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 |
| 1 | Anxiety | Nervousness, bouncing feet and shakey hands, sweaty and jumpy. I didn't sleep but 2 hours a night, the Four days I was taking it.. I also had shortness of breath and felt like I always had to do something but not sure what! Like I had tons if energy but more nervous energy.. Just really bad anxiety and insomnia! I hated it. I'd take it 1st thing in the morning and I'd still be on edge 1,2,3am like I just woke up.. I was like that all day.. Even had confusion with words, couldn't keep my words right and hold a proper conversation.. | F | 30 | 4 days 5ng | 11/5/2013 | 5 | PMS, Tension, Stress, OCD | Some spaciness, "dumbed down" feeling, quietness (didn't have much to say, introverted), sedation. | I have NEVER taken a drug before! I am one of those that hates taking an aspirin when I have a headache. However, after too many years of "self-medicating" my GAD with emotional stress eating and having the extra lbs to prove it, I did lots of research and settled on Buspar w/ my doc. The first script was for 10 mg once a day which I split into AM/PM doses- that was by teva. My first week I had insomnia and felt wired/high. Then it settled down and I was beginning to relax but still felt "wired". It all changed when after 1 month I had a follow up w/ Doc and asked for 5mg doses, so I wouldn't have to cut them. That manuf was different. What a difference! This 5 mg dose is exactly what I wanted! I am relaxed all the time. No PMS. I fell sedated, but functional- which I like. I do feel a bit "dumb", spacey, and I can find myself staring at something in a dream state at times. Also, I have lost all ability to orgasm, however, I still desire and enjoy sex. I am too relaxed and happy to care about not being to orgasm. I am completely passive about almost all things- I used to be a type A about all things. I take 5mg 2 x/day. I gave my hubby a few pills, if I seem irritable at all (maybe one day at that time of the month), he encourages me to take an extra dose that day to "take the edge off". Those 3 dose days (very few) I am a bit more sedated and quiet than I'd like, but it is for the best. I find I get a boost in effect for a week or so a | F | 37 | 3 months 5mg 2X day | 11/3/2013 | 5 | PTSD | Short term memory loss, increased appetite-VERY high anxiety, heart palpitations, and nausea until my body adjusted. | I highly recommend sticking with this drug until the initial high anxiety wears off. It's changed my life. I'm much more calm, my nightmares have decreased dramatically, and I can go out in public alone. I ignore the increased appetite, because I know it's not real hunger, so I haven't gained any weight. And the short term memory loss is a small price to pay. I would recommend this to anyone suffering from PTSD-at least give it a try. | F | 45 | 8 months 5MG 2X day | 10/23/2013 | 4 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Sleepiness when combined with Amitriptyline which I don't mind as I have a hard time sleeping. No other side effects. | M | 30 | 1 weeks 15 | 10/17/2013 | 5 | anxiety anger irrability | Stomach upset | F | 39 | 10 days 5mg 2times | 9/9/2013 | 2 | axiety ocd symptomatic disorder | More heart pounding non stop worry alot more expecially at night think im dying nausea and lightheadedness | F | 17 | 5 weeks 10 | 9/3/2013 | 3 | GAD | Ringing in ears and upset stomach for a few days. | M | 55 | 5 weeks 20 mg | 9/1/2013 | 4 | xanax addiction | None I have noticed yet | M | 15 | 3 weeks 20mg | 8/27/2013 | 3 | Anxiety | How long do the side effects last, very dizzy and bad headache, does seem to be calming me down though | F | 29 | 6 days 15 | 8/26/2013 | 2 | anxiety | It made my anxiety worse and my doctor gave it to me with nothing to take the edge off I have been having tingly skin and I have bad insomnia I have had an anxiety attack every day since I started taking it I need to find a doc that is going to be patient with me a is going to find the right meds for me because changing from xanax to buspar is a big step. | F | 36 | 7 days 10mg | 8/17/2013 | 4 | Acute onset anxiety | Approximately 20 mins after I take a dose, I experience moderate lightheadedness and a foggy mental state. It lasts for 20-30 minutes. I can tell that it has "kicked in" because I also experience a tingly-like sensation in my extremities. I have also experienced a marked decrease in appetite. That seems to be subsiding somewhat | F | 40 | 1 months 15 mg | 8/9/2013 | 1 | panic disorder, anxiety | Horrible tremors.. extremely irritable. Hostile. Actually increased my anxiety. Increased appetite severely. I gain almost 10 lbs in 2 months and I am only 5` and 25 yrs old. | F | 25 | 2 months 15 mg 2X day | 8/3/2013 | 1 | PTSD | Absolutely horrible. Aside from the jolts and random sporadic movements of all limbs that were violent enough to wake me from a dead sleep, my main issue with buspar was that even though it seemed to wildly increase my appetite, I could not eat because of the nausea! After forcing myself to eat, I'd throw up. This contributed to a very unhealthy weight loss, which had already started to occur due to my condition at the time. Buspar seemed to amplify every negative feeling. I've been on several different medications before, but never was I as violent or angry as I was while on this "medication." After suicidal thoughts started to flood my head, and