Hydroxyzine User Reviews & Ratings (Page 2)

• Turtle
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 22, 2020

For Sedation "I've been using 50mg for about a week now. And I'm finally getting a full night's sleep. I average between 7 and 9 hours. Only because my internal clock tells me to wake up. I'm 66 years old I was having a hard time sleeping. I wake up in the morning and I'm ready to go."

• Anonymous
• September 14, 2012

Vistaril (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "I had severe anxiety, panic attacks...I worry all the time about everything, causing my blood pressure to skyrocket. I had been on blood pressure pills for 2 months but still having a heavy pressure in my chest/throat area, causing me to think I was having a heart attack. Doctor prescribed Vistaril 25mg x 2 day for anxiety. This helps me tremendously and I only have to take it once a day. Hope this helps answer some questions someone might have."

• Nicole
• September 10, 2014

Atarax (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "I have tried a lot of different medications for my anxiety, and nothing has ever worked, that is; until I was prescribed Atarax. I was going through some very, very stressful times and had to go on something. Nothing has ever helped me, not Paxil, Lexapro, Effexor, Zoloft. I know that is a lot of different ones! But this is spread out over many years of trying new ones, not one of them really worked for me, and I had lots of bad side effects from them. Atarax was one that I had never heard of, till the doctor prescribed it to me. Immediately it works. You take it, and within 30 mins it kicks in, and last for hours. You can take one or two at a time, every six hours. The only side effect is sleepiness, and I did experience this."

• Dani
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 22, 2020

For Sedation "Hello. I am 22 years old prescribed hydroxyzine to help me sleep because I was waking up in the middle of the night from horrible panic attacks afraid to sleep. When I first started taking hydroxyzine as needed it was good and made me feel refreshed. Now recently I took it and I felt so exhausted and tired. Its been 24 hours since I took it and I still don't feel good. Im tired and I've been sleeping but it doesn't help. My body feels so weak and tired and its making my anxiety worse. Is this normal? Should I still be feeling tired even after taking this medication a day earlier. I really don't like this feeling. Never taking this again."

• Yikes...
• July 3, 2021

For Sedation "My psychiatrist prescribed me 25 mg hydroxyzine every night before bed to help with my insomnia. I took it one time about a month ago and woke up feeling tired and sick. I took a nap about an hour after waking up and felt bad the whole day. I took one again last night at about 11pm. I didn't start to feel drowsy until about 2 am, but when I did it hit me like a truck. I slept through the night, until about noon. I forced myself to get up but could barely move because of how tired my body felt. Right now I feel dizzy with blurred vision, its slightly hard to breathe( feels like theres a weight on my chest), and I'm still exhausted to the point that I can't function properly. Only 25mg and I'm rendered useless for about 12-15 hours and feel like garbage the rest of the day. I also have severe anxiety and this medication makes it go through the roof because I'm not in control of my body to the point that I can't move or see properly."

• Meytal
• June 27, 2015

Vistaril (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "I just started this medication yesterday. I was extremely doubtful since I've tried xanex, clonapin, and valium. However, I was at the point that I was willing to try anything. Took my first dose around 6pm and I was truly impressed. So I think it works alot better for my anxiety than any benzos ever did. For weeks I've been feeling like I was about to crawl out of my skin. Lots of medical issues, high blood pressure. I'm in telephone sales and its not ideal for those with similar medical problems. Now I feel great. Excited to go to work tomorrow. This is coming from someone who thought only benzos helped. If your doctor gives it to you, try it, it works. I take less than what others say they take and I still stand by it."

• Wynnie
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 27, 2024

Vistaril (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "Look, this medicine either works for some people or doesn't. All medications are like that; it's very personal to every individual. However, I don't understand why some reviews just talk about how it made them gain weight; therefore, it's an awful drug... Many, MANY mental health (and other) medications make you gain weight. Not sure how that's relevant to their effectiveness. I'd take being 50lbs bigger any day if that meant not dealing with panic. That being said, for me, like many others, Vistaril works GREAT for anxiety. I've taken Xanax before, so I can wholeheartedly say that a 25mg pill works JUST as well, if not a little bit better than a low dose of Xanax. Even the next day, I have almost no anxiety in my body. However, like another review stated, I am in a terrible mood the day after a dose. Just something I'm gonna have to learn to work around. Honestly, if you are prescribed this, just give it a try. Those it works for, it can work wonders."

