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 | 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 | 2 | GAD, PTSD, Personality disorder | EXTREME HEADACHE, BRAIN ZAPPING, MUSCLE TWITCHING, ANGER | I took this a long time ago with no problems. Now it is horrible. on it for 2 weeks, at a 30 mg dose. I'm quitting it ASAP, cant handle the headache. | F | 38 | 13 days | 1/11/2009 | 2 | Anxiety | Severe headaches and nausea. Dizziness also. I have been taking it for a month to decrease anxiety and panic type symptoms. It was prescribed .5 three times per day as needed. I did very well taken it 3 times per day for 2.5 weeks straight and missed one day and took it the next....bad headaches, dizziness and nausea again. I also have a script from my endo for Xanax that I also take as needed for the past 4 years. No side effects at all. Maybe this is the wrong med for me. I did not notice any changes. I don't know. Will talk to the prescribing doctor gyne next week. Maybe the Xanax is enough. It works when I need it. Most doctors are fearful and addiction. Have not had any at all. So I had very high hope for the Buspar but the side effects don't seem to be worth it. Possibly with consistent use they go away. | F | 51 | 30 days | 1/2/2009 | 2 | anxiety | could barely function, extremely dizzy and spaced out for over an hour. I felt worse. | My doctor prescribed 10 mg twice a day. When I took the first dose it was horrible,on the third day I began to only take 5mg twice a day, stil have the same effects, cant do anything for over an hour. It is horrible, I am really afraid to take my next dose because of this feeling. Does it ever go away? | F | 49 | 6 days | 2/2/2009 | 2 | Anxiety/Social phobia | I've only been taking it for two days but the first day, I felt really dizzy and there was a delay in my head movement. I was also very drowsy. So far today I've only had mild dizziness but I have a headache and I took my first dose roughly three hours ago. The doctor said it probably would start really working for about a month...so I guess I'll see. | Hopefully the dizziness will go away. | F | 18 | 2 days | 2/5/2009 | 2 | panic attacks and anxiety | horrible - well I guess I'm the 1% that is allergic to this medicine - after 4 days on this I developed rash/hives over my whole body | At first the doctors was like this dosen't cause rash or hives but I looked at my body looking like a frog with warts all over it and said heck yes it does...I went in on a walk in bases and showed them the hives - they figured out finally that it was the buspar and they took me off of it. I will never try again. However that was the only side effect but hey that's enough. Can you imagine the panic of seeing hives all over your body when you never got hives before..benadryl became my best friend. I'm now on Klonopin and it's working better and no allergic reations. We are all different and if it works for you keep taking it. It just didn't work for me and made me have the worst allergic reation in my life. Thanks for listening and thanks for the creators of this website and all you bloggers - good luck and never give up hope there is something out their that will work for you. Peace and Blessings (oh it was 10mg twice a day) | F | 34 | 4 days | 3/20/2008 | 2 | anxiety | sleepiness, occasional brain zaps when first started taking it, slight memory loss, feeling almost drunk. | I don't get this drug. I feel like the only reason it worked was because I was so forgetful. Not to mention it caused my blood pressure to drop dangerously low, and I discontinued it that day. Luckily no withdrawl symptoms. | F | 23 | 3 months | 1/22/2008 | 2 | anxiety | Tightness in temples, having wierd thoughts sometimes, insomina, brain zaps, confusion, | Been taking buspar for 4 months; now at 20mg a day. Dont know if this med, is working. I get anxiety almost everyday. What is a better medication for anxiety? | F | 29 | 4 months | 1/29/2008 | 2 | anxiety | sleepy, dizzy, agitated, depressed | made me more anxious than i was before i started taking it, extremely sleepy, very difficult to concentrate. | F | 20 | 7 days | 2/17/2008 | 2 | Anxiety | Insomnia, felt like I was on speed | Wanted this to work since benzos give me nightmares. Just couldn't handle the