Hydroxyzine for Sedation User Reviews (Page 5)

• Edgem...
• August 21, 2016

"I was first introduced to Atarax when I was having trouble sleeping at the mental hospital/psych ward. I was only prescribed 50mg a day and it didn't really help with my sleeping issues. I stopped taking the medicine but one week I started getting really bad anxiety, to the point where I would feel like puking, I decided to take the pills again on 50mg. It helped a lot with anxiety and pretty quickly as well."

• Sleep...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 17, 2019

"I’m titrating off of Klonopin, a terrible drug, with awful side effects while on it, and in getting off of it. My Doctor has prescribed hydroxyzine 10mg f or during the taper which allows me to sleep soundly. I’m down on the Klonopin, and plan to reduce it again this month. My only complaint is being tired and sleepy for the entire next day. It’s very difficult at the gym to complete my workouts. Just researched the 1/2 lifetime of it. It is at the least 20 hours. I’m going to try taking it earlier at night. Hope this helps!"

• Ann
• June 17, 2019

"I've been on hydroxyzine for numerous years. I take 40 milligram before I go to bed. Most of the time it works great, but I only sleep for 6 hours, but I did sleep hard. Had to stop taking it for a couple days because it does something to my stomach."

• Magpie
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 10, 2015

"I've been taking ambient for 2 years and it stopped working. We tried sonata (no), lunesta which does work some but I need a boost from another drug to get a FULL NIGHTS SLEEP! I've been on klonopin forever too. So after trying many of the options, my doc suggested vistaril. At first I couldn't take it, it made me too tired, but that was just a bought of exhaustion that sometimes happens from the fibromyalgia. I just started taking again and WOW! I'm glad I didn't get rid of them from before! One 25 mg at bed with my klonopin and other meds and less than half hour later, I'm toast. Sleep all night now, yay! Only side effects are dry mouth and occasionally morning hangover, but thats ok"

• bsouthe
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 13, 2016

"Tried 50 mg tablet at 8:30; felt nothing. Then took another 50 mg at 9:30 and didn't feel like it helped much either. Then in the morning, I was completely groggy and out of it all day; felt like a zombie. Next night, I took one 50 mg, and I definitely never fell asleep any faster. It might make you feel drowsy, but it didn't help promote sleep."

• drenia
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 5, 2015

"I always had trouble sleeping but since I had my 3rd son almost 4 years ago it's worst. I toss and turn all night and I will be thinking about things and I wouldn't know why. So I went to my doctor and they gave me this medicine hydroxyzine and it helps a lot. It calms me down and my mind is clear since I've been on it. I sleep way better but I notice a difference if i don't take it I have bad anxiety cause I can't sleep..."

• LOVEL...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 13, 2017

"Honestly , This works pretty well for me. It really decreases my anxiety and gently soothes me to sleep. The capsule isn't that big and is relatively easy to swallow. I have the option to also add it to food and it doesn't really make it taste any different , except dot a very light sweetness. This pill actually , oddly , very rarely gets caught in my throat , unless I take it with very little liquid , it's very easy to swallow. It really s also a very nice sedative for me."

• The...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 24, 2015

"While I was on this I pushed everyone away, my husband, my friends, and my family. I felt worthless and felt like no one cared about me. I was never happy, and almost lost my husband, and I lost almost all of my friends. There was extremely noticeable changes in my personality after I stopped using it. I started to feel like the old me within 2 days."

• Jwright
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 23, 2016

"I'm giving this medication a 5 because, it did not help with sleep at all HOWEVER I found this medication very useful for nausea and dizziness. I occasionally get dizzy spells with nausea. I was told that when this happens I get small crystal formations inside my ear canal which cause the issue. I used to take Dramamine for it which helped some. I find that Hydroxyzine works much more efficiently. I recently was sick with food poisoning, LOTS of nausea almost 24 hours a day for nearly a week. This medication was a godsend for relieving the nausea."

