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 |
| 3 | ptsd and depression | Dizzyness at first. Later electical feelings in arms when breathing out. Stiff and painful leg and butt symptoms. Fast heart rate after first taking in the morning. The medication helped with anxious thoughts right away. Some help with depression. If i miss a dose. I feel very depressed though. It is great to not be contantly nervous. But i hate the other symptoms. | F | 55 | 1 months .25 mg | 5/11/2016 | 3 | Psych added to the mix for depression | Not 100% sure if it is the buspar but after I take it in the morning and with dinner, I play this droning music in my head and I get the hot flash as well. | F | 65 | 8 months 10mg x2 | 5/1/2016 | 3 | Anxiety,OCD | I have had water retention and have gained pound or two. I was pretty tired the first two days, but it's getting better today. I need to figure out this water retention. I am not gaining my weight back I lost five years ago. | Not sure I'm going to stay on this yet. I'll see if the water weight subsides over the next month. | F | 45 | 5 days 10 2X day | 5/31/2017 | 3 | Anxiety | Dizziness, upset stomach, sleepiness. | Busier was great in helping my anxiety, it made it almost non existent. Sadly, the side effects were too great for me to stay on it. Half hour after taking it I would be so sick and dizzy that I would have to lay down and it just wouldn't go away for hours on end. Too bad. | F | 37 | 2 months | 7/1/2017 | 3 | Anxiety | Insomnia, swollen itchy feet, waking up in a panic. | I've only been on it for 2 days, night one was a very euphoric experience, I felt drugged and relaxed. I fell asleep and within 2 hours I woke up in a panic. Couldn't go back to sleep for 3 hours. The next day I woke up feeling like I drank coffee, got up early and had a very productive day anxiety free. Took my dose again tonight and same thing, Only worse. Woke up having brain zaps and panick beyond anything I've experienced before. I'm finally calming down After that episode but yesterday in the day was the best day I've had in awhile. Laughed and played all day with my son with NO anxiety. That is rare.im praying this works for me. If I could just stay asleep at night I wouldn't complain. I also take klonopin. I'm going to call my Dr tomorrow to see what he recommends... this anxiety has been a 8 year battle. Prayers. | F | 31 | 2 days 5mg | 5/4/2017 | 3 | Anxiety and panic attacks | No side effects except slight nausea. | I have only been on medicine for about a week. Not sure if it is working so far?? Today I have been crying some. I will give it more time before I make a decision to stop. After reading all the reviews , I am nervous that it will not work for me either. I have been on several medicines , some have worked but always made me gain weight. I will stop this one immediately if I gain any weight !!! I am only 4 11" and can't afford any weight gain. | F | 41 | 6 days 30mg | 1/3/2016 | 3 | anxiety | Slight headaches nausea | F | 60 | 5 weeks 30mg | 11/21/2015 | 3 | Social Anxiety Disorder | Some stomach pain, increased appetite, weight gain, increased paranoia and fear around people. More fearful to leave my house. | I was trying this as a replacement for clonazepam for severe Social anxiety problems. I find that I'm more paranoid and fearful around people, and I haven't left my house (due to fear) since I started taking it 5 days ago. I don't think this med is good for people with Social anxiety (b/c it increases fear and paranoia around people and going outside) but it may work for people who have other anxiety disorders, such as Generalized anxiety or panic attacks. I am now trying to decide whether or not to give it the full 2 month trial or to stop taking it due to the increased paranoia I feel around people. It is harder to leave my house on this med than it is if I don't take this med. I also started cutting my hair short for no reason last night, and now it looks terrible. | F | 31 | 5 days 5 mg 3X day | 2/25/2015 | 3 | I been prescribed zoloft 50 mg but I take 25 & busbar 10mg 2x daily.gave me 15mg but haven't taken it yet. Only once did I feel a sense of calm after taking buspar. I was terrified to take them, even tho I been In zoloft before about 4 yrs ago but was also on adivan. The new place won't prescribe benzo cause their "addicting" but I got off with no problems(cold turkey).so I don't know if the meds are working or is it myself calming myself down. I still don't feel like myself. I'm usually very laid back person. Now I'm always on nevousness. Only few times here & there feel a little normal. Uuugh!!! Hope with more time meds will work. I don't get this anxiety comes out of nowhere. 1st time at 24 yrs old watching pulp fiction, 2nd time 10 yrs later getting on a plane, 3rd time reading someone's death experience. It's just crazy how things just change over night. I been doing some research & think ppl should look into magnesium for anxiety& depression. Read up on how it's scientifically been shown to help both. | F | 37 | 3 weeks | 4/14/2015 | 3 | Anxiety/Panic | Severe dry mouth, metal taste in mouth, sore throat, left ear continously popping, occasional eye pain and dizziness | Buspar has helped my extreme anxiety and panic attacks but I'm now experiencing mini attacks again. Not sure if I need to up my dosage or find another medication. I'm new to anxiety and panic that hit me out of nowhere! | F | 36 | 1 months 10 | 5/31/2015 | 3 | GAD, Social Anxiety, Bulimia | For the first 30 days I was prescribed 7.5mg of Buspar twice daily. This had no effect, no side effects. Over the last week I have been taking 10mg twice daily. My Psych said she wants to begin aggressively treating my eating disorder as well and added zoloft 50 mg daily. (I cannot take amphetamines for my eating disorder due to previous addiction) I'm not 100% sure if it's the zoloft or the increased Buspar but I have had EXCRUCIATING headaches, vivid dreams (which don't particularly bother me), sleeplessness, nausea, diarrhea which only lasted one day, extreme