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 | GAD-Depression | EXTREME Anger and Hostility | My Psychiatrist put me on Buspar when I was going through a difficult divorce. After a few weeks, I was at a friends house and started using a punching bag and it felt great! A few days later, I was putting holes in our walls at the house. What was next my family? I called the doctor, and he apologized and called my wife and apologized. I was taken off Buspar immediately. This medicine made me psychotic. | M | 38 | 60 days | 4/23/2007 | 2 | anxiety | dizziness, severe fatigue, headache, nausea, disturbed sleep, chest pain, anxiety | Didn't help me. side effects were the pits | M | 36 | 3.5 weeks | 9/8/2001 | 2 | Depression | None | Prescribed to counter sexual side-effects of Zoloft. Had absolutely no effect at dosage of 10mg tid, so stopped taking it. | M | 56 | 20 days | 1/31/2006 | 2 | anxiety | brain shiver/electric shock feelings, hand numbness, generalized chest pains, some sleeplessness. | taking in conjunction with elavil and risperdal. fortunately my elavil knocks me out or i wouldn't sleep at all on this. distressed by the chest pains, could live with the electric shock feelings which only last about 15 minutes. i'm going to reduce from 60mg a day to 30 and see what happens.. | M | 35 | 2 weeks | 3/12/2006 | 2 | Anxiety attacks | First few days I was Ok with it. Soon after I have difficulty thinking and remembering things. Cordination is non-existant and could not perform my job at work well. My blood pressure is higher, my anxiety has been worse and my heart has been racing more. | I think it is probably one of those medications that work for some and not others. Just have to be aware of the side effects and notify your doctor if you experience these things. | M | 37 | 3 months | 8/2/2006 | 2 | G.A.D. with Panic Attack | Dizzy, Uncoordinated, Confusion, Forgetfulness, Weight gain | I've taken this medication for 5 weeks and the only thing that's different is the experience of side effects. This medication makes it difficult for me to think about anything. Sessions with my therapist are difficult, because I can't keep focused on one subject, and I'm now very forgetful. To me it has some effect by making it difficult to focus on anything long enough to worry about it. But given the side effects, the therapeutic value isn't enough for me to continue on it, or recommend it. | M | 44 | 5 weeks 10 MP 3X day | 4/6/2012 | 2 | very dizzy and light headed | M | 35 | 2 weeks 15 2X day | 2/7/2012 | 2 | Anxiety | Dizzyness after taking the pill. Severe ear ringing. HORRIBLE! Didnīt fade away after stopping the pill (1,5 weeks so far) | Helped subtle with my anxiety, but the ringing in the ears/tinnitus that started with the medication, is not bearable | M | 35 | 2 months 10 4X day | 1/26/2012 | 2 | depression, anxiety, panic attacks | Extreme muscle weakness, dizzyness, back muscle aches, tightness in chest, stomach irritation, tiredness. | M | 36 | 1 months 40mg | 10/9/2012 | 2 | Anxiety and Depression | Possibly a slight increase in sexual functioning, aside from that it was impossible to tell that I was taking it, no matter what the dose. | I don't want to discourage anybody but at least in my case this drug was as close to a sugar pill as anything I've ever taken. I know it helps some people but it didn't seem to do anything for me. On the plus side I went up to 60mgs a day with no bad side effects (or any effect for that matter) so try it if your doctor suggests it. | M | 43 | 3 months 2X day | 8/4/2011 | 2 | Anxiety | Extreme dizziness in the morning and doesn't seem to help anxiety that much. It also makes me feel emotionless sometimes and if I take it in the afternoon it messes up my sleep. | M | 60 | 1 years 10 2X day | 7/11/2011 | 2 | Anxiety | When I take the medication, in about 1 hr, I get very dizzy to the point, I cant barely walk to my bed, then I have these muscle twitching and feel the electric little shocks on my fingers, toes and sometimes anywhere in my body, I had an episode before where my hands were shacking and it seems I cant stop eating, I am hungry all the time. I went to the doctor and she told me I could take 2 pills at once because my dosage was very low, I said, definately not, if 7.5 in the morning make me feel this horrible, imagine doubling the dosage, no way. I am getting off this drug. I was taking Valium which to me is a wonderful drug, no side effects, I can sleep at nite and no anxiety during the day. I dont recommend this drug to anyone!! | I dont understand after reading most of the comments from other patients why they prescribe this poison to anyone. I will ask my Dr to put me on something else, I wont suffer another week, I cant sleep at nite and feel like crap all day long | M | 44 | 1 weeks 7.5mg 1X day | 4/10/2011 | 2 | Anxiety | Buspar, like any psychiatric medicine, can cause harm as well as good. There is no doubt that Buspar helped with my rumination. However in combination with an SNRI and