• Eva
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• July 23, 2023

"I have chronic insomnia developed after heart surgery. My old doctor suggested hydroxyzine. I've been on it for 6 years and it literally saved my life. I'm aware of the negatives if taken long term, as all antihistamines do, and the fact that it loses its sedative effect after a while as well. So I'm not taking it every night, but every 3-4 days. The minimal dose is about 20 mg. I've been doing this for 6 years and so far haven't had to increase the dose, and it works without any issues. The second night after taking it, I still get the same effect."

• Bad...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 17, 2022

"I was given 50mg for insomia and the first night it worked great. I took it 20 minutes before bed as doc prescribed, but it took about 30 minutes to start feeling any effects and a full hour to actually put me out. I slept the whole night no problems with only a little foggy feeling for the first 30-45 minutes of my morning. Benadryl gives me more of that "hangover groggy" feeling then this stuff. The 2nd night I took it and hour before bed and didn't fall asleep until 1am. Tossed and turned and then rushed to the bathroom thinking I was going to throw up. The feeling passed and then I had horrible diarrhea. Then I think I started having a panic attack out of nowhere. Sweating, couldn't catch a breath, shaking. 3rd night I braved it and cut the pill in half. Noticed severe agitation and feelings of doom the next day. Throwing this stuff away!! I'd rather deal with insomnia. Weird stuff since it's an antihistamine like benadryl and supposed to help with anxiety. Not worth it in my IMO."

• Insom...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 15, 2021

"I take Klonopin OR Trazadone every single night to sleep, or I will not sleep more then 2 hours. Klonopin is honestly the perfect medication. It’s my favorite, but addictive. Trazadone knocks me out within a hour, and I stay asleep, but I feel groggy the next day and I don’t like it. Hydroxyzine: I am prescribed it 25mg pills every night. At first it didn’t seem like work. I took one 25mg pill.. within 30 minutes I was in desperate need to go to sleep. I slept for 11 hours. I didn’t wake up groggy or tired or anything.. but I don’t think I like the fact I will be sleeping 10+ hours without any special effort. Every medication will effect every person different. This is a fact. From my experience, I do enjoy this medication, just will be splitting it in half. If this medication makes you sleepy, oh boy your are SLEEPY."

• Meggy...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 8, 2014

"I've been taking Vistaril for about a year, one dose a night before bed (I take it for sleep) and it gets me to sleep but gives me very vivid scary dreams! I think the biggest problems with this is that I tend to punch, slap and kick whoever I'm sleeping next to! (Boyfriend, friend, sister) and they really have a problem with it, I think it's quite funny. Though the dreams do wake me up I can say that I don't get much sleep sometimes but it's quite amusing. Though that may just be my dry humor."

• Nikko
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 30, 2022

"Odd! I’m reading everyone’s comments and I had absolutely no sedated feeling. Not tired at all! I prescribed 50mg then, 100 mg a month later and I gained weight as well. My Dr. promised I wouldn’t gain weight hence why I got off my trazadone because of that exact reason… then again every time I spoke to her ( 6 months in) she asked if I was a new patient. Just, do your own research and read reviews… idiot Drs!!!"

• Need2...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 30, 2019

"Prescribed 50 mg hydroxyzine for insomia and insomnia related anxiety. It’s been sitting in cabinet for 2 months dreading to take it based on reviews. I took half (25mg) and my sleep onset was about 15 mins. I woke 1 hour later, super strange feeling on this (more anxiety, restlessness, but getting groggy not sleepy). I stayed awake for 1.5 hrs, during that time ate a snack (which I never do) and I laied down. I fell asleep for 4 hours. I woke again, did the same 1.5 hr waking and slept another hour. Super groggy and felt I had been run over by a convoy of trucks. After 2 hours I felt better. I tried to exercise 12 hours after taking but the CNS depression this causes is too much to perform. Still feeling the effects, I know I could nap, which is not what I want from a sleep med. I’m not sure I’ll try this again, I could have fitful sleep on my own with less side effects."

• husky...
• February 21, 2016

"I was taking Hydroxyzine as a possible help to fight anxiety, so that I can begin to start the process of weaning myself off Klonopin. Never take them together, however. After the last couple nights, I will never take Hydroxyzine again, if that is what is causing the most bizarre dreams I have ever had in my life. Not really nightmares, but just very strange and hard to wake up from!"