insomnia. | F | 27 | 8 days | 4/12/2008 | 2 | Anxiety | Jittery, dry-mouth, confused and tongue-tied a lot. Occasional bouts of insomnia. I'm easily flustered now which makes the anxiety even worse. | F | 38 | 4 months | 3/20/2008 | 2 | Anxiety | Major Nausea and Dizziness! and Insomnia. It was horrible. I would spend most of the day running to the bathroom because I thought I was going to sick. The dizziness was from the drug but I can't say for sure the the insomnia and nausea were entirly from the meds as I am going through a very difficult time in my life right now. | I thought it started working the first few days after I started it. BUT then I had a horrible horrible panic attack and ended up in the ER. At the ER they switched me to Zoloft and gave me Ativan for the attacks. Ativan is allowing me to FINALLY sleep at night. So I guess it didn't really work for me:( | F | 25 | 5 days | 4/7/2008 | 2 | GAD | Buspar hasn't helped me -- yet -- after 3 mos at 15mg twice/day. Was just told to increase by 5mg every 4 days till taking 30mg twice/day. Wondering what this will do?!(Still relying on Xanax to make it through the day). | I hate meds...but I cannot handle all that's going on in my life right now and I NEEEEEED something to work. Dr will not give me enough Xanax to help; and has agreed to try Buspar. I am still totally reliant on Xanax to control my panic and "what ifs" attacks... I am unable to "get a life" till this panic is in control. I have had constant nausea (even before Buspar) and no one seems to know why, other than stress side-effect. Only other meds I take are Estradiol (hormones) and Aciphex (acid reflux); and Lunesta for sleep (but doesn't keep me asleep) other than the Xanax, which is necessary to sustain me through the day, but with only 1 mg/day, that makes it hard to do. After 3 mos on Buspar (30mg/day) I still can't tell it is doing anything. Beginning the increase tonight till I can tell it's helping. I hope it isn't a placebo, like the post I read where the person was taking 90mg. I need help, with NO side effects, so I can get my once very-active life b | F | 57 | 3 months | 8/21/2008 | 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 | 2 | Anxiety | I am experiencing insomnia, nervousness and agitation/anger | The doc put me on .5mg twice a day for 7 days. He omitted to tell me to take the second dose in early afternoon as I had been taking it at night. So now I'm not sure if I should go up in the dosage to 10mg twice a day as instructed or if I should stay. The agitation is pretty bad and I HATE feeling this way. I'm short tempered and because I don't feel I can grasp it, I'm extrememly frustrated. I'm taking Lorazepam to counteract the side effects, but am not sure if the side effects will start to decrease. | F | 29 | 7 days | 3/5/2009 | 2 | Anxiety, mild depression | Weight gain, dizziness, vertigo | This is a great drug, it helped tremendously with my anxiety. I was the happiest I had ever been while on it. BUT!! The side effects were HORRIBLE. I gained 60+ pounds while on it. This was without changing my diet or exercise habits at all. When I would miss a dose or was a couple hours late taking it I would almost fall to the ground from being so dizzy. Plus, who knows what it did to my brain chemistry long term :( | F | 27 | 2 years | 7/6/2008 | 2 | F | 38 | 6 months | 6/3/2008 | 2 | Anxiety/depression | Increased appetite and sudden weight gain | It did help with my anxiety, but after being on it for 4 or 5 weeks, I noticed that my appetite had increased. within the next 5 weeks, I gained 10 lbs. I am stopping taking it. | F | 49 | 2.5 months | 7/9/2008 | 2 | Anxiety, perimenopausal PMS | Insomnia, dizziness, "brain shocks", Increased anxiety, mood swings, felt like crying all the time | When I first started this medication, is seemed to help me concentrate, focus and my anxiety lessened. As time progressed, I slowly became more anxious, had trouble staying asleep. By the 4th month, I felt like I had severe depression....mood swings and could cry at the drop of a hat. I stopped taking it as of yesterday. | F | 46 | 4 months | 5/5/2009 | 2 | GAD | Headaches, dizziness, shortness of breath, chest tightness, night sweats, insomnia, bloating, nausea. | F | 43 | 1 weeks 15mg | 3/14/2013 |