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 |
| 4 | anxiety/panic and slight depression | severe nausea after I eat, loss of appetite/binging spells, ELECTRICAL shock, ringing in my ears at night | Im satisfied so far in taking this medicine (to replace Vistaril which made me gain weight) for anxiety/panic and slight depression. I have been taking 7.5mg, but up my dose to one 15mg/daily starting tomorrow. I feel pretty good and feel a little less anxious and panicky already! I noticed after I eat I feel like Im going to vomit. It induces extreme nausea, but I do not mind because its helping to control my normally huge appetite. I smoke and this medicine makes not even want to even finish a cigarette whatsoever, which is probably a good thing. I have had ONE weird experience so far, which was only a couple days into taking 7.5mg - as I was trying to sleep I had an electrical shock feeling from my hip to a little lower on right side only? It was frightening but went away after a few seconds. e-mail if youve experienced this! | F | 25 | 1 weeks | 9/18/2007 | 4 | Anxiety - Depression | No negative side effects. But one BIG positive one, listed in the Additional Comments section. | For me, this stuff is like Viagra on steroids! I had a fairly high sex-drive before taking this medication, but now, WOW!!! Erections are obtained with the slightest touch, and orgasms are much more powerful. It seems as though the amount of ejaculate produced has increased as well. I take it for anxiety and depression, but I'm not sure I EVER want to go off of it! It has helped with my anxiety, as I used to break down and cry at the drop of a hat. My cat meowing at me for food could make me cry! That has decreased a lot. I am currently on 7.5 mg once a day. I take it with 10 mg. of Lexapro. I know others on this site have experienced dramatic problems with Buspar, but I am thrilled with it! | M | 26 | 2 weeks | 9/15/2007 | 5 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | Slight drowseyness | Buspar has helped me for years with anxiety. I take 20mg at night because of the sleep inducing effects. Other than asprin, this is the most important drug I take. | M | 3 years | 9/9/2007 | 3 | Generalized Anxiety/Mild OCD | EXTREME dizziness/drowsiness the first day of use, electric shock feeling accompanied by twitching/spasming of back and arms | This med was AWFUL when I started it! I was so dizzy and drowsy the first time I took it that I fell asleep at the dinner table (at a fine-dining restaurant -- talk about embarrassing!) My doctor then told me to only take it at night before bed and start at 5mg, then go up by 5mg increases as needed. I am now on day 16, up to 15mgs, and last night had these wierd spasms -- one of the most bizarre, uncomfortable feelings ever!! It started about 10 minutes after taking the meds. I was laying in bed and all of a sudden felt this shock wave start in my mid-back, then run up my neck, through my arms to my fingertips. Then my back and arms would spasm. This went on for about 30-45 minutes! I was thrashing all around my bed, aching, twitching, and trying to make it stop. It felt HORRIBLE!! I have a call into my psychiatrist and am hoping he will switch me to something else. I can't take another night of that! I also have to say, this has helped my thought processes some and | F | 27 | 16 days | 9/4/2007 | 2 | anxiety | It took me time to realize what I was feeling were side effects from Buspar. I had tingling and numbness in my legs, muscle spasms and a stiff neck. I would also have shaking hands and tingling on the top of my head. | I stopped taking Buspar about 2 weeks ago and am still waiting for all of the side effects to go away. I remember stopping lexapro and it was at least a month before I felt like myself. Not a drug I would recommend to anyone. | F | 40 | 4 months | 9/2/2007 | 4 | Augment SSRI for Depression | None that I notice. Maybe a little dizzy if I do not take with food. | Old reliable Zoloft seemed to lose its antidepressant/antianxiety effect after many years of successful use. I felt like all the old problems came back again. Doc added Wellbutrin to augment, but that didn't work for me -- made my anxiety worse. Then switched to Buspar (30mg). It took about 8 days for me to notice any improvement. It's now day 13 and I now realize how depressed I had been all that time. Feeling a whole lot better and confident. Like a "normal" human being. PHEW! | M | 30 | 13 days | 8/30/2007 | 5 | Anxiety and stuttering | None at all, I am very lucky :) | My shrink diagnosed me with anxiety and ADAH and I have stuttered most of my life and this medication was a life saver. Yes I still stutter some when I am excited or upset. This medication allows me to be normal and take charge of my own life again. This is a fantastic medication and I recommend it to anybody who needs to take the edge off of your life. I started on 10 MG 2 times per day. I am up to 20mg twice a day. NO side effects or anything. I am a lucky man | M | 43 | 4 years | 8/28/2007 | 5 | None | Would never consider discontinuing use unless medically necessary. | M | 58 | 5 years | 8/19/2007 | 4 | GAD | occasional dizziness | i am a doctor myself, but my advice to people in this case is basically common sense. I started at 7.5mg first dose, and it increased my anxiety, gave me a neck ache and overall bad experience.However, instead of just giving up on it, i decided to wait until a weekend when i was off and could deal with a side effect and to start back at 5mg instead of 7.5. This worked well and i have been able to titrate up slowly with fairly good results. To those who started with 15mg and then freaked out and gave up, i recommend to be reasonable and start slowly. Also, it is NOT for acute anxiety,everyone should know that. You can use a benzo for the short term until it starts to work. | M | 30 | 60 days | 8/11/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | Dizziness, Panic Attacks, Disorientnesss, Nausea, Fatigue, Hot Flashes, Messed up thought!! | What a mistake this was!! I just needed something to take the edge off me... After 4 weeks I had enough of this drug. I'm running and hitting the Gym to help keep me balanced( no drugs for me). I was only taking 15 mg a day. Within 2 weeks I had tapered down