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 | I have had heart palpitations feeling anxious and irritable but because of some of the post that I've seen on here that I need to give it longer | I would really like to see the people put the manufacturer on here mine is Mylan.I had took buspar before for one week and couldn't even tell that I was taking anything it was a different manufacturer I can't remember the name but this one I could tell the same day big difference between the two manufacturers so I might try to call pharmacy to find out manufacture of the one I took before to see if that help if I took it for about a monththere's a lot of difference in the manufacture | F | 9 days 5 milligra | 12/3/2015 | 1 | Gad | Does not. Work | F | 53 | 9 days 30 | 5/4/2016 | 1 | panic attacks | vertigo, severe dizziness, rash, headache with pain behind eye, weakness, tingling and numbness in extremities, excessive heat and sweating | coming off even going down to 5mg per day for the last 4 days was horrible | F | 36 | 9 days 10mg 1X day | 9/23/2010 | 5 | Anxiety | Insanely vivid dreams (sometimes very pleasurable, more rarely very distressing). Dry mouth when I wake up in the morning. Mild "high" feeling after taking for maybe half an hour. | Taking 5mg 3/day. Helped a lot with anxiety so far. | F | 18 | 8 days | 12/14/2005 | 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/ panic | Lightheaded, dizzy, fatigue | Have been taking it for a week, have up'd it to a full dose, it's making me really sleep. I can still feel minor panic attacks but it doesn't turn into a full blown panic attack. I'm hoping the side affects will go away soon, I'm so sleepy! | F | 23 | 8 days | 10/29/2007 | 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 | Depression | My nurse practitioner gave me this drug for my depression after my citalopram quit working i take it along with venlafaxine so far no side effects! I noticed after 8 days I'm a little more calmer than before! | M | 51 | 8 days 7.5 3X day | 5/9/2023 | 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 | dizziness an hour after taking and slight headache | I am actually starting to see a slight improvement. I noticed at work that I was more comfortable speaking with my co-workers. I have been working at my job for 3 years, and I have always been very nervous talking to my co-workers...like I would turn red during very simple, casual conversation. After going through that for 3 years, it feels pretty amazing to feel that little difference. I am still experiencing some anxiety, but it seems like it is getting a bit better. Hopefully, this drug will just keep helping me more and more! I want this anxiety to completely go away! | F | 24 | 8 days 15 2X day | 6/23/2010 Patient History | 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 after a hysterectomy | Lightheaded,dizziness,hear noises,heavy head feeling pulse feeling in my head,nervousness shakiness can't sleep tension headaches | I take 3x day and it seems like it doesn't work for me because it's supposed to calm you down | F | 38 | 8 days 10mg | 2/28/2015 | 1 | Anxiety | I felt like I was on cloud 9 on 8th day I went to my dr and I felt so high it was scary. I had pressure in my head felt like it was gonna exsplode I couldn’t sleep at night I would get 30 mins of sleep and then would get a jolt in my body and my heart would race and wouldn’t stop when I went to my dr she could believe how high I was and she had never heard of a reaction like that. Now I’m on a beta blocker called propranolol 20mg 2x day to help with my anxiety and keep my blood pressure and heart rate normal . I was so scared I was gonna die . The next day still have side effect from being high | F | 37 | 8 days 7.5 | 9/25/2018 | 1 | anxiety, panic attacks | i have been taking it for 8 days. weight gain, panic attacks, worry constantly, suicidal, depressed, anti-social, insomnia | this stuff has made me crazy. the more i took, the more panic attacks i had. i also eat like never before. | F | 20 | 8 days | 4/14/2009 | 1 | Severe Acute Anxiety Disorder | This is a horrible medication. I started it for the first couple days without any side effects, coming out of a hospital ward where they prescribed it to me ( I have almost paralyzing social phobia), after I was on it though, they discharged me and all was well, until the side effects set in. It began as tremors, just slight ones, a headache; and a kind of drunk feeling that I couldn't shake. Then things progressed from bad to worse, my anxiety went through the roof, I was