Prazosin User Reviews & Ratings (Page 3)

• mbr...
• February 29, 2016

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I have had years of sleep disturbances due to PTSD, from having to live in high anxiety and violent situations. So my Dr. prescribed prazosin, and right away I was sleeping at least 8 hours a night without waking or nightmares. I am not having any side effects that I am aware of and am very glad to be taking it."

• Baw...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 30, 2019

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I have suffered from traumatic PTSD nightmares, or just generally depressing and sad dreams for over 8 years. I was self-medicating with marijuana for a very long time because it removed all dream recall for me, but my quality of sleep was not good. Immediately upon the first night of taking this (1 mg), it was an immediate improvement of no nightmares. I have since gone to 5 mg due to a few nights of bad dreams at the 1 mg dose and it being more vivid than ever before. But since increasing the dose, no nightmares regularly. Maybe one every so often, but the difference in my sleep and sleep quality cannot be overstated. If you suffer from any type of nightmarish sleep or bad dreams, PLEASE ask your doctor about this medication as it may give you your life back. I do feel faint and dizzy at times if I get up at night to use the restroom, but I already have low blood pressure as it is. But I don’t care - it’s a trade-off I will make."

• pts...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 23, 2014

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I have been taking 2 mg prazosin for a month. My nightmares have decreased and I'm actually having dreams unrelated to trauma. I do feel dizzy and feel a bit faint, my hands are shaky and I'm experiencing constipation, but nothing I can't handle. The fact that my daytime flashbacks have decreased and I can sleep and am without nightmares is worth the risk."

• Lau...
• February 15, 2015

For Nightmares "I'm 18, and I have post-traumatic stress disorder, along with major clinical depression and anxiety. I was treated in a ward, and they put me on this to help me with my nightmares. I've had nightmares for a long time. This helps a little. I used to have them every night, but now I have them about twice a week, maybe three times, but it's much better than every night."

• Mam...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• May 23, 2017

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I'm a former paramedic with complex PTSD, and I've been taking prazosin for one year to help with my nightmares. I used to kick and scream during my nightmares. I woke up so sweaty I had to change during the night and sleep in a different spot. I still have nightmares, but they aren't terrifying like they used to be. I no longer have night sweats. My only beef is with the major dizziness and tachycardia the following morning. I've tried stopping these meds because of the side effects, but trust me: the benefits far outweigh them."

• Uns...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• April 13, 2020

For Nightmares "I started taking prazosin while going through abuse and separation. I had terrible nightmares. It helped, but now I have unsettling dreams and talk, cry, and yell during my sleep. They are so vivid that I am physically acting them out during sleep, and this wakes me feeling disoriented. I've woken due to some as well, so shaken I had to sleep with the light on (seeing as well as feeling things touching me). I take them each night, and it doesn't help me fall asleep. I also take 10 mg of diazepam with it."

• Jen...
• May 13, 2013

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I have post-traumatic stress disorder, and started having nightmares about 2 months ago. I was so afraid to go to bed at night because I did not want to relive this experience. My dreams were happening 3-4 times a week, and my neighbor actually called the police one night as she thought I was being attacked. I finally went to my therapist asking for sleeping pills. She gave me Prazosin, which I begrudgingly took. Thank God! I am no longer afraid to sleep. No more flashlights or bats in my bed! I do have a few side effects of being tired and an upset tummy, but I'm sure it will taper off. Love it, love it, love it."

• nig...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 23, 2021

For Anxiety and Stress "Although it did help stop the nightmares, I now wet the bed. I would rather deal with the nightmares. It's been at least 2 years since I stopped taking prazosin, I still wet the bed from time to time. I am afraid to sleep in the same bed as my wife now because of this. I wish someone would have told me this could happen."

• Bla...
• March 31, 2016

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "A combination of PTSD... also suspect too many years standing watch in the Navy. It has all resulted in YEARS of a nightmare surrounding sleep. It featured high anxiety, which began about 5 PM... inability to go to sleep once I got into bed, and waking up during the night and early AM awakening... I was lucky to get 4 hours... sometimes so wired no sleep at all during the night. Prazosin shuts off my mind, so I can not only go to sleep but stay asleep... and the result of my days are better... less focus on negativity. I am unable to verbalize how much it has helped... so entirely thankful to my physician who listened and Rxd... He works with other vets too who apparently have also remarkable stories of success."

• Ske...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 27, 2016

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I was placed on this for PTSD. I am female, and none of the patient information warned that it would cause severe breast pain and engorgement. It does note in the information my doctor accessed that males may experience breast bud enlargement and pain. There was actually a specific term for this effect, but I forget now what it was. He had me go off the medication and back on three times, with two weeks in between. Each time, within ten days, the pain was unbearable."

• Mil...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 31, 2015

For Nightmares "Been taking 1 mg of prazosin for the last 2 months for PTSD nightmares that were causing sleep problems. Nightmares stopped the first day I took it, but I experienced severe headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, nausea, and a lack of energy. As I got used to it, the symptoms gradually improved but did not go away completely. If I've been drinking, the symptoms will worsen, but it is bearable. Overall, my nightmares have become rare, and I can sleep through the night; the side effects are worth it."