I dropped to 81 pounds, I told my doctor I would no longer take any medication that would make me hungry yet would not allow me to eat. I've since been off all medications now for two and a half years... and I've never felt better. | F | 23 | 4 months 15mg 2xD | 7/31/2013 | 1 | anxiety and seizures | Extreme depression, 20 pounds of weight gain within one year, water retention, and painful joints. After taking medicine 15 milligrams morning 15 milligrams evening I felt like my brain was being electricuted for approximately 20 to 40 minutes after taking this medicine. I am weaning myself off of this medicine for the next 3 months very slowly. Already noticed a decrease in water retention, loss of weight, and no longer painful joints. My mood has changed for the better much BETTER. | F | 39 | 1 years 30mg | 6/29/2013 | 5 | Anxiety | A little mild drowsiness after taking, which is welcomed. | Terrific. | M | 37 | 11 years 15 3X day | 6/17/2013 | 3 | Anxiety | Oh God, the sleepiness. It does help with anxiety but I'll sleep 10+ hours a night, sometimes over twelve, and it is honestly a battle to stay awake in the afternoon especially. My work performance has slipped since all I can focus on is how much I want to go home and sleep. Unfortunately I can't take it at night, it only helps my anxiety during the day. I can't let the sedation run my life anymore so I'm trying a different therapy. | F | 27 | 3 years 30 mg | 6/14/2013 | 1 | Anxiety | Horrible nasty, life threading side affects. Developed serotonin narcosis, highly elevated blood pressure 180/115 pounding heart, heart palpitations, severe anxiety, panic attacks, elevated blood pressure dilated pupils, high body temperature, profuse sweating, severe mania, accompanied by psychosis, and insomnia, restlessness. Also developed a rather severer withdraw syndrome(they are full of it when they tell you that it's not addictive) all off the same seratonin symptoms accompanied by nausea, intense and sharply painful stomach cramps even worse mania and disorienting psychosis ( I am a schizophrenic, my doctor had absolutely no business giving me this drug, or anyone for that matter), tremor, irritability, almost hostile type attitude, much to much energy, muscle spasms particularly the neck, severe headache to the extreme off putting me into tears, numbness in arms and legs, cold sweats, dizziness, slight allergic reaction, burning in arms and neck, disassociated feeling, slight euphoria, tachycardia, chest pains, and lived with the ever concerning threat of malignant hyperthermia, taking the drug and discontinuing it, threat of both serotonin narcosis, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, all of which are life threatening. Develop two or more of these syndromes at one time, and your a goner now, not only is this the worst drug I have ever experienced. But it is never to be prescribed to patients with biped manic or schizophrenic tendencies. To compound this, I was neglig | M | 33 | 10 days 30 mg | 6/1/2013 | 5 | BoostEnergy/anxiety/mild depression | Short-term memory loss, slight headache. | I went to the Dr. for mild/seasonal depression, high anxiety, and chronic low energy. The low energy has not been dealt with and on-going for about 2-3 years. The Dr. tried Escitalopram 10 mg, but drowsiness, dry mouth, trouble sleeping, confusion, and muscle weakness was bad. Dr. tried Buspar 15 mg. but start with 5mg in A.M. and 5 mg. P.M. I have started to do 10 mg. A.M. and 5 mg in the PM, which seems to be working well. The morning seems to be more energized, happier, and outgoing. Taking more in the evening made me more tired, so I do the 5 mg. I happy with the results in the energy boost, which has helped the mild-depression, but the anxiety has lessoned. I think this is the right dose and medicaiton for my needs. | F | 39 | 15 days 5 - 7.5 2X day | 4/15/2013 | 1 | gad, panic attacks | I was getting intense "brain zaps" sporadically. I developed a tension headache to the point of the muscles between my eyebrows being sensitive to touch as if they were bruised. Mild nausea, not too bad if you eat with the pill. OVRERWHELMING sadness/depression and bouts of sobbing for no specific reason. I didn't feel like myself... I'd be so easily irritated or angered that I'd snap on people I loved. It made me VERY sensitive to what others said, even if it was normal conversation I'd start taking things personally. Also, I have a pretty large bladder, but in the last week or so I've had increased frequency of urination. | F | 19 | 3 weeks 5mg 3x | 4/15/2013 | 5 | PTSD | Heart palpitations, short term memory loss, increased anxiety the first two weeks. Very vivid dreams. | I started taking 5mg 2 x a day and experienced constant heart palpitations and a feeling of fogginess I couldn't shake. My Dr. suggested I go up to 10mg 2 x a day-after a few days of this I experienced what I like to call loss of impulse control-after having a few drinks in a nightclub I punched a woman in the face for disrespecting me. I went back down to 5mg 2 x a day, and have had no problems since. My anxiety is at a record low, I sleep through the night, I wake up in the morning singing-this medication changed my life. I highly recommend it to those suffering from PTSD. I do have some short term memory loss and very vivid dreams, but I am happy than I have ever been. A fair trade! | F | 44 | 90 days 5 mg 2X day | 3/22/2013 |