BUSPAR Reviews (BUSPIRONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.9 (969 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BUSPAR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BUSPAR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Panic Disorder | Shocking feeling approx one hour after dose, lasts about 15 min. Increased libido. Vivid dreams (NOT nightmares). Little bit of euphoria, but in a good way. Helps with my concentration also. | I know this medicine can take a while to fully kick in, but honestly after going two weeks on 20mg a day and having been on 30mg a day now, I do feel different. Calmer, situations in which I would normally have a panic attack are less stressful, I'm happier overall. | M | 31 | 1 months 30mg | 12/24/2014 | 4 | Tbi | None | I sopped and I became a little anxious | M | 71 | 1 days 10mg | 12/18/2014 | 1 | Panic Disorder | Extreme dizziness | This med did nothing for my anxiety and it had one particularly unbearable side effect--extreme dizziness about an hour after taking it. I mean it was like I had vertigo. I would be sitting up in bed and suddenly feel like the ceiling became the floor and I was falling through space! These brief dizzy spells lasted 2 seconds on average, but they were recurring. It was extremely unpleasant and after a month of toughing it out, it still did nothing for my anxiety and the dizziness was too much to bear so I said goodbye. | M | 29 | 1 months N/A 1X day | 12/17/2014 | 1 | anxiety | Severe muscle aches in legs and Arms neck and back. Hair loss. My legs feel like they are going to fall off And Sometimes I can barely walk. I stopped buspar about 2 months ago and I am still having all the painful side effects. I am afraid I have tardive dyscansia. I am in constant chronic pain!!! | I would not recommend this drug to anyone. it has corroborating life long side effects | F | 66 | 4 months 20mg | 12/10/2014 | 2 | for depession/ aniexty | My doctor increase my dosage to 1 tablet a day. A week ago I started feeling nervous can't sleep have bad dreams upset stomach I feel scared. Will have to change from buspirone to something else. I get scared that I am having a heart attack or that I am going to die. Are these side effects? | I need to get my life back. | F | 59 | 1 months 15mg | 12/6/2014 | 4 | anxiety | Does anyone get blurry vision taking buspar? Is this normal side effect? | F | 48 | 2 weeks 15mg day | 11/15/2014 | 5 | anxiety | minor dizziness, increased hunger after doses. | Very mild. Pretty easy on my system. I was prescribed a low dose (.25) xanax to take three times a day the first month I took Buspar. | M | 38 | 10 years 15 3X day | 10/30/2014 | 5 | GAD | vivid dreams, wake up 2 hours early, irritable, increase appetite | My side effects are actually very minimal. I can go to sleep easily, just wake up a bit early but I'm not tired. About an hour after I take it I feel very tired, but since I work from home I can have a 20 minute rest and then all is OK when I get up. My anxiety is already better, but I am still very irritable. I'm looking forward to that being curbed by the medicine after a while hopefully. I am supposed to go up to 10 mg 2x a day and may do that soon. This medicine is way better than an SSRI for me. It has increased my libido a bit which I didn't think would ever be possible. I have realized I need to control my eating or it will go through the roof so I have started keeping a large cup of water with me while I work and some gum, which helps. This is all much better than being anxious all the time. I realized it had started working when I belly laughed at something my 5-year-old did and I shocked myself a little. I hadn't freely laughed like that in so long, I couldn't remember. It is nice to relax and experience life again. | F | 42 | 7 days 5 2X day | 10/22/2014 | 1 | Anxiety | No side effects at first - thought all was great. About 2 weeks ago I noticed that shortly after taking my dose I could not stop eating - it was completely out of control and I would only stop when I was so full I was in pain. About 10 days ago my vision went blurry and it didn't help even with my glasses. A week ago intense neck pain began and nothing relieved it. Two days later I was almost crippled by intense muscle and joint pain and made the connection with Buspar. Stopped taking it immediately and feel better already. Vision better, aches gone, appetite normal. | F | 55 | 30 days 15 2X day | 10/18/2014 | 5 | anxiety | I started out on 7.5 MG a day for a few weeks to keep the side effects minimal as possible. Still got a little dizzy. Now I take 20 MG a day. 10 in the morning and 10 in the evening. That has knocked out about 80% of my anxiety. First week you will get dizzy from it and not sleep as well. I would go to bed about 1 in the morning and wake up at 3 am feeling fully rested and take about an hr to get back to bed. Takes a couple weeks to get over the insomnia. Felt depressed at first also until my body adjusted. It took about two months to fully kick in. I still haven't tried my wellbutrin yet because I'm nervous about the energy kick it gives you and it increases anxiety. I also have ativan to counter it. Either way give it enough time to work. This medicine does not work in a couple days like some of the reviews I read. It has to build up in your system. Don't be discouraged early. Push through the side effects to get the benefits! | M | 