irritability, and increased purging. | My anxiety is slowly beginning to ease. After reading 500+ reviews, I'm going to stick with it and hope for the best. Most reviews said that the side effects lessen after a few weeks. I will inform my psychiatrist when I see her next Wednesday. Fingers crossed! | F | 16 | 38 days 10 2X day | 4/8/2015 | 3 | Anxiety | Have been on it for 3 weeks, low dose of 5 mg once a day. I do feel calmer but it's side effects are wrecking havoc on all aspects of my life. I feel very spacey, out of it most all day- worse if on empty stomach- so eating half banana and half Pb sandwhich when I take it. The lightheadness and nausea are the worst, especially at work . I have a computer desk job and this lightheadness affects me to point that my anxiety kicks in and leaves me crying because of it. Thank god i have a very understanding boss ,co workers and family. But still I get tired of feeling this way most days than not . I too am hoping lightheadness , nausea , headaches, neck tension go away soon. It is affecting my life outside of work, hardly go out shopping, out to eat at restraurants and stopped driving because of this lightheadness that lasts most of the day , worse if sitting for long periods in front of a computer.. But that's my job .. So no you all are not alone. Faith in god that he will soon make it better helps but just saying for me . | F | 43 | 3 weeks 5mg once | 9/20/2014 | 3 | Anxiety | Buspar seemed to help with my anxiety for the first few months but I've been on it for a while now. I don't know if you can build up a resistance to this drug but it doesn't do much for me anymore. The weight gain has been the worst part. I've gotten soooo depressed over it. I stopped taking it cold turkey about a week ago and have lost 5lbs this week. It's very frustrating that the medications that help you can also hurt you. Good luck to everyone on this medication. | F | 36 | 1 years 20×3 | 7/26/2014 | 3 | only weight loss | After reading MANY comments fearful of this med. Perscribed for binging as already take Klonopin. Many comments of weight gain?! | F | 62 | 2 days 10 3X day | 8/1/2014 | 3 | Anxiety | Weight gain, water retention, menstral cycle off, & insomnia. | It did work on my anxiety, but couldn't stand the 10 pounds I gained and I was working out 2 hours a day and still couldn't lose a pound until I got off of the medication. Lost 3 pounds in water retention the first day off. | F | 43 | 1 years 30 mg 1X day | 7/2/2014 | 3 | Anxiety/ Panic attacks | I started this medication 3 times a day within the first week, but that was just too difficult so now I'm taking it twice a day. When I first started it my anxiety was calmer, BP was normal and i felt relaxed, I maybe had a panic attack once I woke up from a full 5 hour sleep, but that wasn't alarming to me. I'm almost three weeks in and it feels like my anxiety is coming back or worsening. My side effects: random chest pains, light headedness, headache, excitement, palpitations, increased libido, increased appetite, restlessness, euphoria ( everything gets bright ) So you all are not alone in this. Now, I'm going to tucker this out because I do feel that these effects will subside, plus I was on 10mg lexapro before and it made me feel horrible.. but it's just scary waking up in almost a full panic when you got at least a good 4 hours of sleep, Or having anxiety after you eat. Ugh.. Someone please tell me these side effects will go away. | F | 21 | 2 weeks 5mg | 9/21/2014 | 3 | anxiety panic attack | I was diagnosed with GAD I started taking celexa which made me feel worst but now my doctor prescribe me bursprione ive been on it for 6 days and I still get anxiety pretty bad. I dont know if thats because the medication hasn't build up yet in my system yet because it take 3 to 4 weeks for you to get the full benefits from the medication.but I notice yesterday day 5 I started to feel depressed and today too. Also im experiencing headaches that really hurt andfoggy and very dizzy like ima pass out is this all normal because im still at the beginning stage with this medication. I read alot of people dont give this medication the fullllength because it take a while to kick in.. has anyone else experience this but got better after the 3 or 4 week etc? | F | 25 | 6 days 15 | 5/13/2014 | 3 | bipolar anxiety/depression | It helps with anxiety, I've been pretty calm so far, but I'm moving very slow though and even talking slow. I hope this passes soon, I'm usually a very hyper person and I feel very drugged right now. | its inexpensive which is good | F | 56 | 8 days 10 3X day | 5/17/2014 | 3 | Anxiety | none so far, only been taking it 1 day | I am diagnosed with Major Depression, Anxiety with Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. I was on 10 mg Xanex per day until about 1 1/2 years ago...when my psychiartrist moved away, my new Doctor would NOT prescribe Xanex. In order get weened off Xanex I was hospitalized for 1 week. My anxiety has sky-rocketed since being taken off of Xanex. I am seeing the same Doc who won't prescribe Xanex, so I am trying Buspar. I really hope this works for me. The anxiety has been so bad that I cannot leave home, and if I do, I have panic attacks before getting 2 miles from my home. Although Xanex is very addictive and can be easily abused, I think it works the best for my anxiety disorder. I will post an update in a week or so. (This is very frustraing for a 21 year veteran of the United States Army). | F | 49 | 1 weeks | 10/1/2009 | 3 | Anxiety, depression | A little sleepy, dry mouth, headache | I am taking 5 mg twice a day with celexa 20 mg daily. Felt a relief of anxiety symptoms yesterday evening for a couple hours, side effects not bad so far. Hopefully will have more relief from symptoms in the days to come. Am tempted to ask for ativan for the time being until full effect of Buspar. Will start 5 mg three times a day tomorrow. Actually today will be my third full day of taking it, so a little early to tell the full effect or side effects. | F | 37 | 4 days | 10/5/2009 |