User Reviews for Doxepin

not so depressed

Tried this last night. Had trouble breathing, my heart was beating fast, very irritable. Extremely drowsy & I only took 5 mg! Could be the fact I have a little bit of asthma & a heart condition. Would NOT reccomend this to anyone who has asthma or heart problems. It's still in my system, having a tough time with side effects. I would have rather had no sleep at all. Not a pleasant experience!

I will NEVER take Doxepin again! 100mgs to 300mgs was prescribed for me to help with chronic insominia. I started with 100mg and it worked well, but after about a month it was ineffective so I went to 150mgs and it helped but ended with had the same effect. After a month or so, I had to increase the doseage until I was taking 300mgs at bedtime. It knocked me flat and I slept through the night. The problem was that the next morning I could hardly function! I was lightheaded, and had a strange feeling of "not really being here" and just a general malaise. It took the drug EIGHTEEN HOURS to wear off to the point that I was able to function again. I have stopped taking it and cannot sleep but hour or so at night and in the mornings I still feel awful! I can only blame it on the Doxepin because before taking Doxepin I felt fine in the mornings except for being sleepy as I did not have a good night's sleep. I have not taken Doxepin in 3 nights now and I STILL feel very, very drugged in the mornings. PLEASE do not take this drug. I would rather lay sleepless all night than get up in the mornings feeling as i do now - totally disconnected. I hope this feeling goes away when the Doxepin is out of my system - however long that may be......Read More Read Less

Does not wear off until noon next day

I am more emotionally stable but I have experienced muscle pain with this medication.

Drug was given to me for insomnia as Trazodone was not working. I did not have a full night of sleep and felt very sleepy the next day.

My physician started me on this for insomnia - it seemed like it might help but was taking a few weeks plus I was having severe muscle spasms primarily in my legs and lower back. It made me worse and now I cannot sleep much at all. I slowly tapered off of it and now I cannot get any relief whatsoever.

This drug has worked very well for me for over 5 years. I take it to help me sleep.

I have had an outbreak of skin lesions caused by sudden attack of pain which made me feel i was getting bitten by some insect. All doctors and Dermotologists are telling me that is not a bug bite but simply nerve misfire. At times I itch then I pick the scabs and never heal therefore spreading the lesions through my fingernails or so I'm told. They put me on doxepin to help the anxiety, lessen the picking, stabilize my mood, and help me sleep. I still have insomnia thinking I am being bitten, picking scabs but much less often and I see some healing but also get new ones too. Not sure this is the right med for me. I feel no one really knows whats causing this in me but this is start of third year.Read More Read Less

This med seemed to stop my itching for the most part. I try to take it 2 hrs before I want to go to sleep & have a hard time getting to sleep at night, then in the morning I am very groggy.

I started at 50mg and it took me 36 hours to shake off the effect of this drug. I slept 24 hours straight.

I got delusions when using it with 20 mg. of sustained release OxyContin.eqwuc4

My depression has been helped, but am having issues with dizzy spells in the morning hours

For an older, tricyclic drug, it has worked very well for me. And it is cheap!

This medication also helps me sleep.