Trifluoperazine for Anxiety User Reviews

• Anonymous
• August 6, 2011

Trifluoperazine "I take 1 mg daily. So far, it is very effective, I tend to be able to be more relaxed and can sleep with clear and peaceful thoughts, where I used to be laying in bed for 20 minutes thinking too much. But it seems not to do much for my social anxiety. Overall, pretty effective."

• Ali...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 15, 2019

"I'm on sertraline 100 mg since 4 months ago. My sex drive was dead! And no change in anxiety, just better in OCD. It has been one day since I started this pill, 2 mg every day, and after 1 day, boom, you can't imagine how good it was for my anxiety and even no more erection and orgasm problems. =) Thank you."

• And...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• January 11, 2020

"After a drug-induced psychosis at 19 years of age, this medicine, trifluoperazine, worked very quickly for me. Eventually, I was on a dose of 1 mg a day. Worked well, better than the newer second-generation drugs."

• The...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 10, 2014

Trifluoperazine "Taken alongside lithium, quetiapine for bipolar one. This medication is old but very effective against anxiety associated with bipolar disorder. No side effects apart from feeling a little drowsy at times."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 24, 2022

"I started having myoclonic jerks with this medication. I was taken off of it, and the jerks went away. However, I still cannot walk right. I have a terrible time with balance. I lost my job over this. This drug ruined my life."

• Mea...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• March 31, 2023

"Grateful for being on 1-2 mg/day, as it helped me feel glued back together, and my perception could be more central versus diffuse. I went off due to fears of extrapyramidal effects, though I personally never experienced any while on the drug for about 1-2 years (can’t remember exactly). I think I was on Wellbutrin at the same time. Didn’t struggle then as I do now (off all drugs for 2 years) with insomnia, hypervigilance, and loss of sense of self, among others! Thanks for your posts here! Very helpful. Wondering if I should go back on this drug because it helped, or if a “safer” one."

• NJ-...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 11, 2014

"I took this about 45 years ago in my 20s for several years for anxiety when it was called Stelazine. Now it is only available as the generic trifluoperazine. I've had a prostate and bladder condition for a few years now and often suffer nocturia, needing to go every 20 minutes once I go to bed at night. This often can last the entire night until 8 AM-9 AM. In desperation, I tried this drug again and found that 1 mg quiets my bladder within an hour and lets me sleep. Even if I do get up every hour or two, I can get back to sleep. Other overactive bladder meds have unacceptable side effects on me of dry mouth and greatly lowered BP. This has no side effects, calms me down, reduces the frequency about 75%, and lets me sleep."

• EDG...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• July 24, 2016

Trifluoperazine "I was on this medicine for at least 10 years - from age 21 after a psychotic-type illness in a mental hospital with depression and anxiety but no active symptoms of schizophrenia. The dose of around 5-10 mgs nightly had very adverse effects on me, such as memory loss - of events, conversations, visual memories of places recently visited, extreme fatigue after sexual activity/erectile dysfunction, and great difficulty in concentration for reading, following TV programs, etc. Was switched to Modecate depot injections from 1980 to 1998 with similar severe adverse side effects - with atypical new medicines added on the 2nd admission; namely Amisulpride - dropped 25 mgs of Modecate injections on my own volition, totally cured now on 50 mgs amisulpride."

• Ilo...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 6, 2024

"I took SSRI for almost 2.5 years, and none of them gave me what I wanted. I always felt so anxious and not able to do anything, like only waking up, watching YouTube, and sleeping. They gave me this med, and I didn't want to take it, but one night I said, let me try it. That night I started doing everything I always used to say I will do later. This med balances the level of dopamine in your brain for people who have an issue with balancing. It might make you drowsy, but after a few hours, it will go."

• Gea...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 17, 2021

"It's helped my mind get a lot quieter, but I still know my son, brother, and boyfriend are playing with my head and refuse to tell the truth, so I just take it in and laugh. Lately, it kind of helps me laugh, if I think too much, it becomes a distraction at work."

• Vic...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 29, 2019

"I'm bipolar 1 since I was 12 years old. Every evening, I used to cry for 15 minutes. When I took trifluoperazine, my crying spells disappeared. Simply a wonderful drug."