• Cupcake
• November 3, 2019

Atarax (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "I’ve been taking this medication Atarax for 4 years now, I take it for my severe panic and anxiety attacks it has helped me so much ! This medicine is wonderful! It’s a sedative that dr uses for patients after surgery or before ! Those who don’t really know about it here you go! Atarax (hydroxyzine) reduces activity in the central nervous system. It also acts as an antihistamine that reduces the natural chemical histamine in the body. Histamine can produce symptoms of sneezing and runny nose, or hives on the skin. Atarax is used as a sedative to treat anxiety and tension! But it also helps me sleep at night when I feel a panic attack come on I take one and go to sleep witch that’s what I want thanks to this medicine!!!!"

• Peaches
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 18, 2020

Atarax (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "Hydroxyzine 25mg, EQ Atarax. If your dr prescribes you Atarax for anxiety, tell them you’ve already taken it and all it does is make you sleepy. I had a hot flash within 20min of taking it, and my chest, dead in the center feels like someone is sitting on me. I slept for 12hrs and at times felt like I wasn’t breathing. Yea, maybe my anxiety did decrease, because I was asleep..... This is the WORST medication I’ve ever tried. I’d rather take Benadryl, at least I don’t get hot flashes with it."

• Yates...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 17, 2012

Atarax (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "I cold turkeyed off Xanax after 16 years of 1 mg a day. I had horrible withdrawal symptoms. At 4 months my MD (not the dr that suggested I go cold turkey) but the one that helped me through it, put me on Atarax, 10 - 25 mg as needed up to 100 mg a day. It really made a difference in my recovery. I take it as I need, or don't take it at all. It helps with the anxiety, nausea, shaking. I have been on it for 9 months now and really recommend people try it. "

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 14, 2018

Vistaril (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "It doesn't work at all for me and the doctor doesn't want to get in trouble for with the government for prescribing benzos with pain meds. The government rules everything and doctors are useless. Guess I will just have go to the streets for my meds now."

• Dale...
• February 16, 2014

Vistaril (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "I would like to say that I have taken all the big medicines for my depression and Anxiety, Panic and to be truthful this medicine has worked for me. I had issues with a lot of things and getting mad and wanting to argue all the time and just could not deal with feeling that way and I have always had great out look on life even if life was horrific. Since I have been on this medicine it has helped, yes the medicine wants you to sleep more and sometimes you feel groggy but I notice if I start taking it in the evening and close to bedtime it works best. Just don't take it when you get up or in the afternoon because it will make you drowsy. I would say if you have some of the problems that the rest of us do I would say it would not hurt to try it."

• ser
• November 20, 2019

Vistaril (hydroxyzine) for Sedation "My doctor prescribed me this drug Vistaril as I have trouble sleeping. I was getting around 5 hours of sleep and with Vistaril I am now getting 3 hours. It makes you feel drowsy, but not in a good way. Falling asleep on this drug is very difficult. I wake up several times during the night and the next morning I don’t know if I was asleep or awake during the night. I feel the side effects of this drug a whole 24 hours after taking it. The next morning after taking it for sleep, my muscles do not work properly and I feel like I’ve lost motor function in my limbs and fingers. My brain is not comprehending information quickly and I have a hard time typing and reading. I was out and felt like I had to be taken to emergency because of how much anxiety I was feeling with my body feeling limp and weak. Everything about this drug effected me negatively. Didn’t help with my anxiety. Didn’t help me fall asleep. I’ve only taken this drug 3 times (not even in a row) and will not be taking it again."

• Sam...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 6, 2016

Vistaril (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "I have hereditary Depression, Bipolar Type 2, PTSD, High Anxiety, Insomnia, and I am also breast feeding baby #4. (I also suffer from Severe Post Partum Depression beginning late in my pregnancies.) I have been on over 50 combinations of medications. (I caution you readers to be leery of reviews by those who prior took addictive medications to Vistaril, as they may have formed a biased addiction to their previous meds.) I am currently taking Prozac and Vistaril. My best medication combination when not pregnant or breast feeding was Prozac and Doxepin. The Vistaril is helping so greatly with both my anxiety and insomnia that I am switching permanently! I can even take Vistaril if my anxiety flares, plus it is not addictive! Loving it!!!"

• Sam
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 20, 2019

Vistaril (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "I have been taking 50mg of Vistaril every 4 hours for about one week. It was prescribed to me for anxiety. It has worked well and allowed me to function without panic attacks and calms me and keeps me out of fight or flight mode. Life has just been easier entirely. I have had some mild to moderate side effects specifically, a few headaches, impaired coordination and occasional dizziness. I personally would take that over the mind crushing anxiety. I would recommend avoiding operating a vehicle until you're comfortable with the medication and keep your water intake up."

