Prazosin User Reviews & Ratings (Page 4)

• Shi...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• May 19, 2019

For Nightmares "I have recurring nightmares due to PTSD, to the point of crippling daily trauma, and was prescribed prazosin. The nightmares continued but in a new light, not as recurring. I found an ability to control them and break free of them almost immediately after starting prazosin. When I miss a dose, the nightmares return in force, but it has been a LIFE CHANGER for my PTSD nightmares."

• Liz...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 9, 2017

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "My boyfriend was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and also suffers from childhood trauma PTSD. The medication alone, he was still having his manic stages and his lows, but once the doctor added the Minipress to take at night with his Seroquel (quetiapine), it created wonders for us. He has been very stable after only 30 days, and we hope this progresses throughout time."

• Lay...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 8, 2018

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "Wow, I have PTSD due to my husband's sex addiction. I had obtrusive thoughts and an extremely high startle response so that I hated nights. Sleep eluded me, and my mind dwelled. FINALLY! I sleep great and woke up SO HAPPY! I hope it lasts. I took 1 mg before bed. I got a light headache and felt a tad light-headed but WORTH IT! I hope all people struggling with PTSD at night try this! It is great!"

• Blu...
• February 12, 2016

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I know you have to wait at least 3-4 weeks. So far, I'm on week 3 and still unsure if it works. First few nights on 1 mg a day, I flipped up out of my sleep several times. Dr. increased it to 2 mg a day and I still can't get consistent sleep patterns. Some days yes and others no. One night I stayed up like I was on drugs. Finally passed out around 1 a.m. Week 3, I've now gotten the 'gotta go to the bathroom #2' side effect, which my doctor says happens. It's like a sore stomach with diarrhea but not full-blown diarrhea. The one good thing is my BP has responded to the meds. Less nightmares, but then again I'm not really sleeping either. I'm still going to continue and see where it goes."

• WW1...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 18, 2020

For Nightmares "My night terrors aren't every night, but often they're multiple layers of night terrors in one night. I started taking this last week. The first few nights, I didn't notice anything, as I don't have night terrors every night. Last night, while on one mg of prazosin, I had multiple layers of night terrors throughout the night and am going on one hour of sleep today. I don't have another appointment until early March. Maybe I need a higher dose?"

• Boo...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• November 22, 2016

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I've been taking prazosin for years. It started mainly right after my time in the service where I experienced an event. My battle buddy committed suicide in front of me, taking his own rifle to his chin and pulling the trigger. For years after, I suffered horrible reenactments of his death in my dreams. So vividly lucid that I would wake up screaming, being able to smell the sulfur in the air from the shell casing hitting the ground. Or the sound of a round penetrating the human skull, ricocheting in this helmet and through his face. I don't mean to go about my own horrible nightmares, but that was 2007. It's November 22, 2016. My nightmares are returning. I'm not sure if I need a readjustment or not."

• Cha...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 14, 2019

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I had such terrible nightmares and night terrors for about 10 years. I got to the point where I didn't sleep much. I was afraid to fall asleep. I craved sleep but couldn't. I was finally hospitalized. Staff documented I didn't sleep at all for the first 5 days I was there. Then sleep meds got me to sleep and nightmares with talking and screaming started. They added prazosin, which helps me. I still have nightmares sometimes, but I am much improved. Side effects include extreme thirst, dry mouth, and eyes. I also have to be careful about the dizziness it causes if I have to wake up before my sleep cycle is finished. Bottom line, not sleeping caused so many problems I put up with the side effects."

• Pol...
• July 8, 2011

Prazosin for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I have had my pulse rate go way up and my blood pressure, both systolic and diastolic, go way down. My heart was pounding. But I find that with this medicine I can sleep a bit more, and I had to quit taking my lisinopril in the morning. I still have nightmares, but I can wake up and say to myself, oh good, I'm not there anymore, and it was just a dream."

