 50's 3x's daily PRN. I also take Ativan, but only if absolutely needed. I have found that Atarax helps me immensely. It doesn't make me tired or groggy anymore. It just calms me down when having some anxiety or feeling out of sorts with my mood. It does a good job of leveling me out."

• Mom...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 14, 2015

For Anxiety "Take the smallest dose possible! I took 50 mg of this and spent an entire day on the couch feeling dizzy and tired and completely wiped out. It was only until a family member commented on how my anxiety seemed to be better that I realized it was true. I asked my Dr for the smallest dose, 5 mg. It is enough to calm my anxiety and help me sleep without feeling uselessly tired."

• 6pi...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• January 30, 2016

For Anxiety "I'm on 6 different medications for anxiety, depression, and personality disorder. Have been for 7 years now. Atarax being the most recently added. Love it. I'm used to very strong medications, and this one helps calm me without making me feel too tired."

• Rob...
• November 30, 2016

For Anxiety "Two 25 mg doses, spread out, reduce anxiety for me, but it also can make me yawn and sleepy, and I don't feel safe to drive for about an hour after taking the second dose. Given that I am oversensitive to benzos, this is one of the few anti-anxiety drugs I can take without being oversedated."

• Anonymous
• April 13, 2012

For Anxiety "I started taking this medication to fight anxiety, especially before going to bed when the mind is racing. It definitely helps, but I am completely lethargic the next day, and I only took half a pill. However, I've also only taken it occasionally for one day here and there, not on a regular basis, so my body may not have time to adjust like others mention on here."

• jos...
• January 18, 2014

For Anxiety "My son was put on this med at age 14 after being pre-diagnosed as non-polar. Then diagnosed with juvenile depression, anxiety disorder, and trouble sleeping. Joshua had bad mood swings. He was only to take this once a day, at bedtime. It only made him so tired he wouldn't get up in the morning. Did nothing for his anxiety or depression."

• mik...
• January 29, 2010

For Sedation "Made me so tired, could not focus or stand up. It pretty much sedated me, slept like a baby. Doctor said it would make me sleepy because of a bad allergic reaction to Testim, so it sedated me to keep me from scratching my rash."

• Fle...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 31, 2021

For Anxiety "I thought this would help my anxiety and calm me down with zero side effects whenever I want. Boy, was I wrong. There have been only negative side effects after taking a combined amount of 50 mg in the last 2 days. First of all, it makes me dead tired, so tired that I can't get up from the bed. That lasts for about 4-5 hours after taking only 12.5 mg. Other terrible side effects were lower libido, becoming almost sexually numb, depersonalization got worse, I actually had almost a panic attack, I got hypnic jerks, and sometimes felt like I couldn't breathe when I tried to sleep. Still feeling the effects of it after almost 24 hours of not taking any. Never going to take this poison anymore."

• Sha...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 18, 2016

For Anxiety "I was prescribed Atarax for my anxiety disorder. It did not help at all and only made me so tired I couldn't function. Definitely a waste!"

• loo...
• June 25, 2010

For Anxiety "I just started taking hydroxyzine. It kind of helps take the anxiety away but makes me feel like I have no energy. Maybe my body needs to adjust to it."

• rad...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 15, 2019

For Allergies "Atarax makes me drowsy and tired."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 20, 2012

For Anxiety "Didn't help, just made me tired."

• Sue...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 18, 2021

For Anxiety "Woke up late, had to get someone to make my coffee, confused, very tired when I awoke, had to hold onto walls when I walked."