then an SSRI, Buspar (or more likely the combined impact of the medications on my serotonin receptors) caused anxiety, panic attacks, agitation and akathesia. I also experienced a very strange and uncomfortable feeling in my arms - like an extreme state of hair-standing-on-end fear pushing me into panic. I was overmedicated. This varied in intensity over 6 months, and because I suffer from GAD, it was VERY hard to figure out that the medications were exacerbating symptoms that my psychiatrist believed were due to my underlying illness. Once I reduced the Buspar, my symptoms completed resolved within 24 hours (a sure sign of serotonin toxicity). The combination of these meds is uncharted and unstudied territory, and one need be aware that Psychiatrists are often making semi-educated guesses. Be aware of yourself and | I was prescribed Buspar for GAD, and the drug, in combination with an SNRI, then an SSRI, caused the very symptoms it was meant to treat. | M | 38 | 6 months 20mg 2X day | 1/19/2011 | 2 | anxiety | I'm taking this medication with Prozac, so I am unaware of any side effects. | M | 38 | 5 months | 5/24/2001 | 2 | Anxiety and depression | Headache, vertigo, heart palpatations. | Never again. It did no good whatsoever. In fact, I may have felt more anxious. | M | 35 | 2 weeks | 5/31/2001 | 2 | Anxiety | Not really having headaches or dizziness. I do notice at night getting dry mouth and getting more nervous/anxiety. Short fuse and more outspoken about things. | Not really having headaches or dizziness, but having the increased anxiety or depressed mood. I don't know if this is giong to work for me. My doctor has me increasing dosage on day 15 (I am on day 10) to 15mg per day. I don't know if this is going to make it worse or better...a bit worried it will be worse. I would like confirmation of people that have stuck it out and improved. | M | 39 | 10 days 5mg 2X day | 9/9/2010 | 2 | Gad, panic attacks | At first I would experience "body zaps" about 30 min after taking which would go away after 15-20 minutes accompanied by a mild headache, those symptoms disappeared after a week or so, now in my 5th week my body constantly feels tense especially the muscles in my neck , making it feel like I can't get a good breath and when I eat it's like the food is getting stuck in my throat | Medicine was showing promise at first, I did notice my anxiety slowing up but now it seems like its doing the exact opposite, will be calling my dr for alternative treatment. | M | 25 | 5 weeks 7.5 mg 2X day | 9/26/2010 | 2 | Depression / Anxiety | Severe nausea / increase in side effects of Wellbutrin | Was an add on to 300mg Wellbutrin and it was a replacement for 45mg Mirtazapine. First week was ok, slight nausea a lot and infrequent waves of extreme nausea, then the last 3 weeks before stopping constant extreme, then the last 3 days thought I was going to die from it, couldn't eat, sleep or do anything...felt like my insides were going to explode. Stopped taking it 3 days ago and this morning was the first time I only felt a little sick. Doc gave me Ativan to take to help with the anxiety and the withdrawal symptoms from the Buspar - tremors, electric shock feeling, headache, teeth grinding, nervousness etc. The risk of adding this to the Wellbutrin was that it could intensify and possibly bring out side effects of the Wellbutrin..it lived up to it's word. I do have to say it did help a moderate amount with the anxiety up until the last 3 weeks of it, however the bad outweighed the good in my case. Why did I stay on it even though it made me that sick?...tomorrow was always another day and I remained hopeful that in the morning I would wake up feeling better. I'd recommend trying it, but if the nausea starts to get worse instead of better...don't hope for the best - try something else. | M | 40 | 2 months 15 1X day | 8/12/2010 | 1 | anxiety | more anxiety | CRAP | M | 42 | 2 months 30 3X day | 10/5/2010 | 1 | PTSD related Extreme Anxiety/Panic | slight dizziness about a half hour after taking it for about 5 mins. | Buspar is just somthing to give people to shut them up and get them out of the office without giving them a benzodiazipine, sure Benzos addictive and possibly dangerous, but so are things you can buy in any gas station called cigarettes and alcohol. Buspar does not work for me, most likely because I have an actuall anxiety disorder and I'm not merely stressed out from a relationship or from finances or school. If you're stressed and need the idea of somthing to take your mind off your troubles take Buspar, it's a great placebo, but if you have earth shattering panic attacks don't waste your time. Sure Benzos are addictive, but only if they're abused legally or taken as a recreational drug. doses of less than 2mg a day will be matabolized by your liver before it becomes a problem. Living with Anxiety and Panic is not worth playing games with placebos just to make a doctor feel better about it's self. | M | 35 | 8 months 10 2X day | 4/25/2010 |