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  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards | negrogesic

hydroxyzine ?!?!

K'd-OUT-in-AZ said:
If your looking to catch a "buzz" than don't waste your time with Hydroxyzine unless you find Benedryl enjoyable. Its basically the same thing just with mild to moderate anxiolytic properties. Both are antihistamines, Hydroxyzine is just more potent. There is no "recreational" dose. They aren't worthless though, they have a couple qualities worth not tossing them:

1. If you are suffering from anxiety or stressed out (same thing sort of) and don't have access to benzodiazepines, doses in the 50-75mg range may be moderately helpful. (The prescribed dose for anxiety is 25-50mg but I never found 25mg to be useful for anything)

2. If you suffer from insomnia and don't have access to benzodiazepines or the imidazopyridine class drugs (Ambien, Sonata) than 100mg might help. Although you could just take a four Benedryls.

3. They potentiate the effects of opiates. Take 50mg roughly 30 minutes after opiate consumption.

4. If you are currently withdrawing from opiates and don't have access to benzodiazepines they can "sort of" help symptoms of the ridiculously awful anxiety. When I placed myself to in-patient rehab they dished out 75mg every 6 hours for the anxiety symptoms of opiate withdrawal. I can't personally comment on the effectiveness of them for this reason because I was in there for poly-drug addiction (opiates and alcohol) so I was dished out 20mg Diazepam every 4 hours.


I disagree. I think diphenhydramine is more potent. Hydroxyzine has more anti-cholinergic properties while diphenhydramine is pretty much the strongest antishitamine. If Im wrong Im wrong but whoever I do believe Im correct. Also diphenhydramine in above therapeutic doses can cause hallucinations (more like delusions) and other psychedelic effects. You can find out more about this on the erowid vault for diphenhydramine (dph).

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