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 | just started having leg cramps..tight calfs,feel kinda in a cloud,but calm | F | 32 | 5 days 10 mg 1X day | 8/7/2012 | 1 | anxiety | No side effects occured. | Several Drs. I've had spoken how great Buspar is for anxiety. Not for me. Absolutely no change in anxiety level. No decrease, even after 2 months. Finally a new psychiatrist said stop the Klonopin and take 1mg twice a day. And I feel calmer and more relaxed. Yes it might be addicting but I can live my life again and after a brief period of tiredness it passes. | M | 41 | 60 days 3X day | 7/28/2012 | 3 | Anxiety & BiPolar | hot flashes about 10 mins after taking it...that's about it! | F | 20 | 3 days 5mg 1X AN | 7/24/2012 | 5 | Anxiety, obsessive thoughts. | A little buzz in my head when I take the first one in the am. I tried to wean myself off but found I was getting obsessive thoughts and pretty severe anxiety. I'm afraid I may need to take it forever... | F | 56 | 10 years 20-30 mg | 7/22/2012 | 3 | anxiety | No side effects. Have noticed very lil difference still have anxiety attacks butnot as severe. | F | 37 | 3 weeks 5mg 1x | 7/17/2012 | 4 | Anxiety | My pharmacist switched manufacturers, after being on Buspar for more than three years I suddenly cannot handle it. The pharmacist said there can be a 20 percent discrepancy in strength and recommended switching me back to previous manufacturer. Have been back on the previous manufacturer and my body just can't handle the stuff. I am light headed, high, there is a weight to my vision, and I have no energy. Ugh! | If you ever start to feel weird after getting a prescription refilled, ask if they switched manufacturers. | F | 41 | 3 years 30 mg 3X day | 6/27/2012 | 3 | anxiety | Light headed buzz 20 minutes after taking each 15mg pill. Disorientation. But as the days go on i am happier and less anxious. | F | 25 | 7 days 30 mg | 6/27/2012 | 4 | Anxiety | "Light-Head" buzz 20 minutes after take Buspar, it last all day long the first week. After two weeks, the buzz lasts less than an hour and drop day by day. My psy told me to try take all doses at the same time before go to sleep. The buzz should'nt be there when I wake up. | M | 26 | 2 weeks 30MG 3X day | 6/25/2012 | 1 | anxiety | I took it on/off for 1.5 years and do I ever regret it. Buspar nearly ruined my life. It turned me into a different person. I HATED every minute of every day while on this medication. I didn't want to get up in the AM, couldn't sleep, always felt like a zombie, socially withdrawn. Now I have permanent tinnitus. I once had a mind like a steel trap; now I'm forgetful and have difficultly concentrating. I feel very awkward in social situations. | This drug is crap, just like all the rest of them. I will never take another pill for the rest of my life. I think drug companies and doctors alike should be ashamed of the way they push this poison on innocent consumers. DO NOT take this drug or any other anti-anxiety or anti-depressant. They will ruin your life! | M | 30 | 1.5 years 15 MG 2X day | 6/25/2012 | 2 | anxiety and depression | feelings of disorientation, lightheaded, off balance, confusion, feelings of being disconnected. First few days I had headaches, , stomach ache, and very increased libido. These all wore off. I still have the dizziness, confusion. off balance feeling, lightheaded and disorientation. It seems to be subsiding some and I will give it a few more days. | Had to take time off of work because I just cannot think properly. Hopefully the side effects will wear off. | F | 30 | 11 days 5mg 2X day | 6/24/2012 | 1 | ANXIETY | No hot flashes, no dry mouth, no insomnia, no energy, NO ABILITY TO FUNCTION AS A HUMAN BEING!!!!! At the end of 13 days I was unable to bathe, feed or dress myself. | I left my bed in the morning (which required massive effort - equal to climbing Mt Everest), made it to the bathroom, tinkled, cupped my hand under the faucet to get water, exhausted myself walking the 15 feet to the sofa, got up at night, repeated the trip to the bathroom and forced myself to return the additional 20 feet to my bed. This went on for three days!!! At that time, since I did feel no anxiety, it occurred to me that though I did not want to die - not at all suicidal - I still felt as if someone wanted to dig me a 6 ft deep hole and go thru the trouble of placing me in it - I was sure I would have no desire to object! Took myslef off and went back to the doc. this may work wonders for some - just not for me!! | F | 48 | 13 days 5 MG 1X day | 6/13/2012 | 4 | Bad anxiety during pregnancy | I'm 31 and in my last trimester of pregnancy. After 4 weeks of crippling anxiety and panic attacks that had me nearly agoraphobic, I broke down and started on Buspar 7.5mg/2x