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 | slight light headedness initially when I started taking it | M | 27 | 2 weeks 15mg | 4/16/2012 | 2 | G.A.D. with Panic Attack | Dizzy, Uncoordinated, Confusion, Forgetfulness, Weight gain | I've taken this medication for 5 weeks and the only thing that's different is the experience of side effects. This medication makes it difficult for me to think about anything. Sessions with my therapist are difficult, because I can't keep focused on one subject, and I'm now very forgetful. To me it has some effect by making it difficult to focus on anything long enough to worry about it. But given the side effects, the therapeutic value isn't enough for me to continue on it, or recommend it. | M | 44 | 5 weeks 10 MP 3X day | 4/6/2012 | 3 | Pure O, Panic, PMDD | So Ive been on it for two months and I just emailed my dr this week about the newer symptoms. I had just seen her about 3 weeks ago since i ended up in the ER with chest pains that felt nothing like a panic attack. It was and still is a shocking type pain, not palpitations or heavy beating like I use to have. Ive also developed some blurry vission and headaches along with the tingling in my extremities. I feel like my ears also drain when I lay back and itch so badly i want to jam qtips in them just to sleep at times. I do, however fall asleep without even thinking now a days. I definately like that, and my dr told me it would get worse in the first few days before it got better. So true. I alsmost ran down my block after the 2nd or 3rd day on it because my panic attack was so bad but luckily my fiance was prepared and after shaking and thnking I was going to die, it didnt happen again. But that may have been the worst ever. Imediately the following day I was feeling great and I wanted | This was something that just started after my miscarriage as well as the severe panic. I was on a roll. But then, I had a very bad mental confrontation that made me withdraw for about 4 days with panic. I keep taking the meds but i havent been right since. Im shakey all day and nervous and panic is around the corner most times now. Any pain I feel I think I have a blood clot and its the big one. I keep flexing my muscles until I realize I need to relax and if I do while Im sitting still Ill fall almost immidiately to sleep. I dont really think I feel depressed and it is PMDD time but everything is just not right right now. I may need to up it a little bit because i still have the mental clarity and my sex drive is still up unlike before, I may be able to deal with everything else because its generally mild but the chest pain has to go! Also, when I smoke pot now i have to smoke VERY slow (and almost un enjoyful) because Ive been panicking since the first day I started the meds. I was only panicing when I wasnt smoking, not I just panic anytime. Really sucks because the pot acts like a muscle relaxer i would usually smoke in the tub rught before bed, now Im afraid I will drown so I smoke in the bed most nights before I sleep. When I smoke slower i dont get as high but I still get sleepy. I didnt get dry mouth either but now I do and as far as gaining wieght, Im loosing because I dont have an apitite anymore since i dont smoke as much during the day now. | F | 32 | 2 months 10MG 2X day | 3/27/2012 Patient History | 4 | Anxiety, Depression, OCD | Dizziness for an hour after taking it, continued for the first 2 weeks and still occurs if I take it on an empty stomach. Also, very vivid dreams every morning, sometimes nightmares :( I will continue to take it, this drug has greatly reduced my depression and excessive worry. It helped me wean off of clonazepam which I've been trying to do for years. | F | 30 | 1 months 10mg | 3/20/2012 | 2 | Anxiety | For the first two weeks only dizziness . After two weeks I would start getting really sick to my stomach for two hours . I feel lug headed through put the day and my anxiety seems worse now. I would not take this drug . Ibam calling the dr tomorrow to quit it. | F | 34 | 3 weeks 15 | 3/18/2012 | 4 | GAD | Dry mouth and terrible hissing in my ears. I started experiencing it after 4 months probably because of the low dosage. | Made a big difference in my case especially when taken with Cipralex. | M | 39 | 5 months 5mg 1X day | 3/17/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | Stay away from this drug! It caused a permanent tinnitus in my ears, even months after stopping the med. This side effect ist horrible. | M | 40 | 2 months 30 1X day | 3/1/2012 | 5 | GAD, Panic | decreased libido (hopefully interaction with other meds I am discontinuing) | Give it time, it took 2 months to kick in for me and gave me my life back! I have had GAD and Panic Disorder for 16 years and was managing it with xanax, which was fine for anxiety and panic, but caused my SAD and put me in a depressive shell. Buspar works like a charm for my general anxiety, it stops the worry choo choo train in its tracks. Stopping the worrying prevents 99.9% of the panic attacks, but when they do occur, a small amount of benzo stops the panic. 60mg was too much, but 45mg seems to be the magic dosage for me. I am a 160lb male 5'7" athletic, I work out 3-5 times per week and eat a good diet. Don't take any med and knock its effects if you don't do other things to manage your symptoms. There is no such thing as a magic pill, managing any condition is best accomplished from all fronts. The only issue is a huge decrease in libido and some impotence, however I am also coming off of 300mg of Welbutrin that I took for over a year for depression with minimal benefit, and I am hoping the interaction of the two is what is causing the sexual side effects. Basically, in layman's terms, Buspar gave me my balls back. This drug has dramatically changed my life for the better. | M | 32 | 3 months 15 3X day | 2/29/2012 | 5 | anxiety | Very vivid and lucid dreams - especially in the 'waking' part of morning. Slight weight gain - but that's probably because I felt better and was eating more. | I'm a physician, so cognitive function is extremely important. Prozac, Xanax, and Lexapro all made me too light headed to be effective at work. The dosing options of Buspar are wonderful, and you can stop cold-turkey with only minor 'withdrawl' symptoms. | M | 42 | 2 months 10 mg 