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 |
| 5 | Anxiety/depression | At first I had diarrhea and extreme dry mouth | My anxiety was very severe and my depression was also horrible. Bad enough to the point where I was hospitalized twice and sent to psych wards twice. However sense being put in psych wards and starting this medication my anxiety is very contra label and nearly gone. I'm no longer dipressed and finally feel like I used to before my horrible twist with anxiety and depression. | M | 16 | 3 months 100mg | 8/13/2015 | 5 | Anxiety | A little light headedness 30 after taking but not always | As i have read, this doesn't work for everyone. It took about a week to work for me. I was experiencing severe debilitating anxiety. Around day seven i woke up and and felt strangley normal. I even tried to make myself worry or obsess about something but all i felt was relief. I also stayed hydrated excercised and watched my diet. Good luck. | M | 51 | 1 months 15mg 2xday | 8/3/2015 | 5 | anxiety | Don't remember any | Could never have gotten my masters degree without it. | F | 56 | 2 years | 7/19/2015 | 2 | Social and Generalized Anxiety | for the first three weeks: Insomnia like no other. Shaking/trembling in my hands shortly after taking it. headaches. extreme nausea. no appetite whatsoever. For the next 5 1/2 months: terrible headaches, dizziness, and nausea 30 minutes after taking it. Headaches lasted nearly all day. dizziness and nausea would fade after about 6 hours. | I know i was on a low dose, but i really felt that buspar did not help much with my anxiety. i still had lots of panic attacks and nearly went to the hospital on multiple occasions. i just stopped taking it about a week and a half ago because i couldnt bear the headaches. i get migraines easily, so these headaches morphed into migraines a lot. it may be a good medicine for others, but it just did not sit well with my body. my body is very sensitive to side effects in general, and its normal to have headaches and nausea the first 2-3 weeks taking it, but 6 months in, that should all be long gone. sorry, buspar. didn't help much for me. | F | 17 | 6 months 20mg 1X day | 7/14/2015 | 1 | Anixety | Headaches,muscle aches,sore thoart, leg pain,dizziness,chest pain,vivid nightmares | Might work for some but this medcine is not for me | F | 29 | 1 months 7.5 | 7/5/2015 | 2 | Generalized anxiety disorder | Nausea, insomnia, heightened anxiety | I took this as ssri depressants and tri cyclic depressants did not work for my anxiety. I took this for the suggested month, the first 2 weeks I supplemented it with Klonopin to help with the initial increased anxiety. It did not work for me, just made symptoms worse especially after stopping the Klonopin. I went up in dosage after 3 weeks from 1x daily at bedtime to 1/2 pill after breakfast & lunch & 1 pill at bedtime, this made the side effects increase dramatically. I have researched this medication & it seems to be the general consensus that it works for about 50% of the people who take it. Good luck if you are reading this, maybe you are that half. | M | 37 | 1 months 10 mg 1-2x | 7/3/2015 | 4 | Anxiety | Dry mouth, metal taste | Seems to be doing the job . | M | 58 | 1 weeks 15 | 6/7/2015 | 3 | panic attacks, g.a.d | Blurry vision,tiredness,dry mouth,some stomach ache,dizziness | Buspirone and I don't agree in the morning as far as the blurry vision in the am,but I like it's not habit forming. But also exercise, meditation also should be a part of buspirone it helps just 30 minutes a day | M | 36 | 2 weeks 15 mg | 6/6/2015 | 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 | 4 | Depression anxiety | I take It in the morning and feel real weak ( hungover feeling) and not hungry at all for about an hour and I take it at night and I feel starving and real drowsy. | I've been taking It for two weeks says it takes a month to kick in but I'm already having less anxiety, not worrying about too much | M | 24 | 2 weeks 15mg | 5/28/2015 | 1 | Anxiety | Shortly after taking dose I would experience dizzy spells for about 15 mins. I increased dose to 7.5 mg bid per doctor and I experienced tingling in my arms and face. Stopped right away | F | 31 | 5 days 10 mg | 5/25/2015 | 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 | 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 | 2 | Anxiety | Severe headaches, pain in the back of neck, dry mouth | I have only taken Buspar for 3 days and I don't think it's enough time to determine if it helps my anxiety but worth the side effects, it's definitely making me more irritable. I'm going to stop taking it. | F | 32 | 3 days 10mg | 4/5/2015 | 5 | GAD, BPD, MDD | Dizziness when increasing dose to 60mg/day. Other side effects may be any of my three meds, so I can't say for sure that the dry mouth, sleep problems or night sweats are solely the shopping of buspar. | It's been extremely effective for my awful anxiety. I'm taking this along with Seroquel (200mg 50,50,100) and Welbutrin xl 300mg. I began taking it at 30mg twice a day in January, and upon my visit on April 1, I was able to report that this addition had successfully helped a key component of my struggles--high anxiety for no reason and anticipation anxiety. Before being on buspar, I had made significant gains with many of my bpd symptoms (anger, frequent mood changes, depression, self harm etc). But I had made very little gain in alleviating my anxiety until I began Buspar. For the first time in a long time I am able to live a day at a time, with no extreme anxiety over where things are going and what's down the road. That's a freedom I have yet to experience in a long, long time. This combination has reduced my mood swings to general agitation and irritability, and my psych seems to believe that increasing my dose to 60 will help with those symptoms and possibly help with sleep. | M | 31 | 3 months 60 (20 3x) | 4/2/2015 | 5 | Generalized Anxiety | Increased anxiety for the first week. Gradually better after week 2. Compared to other meds Buspar has been great for me. No side effects after the second week. | Works great! Takes the edge off and doesn't make you a zombie like other meds. My mind is clear and I'm calm, haven't felt this way in 15 years. Buspar gets a bad wrap mostly because people don't give it a chance to work (at least 30 days). It is NOT a benzo!! It doesn't offer instant relief. I used Ativan during the first 2 weeks as needed for panic attacks. Once the Buspar kicked in i no longer needed Ativan. | M | 36 | 2 months 15mg 2X day | 3/23/2015 | 5 | panic attacks and anxiety | Hunger. Hate it. But im strong and stops the panic attacks due to PTSD | M | 39 | 2 years 15 | 3/21/2015 | 3 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Bigger Penis, Hairy Chest, Always horny, Feeling bored, Drowsy | SUCKS | M | 19 | 3 times 10 | 3/21/2015 | 1 | anxiety | Dizzy Headache Confused Muscle Cramps Could not sleep when I did extreme nightmares! | I do NOT recommend this medication.I will stay with Zanax, to me,Buspar side effects are dangerous to a person of age!!! | F | 72 | 6 days | 3/14/2015 | 1 | anxiety | in my 6th week, i am not having a good time. tho the morning anxiety has once again diminished, the side effects are unpleasant. i was also prescribed trazodone since buspar can cause sleep difficulties; i've always been a good sleeper until taking this med; now i must take an additional med if i am to continue buspar. my body aches as if the anx. tension has left my CNS & relocated to my muscles. normally a 'regular' person, i am now looking at taking some type of laxative to combat constipation. my eyes hurt, my sinuses are giving me extra grief; i have put on a few pounds already, feeling bloated & uncomfortable in my own skin. | after being on klonopin for several years, i was forced to discontinue when i moved because the new clinic will not prescribe it. weaning off of it was difficult, but i managed - the new dr. prescribed buspar to replace it. i understand klonopin is addictive but was well-monitored by my previous dr. & have no desire to abuse it. so frustrating to have to find another med when i already had one working for me. | F | 57 | 6 weeks 10mg 2X day | 3/10/2015 |