• And...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 22, 2019

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I use this for anxiety and stress: I have PTSD, anxiety, and panic attacks. The VA doc started me on 1 mg to eventually increase to 3 mg. Now vivid dreams have increased, but relatively few nightmares. Once the dosage increased to 3 mg, I awoke very groggy and vision blurry. Now back to 2 mg and not so groggy in the morning, but vivid dreams and blurry vision persist. Tempted to cut back to 1 mg. Input from anyone out there with similar experience would be greatly appreciated."

• ido...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 5, 2020

For Nightmares "Jesus Christ, I'll keep my nightmares I had before taking this. 1 mg a night, and each night I took it, he said give it another try, and when I did, I couldn't wake myself up. It was like Freddy Krueger's nut house. I thought my nightmares were bad before and not being able to sleep or just drop from exhaustion, but I couldn't wake myself up. They were intensified! I am scared now they'll stay with me. Now that I have stopped taking it, I have some like that from time to time. So essentially, it made them worse."

• Bar...
• June 24, 2015

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I have been taking it for almost a year. I have been diagnosed with PTSD and anxiety, stress, and night terrors, and it's helped. They took me off of it, and it got worse. So I have been taking it daily, and I'm glad. It helps me out big time. I'm grateful for this medication."

• jk1...
• September 16, 2010

Prazosin for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "This medication really put a stop to the nightmares, as well as the flashbacks for me. The side effects are very minimal (if I stand up too quickly, I get a bit dizzy), and it's really been nothing but a good thing for me."

• LPN...
• October 31, 2010

Prazosin for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I started on this medication, and since I have taken it, the nightmares have been gone. If I forget to take it, then I will have them. This medication has really helped me get a good night's sleep every night."

• Jun...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 29, 2019

For Nightmares "Taken prazosin for two days. Started on 1 mg, then the second night 2 mg, taken 1 hour before bed. Could not sleep but was awake for two hours. Dreaming started immediately upon sleep, more vivid than what I had been having-nightmares and strange dreams all night long until I got up. My nightmares are worse on the medication prazosin. I was hoping it would completely stop them. I hope it hasn't caused my nightmares to be permanently worse."

• My ...
• September 27, 2015

For Nightmares "I have really bad night terrors from PTSD. I've tried tons of atypicals for it, but nothing worked. My doctor then had me try this, and once I got to the full dose, my night terrors have almost completely gone away, and I don't have all the side effects I had on the more standard treatments."

• Jas...
• December 29, 2017

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I started taking this medication in August 2017 after having PTSD for 14 years. I had to get an increased dosage to 2 mg due to a really bad PTSD attack. I have been noticing a lot of calmness, but I occasionally have my nightmares, but not as intense as they used to be. I recommend this to people like me that took them years, even decades, to be put on medication. BTW, DO NOT DRINK CAFFEINE WITH THESE MEDS BEFORE YOU GO TO BED. YOU WILL BE UP ALL NIGHT."

• Fea...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 5, 2020

For Nightmares "I was suffering from night terrors since 2017. And with my PTSD, it was the same night terror over and over. When I take the prazosin medicine as prescribed, I do not have nightmares, nor do I have night terrors, but when I begin to slack off or stop taking them altogether, the dreams come back even worse. So I give this drug two thumbs up."

• Anonymous
• July 1, 2010

Prazosin for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "This medicine completely got rid of all of my nightmares the first night I took it. It has been a few months now and I've only gone up one more mg, so it is still working great. For me, though, the great benefit was that it got rid of all of my dreams, not just nightmares, and for me, that was a big relief."

• Wil...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 24, 2013

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "They do work to stop nightmares, all dreams in fact, but the dose of 3 per night before bedtime makes me sluggish and tired in the day, lack of energy. If I come back to 2 at bedtime, I lose the tired feeling in the day but have nightmares, not every night but sometimes. I do think this is a pretty good medicine for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, though, as there are not many side effects. I read where like 7% experience what I do in being tired, lack of energy. If it were not for that side effect, this would be wonderful for me. This is by far one of the best meds I have received from the VA for PTSD, even with the side effects."

• Fis...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 19, 2017

For Nightmares "I started taking Prazosin in 2012 when I was diagnosed with PTSD and Conversion Disorder. When I first started taking Prazosin, it helped me a lot, but like another poster stated, it did bring things out that had been pushed deep into my mind that I had been suppressing for years and didn't know it. I'm glad I take it and will continue taking it. I started 1 to 2 caps at bedtime. Then I was just upped to 3/1 mg. Only side effect I can think of is diarrhea from time to time. I hope this helps others and may God bless you on your journey to finding what works for you."

• mil...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 26, 2016

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "After getting off of the max of trazodone, my doctor prescribed me this so I can get a better night's rest without having nightmares. This has been making me stay up all night. It's acting like speed and is increasing my heart rate. I feel dizzy and nauseous, and I am shaking as if I had a gallon of black coffee."

• DAR...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 16, 2019

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "Took my first dose of prazosin yesterday at a dose of 2 mg - it is for my PTSD. After about an hour of taking, I got up to use the bathroom. I suddenly felt really weird, like I was going to faint, and went back to the bedroom. I laid on my bed and started sweating for about 5 minutes. It slowed, and then I got cold. Covered up and went to sleep. My dreams were not bad, but that first dose and the near fainting and sweating scared me. I want this to work, but I'm afraid to take another dose?"