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Posted by bart on May 20, 2005, at 19:18:24
I was prescribed hydroxyzine for sleep because trazadone was just making me more depressed and irritable during the day. Hydroxyzine is apparently a antihistamine. Just one thing though, I hope to God it's effects are not like that of Diphenhydramine!!! can anyone tell me?
Posted by med_empowered on May 20, 2005, at 20:55:10
In reply to hydoxyzine (Atarax, vistaril) feedback, posted by bart on May 20, 2005, at 19:18:24
hi! I've been RX'd 200mgs hydroxyzine at nite time to help me sleep, and I like it. For me, the results are not like what you'd get from dipenhydramine/Benadryl...at first I had some vivid dreams and I was a little slow to go when I first got up, but that's about all the problems I've had...no big deal, really.
Posted by jerrympls on May 22, 2005, at 1:49:52
In reply to hydoxyzine (Atarax, vistaril) feedback, posted by bart on May 20, 2005, at 19:18:24
> I was prescribed hydroxyzine for sleep because trazadone was just making me more depressed and irritable during the day. Hydroxyzine is apparently a antihistamine. Just one thing though, I hope to God it's effects are not like that of Diphenhydramine!!! can anyone tell me?
I'd forgotton about Hydroxyzine (Atarax). Yeah it's an anti-histamine - but it also has anti-anxiety, anti-nausea/vomiting and muscle relaxing actions. 200mg is usually the dose for insomnia. FOr me it worked pretty well - MUCH MUCH better than diphenhydramine - better sleep and hardly any hangover.
Posted by snapper on May 23, 2005, at 6:59:47
In reply to Re: hydoxyzine (Atarax, vistaril) feedback » bart, posted by jerrympls on May 22, 2005, at 1:49:52
I know what it is and my sister and mom take very small doses for sleep and it works like a charm. (for them) I guess I would consider giving it another go but I already have a very hard time with dry mouth and throat at night and that is why I have'nt given it another shot.... even though its' an anti-histamine, does it still have the major s/e of drying you out even more? I take Flonase and Allegra-180 for allergies so I would'nt want to make things any worse.
can anybody comment or offer a solution. Even though I take 15mg of Valium at 9 or 10 pm a lot of the time I still don't go to sleep that easy and my p-doc wont rx me any more Ambien cuz he said the Valium should be doing the trick! I need desperately to get my sleep wake cycle back in order!
Snapper
Posted by Ritch on May 23, 2005, at 8:53:33
In reply to Re: hydoxyzine (Atarax, vistaril) feedback, posted by snapper on May 23, 2005, at 6:59:47
> I know what it is and my sister and mom take very small doses for sleep and it works like a charm. (for them) I guess I would consider giving it another go but I already have a very hard time with dry mouth and throat at night and that is why I have'nt given it another shot.... even though its' an anti-histamine, does it still have the major s/e of drying you out even more? I take Flonase and Allegra-180 for allergies so I would'nt want to make things any worse.
> can anybody comment or offer a solution. Even though I take 15mg of Valium at 9 or 10 pm a lot of the time I still don't go to sleep that easy and my p-doc wont rx me any more Ambien cuz he said the Valium should be doing the trick! I need desperately to get my sleep wake cycle back in order!
> SnapperFrom what I understand, all anthistamines have varying effects on the drying side effects (anti-cholinergic effects). Benadryl is probaby the strongest anticholinergic. I don't like to use that one for sleep because of that reason. It's been a long time since I tried hydroxyzine (about 20 years), so I can't remember how drying that one is. From what I remember, I don't recall any unusual drying effects. I'm thinking about asking my pdoc about using this one for sleep.
Posted by Declan on May 23, 2005, at 18:29:55
In reply to Re: hydoxyzine (Atarax, vistaril) feedback, posted by snapper on May 23, 2005, at 6:59:47
Valium relaxes, but if you can't sleep it doesn't help much, even if you take more. I use a bit of Valium, herbs (zizyphus, skullcap), and niacinamide, glycine, magnesium, calcium, melatonin, tryptophan, things like that. At least I don't have to ask my doc for anything else.
Declan
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