I was just prescribed Vistaril as well. I take 25mg 3x a day for anxiety of sleep. It hasnt made me manic...yet. The wellbutrin I was on sent me into mania. Ive never experienced anything like the hell that was for 2-3 days straight.

The vistaril does NOTHING for my anxiety. At best it makes me super tired. Thats about it. Ive never been on a benzo.. but because I have a history of addiction to pain meds I'm pretty sure my pdoc wont ever prescribe me anything I'll ever actually need, despite the fact that I'm in active recovery.