38 | 10 years 20 MG | 10/17/2014 | 5 | Anxiety | After switching doctors, I had my new doctor to try me out on this medication. As, I wanted to taper off of taking Xanax (which was prescribed for me to take 4 times a day) and only begin taking it as needed. I have been taking this medication for a month and half thus far. I am on the lowest dosage that they offer, as I consider myself to have a sensitive stomach and alot of pills don't sit well with my stomach at all. I do take this medication with food, just like I do with most pills that I take. When I first started taking these pills, I did get these random bouts of dizziness, it would actually cause my body to suddenly start feeling anxious for no reason.And, I did experience bouts of nausea as well. Because I regularly take Phenergan (Promethazine Syrup), for the motion sickness and vertigo that I suffer from, I was able to take that and it really helped with alleviating the nausea and dizziness.The longer that I have been taking these pills, the more the side effects have real | F | 46 days 5mg 2X day | 10/16/2014 | 4 | anxiety | Some drowsiness, chest pains, headaches | This is not my first time taking Buspar. I was on it for about 4 or 5 months a couple of years ago. It seemed to have no effect on my anxiety at all until 6 weeks after taking it. I wasn't expecting it to work because it didn't work for 6 weeks and my anxiety was worse than ever. But then I suddenly realized I was feeling super, super calm. And I realized that it had started to work. I highly recommend anyone who is taking it take it at least 7-8 weeks. Sometimes it just takes that long to work. And boy did it work! I have never been so calm and relaxed ever before in my life or since. It didn t give me a buzz or high. I just felt soooooo calm and relaxed. I kept thinking that it must be what heaven is like. After years and years of terrible anxiety I was finally rid of it. I was so happy. I thought my anxiety was gone for good. All I had to do was keep taking it. But after 2 or 3 months it stopped working. I was upset and tried everything. Increasing the dose, taking it with and without food, in combination with Zoloft, etc. I have heard taking it in combination with Zoloft or other certain antidepressants makes it more effective and maybe it did at first, But it never worked again. Now today years later I still have anxiety and my dr. has prescribed it to me again, hoping that since it worked so well for a while the last time, it will help me again. This time I feel a bit spacey, have headaches and chest pains and a little drowsiness. I hope it works again. | F | 41 | 2 weeks 10 mg 3X day | 9/27/2014 | 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 | 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 | 2 | Constant anxiety | On 7.5mg a day I take half in the AM the other half in the PM on current dies for 4 days. Concerned feeling tired, weak jittery when I get up in the morning. Sometimes lightheaded Will this go away? I had started taking 1/4 pill a day but it did nothing. I increased to current half/half but I physically feel worse. Can anyone give me feedback? | F | 49 | 10 days 7.5mg | 9/13/2014 | 5 | anxiety | I really only had rapid weight gain. I have gained about 40 pounds within 4-5 mo. Then i platformed. when i started buspar but i felt better within a week of taking it and i know i gained weight but its worth feeling better. I feel normal again! | F | 26 | 1 years 30 mg | 9/11/2014 | 5 | Anxiety | Been on it for 11 days ...experienced dizziness the first few days, felt foggy couldn't fall asleep the first week I would fall asleep and 30 mins later would wake up in a panicky mode I did sleep longer though (I us usually sleep 5 hours) I started taking low dosage since I have phobia of meds and it's side effects and when I increased it after a week, two three days later (today) I am experiencing palpitations not sure if related to this. I did have a few days of calm and slept good 4 days out of 10 days I am praying this will work for me I am on 7.5mg cut in half morning and night | F | 49 | 2 weeks 7.5mg | 9/9/2014 | 4 | anxiety, panic attacks | The first two weeks were the worst for side effects. Increase in anxiety and feelings of dread, dizziness, nausea and feelings of electric shock in my ears and back of my head. I pressed on through the side effects because my doctor assured me they would subside. After two weeks, I notice a difference. I'm much calmer, I sleep great, I feel more level (decrease in mood swings) and zero panic attacks. I have occasional feelings of dizziness and nausea, but not to often. I've noticed I cannot eat as much as before (I feel full much quicker and tend to feel nauseous if I overeat). Also, whenI drink alcohol (I'm a social drinker), I've noticed I can only drink about 1 or 2 drinks before I start to feel nauseous. Before, I couldd have 4-5 drinks with no problems. | F | 40 | 2 months 7.5 mg | 9/3/2014 | 1 | anxiety | I hate this drug it completely the opposite for me made me feel like I was going crazy and I lost weight made me feel shake and brain and ears crackle horrible has anyone had the same experience I felt burning to in the back of my head trying to get off of the crap right now please respond if any one understands where im coming from on this medication ???? | F | 40 | 5 weeks 10 mg | 9/2/2014 | 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 |