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 |
| 2 | to lessen my need for xanax | Started off great with food. My shrink screwed up my prescription writing other than what he told me to do so I ran out and he was out of town. So I had to quit. Then a few days later I started again without food and got akathisia. Switched back to with food and improved, cut back on my xanax and antidepressant (clomipramine) but started having bad, vivid dreams, not quite nightmares but very unpleasant. In the morning I couldn't get out of bed; felt like I weighed 800 lbs. Quit for a while. Started again and got same side effects plus even worse, horrible aching in my bones and muscles and when I'd lie down I'd punch the bed and walls and twist and kick my feet. Just quit. | Certainly didn't help my sexual dysfunction like some people say. Maybe, maybe is the cause behind my recent nausea with coffee and cigarettes. If I conclude it is I may try to go back on a really low dose (I had been on 15-30 mg. daily) so that I can see if I can quit smoking after 46 years, cuz nothing else has worked. | M | 62 | 6 months | 11/10/2009 | 2 | depression, also taking lexapro | horrible headaches, so dr. said to quit taking and call him in three days, and we'll go from there. | vivid dreams | F | 62 | 4 days 1X day | 1/24/2011 | 1 | anxiety | Took about 15 years ago. This drug was hell on earth. I was told by the doctor that this new (at the time it was) Drug was so great with no side effects, he didn't know how it worked. I had severe anxiety, I didn;t sleep for three days, every time I closed my eyes, I would see things racing all over the place. HELL-ON-EARTH !!!!!!!!!! | I hape no one else ever has the side effects I had. You'll want to end it all..... | M | 62 | 5 days don't reme 2X day | 6/2/2011 | 1 | Anxiety Axis I, PTSD Axis II, Bi-Po | Horrible headache, stomach, muscle cramps and stomach aches with nausea, euphoric paranoia, severe trembling. I have Tourettes syndrome, tourettic and epileptic seizures, they replaced my Xanax with atuvan then buspar to go with my keppra and zinegram, hydroxyzine and trazadone. Bug Mistake. Better hope I don't grand mal!! | People are better off with ativan | F | 62 | 50 days 7.5 | 5/19/2017 | 5 | Mild GAD | Very minimal side effect, only slight dizziness which is not a problem to me. | I was on Klonopin for my GAD. But it has lost its effectiveness over time and I do not want to keep increasing the dosage. I then gradually taper off Klonopin (it was not easy) and my doc put me on Buspar, 5mg thrice per day. It started to work the next day and I feel much calmer and more relax overall. In the beginning, I was sceptical about this med after all I read from various sites but it turns out to be working very well for me. The side effect is very bearable. I am glad I gave Buspar a trail!! | F | 61 | 7 days | 2/8/2009 | 3 | GAD | nausea and extreme motion sickness. | Buspar seemed to work pretty well on my GAD, although it did nothing for my social anxiety...that may be from being somewhat housebound from the motion sickness. The nausea did not start until after maybe 6 months of taking it. | F | 61 | 1 years 10mg 2X day | 10/10/2020 | 2 | depression | Terrible headaches insomnia, agoraphobia, achiness, extreme irritability | F | 61 | 1 years 10 mg | 11/15/2013 | 2 | GAD | On 10mg 2x a day I got a strobing visual and auditory effect, lightheadedness, hot flashes, short term memory loss, short temperedness, weight gain. It seemed worth it the first week- I felt really good. Second week, much worse. Doctor took me off it. | Might be worth a try on a lower dose, and give it more of a chance... | F | 61 | 16 days | 3/8/2009 | 1 | fibromyalgia/anxiety | Disoriented; tight skin on fingertips; relaxed muscles: i.e., throat--hard to breathe, mild incontinence; drop in heart rate to 62; mild hypotension; inability to go outdoors--I live alone | F | 61 | 120 days | 9/3/2008 | 1 | anxiety | I was diagnosed with PTSD so my dr.put me on Klonopin. Was making me.drowzy I told my Dr so she said I see you have anxiety as well So now I'm on Buspur one a day Right now it's all I can do to write this with out falling asleep. | F | 61 | 1 days 10 mg | 5/27/2017 | 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 | 5 | anxiety | Dizziness....brain fog | F | 60 | 1 weeks 10mg | 12/29/2014 | 5 | Anxiety | Light headeded for about an hour after each dose; slight headache; upset stomache when taken without food; nasal conjestion | Do NOT consume excessive alcohol while taking Buspar! In my case, mixing the two resulted in waking blackouts that I never had with just alcohol. | M | 60 | 18 months 10 3X day | 4/28/2012 | 4 | GAD | Dizzy right after taking my pill. If on an empty stomach I get slight to medium nausea. So I make sure to eat something each time now which helps. Strange long boring dreams. Libido somewhat down, but really to early to report on that yet. | I just finished tapering off Viibryd which was awful stuff. I was on it for 8 weeks and had diarrhea the whole time. Still some lingering side effects which make it had to know fully what is caused by Buspar. My GAD causes terrible stomach distress if untreated. So far Buspar is keeping my stomach calm. Jaw clenching almost gone. This has been a constant problem with any med I have taken in the past. I will post again in a couple of months with more updates. | M | 60 | 8 days 5mg 3X day | 1/30/2013 | 4 | anxiety | Initially, felt spaced out, was quiet, but that passed a few weeks in, now sometimes feel dizziness and nausea. I think taking with food is important. Also increases dosing, otherwise metabolized too fast. | It has relieved my anxiety attacks, mostly, though I sometimes have to up dosages to get through situations and sometimes experience problems. I am taking a good amount, 3-5 doses of 7.5/day. Not on any other meds. Seem to get depression sometimes. Find it enhances libido. I mostly like this drug. Also use alcohol, in moderate excess, and find no probs from the combo. | M | 60 | 12 months | 3/22/2006 | 4 | Anxiety & panic attacks | I didn't have any until Dec 2015.I was having more nervous problems,sweating,headaches,nausea,etc.the more I took it.Been off of it for a week.Having withdrawal symptoms.Don't know what I can take in place of it.Sleeping problems r worse. | F | 60 | 6 years 10mg 3x | 3/4/2016 | 3 | Anxiety and withdrawal from ativan | Slight dizziness, mild sleepiness, mild headache. But no more obsessive thoughts. I was obsessing about obsessing! | I would very much appreciate it if reviews include your dosage. Thanks. | F | 60 | 2 days 12mg | 8/1/2016 | 3 | anxiety | Slight headaches nausea | F | 60 | 5 weeks 30mg | 11/21/2015 | 2 | Major Anxiety Disorder and Depressi | Dizziness that wont go away, Ringing in my ears feeling I am going to pass out when I move. I am Paranoid. Never had that before. | I have been on this medication for 2 weeks now I feel as tho I am withdrawing from what I was taking for 10 years "Clonazepam". I am dizzy light headed I hear a fuzzy noise in my ears that jerks when I blink or move .I keep going from one room to the next. I have had a slight reduction of anxiety but the side effects are worse than having the anxiety. Some people seam to have a good response to this drug. I am not one of those people. | M | 60 | 2 weeks 10MG 2X day | 5/31/2016 | 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 |