Diphenhydramine addiction!!

Im psychologically addicted to diphenhydramine since 4 years now...Anyone has been or currently addicted to this stuff? It seems to be an extremely rare addiction..

[SHELLBELL79]

You can not become addicted to diphenhydramine. You can become dependant on it. It is the generic name for benadryl. I used to take it all the time and now it doesn't work on me anymore. The only symptom you will get from stopping it is sleep problems and insomnia.

[georgie439]

How many benadrly do you take a day, I know someone who takes 9 to 10
every night.  I 'm very scared for hime?  Can you share you r afe and about how many
you take, did you build up a tolerance to them??

                                  

[scaredmom330]

isnt that the same as nose spray? you can become dependent on that also.

[unisom]

Tolerance would be an understatement. Im not proud of it, but now I take up to 2000mg/day ....(which equals to 80 x25 mg benadryl pills). I can work, I do sports, and NO ONE knows that I take pills...the tolerance can be extreme with this ****.

When I try to stop I quickly become EXTREMELY  depressed (diphenhydramine was the precursor of prozac).  Hell trust me,  this stuff is a chemical evil. That is pure ********, but I still cant stop doing it by myself, and thats truly scary. This is the most depressant/painful drug addiction ever.

[tanzii]

i also take 1200mg daily and terrified of coming off them. what's best way to wean off such a high dose?

[zena13]

I have hepatitis C and can not currently afford to see a doctor for it.  I have terrible insomnia and take 75 mg of diphenhydramine HCL(Benadryl) each night to help me sleep. Is this a safe medication to take?