• mixie
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 12, 2016

For Anxiety "I was recently diagnosed with anxiety, like 1 month ago. I really thought I was going to die, anxiety was the worst thing that ever happened to me, it frustrated me to hear the doctors say just deep breath your not going to die, like they truly didn't understand the feeling, anxiety is the worst feeling ever, I cried 3 days straight constantly feeling like the air was being taken from me and just depressed it was hard to describe the amount of emotions I felt. My doctor prescribed this medication and to be honest it's the best thing that ever happened to me. From now and then I can feel my chest tightening but never as severe. I just want to let those who feel helpless know if I got through it you can to be strong you can do it"

• Tdawggg
• December 18, 2020

For Anxiety "Doctor prescribed Hydroxyzine 25mg HCL tablets for the treatment of my general anxiety. Was recently diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea and I've been having bad anxiety at night while trying to sleep with the machine. Used to have bad panic attacks but they went away a few years ago. I was a bit apprehensive to take this medication because of the bad reviews but it worked GREAT for me. Took one tablet before bed and I slept 10 hours with my CPAP machine, woke up feeling amazing. Yes, I was a little groggy in the am but not nearly as severe as other reviews. Highly recommend and I hope it works for you!"

• anxious...
• February 28, 2020

Vistaril (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "my dr prescribed me this Vistaril and I hate it. Does absolutely nothing for panic attacks. It didn’t even make me drowsy like Benadryl does. I upped the dose and nothing happened. Pretty pointless medication"

• KClean
• July 1, 2008

Vistaril (hydroxyzine) for Sedation "I have tried Ambien, Cymbalta, Clonazepam, etc for insomnia. All have had the opposite effect - keeping me awake worse than if I hadn't taken anything. Nothing has helped me sleep as well as Vistaril, with no side effects. I wake up refreshed every morning without any fatigue."

• Kjano
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 14, 2019

For Sedation "Prescribed hydroxyzine after trying trazodone (made me wake up every few hours with night sweats and more anxiety!) Hydroxyzine has given me back my sleep! I take either 12.5 to 25 mgs and fall asleep within 15 minutes. I stay asleep through the night and the next day I may be a little loopy on occasion but it’s better than having horrible anxiety and panic attacks."

• Mlynn
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 11, 2019

Atarax (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "I recently had anxiety trigger for me and I had a very scary panic attack that woke me from a dead sleep. My GP prescribed Atarax 10 mg form. I do not take anything regularly so I was a tad apprehensive. However I was reading and saw that people take much more higher doses on the medication, so I assumed it wasn’t going to work - wrong It takes a little bit to get the full effect but once it happens I was out like a light. I also woke up a little groggy, but my day has been better than ever. I slept finally fully and o didn’t have tightness of chest at work or during the day. 10mg is plenty and I didn’t have any weird dreams or side effects. I will say just having the bottle provided me calmness before I went to bed. I look forward to another night of rest."

• Adopt...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 21, 2019

For Sedation "I was prescribed hydroxyzine for my anxiety/sleep. My doctor said 1-2 pills for sleep at night. I sleep well with it. I used to wake up in the middle of the night with a panicked/dissociated/confused feeling without it. But I am EXTREMELY exhausted the next day or two. That makes me not want to take it anymore since I’m an absolute zombie. I took a nap and that didn’t even help! Being this groggy makes me nervous but I’m pretty sure it’s the medicine because it happened to me before when I was previously prescribed this for sleep. Be very careful guys, start with the lowest dose and work your way up! I just can’t believe 1-2 days later I’m still exhausted. Lord give me strength ✊"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• May 1, 2012

Vistaril (hydroxyzine) for Anxiety "I have been taking Vistaril for the last 6 months. I use it for anxiety and trouble sleeping. It calms me down with no side effects, and when I take it in the evening for sleep I wake up feeling good. I've taken multiple drugs for sleep including, Restoril, trazadone, and Ambien. All of those caused me to have the "sleep hangover". I would have trouble waking up and would spend the whole day feeling as if the medications just wouldn't leave my system. Vistaril is the best medication I've found for anxiety and sleep. It allows me to take a few lower doses during the day and a higher dose at night to sleep. Highly recommended."

• NKarina
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 15, 2021

For Sedation "I came to this site to see if it’s normal to feel so crummy after taking this to sleep. While I am now ‘asleep’ for 8.5 hours, I am certain the sleep is not restorative. I wake feeling weird, groggy, detached and tired all day. My reflexes are slow and emotions are off. I prefer night time anxiety and sleeplessness to a full day of floating in the clouds. Never taking again."

• iceme...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• April 17, 2016

For Sedation "I cant believe all the negative reviews! I have been on Hydroxizine for years, and it has been the only remedy that has worked effortlessly for sleep. It calms you, AND makes you tired. It also helps you to sleep well- REM. It is also an antihistimine!!!! :) SO two in one miracle for me."