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Apr 26, 2013, 06:19 PM
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Since daylight savings time (could be a coincident) I've been having probs w/ sleeping. I WAS using Trazadone however it wasn't keeping me sleep through the whole night. I've been trying to reach my pdoc (2days). I went my GP and she prescribed Vistaril 25 MG. Does anyone have feedback? Thx
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Apr 26, 2013, 06:29 PM
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It helps some people sleep but not me. It is good for itching though (poison ivy, etc).
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Apr 26, 2013, 06:31 PM
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Oh I hated that stufffffffffffffffffffffffffff!
My first inpatient trip, this sneaky damn Pdoc added this crap and it caused me urinary retention so bad I almost had to be sent out to an ER to be cath'd. Oh oh that sucked.. so much . Hope it works well for you
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Apr 26, 2013, 06:51 PM
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Is that the stuff that helps people get off heroin? Oh nm i'm thinking of something else...
But vistaril - I think they gave that to my son in psych hospital to help him sleep - they wouldn't ok benadryl for some reason, all the other psych hospitals just gave benadryl, but this one said they only give vistaril.... Probably not much help sorry. The appt I just had with pdoc, she said she would be giving me 25mg seroquel for short term episodes when I can't sleep - she also recommends latuda but that it is very expensive. |
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Apr 27, 2013, 01:37 PM
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They gave it to me when I was in the hospital freaking out one time, yelling that everyone there was stupid...lol. Knocked me right out.
I've asked my pdoc for it several times, but he says he only uses it for people that are addicted to benzos. He took me off benzos completely last year, which kinda sucked, so I asked him about it then and he still said no. It's an antihistamine, so i just take benedryl instead. |
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Apr 27, 2013, 01:54 PM
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I have it prescribed for insomnia but don't use it anymore since even 50mg won't knock me out, but it makes it really hard for me to wake up to do things like go to class. Figures.
 I was on Trazedone at one point but it would sometimes make me stoned the next day and made me black out a lot from doing simple things like climbing a flight of stair. And I like to run. So, yeah, no taking that anymore...
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#7
Apr 27, 2013, 02:36 PM
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Last night I took a Vistaril and woke up to potty at 6:3ish am. I was able to go right back to sleep. I finally got up ard 9:3ish am and did not feel sluggish.
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Apr 27, 2013, 02:39 PM
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I took Vistaril for a fast acting anxiety med. It seemed to help a good bit but I quickly went from 25mg PRN to 50mg then my pdoc wouldn't write refills for anything and left me hanging. I had Restoril 30mg but that was for sleep. I thought it was causing the RLS but learned after weaning off of it it's the Seroquel that's causing the RLS. So now I have RLS, nothing for anxiety and nothing for sleep. Im going to the ER today or tomorrow because Im sick of not being able to sleep...or wake up.
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#9
Apr 27, 2013, 04:27 PM
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Apr 27, 2013, 05:51 PM
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I replied over here, but I took it for anxiety, not sleep:
http://forums.psychcentral.com/psych...-vistaril.html |
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Apr 27, 2013, 06:04 PM
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About 1.5 years ago I went to a walk-in emergency clinic. I'd been under extreme stress situations in all facets of my life - interpersonally, intrapersonally, family, social, work... I'd been fighting off anxiety attacks for the better part of 2 weeks. One day at work I was breaking down and I didn't think I could make the drive home. I thought I'd try but it was just a risk to myself and everyone because my focus was zero.
I went to the clinic instead of calling my psychiatrist because 1) he wouldn't have been in at that hour 2) my only option would've been emergency treatment 3) that's extreme because I didn't need committed Despite breaking down in the waiting room, and telling the nurse exactly my diagnoses and why I was there, I knew they were skeptical to Rx anything because it could seem like I was trying trying to get the meds and then sell them. It's sad, but people do this. Regardless of the fact I mentioned that, it didn't seem to make them trust me any more. I left with 25mg Vistiril. I'd never had it before. (When I was in college and a similar thing happened due to a death in the family, the MD gave me Xanax and I figured that [or Valium] was the typical response.) When I looked it up I figured this happened because there's almost 0 "street value" for Vistiril. I took and NOTHING happened. ...for hours. I looked up the drug and realized it's basically not an immediate treatment for anxiety and panic. I somehow managed the next few hours and the next thing I remember was waking up 18 hours later! I still felt like a zombie. Almost like nothing was real - kind of a foggy, dream state. This lasted majority of the day. I have 10mg Ambien that can leave me with a similar "hangover" affect when I'm already short on sleep. But this was something altogether different. Needless to say I didn't take it again after that 1. (But I still kept the bottle just in case.) I have a friend who went through several months of severe panic attacks from PTSD and he had the same experience on Vistiril. So I guess.... for me: Vistirl would be QUITE the sleep aid, but I'll stick to Ambien when I need it. It did nothing else and was worthless for anxiety and panic. EDIT: Although, I guess the argument could be made it was fantastic at alleviating the anxiety and panic..... by knocking me the **** out LOL
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Apr 27, 2013, 10:05 PM
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Wow  BTW I love the edit. LMBO
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Apr 27, 2013, 10:16 PM
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Have you tried melatonin before?
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Apr 27, 2013, 11:12 PM
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Apr 28, 2013, 04:57 PM
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I know it's not an Rx, but it does significantly help people.
Also, bananas contain melatonin. Maybe eat one near bedtime LOL
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Apr 28, 2013, 09:10 PM
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#17
Apr 28, 2013, 09:15 PM
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I don't think I've ever taken my Vistaril and went to sleep? I know that it works really well for anxiety though!
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