to 5mg and got off it and thought this nightmare was now over! Not quite... Withdrawal set in next ! Constant dizziness, sweats, no appetite, nausea, and so on... 15 days later and its starting to get better, I had 3 good days in a row and today I felt like crap! I never expected all of this! It had been a test of my willpower for sure. Anyone thinking about taking this or any other brand name , be careful and think it through before getting on this stuff. Good Luck to All! I would like to hear more from people who have dealt with Withdrawal on Buspar... Please Email me back! | M | 42 | 30 days | 8/11/2007 | 4 | Anxiety, unwanted thoughts | Buzzy, light-headed, occasional brain zaps, nausea, sometimes to the point that I have to lay down for a little while. They vary, though...some days the side effects are pretty intense, some days I don't have any. Seem to be worse in the AM, I have coffee then, wonder if the caffeine affects it? I've also noticed that I have trouble sleeping if I take it too close to bedtime. | Buspar has helped me quite a bit, although it took a while to get the right dosage figured out. It has significantly reduced my anxiety and unwanted thoughts, allowing me to get back to living my life without worrying all the time. I can actually concentrate again! When I do get some anxiety, it passes fairly quickly, and if I have an unwanted thought it is usually fleeting and doesn't send me into an anxiety attack. The side effects are pretty intense, though - might be too much for some. I take 40 mg/day and had to split up my AM dose, taking 20 mgs. in the AM was making me pretty sick. Now I take 10 w/breakfast, 10 w/ lunch and 20 w/dinner and that seems to work. | F | 34 | 2.5 months | 8/3/2007 | 2 | anxiety | Light headedness, dizziness, brain zaps, weakness. These tended to be unpredictable, and I once had the brain zaps while driving several hours after taking it. | I had posted previously that it seemed to help with my anxiety. It would only do this for the first dose at a higher dosage, i.e. as I was titrating up, the first of the higher doses made me feel less anxious. However, it generally did not help for my anxiety, and the side effects were too much. It could be a home run for some people, but not for me. | M | 26 | 3.5 weeks | 7/25/2007 | 1 | anxiety disorder | extremely painful headaches requiring bedrest. Clamminess, shakiness, sweats, vertigo. | M | 37 | 4 days | 7/24/2007 | 4 | Panic attacks | some light headedness at the start of taking it, or if you miss any dosage it happens again for a few days, but not too troubling. Occasional dizziness about 3/10 scale. | It has been great, does what it is supposed to do. However if you miss a dose or take one with food when you normally dont take with food, or are extreemly late in taking your dose, it will take a few weeks to get back to normal. Also noticed when on anti-biotics, it has less of an effect. Finally lost the 75 pounds I gained from Zoloft. | M | 34 | 365 days | 7/10/2007 | 2 | GAD | Brain zaps, headaches, increased anxiety severe, irritable, shaky, nausea | I posted before on Buspar. Seems to me that many of us w/ GAD & panic don't get much if any relief from Buspar. I've tried buspar 2x's now in the last 7 yrs and no relief, only made me worse by day 4-5 in 2000 was on for months no relief. Anyone trying something that works? Love to hear from you. I've tried many & nothing helps but the anti-anxiety meds. | F | 38 | 5 days | 6/28/2007 | 1 | G.A.D | Dizzy to the extreme, more anxiety than normal, very lightheaded, felt in a dream like state most of the time, brain fog, waking very early like 4am started on the first day & stopped 3 days after taking it. | I really wanted this drug to help, but the side effects are worse than my anxiety, which is a little like treating my broken toe by cutting my leg off. It does seem to work for others i guess i'm just unlucky | M | 31 | 4 weeks | 6/22/2007 | 1 | anxiety | Lightheaded, DIZZY, Unbalanced, faint, nausea, and throbbing in my head. | This pill sucks!!! I can't believe they have it on the market. I started the pill at 15 mg 1x per day, and my DR. increased it to 60 mg a day. after the 1st month, I felt sooooo disorented, and dizzy I went to the Emergency room to see what was wrong with me. They said your fine U can go home, so I did, well the spells increased then a month later out of nowhere i felt so dizzzy that I went to the ER again, this time they said that It might be the buspar.. So when I walked into my DR.s office I told her to take me off the drug cuz I can't stand to be this dizzy. I don't recommend this drug to anyone out there... | F | 30 | 4 months | 6/18/2007 | 1 | Social anxiety disorder, GAD | Dizzy, lightheadedness, very spacey feeling, headaches, wierd shock feeling in my head, panic attacks, very shallow breathing, palpitations,chest pain | I am also taking 40mg of Prozac daily. Weird medicine, almost like having a bad trip, gave me headaches usually on only one side of my head, blurry vision and weird feeling in the middle of my chest like it wanted to explode. Feeling seems to last around 3-4 hrs then slowly dissapates. I would not recommend this drug to anyone that does not have experience with hallucinogens, may trip you out BAD. Give it a week, if the side effects outweigh the benefits definately discontinue it. | M | 27 | 3 days | 6/14/2007 | 5 | anxiety | none really....my dreams may be more vivid, but that is all...and not really a bad thing | I feel this med. has helped me tremendously. I take 10mg in am and 10 mg at night and have been taking it for about 5 weeks. I was having terrible anxiety and feelings of doom before I began this med. I only occasionally experience anything like that now and there is usually a trigger for the anxiety; whereas, before, I had the anxiety for no reason. I really recommend trying this. | F | 33 | 5 weeks | 6/8/2007 | 1 | anxiety | insomnia, increased anxiety, vomiting, diizy feeling for hours, fatigue, trembling, numbness, increased hreat rate, ans that is just to say the least. Be careful of this drug - of course reactions to drugs often differ - but this drug was a nightmare for me! | Do not take it. Especially from whatever Kaiser doctor was apparently given a degree online. | M | 35 | 30 days | 6/2/2007 |