BUSPAR Reviews (BUSPIRONE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 2.9 (961 Ratings)

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 ANTIANXIETY

 Type: Rx Drug

  

BUSPAR  (BUSPIRONE HYDROCHLORIDE):  Buspirone hydrochloride tablets, USP are an antianxiety agent that is not chemically or pharmacologically related to the benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or other sedative/anxiolytic drugs.indicated for the management of anxiety disorders or the short-term relief of the symptoms of anxiety.   FDA Approval Date: 1996-04-22 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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5=HIGH (this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal.)

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR BUSPARCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 5  Gad No side effects, takes time work build up in body . Not fast acting. Have had no issues with it. F 34 8 months
5 2X day
2/6/2024
 1  Anxiety I only took it for 3 weeks. My anxiety was off the charts after the first week much worse than without the drug. Also had new depression and couldn't stop crying. Dizziness and insomnia too. Stopped taking it and took a month for me to feel normal again. F 53 21 days
10 mg 1X day
9/19/2023
 5  Anxiety It started working right away for me. But after about 6 months I started getting real bad headaches. I stopped taking it and I still felt fine for a few months and then the anxiety came back. I'm getting ready to start it again and hopefully I can find something for the headaches. M 64 6 months
10 mg 2X day
8/6/2023
 4  Anxiety, depression, stress Aniexty & Depression seemed to get a lot worse in the first 10 days then the tablets started working. Quite an incredible difference. It’s worth battling through the initial period, I nearly threw them in the bin, glad I stuck with them. M 49 20 days
5mg 3X day
7/23/2023
 1  Anxiety The first week I started to feel a little depressed but then thought maybe it was the anxiety. By day 13 I woke up and couldn't stop crying. I cried for 2 days. I quit taking it. I have been off it for 3 days and have no motivation. My depression is worse and i feel sad and panicky most of the day. I feel worse than I did before taking it. I hope I feel better in a couple days F 56 16 days
10mg 2X day
5/17/2023
 4  Depression My nurse practitioner gave me this drug for my depression after my citalopram quit working i take it along with venlafaxine so far no side effects! I noticed after 8 days I'm a little more calmer than before! M 51 8 days
7.5 3X day
5/9/2023
 2  GAD I've only been on it for 4 days but I seriously think it's making me feel more depressed I don't seem to have any side effects except for nausea thus far. I am also on Lexapro and I read in places where they said that bus fare and Lexapro are not good together. It scares me just a little bit because I also have SVT and high blood pressure. I also have a Xanax that I've only taken when I have panic attacks which would be never more than two times a week 0.25 mg. I think I'm just going to ask my doctor to take me off of this because I already have enough anxiety and I don't need to add to it or have to wait a month for it to start working as I have just went through a series of months with getting the Lexapro on track I don't think I've given the Lexapro enough time I've only been on 20 mg for a month I started on 5 mg and 15 mg it's been a total of 3 months old together. Just reading these reviews give me nightmares and I don't need any more trouble than I already am in. So for me I think I'm going to get off of it before I'm on it too long and have a hard time getting off it. F 60 4 days
5mg x dail 1X day
4/12/2023
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 1  Anxiety Depression suicide thought s excessive dark thought s Picked a tree where l was going to hung myself I thought l was going mad The devil I. Disguise M 57 0 months
10mgs 2X day
4/10/2023
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 1  Anxiety After day 10 of taking buspirone..I broke out with hives really bad in my chest.I just couldn't stop.itching at all.My chest looks terrible ...hives all in my chest around my neck and over my breast.Its not a good feeling at all very tired of itching F 56 10 days
5 mg 2X day
3/29/2023
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 1  Anxiety, Family member got Cancer This has really made me more anxious and scared than I've ever been in my life. Tried to quit cold turkey once, I have been having tingling, burning and zapping mostly in my feet but sometimes on my face and shins, weirdly sometimes genitals. I can be in a state of panic for hours just hearing the air purifier. Especially as the dose wears off I get so anxious and I haven't had this much anxiety even when I was loosing it over my moms cancer. It makes me dizzy and have heart palpitations. I've become way more obsessed with health concerns. This works for many people but it didn't for me, and despite all the reviews about tingling, doctors treat it like it's an ultra rare reaction. I hope that I will go back to how I was before before I started taking this. M 33 4 months
10MG 2X day
