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Mar 01, 2014, 07:10 PM
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I was wondering if any of you took Hydroxyzine for anxiety. It is an antihistamine but has an off-label use for anxiety. I was wondering how well it worked and what the side effects were for people.
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Mar 01, 2014, 10:05 PM
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Hydroxyzine obviously can make you sleepy but it has very little side effects. I was prescribed it for anxiety once because the psychiatrist didn't believe I should be on benzodiazepines such as xanax and the like.
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Mar 01, 2014, 11:02 PM
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Yup, tried it. It basically did nothing on lower dosages for me. On very high dosages I could get drowsy but I also got hypervigilant so in a way I got more stressed.
I have heard very few cases where it works on its own. When it works it is usually to keep dosages of real psychiatric medications down.
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Mar 01, 2014, 11:07 PM
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I tried it. It didn't help.
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