shaky, eating everything in sight but unable to stop feeling hungry; to the point where I would literally vomit. After that, I got a fever, and started having strange insomnia/ temperature flashes; it was like living in hell; literally. First I couldn't sleep, then I couldn't wake up, I thought it was going to kill me. This drug, this thing; its not good, I don't care what "long term" studies they have done. this medication is akin to poison that I have never experienced before in my life (and I have been p | Eight days in I stopped taking it completely, cold turkey, day two of being off it, and I feel worlds better than before, honestly; if going through hell is a good fix for anxiety, by all means; pop the pill. But if you are like me, and have a brain, stay away from Buspar, it is a horrible horrible treatment option, you are much better of with effexor celexa, prozac, zoloft, ect. medications that have been tested for half a century rather than a decade, please; trust me on this. Buspirone is not safe, in any way shape or form. Also, Tardive Diskenisia (uncontrolable facial twitching and jerking) can and does happen far more often than the 'test results' say, and is most often permanent. Stay away from this poison, I am begging you. Email me if you need any more details about this medication or alternatives to it that work far better. | M | 23 | 8 days 5Mg 3X day | 8/8/2011 | 1 | anxiety/panic | intensified nervousness, panic, insomnia, shakiness, difficulty swallowing, sweating | I do not recommend taking this drug under any circumstances. In the week I forced myself to be on it, instead of alleviating the chronic anxiety it was supposed to treat, it intensified the symptoms to the point I could hardly function. I could not sleep. I shook all the time. I felt like having panic attacks several times a day. I couldn't chew and swallow food without panicking and had to stay on a liquid diet. I tried going on a lower dose, but that didn't help. By the time day 8 rolled around, I was in such a bad state that I didn't know what day it was an missed a day of work. A small dose of Clonazepam does infinitely better for my anxiety troubles than Buspar does. | F | 34 | 8 days | 8/22/2006 | 1 | Anxiety | Extremely light-headed and feeling like I was going to fall down | I was put on this for an anxiety disorder and the first night I took it was awful. I got extremely light-headed, it was ridiculous. I tried to read a book and couldn't even focus on the page because everything felt like it was spinning and I couldn't even see the page properly. I'd also get these insane head rushes that would come on suddenly and disappear in a few seconds. It was so uncomfortable that I had to sit down after taking it to make sure I didn't fall down and hurt myself. I thought maybe these side effects would go away, but they never did and after eight days I finally gave up and told my doctor I wasn't taking it any more. | M | 27 | 8 days 10 MG 1X day | 9/13/2012 | 5 | Anxiety | Slight ringing of the ears at times, some dizziness first hour or so after dosing and increased thirst. The benefit of reduced anxiety outway the side effects so far. I read that side effects usually lesson after few weeks of dosing...I will see. | M | 44 | 7 days 5mg x 2 | 12/10/2011 | 5 | Anxiety,OCD | The first two days of taking Buspar, I had NO anxiety. Nothing has ever worked that good for me before. Unfortunately the third day, I went into a deep depression. The fourth day, I ended up with tingling through my entire body, my left arm went completely numb, severe confusion, vision cloudiness and vision loss, followed by a severe headache. The aftermath ended in tingling and tremors throughout my body and confusion that lasted another 2 days. The doctor told me it was more than likely side effects of Buspar. I loved this medicine until that happened. Great pill but the side effects were awful for me. I'm disappointed I have to quit taking it. | F | 25 | 7 days 10 | 2/16/2012 | 5 | complex post traumatic stress disor | None | It's a miracle. Intrusive thoughts are stopped cold, I can actually feel it working. I was able to cut back on the Xanax I was taking and will eventually eliminate it, in the future. I suffer from (diagnosed) cptsd due to extreme trauma and was at a point where I could barely function and was actually considering the possibility that I would not be able to continue living this way. It can't erase the cause of this horror in my life, but so far it has certainly eased the effects. | F | 65 | 7 days 10 MG 2X day | 2/25/2013 |