3/6/2023
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 1  Anxiety/ Panic Disorders Insomnia Increased heart rate Cold and Hot Increased fear Just felt off being in this Depression I am not a fan at all of this medication. I was taking 10 mg twice a day and it did help panic attacks, but the side effects such as feeling overly depressed hit me out of no where and that felt worse than any panic attack or anxiety. Also I couldn't sleep , I am still having trouble sleeping and I've been off this medication for 6 days now. I've never had issues sleeping prior to this medication. M 33 30 days
10MG 2X day
12/22/2022
 3  GAD primarily At start, or right after an increase... Nausea and possible vomit, increased anxiety, mild insomnia, headache. After about 10-14 days of stable dosage those effects go away or reduce. I want to love it, but it is crazy hard to adapt to at the start and during titration. It also takes weeks for the change to show any positive or negative long term effects. Started at 7.5mg BID and had nausea/vomit/headache/MORE anxiety for abt 10 days then those bad things went away but I didn't feel much better anxiety wise - so it gets upped to 10mg BID and bad effects come back (but not as severe) for another week. That's when I started to notice "GOOD" days here and there but the bad days were not gone. After a month of SMALL overall improvement, I was raised to 10mg TID (30 total) per day. Bad effects were shorter but this time the random/constant anxiety is MUCH better. Triggered/acute attacks are slightly milder but still happen, this stuff only seems to keep you "level" when life is kinda normal. Problem is that after a few weeks of this dose I felt zombie-ish. Kinda how I felt on SSRI's many years ago. Little or no laughing/fun, but daily anxiety is very reduced. Libido and ability to get hard are very reduced and takes a lot of patience and 'handling' by my GF like once a week. Even then I might just lose it all in the middle. FInding a sweet spot with this is maddening because at every change you get side effects again AND you have to wait WEEKS to see the effect of the change! I will continue to bump it up/down to find a happy medium if possible. I'm currently dialing back from 10x3 per day to 7.5x3 per day. 3x a day is a P.I.T.A. b M 55 60 days
10mg 3X day
12/13/2022
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 5  Anxiety/OCD No negative side effects. Increased energy and libido. I have been diagnosed with OCD for over 30 years. I have tried many medications. While Buspar isn't typically used for OCD it has been a God-send. I went from OCD hell to normality. While this may not be the experience for most people, Buspar has given me my life back. I've taken it for 3 years now and it has eliminated 90% of my symptoms and has little to no side effects. M 42 3 years
20 mg 2X day
11/17/2022
 1  Anxiety I stopped taking buspar after two doses because the dizziness was too intense I couldn't drive. Now 3 weeks after my last dose I am permanently dizzy and having chest pains. Have to see and E.N.T and possibly a neurologist. This drug ruined my life. F 33 2 days
7.5 2X day
10/8/2022
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 1  Morning Did not help with anxiety and made me more anxious as well as just disconnected to the point at times I feel like I'm losing my mind. M 47 4 months
10mgx2 2X day
10/1/2022
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 1  Anxiety Muscle pain in legs and chest. Feel very stiff and sore. Ironically the chest pain makes the anxiety worse. F 50 60 days
5mg 1X day
8/1/2022
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 1  Generalized anxiety disorder Increased anxiety, restlessness, panic attacks, headaches Decided to take it due to my anxiety being severe. This medication made my anxiety worse than before. I'm currently going through a horrible spiral of anxiety thanks to this medication. Guess it doesn't work for everyone F 25 7 days
5mg 3X day
6/14/2022
 1  functional dyspepsia Made me feel like I was high and very aggressive when taking it. Also had increased anxiety and did not feel like myself while on it. Completely useless drug F 38 0 days
10 1X day
5/29/2022
 1  Anxiety Fatigue, brain fog, nausea, weak in the knee feeling. The horrible feeling I get after taking this is in and of itself increasing my anxiety. Had maybe one or two times for a few hours out of the 11 days taking this where I felt like it was working for my anxiety, but the overall sick feeling I get after taking it makes it not worth it for me. Going to stop taking it. F 66 11 days
2.5 mg 2X day
4/29/2022
 1  Anxiety Feeling like I have the flu .weakness in my leg and my chest feeled funny 61 3 months
15 3X day
4/17/2022
  

BUSPAR  (BUSPIRONE HYDROCHLORIDE):  Buspirone hydrochloride tablets, USP are an antianxiety agent that is not chemically or pharmacologically related to the benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or other sedative/anxiolytic drugs.indicated for the management of anxiety disorders or the short-term relief of the symptoms of anxiety.   FDA Approval Date: 1996-04-22 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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