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 |
| 4 | Anxiety - Social phobia | Nothing | So far, I've only been taking it for 8 days, but I think it's doing something. Maybe a bit more relaxed. I was on Paxil for 1 month and didn't really notice anything, so my Dr. added 30 mg of Buspar. | M | 26 | 8 days | 6/6/2008 | 4 | Anxiety, irritability and anger | So far I am pretty satisfied with buspar. The first few times I took it I did experience intense excitement along with drowsiness. Sometimes shortly after I take a pill I do notice a fuzzy feeling in my head, but the longer I've been on it the less intense it is. I have noticed a slight change in my mood so far. Although I still get irritated at small things, it feels like there's a wall there now that prevents me from exploding into a rage. I like the fact it doesn't make me feel weird or emotionless. I feel normal, no problems with sleep or any other side effects. | F | 26 | 6 days 10mg BID | 1/25/2014 | 4 | Anxiety | "Light-Head" buzz 20 minutes after take Buspar, it last all day long the first week. After two weeks, the buzz lasts less than an hour and drop day by day. My psy told me to try take all doses at the same time before go to sleep. The buzz should'nt be there when I wake up. | M | 26 | 2 weeks 30MG 3X day | 6/25/2012 | 4 | PTSD, OCD tendencies, anxiety | Electric zaps when moving my eyes. They last about 20 minutes and are bearable. A mildly high feeling for most of the day. | Seems to be working well for my anxiety. I look forward to increased improvement. I think the weird side effects might be too much for some people, though. | M | 26 | 3 days | 5/6/2007 | 4 | Anxiety - Depression | No negative side effects. But one BIG positive one, listed in the Additional Comments section. | For me, this stuff is like Viagra on steroids! I had a fairly high sex-drive before taking this medication, but now, WOW!!! Erections are obtained with the slightest touch, and orgasms are much more powerful. It seems as though the amount of ejaculate produced has increased as well. I take it for anxiety and depression, but I'm not sure I EVER want to go off of it! It has helped with my anxiety, as I used to break down and cry at the drop of a hat. My cat meowing at me for food could make me cry! That has decreased a lot. I am currently on 7.5 mg once a day. I take it with 10 mg. of Lexapro. I know others on this site have experienced dramatic problems with Buspar, but I am thrilled with it! | M | 26 | 2 weeks | 9/15/2007 | 4 | PTSD panic attacks social anxiety | Initially severely increased anxiety and panic attacks, headache,insomnia, some stomach upset however ALL subsided after a few weeks (took xanax 2.5 mg daily to deal with initial side effects) | I've recently been through several severely tramatizing events that led to the adult onset of panic attacks and social anxiety, I was completely disabilitated by the attacks, I could no longer drive or leave the house because I was physically shaking so badly. Initially I HATED this drug with a passion, however I vowed to myself that I would stick out the initial side effects and give it at least 2 months, if it didn't work by then I planned on stopping. My psychiatrist prescribed me buspar as well as xanax to cope with the accute attacks in the short term with the plan to wean off as soon as possible. I'm now up to 30 mg daily divided into 2 doses. I'm also slowly but successfully weaning off the xanax without feeling the need to depend on it anymore and am confident the horrible initial side effects of the buspar are gone. I'm now extremely happy with buspar and can now drive a standard again and no longer fear social situations. My advice to anyone taking this drug is PLEASE WAIT O | F | 26 | 9 weeks | 2/13/2009 | 3 | anxiety | insomnia, blurred vision, confusion, high/coked up feeling | felt coked up first day i took it. i take 7.5mg twice daily in combination with paxil. paxil was ineffective for anxiety but helped post operative chronic leg pain better than narcos w/o side effects. i think combination of paxil and buspar caused insomnia, though my anxiety was almost gone. only slept ten hours total over four days. doctor now added 5mg of valium twice daily and i feel better than i have in at least 8 years. | M | 26 | 3 days | 1/6/2005 | 3 | social anxiety | Initial dizziness and disoriented whithin 10 minutes of taking then it went away. After that slightly calmed and kind of 'numb.' | After taking for a few weeks effects diminished, maybe immune to it later. | M | 26 | 3 months | 1/11/2005 | 3 | Anxiety, Depression | Increased appetite, insomnia with racing thoughts, initial worsening of depression - felt very sad/weepy after starting this med. | I don't think I'm going to stay on this one. It doesn't seem to be doing anything good, and I'm tired of the carb cravings. | F | 26 | 21 days | 1/23/2007 | 3 | anxiety, nervousnes | increased anxiety, feeling spacey, muscle itching, more nervous | first my anxiety got worse, but now its getting better. Taking 15mg/day. Little bit scared about muscle itching because i read about tardive dyskinesia related to buspar in some cases. If it continues to improve my condition i will stay on it. | M | 26 | 10 days | 10/14/2009 | 3 | anxiety | none yet | taking celexa 20mg and buspar 5mg twice a day. i feel great when i take the buspar for about 2 hours then i feel the anxiety come back until i take the next dosage. it really works for those 2 hours though lol | M | 26 | 1 weeks | 3/14/2009 | 2 | Anxiety, PTSD | Yellow watery diarrhea, undigested food in stool, nausea, increased weight gain, loss of appetite, increased hunger, malnutrition, edema legs arms back shoulders, stiff tight muscles, fatigue, vision loss / degradation of visual focus acuity, mild dizziness. | Now, I know some of you will read my side effects and say, "Wow, what an idiot! Why didn't she stop taking the meds!??" Because onset was slow, and vaguely noticeable until I ran out of metamucil. Heh? See? Yep, missed the early signs until it was too late. 2 weeks after stopping buspar, am on blood pressure meds to induce excretion of liquid buildup/edema in muscles. I can move again and have energy. My anxiety is a little worse, but frankly I would rather be tightly wound and cognizant, than fatigued and apathetic. May work for some, not for me. Will be sticking to Wellbutrin until my current psych prescribes me something more effective. | F | 26 | 5 months 10mg 2/d | 7/23/2016 | 2 | Anxiety | Anxiety, bad thoughts, trouble sleeping | At first I felt good and I didn't know if it was the Medline just knowing there was something on board that calmed me but I had trouble sleeping and anxiety as I kept taking it. Then I had a bad thought about hurting my husband and immediately stopped taking it. I have never been so scared of a thought in my life it sent me into a full blown body shaking anxiety attack. Ugh I hate this | F | 26 | 9 days 5mg 2x a d | 2/18/2016 | 2 | anxiety | Light headedness, dizziness, brain zaps, weakness. These tended to be unpredictable, and I once had the brain zaps while driving several hours after taking it. | I had posted previously that it seemed to help with my anxiety. It would only do this for the first dose at a higher dosage, i.e. as I was titrating up, the first of the higher doses made me feel less anxious. However, it generally did not help for my anxiety, and the side effects were too much. It could be a home run for some people, but not for me. | M | 26 | 3.5 weeks | 7/25/2007 | 2 | anxiety | Does anyone else feel dizzy, have a delay when u turn ur head or eyes?? Can u feel ur eyes move?? Also my lips go numb. Ive been very irritated also.... | F | 26 | 6 days | 12/9/2008 | 1 | anxiety | I want to know if anyone has been told that Buspar is just a placebo....and I want to know which dose is effective for those that find it effective? | M | 26 | 30 days | 11/15/2008 | 1 | anxiety/panic attacks | I felt mildly dizzy when I started taking this and also experienced chest aches and pains. Having chest pains gave me anxiety. I stopped taking it 4 days ago and do not feel dizzy anymore, but I still get chest pains. Has anyone else had the chest pains with buspar? if so, please email me at [email protected] | I am not sure if it worked. And if I have to second guess if it really worked or not, it probably was not working! I know I only took it for 6 days, 5mg to start, then up to 20mg per day, but the side effects were bad enough for me to stop taking this drug. I also felt nauseated occasionally. | F | 26 | 6 days | 11/16/2008 | 1 | panic attacks | nervousness, odd chest sensation that I hesitate to classify as pain, 20 minutes of ecstacy followed by feeling like I was on speed. Numbness in my extremities, vivid and enjoyable sexual dreams, waking up feeling like I'd been awake for days, general confusion and inability to pay attention, flight of thought, quite sarcastic first three days, anxiety though not the typical type. Wild blood pressure and mood fluctuations, dizzy, felt like I was passing out. | Well, I never did have a panic attack on this drug, but it wasn't worth the trade! It is day 5 and I am never taking it again though. I just got back from the emergency room. My blood pressure was 102/54, and I felt like I was gonna pass out, at the ER I was 160/77. The first three days were extremely fun with this drug- like something illicit. Yesterday was touch and go. Today I ended up in the ER. Who paid off the FDA to put this garbage on the market? Never again. Never ever again. | M | 26 | 5 days | 4/10/2006 | 5 | anxiety, panic attacks | little dizziness, not as bad as an anxiety attack! worked miracles for me, after a month of treatment i feel even better with every passing day | takes some getting used to but works great for anxiety and panic attacks | F | 25 | 2 months | 10/9/2007 | 5 | anxiety / depression | sleeplessness, a bit of memory loss, increased sex drive | Buspar has helped me a great deal. I take 45 mg/day along with 300 mg Zoloft. I've been so incorrectly medicated for years now, and now I'm on a combo that BAM! My mind is quiet, I can focus and have rational thoughts. But just the fact that my head is quiet makes all the difference in the world to me. I've read some bad experiences here; but maybe this needs to be prescribed with the correct combo, and any psych patient knows you guinea pig it before you find the perfect combo. I love it, my life is different and I have a positive outlook on life now. | F | 25 | 1 months | 7/21/2006 |