User Reviews for prazosin oral

I take Lexapro, Lamictal, Buspirone, Clonazepam, Doxepin, Prasosin and Caplyta. Most likely will be taking Arirproazole (sp?) soon as well. I also take Singular and Simvastain. Anyway, I have Bi-Polar I. Even with my dose of Prasosin I'm on which is 1 mg, I have very very scary nightmares about many different people. Family, friends, natural disasters, myself, demons. I don't believe it's helping at all. I'd ask for a dosage increase but I am afraid my blood pressure will drop way too low. Please be careful while taking this. Read More Read Less

I have been suffering with chronic hyper vigilance and with my flight/freeze/fawn mode being stuck „on“ for 30 years. Doctors only ever fluffed me off and gave me typical anti depressants and anti anxiety drugs. These didn’t address what was crippling my life. This past January I had a different doctor taking over for the regular and we had a good chat. She said it was a stab in the dark but tried me on .5mg prazosin. I didn’t put much stock in it. After about a week I started seeing changes. (My husband of 20 years (who is truly a great man and never has ever given me any reason to be scared or worried about his behaviour towards me) - unfortunately, my nervous system decided that he was an enemy (I don’t know how he stuck with me through it all- but am so glad he did). It’s like my whole life has been renewed by this tiny pill.I lost so many years to C-PTSD. My nervous system is not stuck on. (A ringing phone still triggers flight response- I work with seniors - my body still has a visceral reaction to a handsy old man who thinks he’s playing by rushing fast at you down the hall- My nervous system now can recognize that there is absolutely no danger from my husband. Taking it day by day- it was something I had no control over - other meds and mindfulness were of zero help- so there is a part of me aware that this blessing of „good times“ can vanish again for no reason. Read More Read Less

I've taken this drug for 7 months and have had no significant side effects with a huge reduction in PTSD related night terrors and anxiety!

To be honest it made me feel weird. I was worried all the time. After a week or so I was getting to where I didn't even want to leave the house. It had such an affect I was thinking everyone had a problem with me, or was against me. It costed me my badge, and I almost lost my company. I actually ran out and hadn't made it to the pharmacy to get my refill when I started noticing small things. But this is after maybe two days or three. The thoughts, and feelings were no where near the same. I've slept like a champ this past week. I've been up out of the bed no later than 7. I'm still getting dizzy some but not as bad. It hit me once when I was in the shower. I was home alone and all I can recall was coming too with a wound that required stitches. Luckily it wasn't my head. Now I'm having to replace the shower walls with tile. "I'm 6'1 185lbs athletic" hints why I messed up the shower. But I'm still adjusting back to me and my PTSD. Maybe this medication is good for some. I'm sure it works absolutely well for others. But if you have PTSD or restless leg syndrome please be safe and pay attention to your body. Trust it fully. It could save your life. Read More Read Less

My doctor told me this medication has had positive effects on people with chronic nightmares and PTSD. He told me to take it before bed. During the night I woke to use the restroom and I passed out on the bathroom floor. I didn’t risk taking it again so I only have experience with one dose. Please be careful. If you hit your head it could be very dangerous.

I have horrible nightmares. VA gives me prazosin hcl. Started at 5mg but I'm up to 15mg. It is not effective for me. Never really did, only sometimes.

I found prazosin to be super effective with stopping my nightmares as well as alleviating some of my ptsd symptoms. However, I found I couldn't find a balance with the dosage that was effective for the treatment that didn't make me nearly pass out all the time due to low blood pressure. My blood pressure is on the lower end of optimal and I guess would get low quite easy. So it might not be for everyone

Also for my urination/BPH 4mg daily, 2 at bedtime, 2 at noon. Pee easily once during night, lowers blood pressure 20 points. Zero side effects. Taken it for years

This dangerous drug caused permanent short term memory loss. Please be informed. There is a reason why it's effective against PTSD, it's because it makes you forget about it. NOT GOOD. For those who's job requires them to think, this will kill your career.

I was given this due to being in a prison riot and seeing a lot of things that are not good. They replay in my head all the time but the night terrors are the worst. My doctor put me on this and visteral and wow. I sleept not issues. Now i don t remember anything i dreamed of but i sleept okay. Now don't take it and then take it shower. I did that and i passed out so be aware.