• Sou...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• August 28, 2016

For Nightmares "It's been 6 months now and still works miracles for my PTSD night terrors! The combination I've found that works for me: read the Bible or listen to it from an app as you fall asleep, take 2 mg of Prazosin, and a combination of antidepressant (Prozac/fluoxetine) works best for me, along with an anti-anxiety med treatment for the day. My next step will be therapy when I'm ready to talk. Until then, this combination helps tremendously. Even with the other meds, I would wake up soaking wet and fighting for my life in my night terrors. Prazosin somehow helps tremendously and was my missing link."

• Esc...
• October 16, 2015

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I use this for nightmares related to C-PTSD. I was getting nightly terrors, just screaming nightmares every night related to flashbacks, I couldn't tell the difference between being asleep or awake and would wake up exhausted and stay that way throughout the day. With this drug, my nightmares have stopped, but I feel very dizzy and lethargic the next morning, and often more depressed. My sleep is much better, but the mornings are a write-off as I end up in tears for hours after waking. I guess the stress needs to escape somehow, and instead of through sleeping, I get more of an effect upon waking. The drug does work to get rid of the nightmares, though."

• Mny...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• October 25, 2019

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I take prazosin for PTSD. I am currently on 3 mg at nighttime, a combination of a 2 mg pill and a 1 mg pill, as my doctor ordered. It's a miracle medicine, helping me sleep, reducing nightmares, and even stopping PTSD flashbacks all day long. I am grateful to find such relief. No side effects for me other than what it's prescribed to me for. 10/10."

• Pea...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 17, 2021

For Anxiety and Stress "My nephrologist prescribed this to me, 1 mg at bedtime. Tonight is the first time trying it, and within 2 hours, I started having a severe panic attack, with blood pressure 135/100 and a 130 heartbeat. Needless to say, this isn't fun. I suffer from failing kidneys, anxiety and stress, nightmares when I do get to sleep, and insomnia due to not wanting nightmares, probably... as well as a lifetime of PTSD (non-combat). What's worse is it is recommended not to take Ativan with this medicine, which is the anxiety med I have that WORKS. I wish my doctor told me more about the medication other than it gives people funky dreams. He did not tell me that this medicine interacts poorly with half of my medications. Oh, and suicidal ideation became a lot stronger."

• Jun...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 24, 2019

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "Suffered years of PTSD post-defense and then paramedic career, tried to manage medication-free - poorly. Problems getting to sleep and staying asleep would wake regularly in a distressed state that would wake my wife and kids. Commenced on a 1 mg dose and also mirtazapine 15 mg, after a few months of adjusting, I am now on 2 mg nightly and 30 mg mirtazapine. On taking, I am asleep within 30 mins and am sleeping through for 6 hours. Can’t remember when I last slept like this. Wake a little wonky but no thrashing, kicking, talking, or shouting in my sleep, the wife tells me. So it’s working for me when others didn’t."

• Mou...
• April 4, 2016

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "PTSD trauma nightmares & BPH. As dosage was slowly increased from 1 mg to 4 mg before bedtime, I went from 3-5 nightmares per night (triggering panic attacks that made it impossible to go back to sleep) to none. I now have weird dreams. I can deal with weird. Upped to 5 mg to help with BPH. It worked for me."

• Kar...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• February 26, 2019

For Nightmares "I suffered from night terrors for more than 20 years. Nothing the psych docs gave me worked. The situation changed, and I had to change doctors, which is usually scary, right? It was the best thing ever, the new psych doc put me on prazosin 1 mg, and it worked. I had some breakthrough nightmares, increased the dose to 2 mg, and everything is great. No night terrors and no side effects."

• Don...
• March 13, 2020

For Nightmares "I have been on prazosin for a year now. It does not stop the nightmares, but I will say that it does put me physically in a dream so I can control myself and my movements rather than just watching things happen to me."

• Mis...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• May 3, 2013

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I have had horrible, gory nightmares for years and years. With the first dose of prazosin 2 mg, they are gone. I know I have been dreaming but don't remember the content. Lately, the dreams are back, so I increased to 4 mg, but I have total urinary incontinence in the morning, so I will have to go back to 2 mg. This is a miracle for me."

