BUSPAR Reviews (BUSPIRONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.9 (961 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BUSPAR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BUSPAR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Gad | A little dizziness | This medicine took a few weeks to kick in but then my anxiety completely disappeared, within half an hour of taking I get a bit dizzy but nothing serious. I love this stuff, I slowly increased to 60 mg/day and it has helped me greatly. My pharmacist says it doesn't work for everyone but it has sure helped me. I even went back to college because my anxiety was almost non existent. | F | 48 | 9 months 30 mg 2X day | 12/19/2011 | 5 | Anxiety w/ Peri-menopause | Lightheaded, dizzy, tired, foggy headaches, weird upper back discomfort, muscle twitches, ringing in the ears, very vivid dreams. | This drug has been a lifesaver. Due to some very stressful life events: divorce, custody battle, layoff, move, combined with peri-menopause, I went into full blown anxiety attacks and went to the ER twice in 2 weeks. I was originally prescribed Lexapro and some other drug for my anxiety, but it left me so brain fuzzy I could not deal so I stopped after only 5 days. Spoke w my doctor about the peri-menopause and how my anxiety would worsen at certain times around my cycle. She prescribed be Buspar at 7.5 twice a day to start. It immediately started helping. The side effects did go away after a month, and since that time I have played around a lot with the dosage. I've taken 30 mg a day, but am now taking 7.5 three times a day. My anxiety is still there - it's weird, during stressful times I still will get the rapid heart beat, sweaty palms, etc... but I don't go to that "bad place" of feeling out of control. The physical anxious feelings are there, but the mental, out of control feelings are not - and that is a godsend. Also, I no longer have the constant, crazy, unwanted thoughts that consumed me during the worst of my anxiety and panic attacks. That is gone. I'm now able to enjoy my children, get out of the house and live a fairly normal life. I was also able to quit smoking 3 days after starting this med. I haven't craved a cig since... | F | 48 | 6 months 15 to 30 3X day | 1/30/2013 | 4 | Anxiety | So far I am well pleased. Some dry mouth but other than that, nothing major. Has really helped me relax and sleep better. Only taken for 2 days so far, so we'll see how well it helps me overall on a stressed day. | F | 48 | 2 days 5 mg bid | 4/29/2012 | 4 | GAD | Slight dizziness, goes away after a few minutes. No side effects whatsoever. I love this drug. Has pretty much removed all of my daily anxiety. Not as powerful as Xanax but far less side effects. I feel normal again. I am very satisfied. | F | 48 | 2 months 10 mg 2X day | 3/13/2011 | 4 | anxiety | definetly get light headaches and occational dizzyness. not enough to outweigh the benefits. | had noticed when first taking it a hard time to wake up in the morning, need to take second pill before 5pm.took 10mg twice a day for 30 days the Dr. increased to 15mgs twice a day. I thought the easy bruising was a coinsidence until I read others noticing it too. low sexual appitite but vivid sexual dreams instead. | F | 48 | 40 days | 2/12/2006 | 4 | anxiety | Does anyone get blurry vision taking buspar? Is this normal side effect? | F | 48 | 2 weeks 15mg day | 11/15/2014 | 3 | Depression/anxiety | Initial insomnia | On for 2 months 10mg twice daily. Sleep well after initial side effects. Some tingling/electric shock feelings now and then. Increased libido and concentration I feel better but still have bouts of anxiety and depression. I am stopping as it is making me crave alcohol and I've been sober for 6 years... | M | 48 | 60 days | 5/25/2009 | 3 | anxiety | The first few days I was nauseous and dizzy. I did find that if I took the medication with food, the upset tummy was much better. That symptom went away about day 5 but I am now getting the electric shocks or brain zaps. I have them about an hour after taking and they last about 45 min. | I am a huge worrier on top of my anxiety. I find that already, I am not worrying so much. I don't like the brain zaps and I hope those will go away. I had a really bad time getting off paxil about 10 years ago and I remember the brain zaps were the worst part. These are a little bit different than those but I still don't like it. If anyone knows about if the brain zaps go away or stay then I would like to hear about that. If they continue, I am thinking I will get off this medication and try something else. | F | 48 | 14 days 5mg 2X day | 11/8/2010 | 2 | anxiety | Dr. said it would take several wks to kick in, it has been 3 wks & the nausea & dizziness is unreal . Sure hope this works. I have been given so many drugs for my insomnia & this is my last pill to try, I give up :( | F | 48 | 3 weeks 10 mg 2X day | 5/31/2011 | 2 | anxiety | none | no side effects and made anxiety worse. my guess is the norepinephidrine effects triggered my anxiety. why on earth! would you give an adrenaline- based drug to someone who suffers with anxiety!? | M | 48 | 1 months 10mg 1X day | 9/25/2017 | 1 | Anxiety | Week 1- felt anxiety relief and some lightheadedness. I was truly grateful and hopeful. @4 weeks- the anxiety is back with a vengeance, now with the added features of confusion, vertigo, insomnia, nightmares, and deepening depression. | Dosage was 5mg 1X a day. Super happy that this is working for some people, but IM OUT! | M | 48 | 4 weeks 5 | 3/13/2019 | 1 | GAD | At first: shakiness, increased panic and anxiety, Now months into treatment: weight gain, leg, muscle, and bone pain and achiness, more depressed, achy tired muscles all the time, brain fog, feeling of blahs all the time | If you are satisfied w this drug, I'm happy for you. Definitely