Prazosin for Nightmares User Reviews (Page 3)

• Lovely...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 19, 2021

"I've been on this for 3 days it helped with my night terrors but since the 2nd dose I been having severe constant leg cramps that's not relieved by anything. It's so severe that it's hard to walk and sleep is out of the question. I rather have night terrors than be in constant pain. I'm going of it never again"

• Blaire
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 4, 2018

"Prazosin has been a MIRACLE drug for me to take away nightmares. From the very first night that I took Prazosin, this has worked for me IMMEDIATELY. Eventually, when it seemed that I was starting to have some negative dreams, I simply doubled the dosage - and I never again had any dreams even close to nightmares !!!"

• Jus
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 9, 2021

"I would have intense nightmares/night terrors of my trauma with a little bit of my spiritual beliefs infused with them. So I would literally dream of my Sergeant as a black-eyed demon and my base as hell. I don’t know why I dream like this but I’m literally afraid of the dark. Well, anyways, At first, I was placed on prazosin in late 2019 with 1mg. (I didn’t think it could go any higher at the time) it worked at first until I had my first nightmare of the devil… when it didn’t stop that. I grew hopeless and ultimately thought the medication didn’t work. Now, late 2021, I’m back on it at 1mg. I think it’s important to note that I’ve been in therapy and doing really well— and it works! I sleep so good at night. Best sleep I ever had. I thank everybody involved. I thank my Angels for fighting these demons. I think my strength to keep going on and giving it another chance."

• BJano
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• February 5, 2021

"First, I had a deadly skull fracture/traumatic brain injury with many mental health problems including harsh nightmares. I've been taking prazosin for about four years. The way this medication affects me is this: my usual nightmares still occur, but instead of waking up multiple times at night with hallucinations, I experience the entire dream/nightmare, but in a more mellow version. However, during my waking hours during the next day I am constantly looking around for the characters in the bad parts of my nightmares as though they're trying to catch me in real time. So, I sleep all night, but pay the price for the full night sleep the next day. I give prazosin a three on the one-to-ten scale."

• Water...
• February 15, 2018

"I have been taken this medicine for about 3 years for PTSD. (Nightmares) It is a life saver for me. Only bad thing I guess is I have no dreams at all. It helps with my blood pressure also. The VA prescribes this for me."

• Survi...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 27, 2022

"My psychiatrist put me on prazosin for PTSD nightmares in September. It worked really gradually, after about a month I realized I hadn’t had a nightmare for a few weeks. They were a 4-5 day a week occurrence on good weeks since I was about 6 years old. I ran out due to an insurance issue last week and after 2 days my nightmares were back and swinging big. Last night I got back on it and I hope that tonight the nightmares are gone again. But either way, the medicine made a huge difference for my quality of life."

• Anony...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 26, 2017

"I was prescribed Prazosin to help tame my exhausting vivid dreams. I wasn’t having nightmares per se, but my dreams constantly woke me, and I was exhausted the next day. It really seems to help. It’s like I’m an observer since starting this, rather than participant, and able to sleep much more restfully."

• Yohoya
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 14, 2021

"I’m 22 female with chronic depression, anxiety disorder, PTSD, and some other stuff unrelated to nightmares. I have had nightmares every time I dream since childhood. You really need to try the drug yourself to determine it’s worth; seems like for everyone it’s different. I have low body weight (105lbs), taking 2 mg makes me drowsy, fatigue, sweaty, and hypotensive, sleeping 14 hours a day with no energy for school. The nightmares gotten much worse, very vivid, bizarre, outlandish though it makes me stop dreaming that frequently. I stopped for a year now and my nightmares are worse than before I tried the pill. My body just never got used to the effective dosage and it was simple too strong for me to handle to be able to function daily"

• Azale...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 4, 2021

"I have to say this is the worst "medication" I have ever taken. My experience was bad, The pill was "scientifically" scary. I had vivid nightmares at night. This pill was a nightmare and I was mad the Doctor prescribed it."

• Robi
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 29, 2023

"I was recently prescribed 1 mg Prazosin for nightmares. For context, I went through pretty extensive therapy for PTSD and the only remaining symptom is nightmares. I no longer meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD (yay), but have severe Major Depression and mild anxiety. I didn't realize how much my nightmares/sleep disturbance was contributing to my depression. Prazosin has greatly increased my sleep quality and I have lovely dreams now. Sleep used to be so unpleasant that I would stay up late and fall asleep in front of the TV almost every night. Now, I am following a nighttime routine and falling asleep cuddling my partner. Up until now, antidepressants just weren't cutting it. My psych was considering a diagnosis of Treatment-Resistant Depression. With the Prazosin, I am finally sleeping well, which is giving me/meds a fighting chance during the day. I am so grateful for this medication and recommend it to anyone struggling with sleep disturbance."

• Disor...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 16, 2021

"I have a rare disorder, REM sleep behavior disorder. I was wondering if "Unsettling dreams," who posted on April 13, 2020, might also have REM sleep behavior disorder. Talking, yelling, and acting out dreams are symptoms of the disorder. Please see a neurologist about this. My neurologist prescribed prazosin-1mg., and I tried it last night for the first time. I still had nightmares, but I'm hoping it will work if I take it for a while. I've also read that clonazepam may help with this disorder."

• jano
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 22, 2021

"I’ve struggled w PTSD nightmares and insomnia for years. Taking prazosin, vistaral, and clonidine has been the perfect cocktail to get through the night. i have NEVER slept so well. My nightly flashbacks have subsided but I have continued to have super vivid dreams, they are not traumatizing or even sleep disturbing, in fact they’re pretty cool like a little movie. I would definitely recommend this med and I wish I had known sooner about this due to how long I struggled with this."