• Texti...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 6, 2017

"I just got done taking this medicine along with 2 melatonin. I usually need 4 melatonin to get to sleep. So if I need 2 more after an hour or so I will take them. Right now I am awake enough to work I am really relaxed. I am also on kolonopin 1mg or 1 and a half mg at the most it always helps me sleep. I might need that tonight to sleep. Hopefully this is enough. Anyways will write more tomorrow if this drug is any good. It feels like I am breathing a lot deeper or something but that could be normal. I am going to have my husband check on me. Anyways I'm falling asleep so I'll write more tomorrow. "

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 18, 2022

"Dr prescribed me thus for anxiety and to help me sleep. The first week it worked I was actually falling asleep and when I would wake up I was able to fall asleep fast again.... it's been a week and now I can't sleep. I was only taking 1 pill a Night I tried taking two and still nothing. I haven't slept at all and now I don't know what else to try."

• Comat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 1, 2019

"I have panic disorder, and chronic insomnia, combined with PTSD. Normally, I take ambien 10mg for problems falling asleep, with 1mg of diazapam for nightmares and teeth grinding related to PTSD. I normally have no problem staying asleep. This medication did help me fall asleep, but it took 90 minutes, which is still better than no sleep. After I fell asleep I would describe that sleep as comatose sleep. I woke up about 3 times, but my whole body was completely dead weight. Was able to fall back asleep. After sleeping 12 straight hours, my family member was so concerned she came in to I make sure I was okay. I could barely make words. Still, this was better than no sleep at all. I did notice that my breathing was shallow, but was too drowsy to have any anxiety or concern over it. This probably won’t be my new medication for long, I need to be able to function. Not wanting to spend my whole day feeling comatose."

• Anxie...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 20, 2022

"I am GETTING OFF THIS TODAY!!! I have been take 75 to 100mgs a day for sleep And yes! I even tried to lower the dose. I LITERALLY SLEEP 11 TO 12 HOURS!! Every time I take it! THROWING these away!! Tonight!"

• Sarah
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 12, 2018

"I have been on this for a little while, I have not been taking them though. Last night I took two, one pill is 100mgs. I have always had an issue with sleeping, it was either not sleep at all or have very bad nightmares. I was so tired and I couldn't sleep so I took them. I passed out around 8pm and woke up around 2pm. I didn't wake up once, although I felt like death all day. I was still tired and I felt like a zombie."

• Angel...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 27, 2019

"I came to the dr because I had some sort of rash and I couldn’t sleep. This medicine “took off the edge”. I’m giving it 8 stars because I didn’t have any side effects on it - and it does have very very mild sedative effect even lesser if you had a Chamomile tea (A chamomile tea with 3-4 bags of Chamomile will put you out with more “ooh, I’m feeling groggy” than this). It does something but super mild and gentle medicine - not anything like a real sleeping pill (I had those in the past). But still these days I’m just preferring the old fashioned power lifting in the gym: trust me if you lift right before bedtime without doing any cardio, slow pace, and follow by a jacuzzi tub you will start yawning in no time. To me the effects of this drug are too insignificant to be taking it, who knows what long term effects it could have on me - so I quit taking it in about a week, and my rash was gone by then."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 1, 2021

"After reading your reviews I didn’t pick up my prescription. I used Benadryl and magnesium instead. One of each about an hour before bed and I sleep pretty good. They only prescribe Hydroxyzine because it has an antihistamine that makes you fall asleep. Benadryl does the same thing without the nasty side effects."

• Mr He...
• December 25, 2017

"So, I had to use it not for anxiety but because I was depressed and on the verge of getting in my car and driving off a bridge, and I needed something to basically knock myself out so I would forget. It worked. I fell asleep for like 10 hours."

• Walker
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• September 28, 2019

"Works well if you have insomnia. I take 100 mg though. I have trouble focusing the next day. I have to take clonidine at night with it to help with my ADHD and focusing. I’m hoping to get off hydroxyzine even though it helps with sleep."