2X day | 2/22/2012 | 4 | Anxiety | Helped greatly already in the 7 day that I have had it Headaches Also every now and again I get this burning feeling to my left arm that starts at my shoulder and goes down to my elbow. Never happened before on any other medication | F | 24 | 7 days 5 2X day | 2/17/2012 | 5 | Anxiety,OCD | The first two days of taking Buspar, I had NO anxiety. Nothing has ever worked that good for me before. Unfortunately the third day, I went into a deep depression. The fourth day, I ended up with tingling through my entire body, my left arm went completely numb, severe confusion, vision cloudiness and vision loss, followed by a severe headache. The aftermath ended in tingling and tremors throughout my body and confusion that lasted another 2 days. The doctor told me it was more than likely side effects of Buspar. I loved this medicine until that happened. Great pill but the side effects were awful for me. I'm disappointed I have to quit taking it. | F | 25 | 7 days 10 | 2/16/2012 | 3 | GAD | Terrible light headedness. At first I was taking 10mg 2x daily then the doc upped it to 20mg 2x daily. Some of my anxiety decreased after she upped the dosage but the bad headaches and lite headedness last for HOURS. I took it at 4am this morning and now 6 1/2 hours later I'm still dizzy. I don't want to continue on this medicine!! | F | 27 | 2 months 40 mg | 2/9/2012 | 2 | very dizzy and light headed | M | 35 | 2 weeks 15 2X day | 2/7/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | Dizziness upset stomach headache insomnia wake up angry and cry for no reason for atleast an hour. ( one episode lasted days) worsened anxiety dry mouth tremors forgetfulness heat flashes fluctuating blood pressure | F | 22 | 3 weeks 45 | 2/7/2012 | 5 | anxiety/rapid thought syndrome. | Hot flashed. | I have not experienced any bad side effects except for about fifteen minutes after I take the medication I have hot flashes which last for about five minutes. Its not bad its something i can deal with because the Buspar has helped me so much. since taking It I no longer have anxiety, my thoughts have slowed and I'm able to think clearly, and I have gone from clinically depressed to mild depression. I'm only seventeen I started out on 5mg 2 xD and every month my doctor has increased the dosage and milligram due to when my body gets use to the level of drug in my system it seems to wear off. | M | 17 | 3 months 10 mg 2X day | 2/3/2012 | 5 | GAD and social anxiety | Dizzy 30 min after taking it the first time. Each subsequent time the dizziness was greatly reduced. I take it before bed and late morning with food to help with that side effect. I thought I was going crazy with my anxiety. I had it all say and night along with negative, repetitive racing thoughts. I even was doing some OCD things like counting the hours on the clock repetitively and keeping three different calendars and over visualizing time. I guess I was hanging on by a thread and knowing I made it through another day was a big accomplishment. After my first dose of 10mg buspar I cried. Not because it made me feel awful but because I finally had relief in my brain from all those irrational buzzing thoughts I couldn't stop until now! Also my muscles felt less tense. I always had a kink in my neck from tensing up the muscles in my shoulders and neck from the anxiety. Also my "tension headaches" went away because I wasn't constantly furrowing my brow. I know this doesn't work for every one. And I'm sorry that it doesn't because I would only wish that we could all feel this kind of relief from our anxiety like I did. I think it's best if you haven't been on benzos consistently and if you have GAD or social anxiety disorder. For me, it's been the answer to my prayers. I'm happy to wake up in the morning and get my day started. I'm happy about the future and life in general. Most of all I'm relieved that I don't have to live like that anymore. | F | 33 | 6 days 20mg | 2/2/2012 | 1 | Panic Attacks, Anxiety Disorder | Extreme fear. Panic 24 hours a day. Agitation. Mania. Feeling of unreality. Dizziness. Chest tightness and pain. Heart pounding. High blood pressure. Inability to sleep. Inability to think clearly. Worst feeling I have ever felt. Much worse than panic attack. Felt I would certainly die if I continued taking this drug. | I had been taking Xanax for about 8 years until a new doctor put me on this drug. The Xanax totally controlled my panic disorder and was controlling my high blood pressure caused by the panic attacks, but this doctor did not believe panic disorder existed. He put me on Buspar. After I told him the side effects I was having, he told me to double the dose. I did not think this was a good idea since I already felt like the drug was killing me, so I immediately found a psychiatrist who specializes in panic disorder and he told me to stop taking Buspar immediately because it was the exact opposite of what I needed for my condition. I stopped the Buspar and I felt better right away and within 3 days all the side effects stopped after it got out of my system. The psychiatrist put me back on Xanax and I have had no problems since. | F | 45 | 7 days 1X day | 1/28/2012 | 1 | anxiety,deppresion | bad headaches,dizziness,constipation,insomnia | i don't recommend this medication to anyone. It was the worst i have ever tried. | F | 46 | 1 months 10 mg 2X day | 1/27/2012 | 2 | Anxiety | Dizzyness after taking the pill. Severe ear ringing. HORRIBLE! Didnīt fade away after stopping the pill (1,5 weeks so far) | Helped subtle with my anxiety, but the ringing in the ears/tinnitus that started with the medication, is not bearable | M | 35 | 2 months 10 4X day | 1/26/2012 | 5 | Depression and high anxiety | There has been a significant decrease in my anxiety level. I can now do normal things and I love that i can participate in unplanned spur-of-the-moment activities. I still keep Ativan with me in case but I don't need them hardly at all. This medicine has brought me back to the person I used to be. I take this medicine 2x day with Effexor and the Effexor causes something like vertigo and nausiousness but I don't think either one of those are created by buspar. Those effects only last about 30 minutes and I try to eat crackers with it. Good luck!!! | F | 26 | 1 years 60mg | 1/25/2012 |