• cas
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 20, 2023

"I started taking 2mg a night for my PTSD nightmares. I thought that they weren’t really doing anything, as I was still having nightmares. The doctor upped my dose to 5mg and boy was I wrong about it not doing anything. I had the worst string of horror-induced sleepless nights of my life. I’d sleep in 3-hour intervals, always ending with me being jerked awake by some new terror. Some nights I’d sleep just the 3 hours. Some nights I’d have multiple nightmares in one night. Needless to say, those pills were going down the toilet. I really gave it a try because it apparently works for other people and I really could use some dreamless sleep, but uh lol sadly, no. Guess me and my nightmares and will have to go it alone."

• DCano
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 29, 2020

"I started having horrific & violent nightmares about four months ago, with night sweats and tossing & turning, cramped fingers and lower legs and tight chest by morning. Put on prazosin 1mg a night and nightmares disappeared for about two weeks but then came back even worse than before. Doc raised it to 2mg and nightmares disappeared for a week but returned and then 3mg/night but has been of little help. Since I'm already on a blood-pressure med, I am weaning myself off the prazosin and will have to deal with the nightmares in some other way or not at all."

• 2ador...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 30, 2022

"I was given 2mg of prozosin for screaming in my sleep. The next morning, when I got up to feed my cats, as I was standing at the kitchen counter I felt very faint...and then I did faint. In the process of fainting I collapsed, crushed one ankle and sprained the other. I went thru months of not being able to take care of myself. I'll just keep screaming."

• Laurie
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 22, 2022

"I took prazosin for a few months under the care of a psychiatrist in combination with other medications. I found this drug to do nothing for me. Nothing positive (less frequent or intense nightmares) nor negative (no new side effects). I stopped taking it and I'm currently trying other therapies."

• Anonymous
• December 2, 2022

"I have been taking prazosin for two months now. I’ve taken it in the past, over a year ago, and I will warn you, I could not use this while being on birth control!!!! When I was on birth control, I tried this to relieve my nightmares at that time. It gave me adverse effects and my nightmares were so vivid, I was scared to fall asleep some nights. But a year later, I was waking up 3-5 times a night from bad dreams or just in general, for months on end. I decided to try prazosin without being on birth control and WHAT A DIFFERENCE. I now barely have dreams that I can recall and I take 2mg. It is a drug you have to keep taking because I missed two days one time and my old nightmares/waking up 4 times a night came back. The only side effect I noticed, sometimes is my heart rate is a tad bit faster. So I always try to take it as soon as I’m going to bed."

• Marie
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 2, 2022

"Prazosin has changed my life. I suffered from extremely disturbing nightmares related to trauma for most of my life. Since starting Prazosin, my nightmares have completely stopped only to be replaced by intensely real dreams. I am no longer afraid to go to sleep at night and I’m not waking through the night terrified of the nightmares I was experiencing. My dreams are so crisp and clear and sometimes weird, but not scary anymore. I’m so thankful for this medication."

• Chick...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 7, 2021

"I take this for C-PTSD with dissociative symptoms and It’s doing it’s job when it comes to the PTSD stuff, been on it for a little over a year, but its got rid my sex drive. I started on 1 mg at night. Went up to 6 mg at night at 2 in the morning but I started having dizzy spells, so we went back to 4 at night and 2 in the morning. Hasn’t helped with the nightmares, still have them most nights, but I’m at least not on edge all the time anymore."

• Annie...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• May 6, 2022

"I've been taking prazosin for nightmares/night terrors for five years, and it's as effective now as it was the first time. A life saver. I never wake up nauseated and sweating from the memory of dreams that will ruin the day anymore. Thank god for prazosin."

• Missy...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 12, 2022

"Dr. Prescribed it for me last week help me sleep. Other sleep meds I recently tried have given me nightmares so I only took one or two nights. First two nights were great, on Prazosin. I slept well. Only up 2 x to potty. Last two days, I've felt very drugged all day. Only 1 mg. I took Ambien for about 15 years and it was a miracle drug! Then it wasn't as effective, so Dr. added Trazadone. It helped for a 2-3 years but then I was ravenously hungry, even if I'd just eaten before bed. Then I'd wake up 2-3 x a night and would have to eat something to be able to fall back asleep. I am diagnosed with PTSD but it's been years since it's been bad, so it was worth a try since other meds (non-narcotic) gave me nightmares. It's worth a try. Just not for me long term. I can't take a controlled sleep med (like Ambien). I take 2 narcotic pain meds and if I take a controlled night med I have to give up a dose of pain meds and it's not worth it."

• Sarah
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 6, 2024

"I dream of my trauma. The whole process of the dreams, the emotions, the sweating. My days would just relive the dreams and the trauma. The doctor started me on Prazosin and I still dream, but somehow I do not have the emotions. I can actually forget my dreams. It's the strangest medicine, but I am not arguing with results."

• ssric...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 6, 2022

"I started taking it for chronic PTSD nightmares. I've been suffering for 6 months every night. I've tried multiple medications and nothing has helped as much as this one. it’s not a miracle pill, I still have nightmares but their severity has decreased and I'm not waking up screaming anymore. I’m still terrified to go to sleep but my quality of sleep has improved and I don’t just have only nightmares. I have some regular dreams as well. The terror I feel while sleeping has eased quite a bit. The side effects I feel is it’s incredibly hard to wake up and stay awake in the day. I'm quite sleepy but a small price to pay to actually get a semi good night of sleep after months"

• Becky...
• July 5, 2013

"Prazosin had been a God send. I had nightmares EVERY night. Was prescribed this medicine and they ended almost immediately, still have crazy dreams but not nightmares."

• jessi...
• April 7, 2014

"I have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and nothing else worked for my nightmares. This did, have had no nightmares since I started taking it."