day. So far side affects have been mild and seem to be letting up already. I've had dizziness, restless leg at night, and the last 2 days I've felt agitated/angry and more emotional than usual. My anxiety is not entirely under control yet, but its enough that I'm not missing my doc appts anymore, and can get out a little more and not panic. This is the first and only med I've tried for anxiety, and hope to ween off it eventually. Grateful to have it for now. | F | 31 | 7 days 7.5mg | 5/25/2012 | 5 | Anxiety | Helped me and still take them 4 times a day | M | 34 | 2 years 15 mg | 5/18/2012 | 2 | Anxiety, Social Phobia | Unbearable lightheadedness, dizziness, nausea, and drowsiness 30 minutes after taking dose, and not ending until time for the next dose. | Buspar was prescribed to me because I was trying to conceive, and it is the only medication for anxiety that is acceptable for pregnancy. One month earlier, I had been given a prescription for Xanax, which was a miracle drug for me. I had never had such severe anxiety before, nor had I ever taken any medication more intense than penicillin, so taking Xanax was a strange and yet encouraging experience. At my first month check-in, I was concerned that I might be pregnant, so my doctor immediately switched the meds to Buspar, to help manage my issues long-term. I tried taking it for several days, and was miserable. I live 30 miles away from where I work, and it was impossible for me to drive to work because of the dizziness and nausea. I quit taking it and it took a day to leave my system. Now I want to try taking it again because I have a big conference coming up and I don't want to freak myself out, but I just can't handle the side effects... I can't do two or more weeks of this constant sickness. I will not take it again. | F | 30 | 10 days 5mg 2X day | 5/11/2012 | 3 | Anxiety | No side effects for the first week and a half, then starting getting alot of nausea and an upset stomach. Can barely eat anything, and this has been going on for 4 days now. Hopefully the side effects will go away soon. | Other than the side effects I am dealing with right now, I do feel like my anxiety has improved. I don't think it has helped enough yet to say I would really recommend this, but if my side effects go away and I begin to feel better, than this drug should do the job. | M | 21 | 2 weeks 7.5 MG 2X day | 5/4/2012 | 3 | GAD | I have only been taking this medicine so far for 4 days. It helps me relax a bit but at times I feel more anxious and irritable and these past couple of days I've had severe headaches. My doctor has me on it for 2 weeks to see if it will help. So far I've had bad experiences with antidepressants so I'm hoping an antiaxiety medication will help me and if not then I'm gonna find more natural ways of handling my anxiety. | F | 22 | 4 days 7.5mg 2X day | 4/30/2012 | 4 | Anxiety | So far I am well pleased. Some dry mouth but other than that, nothing major. Has really helped me relax and sleep better. Only taken for 2 days so far, so we'll see how well it helps me overall on a stressed day. | F | 48 | 2 days 5 mg bid | 4/29/2012 | 3 | GAD, PD | I was glad to see others describe this same exact thing. About 1/2 hour after taking it I'd get dizzy but only when I moved my eyes. The effect is really quite dramatic and if I sweep my eyes across a room it feels like my head is being rolled down a gravel road. Very disconcerting. Very, VERY vivid dreams. | Dizzyness is one of my panic triggers so this is a major drawback for this med, for me. I find I feel like I need MORE klonapin when taking the buspar just to combat the panic from the dizziness. I'm playing with the dose, breaking the pills in 1/2, etc, to see if I can find something that works. Because, in a very preliminary way, I can kinda feel like it is easier to dismiss negative thought spirals. Those negative thought spirals are the source of most of my panic attacks and my anxiety in general. | M | 38 | 4 days 5 MG 2X day | 4/29/2012 | 5 | Anxiety/depression | I feel exhausted for the first hour or so after I take it, and sometimes I get dizzy. In the beginning it made me nauseous as well. HOWEVER, the drug has helped me tremendously. I still have anxious thoughts, but resolving them is so much easier now... All of the physical responses to my anxiety that I used to experience are muted. Also, I find myself feeling happy on a regular basis. | F | 22 | 4 weeks 30mg/day | 4/28/2012 | 5 | Anxiety | Light headeded for about an hour after each dose; slight headache; upset stomache when taken without food; nasal conjestion | Do NOT consume excessive alcohol while taking Buspar! In my case, mixing the two resulted in waking blackouts that I never had with just alcohol. | M | 60 | 18 months 10 3X day | 4/28/2012 |