Vancomycin and Insomnia: What Users Say

• jhi...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 26, 2013

For Clostridioides difficile Infection "Diagnosed with C. Diff and prescribed Flagyl. Worst week of my life. Terrible side effects including dizziness, insomnia, weepiness, irritability, nightmares, tingling, and numbness in feet and legs. I even felt as if my personality changed! My doctor (who I will no longer see) refused to change my medicine to vancomycin but told me to 'tough it out'. I painstakingly took 6 days of Flagyl but couldn't take any more. I went to a different doctor, and she immediately prescribed Vancomycin. My C. Diff symptoms disappeared almost immediately, no side effects but maybe an occasional headache. I can't say how happy I am with this medicine. I can take the full course of 10 days with no problems, and C. Diff symptoms have not returned yet. Can't believe the difference."

• Sha...
• June 2, 2016

"Vancomycin did not cure me or help my condition. I went four or five rounds (the days ran into each other), paid $600.00 every 10 days to get another round of pills. Could not sleep. Frequently went two days without sleep. Cried, cried, cried, lots of depression. Ended up getting a stool transplant (something that I wasn't told was an option until this drug didn't work, and we had thousands of dollars wrapped up in taking it). Stool transplant worked, no problem, I got my life back."

• Hay...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 30, 2023

For Clostridioides difficile Infection "At first, I seemed to be really tired, but now I have insomnia. Also, ringing in my ears and occasional belly ache. Only halfway through my course of 10 days. Has stopped my diarrhea, though."