• C-N...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 10, 2015

For Nightmares "Started prazosin last December for PTSD and nightmares/night terrors. Tried doses 1-6 mg (as high as the psych would go). My nightmares started to slowly increase, and now, I suffer from chronic nightmares. Also started an increase in PTSD-related flashbacks and hallucinations (auditory and visual). Told the psych, and she had me stop it entirely, and I cannot shake the nightmares. I feel like I wasted so much money on a POS med that dumped all the adverse effects on my system. 0/10, would NOT recommend!"

• Car...
• May 15, 2016

For Nightmares "My partner was given these tablets for nightmares, chronic PTSD. He was already taking blood pressure tablets after enduring a heart attack 5 years ago. On the fourth day, he collapsed in the garden, could not speak, stand. He was a terrible grey color, and his lips turned blue. The paramedics took him to A&E. They discovered his blood pressure was dangerously low, he had a panic attack, and his heart beat slowed right down. He should not have been given this medication while on other blood pressure tablets, so be warned."

• Ste...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 3, 2020

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "I'm finding that Minipress 2 mg at bedtime helps me get a better night's sleep and reduces my nightmares and anxiety in my dreams. I'm considering requesting a higher dose and possibly getting a better result. But, I can say that the 2 mg OPD has made a measurable improvement/reduction in my PTSD/nightmares."

• Wil...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 4, 2019

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "Took prazosin for PTSD, 1 mg. First night, I actually had a restful sleep, ZERO dreams, super strange. But I woke up not knowing what day it was. Anxiety kicked in pretty hard, and my heart has been beating like a drum. Not the most comfortable feeling, as I have had issues with my heart racing in the past, which required surgery. I suffer from GAD, panic disorder, illness anxiety, PTSD, OCPD, mild depression, and some physical illnesses. So, I am hoping these feelings pass. I'd like to continue sleeping comfortably and wake up knowing what day it is. Hahaha. Will update once I've been on this longer. Take good care, everyone!"

• epi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 8, 2015

For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder "Yikes! I took this medication for PTSD nightmares. It increased my pulse rate from 80 to 116. I had to stop taking it after a week of using it. It did not work well for me at all, and I was still having nightmares."

• Kat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 14, 2021

For Anxiety and Stress "I was given prazosin for PTSD and anxiety. Childhood trauma and 4 recent family deaths that traumatized me again. Took first last night, and stood up an hour later and felt very faint, been up all night on and off, and when I did sleep, I had a huge nightmare with my screaming again. This morning, I feel very hung over with a headache and still some shakiness - this is all because I had to move out of state and my new family doctor stopped my lorazepam and made me suffer needlessly (everything else has massive side effects and all SSRIs cause heart palps). Good luck, this stuff is too scary."

• the...
• August 27, 2021

For Anxiety and Stress "I was having horrible nightmares due to a traumatic experience. I would wake up screaming to see this person's face. These occurred every night throughout the night. I was prescribed prazosin, and they stopped. I was also put on Effexor. I ran out of Effexor and have no insurance. My nightmares came back so fast. Even with prazosin, I was having the worst nightmares. I figured the two drugs needed to work together. After a long week of waking up from nightmares of my life being taken, I was so afraid to fall asleep. Got my Effexor back, and they stopped again. They don't make me tired enough to sleep. I have horrible insomnia from long-term childhood trauma and then attacked in my adult life. Nothing really works for sleep except Ambien. But I found out that's worse for PTSD. I have tried every medication. They will work for one week, and it's over, they will not work. Prazosin is great to stop nightmares, but I seriously need to be knocked out to sleep."

• Anonymous
• March 3, 2011

Prazosin for High Blood Pressure "Used this to replace Tenormin, which was causing sexual problems (total erectile dysfunction) and mood issues. Taking 1 mg daily at night. No ED difficulties, in fact, it has the opposite effect for me, like a daily use ED drug. Blood pressure controlled just as effectively, and my mood is back to normal, but not sure if that's because the ED issues are resolved or if Tenormin was impacting my mood."