User Reviews for chloral hydrate oral

Few medications work when needing to do a sleep EEG. This is the best for that.

I have been taking chloral hydrate for 14 yrs. for severe chronic insomnia. It has been very helpful but I caution that a person can develop a tolerance so do not overdo it. I am usually able to sleep 5 hours straight after a teaspoon before bed. It is most useful in helping me fall asleep.

I was not able sleep period, my Dr. prescribed two years ago and I sleep 8 hrs. a night now. There is not an other drug that will do the same

I have been on Chloral Hydrate for the past 14? Years now. It has been THE only medication for my severe insomnia, that helps. I have a heart condition, so the older antidepressants that the doctor prescribe have been bad for me. I don't respond to you atypical sleepins meds. Have been to the sleep clinic twice. The doctor there refers back to my psychiatrist. My psychiatrist agrees that mine is NOT psychological, like the sleep doctor thinks. If you ever have a problem with a doctor, saying it is all mental, question him, or her! I did & they don't like it, haha. I worked in the medical field for some time. Read up on the latest. Hope you all can find something & have sweet dream, wakeing up well rested!Read More Read Less

My child has not been able to use her legs for more than a few hours a day for six days since taking this drug.

I have used this medication before performing procedures on pediatric patients that would otherwise induce pain or anxiety. Both the parents and children are grately. The medications wen used appropriately is very safe.

My 4 year old daughter was given chloral hydrate as a sedative before a voiding cystourethrogram. When it first started to take effect we thought it was kinda funny. She was loopy and a little drunk acting. We figured she would be that way for a few minutes then slip into a real sleepy state. WRONG! Within probably 10 minutes, she went from silly, to so dizzy she couldn't walk, her head was practically spinning around uncontrollably, arms and legs flailing around. She became very agitated, angry and combatative. This normally very loving child started screaming, crying and talking very mean and ugly to everyone. She told a nurse she was going to beat her up and tear her into little pieces. She bit me (her mother)numerous times, she pinched a nurse so hard it left a mark. Needless to say, this all scared me to death. They ended up giving her a big dose of benadryl to knock her out while the chloral hydrate wore off. She finally went completely out and they put us in a room in the ER so she could sleep it off. Then finally we were able to do the procedure, because she had to be awake enough to go pee pee. That was terrible in itself because she was too awake and didnt have the right amount of sedation to make it comfortable for her. Overall the experience was horrible and absolutely no one will be giving any of my children chloral hydrate ever again.Read More Read Less

I take 1 Gel-cap (500mg) with full glasss water. It takes about 15-30 minutes to fall asleep. I get fll 8 hrs. of sleep, and wake up refreshed.

u8se for chronic insomnia, the physician told me this would work, it has not. i will get tired but my anxiety justs bols over this med.

I have chronic insomnia. For 2 years, I never slept more than 2 hours a night, and my quality of life was awful. I have been taking chloral hydrate now for nearly 2 years and it has been a godsend. I can't take sleeping pills because they leave me too groggy. CH is strong enough to put me to sleep and I can get a good 5-7 hours of sleep a night. My life is so much better with this stuff and I anticipate taking it for the rest of my life and that's ok - I'm sleeping.

My 2yr old daughter was given this to calm her and try to put her to sleep before a test. It made her loopy and very floppy but very upset and she never did go to sleep. it was a very frustrating experence.

My 10 year old son with special needs takes Chloral, he has been on it for approx 1 year this time, to help him sleep of late he is having a side effect that I can not find any information on: He is very sedated by Chloral and all of the other medications that he takes and now he is having psycotic out bursts while sedated and has now hurt himself by flailing his body all over his bed and we need to hold him down until he does go sleep around 15 minutes, has anyone else found this.

Ive been taking chloral hydrate for about 2 years now in liquid form with about a cup of gingerale every evening before bed, having chronic insomnia the chloral alone gets me about 4-5 undisturbed hours of sleep, i am now on a combination of 30mg dalmane and 2 teaspoons of chloral a night and am sleeping a solid 6, dalmane alone doing very little, so overall i think its a very good drug for those with chronic insomnia, though measuring it can be a pain and the liquid form can cause quite a mess.Read More Read Less

I took this med as directed, I slept for 15 minutes and was up all night again, it has not done a thing for me, I am at my wits end, nothing has helped me and I seem to have my days and nights mixed up. Ready to pull the old hair out, sick of this situation and the life I am in right now due to my sleeping habits. Any help would surely be appreciated. Have taken other sleeping meds, the newer ones, were useless. Oh well, just not good with meds....

This was my (former) doctor's last stab at a sleep aid for me (he seemed really dead set against benzodiazepines). It worked OK at first but stopped working very quickly. Also, I was not able to take it with a full glass of water as directed, because tat would waken me in the night, going to the bathroom. I can't remember now if it irritated my stomach or if my doctor just warned me that could happen. I would gladly give this medicine another try.

Chloral hydrate is a old timer drug that works with me since I dont want to take barbituates. I have Mania bi polar I,with anxiety. New meds like lumina and sonata dont work nor do benzodiazapines. If a sleeper doesnt work I recommend this to you.There is no physical withdrawl I have found,used it 4 years, went without it ,never had withdrawl of any kind.

My daughter was having an EEG and this medication did work to sedate her. She was playing and told us she felt funny, we made her sit and presto she was asleep. The only negative comment I have is that she was out cold. We could not get her to walk and she is 7 yrs. old and weighs about 65 lbs. I had a hard time carrying her, I recommend recruiting the help of a strong male to carry the child after the procedure.