Appears to be causing more night time visits to toilet

I have Borderline Personality Disorder, a Dissociative Disorder and PTSD from the trauma of child abuse. I have had flashbacks for 27 years, which became severe when I had to wear a hard cervical collar for several months. My symptoms confused doctors because they interviewed my family repeatedly, who saved face by denying everything. Antipsychotics, benzodiazapines, and antidepressants failed to control my anxiety and depression. I was informed that I was delusional. I eventually developed a prescription opiate addiction in a horrible attempt to cope with the craziness I felt everyday, causing even more serious problems. It all came to a turning point in April 2017, when I attempted suicide after an old man snuck into my bedroom while I slept and I awoke to his hands on my face. In my panic, I thought he was my father and I was 7 years old...I was seen at a new hospital after that, by doctors who finally believed me, not my family and started me on Prazocin. 21 months later, only on Prazocin 13 mg/day & Pristiq, therapy is finally working and I have 21 months clean. The nightmares and daytime flashbacks have stopped, and I am able to live each day with radical acceptance of life as it really is. My past is finally "in the past" in my mind for the most part, and when I become really angry, I search for emotional triggers in that current situation that are reminding me of my violent alcoholic father and the mother who didn't protect me from him. For the first time in my life, at 52, I truly began the process of forgiving them both, healing and moving on. I am slowly rebuilding my life, physically healthy and emotionally much stronger. Prazocin and professionals who paid more attention to the woman in front of them instead of the lies of others with a guilt-covering agenda saved my life, and I am happy and at peace today,for the first time. This is my miracle.Read More Read Less

My husband has been taking this for PTSD nightmares for a year. It worked for a while but in the last several months he began to experience serious fatigue, so that he couldn't get out of bed, slept all day, nightmares returned at night. Now he is in hospital from fainting twice. Had to call 911 to get him to hospital. They have done every imaginable test, CT, MRI, MRA, etc. and finally have concluded it's the prazosin. Be aware of dizziness, extreme fatigue, fainting. It got worse after he started using CBD oil.Read More Read Less

My urologist prescribed this for me after the herbal I had been taking became less effective (or my condition worsened). I took it for about six months during which I came down with chronic fatigue and for several months slept over 20 hrs per day. Since the symptoms took nearly three months to appear and came on so gradually we did not equate them to the prazosin. My wife finally realized it could be the medication, looked it up and I immediately stopped taking it. It took nearly two months for me to get back to only sleeping about 14 hrs a day. I spoke with my urologist who immediately switched me to Tarizosin which resulted in the same problem about three months out. The second time we realized the problem about two weeks after manifestation and I quit taking that. It is now 13 years out and I still have fairly severe chronic fatigue, needing to sleep at least 11 hrs per day on average and went from an IQ of over 140 to being diagnosed with early onset vascular dementia. This all beginning with prazosin. I cannot be sure this was the total cause, but bad been on track to complete a PhD within that year. I currently have so little energy as to be barely able to go fishing twice a week. I have not been able to work since the onset of the prazosin reaction 13 years ago.Read More Read Less

I have had great results in lowering my BP, but I have been experiencing horrible diarrhea and stomach cramps, fever, chills, nausea. I ate something 2 hours after taking my first dose.

I got prescribed this 1 mg at night for nightmares, anxiety, depression, low blood pressure and I have ptsd.. Iâ??m currently taken it with other medicines that are prescribed as well Valium 5 mg 3xday, flexril 10mg 3xday, ambien 10mg 1 every night, and Lortab 7.5 1xday. Iâ??ve had no side effects with this medication even taken the other medicines as well.. Iâ??ve been in it for 3 weeks now. Best thing my doctor has prescribed me to help with my nightmares and I sleep a lot better especially taking it with the ambien.. Read More Read Less

I am being treated for combat related ptsd. I stopped having nightmares but the dreams I have are crazy. Sometimes they are way off the wall. My wife has woke me because I was howling one night when we were staying in a hotel. Itâ??s a real change but better than nightmares.

I had severe, trauma-related nightmares for 20 years. This medication worked for me instantly. I have zero side effects. I will take this medicine forever.

I have had nightmares for years due to childhood abuse. 3 years ago my middle son was in a car accident and was on life support for 2 weeks. I could not sleep due to very vivd nightmares, panic attacks so bad I could not breathe, even after my son made a full recovery. It has been 3 years 3 months at 2mg at bedtime. I rarely remember having any dreams at all of any type. Recently I was hospitalized for COPD, they did not give me my meds. The very 1st night I had a nightmare where my son died, very vividly, in a car accident. This medicine has been life changing. I also take an antidepressant in combination and have no nightmares, no panic attacks and no side effects. I was wondering if long term use could cause memory problems. I don't know if it is the medications being used long term or something new to add to my list of medical conditions. Read More Read Less

Husband is a medically retired 23-year military veteran with PTSD, TBI, etc. He was prescribed this for PTSD nightmares and it doesn't help him at all. It made him worse with vivid dreams (not nightmares or terrors though) that made him restless (sleep talking and very active body movements allll night long), nausea, headache, severely dizzy and lightheaded. He feels worse after a few days and looks like a zombie from lack of rest. Won't be taking that again.