not right for me. I feel more depressed several months in, I have all the muscles aches, leg pain, and feeling of unwell all the time, weight gain, I am tapering myself off this, it is horrible, the side effects are worse than what you were originally prescribed it for. I cant stand to go to a restaurant or other places where people are loud and having fun. It's awful! Please be careful about starting this med | F | 48 | 4 months 15 mg per | 7/16/2019 | 1 | ANXIETY | No hot flashes, no dry mouth, no insomnia, no energy, NO ABILITY TO FUNCTION AS A HUMAN BEING!!!!! At the end of 13 days I was unable to bathe, feed or dress myself. | I left my bed in the morning (which required massive effort - equal to climbing Mt Everest), made it to the bathroom, tinkled, cupped my hand under the faucet to get water, exhausted myself walking the 15 feet to the sofa, got up at night, repeated the trip to the bathroom and forced myself to return the additional 20 feet to my bed. This went on for three days!!! At that time, since I did feel no anxiety, it occurred to me that though I did not want to die - not at all suicidal - I still felt as if someone wanted to dig me a 6 ft deep hole and go thru the trouble of placing me in it - I was sure I would have no desire to object! Took myslef off and went back to the doc. this may work wonders for some - just not for me!! | F | 48 | 13 days 5 MG 1X day | 6/13/2012 | 1 | anxiety/panic attacks | It did make me calmer. Side effects on me were awful!! Night sweats, couldn't get a good night's sleep-kept waking up. Daily headaches, dizzy all the time, bad taste and smell constantly. Horrible stuff. | F | 48 | 4 days | 4/1/2008 | 5 | Anxiety; Panic Disorder | Fatigue; headaches; dizziness | I previously attempted to use Buspar on 2 separate occasions but stopped after less than two weeks due to uncomfortable side effects. Given ongoing anxiety and less than desirable side effect profiles of other drug options decided to try a 3rd time. After 2 weeks of discomfort all side effects went away except some morning fatigue. Anxiety is completely under control and unexpected benefit of improved memory recall. Started at 2.5mg 3x/day and worked up to 4mg (I cut the pills) 3x/day. | M | 47 | 3 months | 1/23/2007 | 5 | anxiety | Initially: dizziness, low-grade nagging headache, tingling. After about a week, these went away. The worst part: a short but viciously extreme period of anxiety amplification, about a week in. | After two weeks, there is vast improvement. I feel like myself again. The stresses in my life are still there and unresolved, but I can cope with them, and I feel SO MUCH BETTER. That being said, it was not a great two weeks of adjustment. For three or four days, about a week into it, the anxiety was actually increasing. The physical symptoms: that escalating spine tension, the racing heart, the zero-to-sixty panic--there were a few times when I felt those symptoms when there was just no reason for it--there was a physical anxiety manifestation with no emotional cause. A bizarre feeling. And worse, there was an incident where there was an emotional cause, and the reaction was so magnified and out of proportion that it was unlike anything that had come before--almost out of control. That has all passed (hopefully for good), but the anxiety amplification was bad. Very. | F | 47 | 14 days 10 mg 3X day | 9/27/2012 | 5 | Anxiety | This drug completely helped me. I was at the point where I couldn't concentrate. I had no self esteem. I was crying all the time. Within one week of taking this medicine I was much better. I also take Wellbutrin and Topamax (the generics of both) for depression and this medicine has helped me immensely. I was taking Xanax before this but it made me so tired that I would fall asleep at my desk for a half hour after taking my second dosage that I had to switch to something else. At first I did have trouble staying asleep but now I am sleeping through the night. I do hope others can benefit from it like I have. Good luck to all. | F | 47 | 30 days 10 MG 2X day | 6/2/2010 | 5 | Insomnia, but that's it so far. | I started taking Buspar a couple of days ago. My Doctor is using it in combination with phenobarbitol to tricate me off of Ativan. Just a word to the wise here, benzos suck when you try to come off them. Take care if you get your hands on a long term perscription, Detox is hell. Buspar helps a bunch during the detox phase. Be safe and be well. | F | 47 | 3 days | 9/29/2008 | 5 | anxiety depression | Dizziness at first, and mild nausea, possibly some mild insomnia. | I hate reading all the negative comments here because like many posters, this med has been great for me. I can't take SSRI or SSNI's and had almost given up when I was put on Buspar, 10 mg to begin; now 20 mg a day. The difference in anxiety is signficant and even more significant, it has cured med-resistant depression - serious, potentially life-threatening depression. If you can't take Wellbutrin or Efflexor or have anxiety-specific depression, I'd give Buspar a try. It hits the right brain cells and as far as I can see, has almost no side effects. I also have ADHD and no longer take Ritalin - apparently my attention deficit was related to anxiety. Worth a try as an add on, though I take it stand alone and it WORKS. | F | 47 | 5 months | 7/10/2008 | 5 | Anxiety and alcohol abuse | Light headed, stomach pains | Just started Buspar this afternoon; I had bad stomach pains and was lightheaded, but I am CALM!! Unbelievable! And I don't have any urge to drink. I drink wine to help with anxiety, but have been drinking too much, and the compulsion to drink is just not here!! Could it have worked that quickly?? Sure does seem to have done so. I will put up with the nausea and stomach pains, to have no anxiety and no urge to drink it away! | F | 47 | 1 days | 9/25/2009 |