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 |
| 1 | Anxiety | I have never had a panic attack until I started taking this medication. I have had three major panic attacks and now im nervous to go to work or anywhere away from my home. I am scared Im going to have another panic attack even though I went off the medicine. | F | 23 | 1 months 7.5mg 1X day | 1/16/2012 | 1 | Anxiety | Tired, very sore leg and feet muscles, nausea and dizziness. | Due to these side effects, I will probably stop taking the medication. | F | 32 | 10 days 10 mg 2X day | 1/4/2012 | 4 | Anxiety | Slight dizziness and brain fog for about an hour when I took 10mg, so I dropped back to 5mg. I think I need lower dose, but more often, still experimenting. Very slight increase in thirst, but its Summer here and it suddenly got hot..... so that's rather inconclusive. | I first tried Buspar a couple of years ago when I was going through some unavoidable stressful events. I don't like taking xanax, even though it works the best for anxiety, because of its addictive potential. Buspar helped to take the edge off my anxiety then and its helping again now, not like xanax does, not an instant complete relief of all anxiety, but for me a safer acceptable alternative. Some slight initial relief, but it does take a few weeks to reach its potential. Apparently, this only works for some people, I must be one of those people. Research suggests it has something to do with malfunctioning or insufficient serotonin receptors. I suppose if that's not your cause of too much anxiety, then this medication wont help. SSRI's don't work for me, so I guess I have enough serotonin, its just not doing its job properly. On a side note.... I've noticed that while taking Buspar, my ADD meds (stimulants) seem to work better and last longer. I dont get a sudden drop in mood like I normally do, I only need to take half dose and not as often.... which is great because I don't like having to take stimulants to function like 'normal' people, so less is better. | F | 49 | 3 weeks 5mg 3X day | 12/30/2011 | 1 | Anxiety & depression | Tiredness | This drug relieved my anxiety - I just stopped caring. About EVERYTHING. I got off it and came to the realization that my anxiety was caused by my boss being an idiot and the depression was caused by the hopelessness of my situation, so I quit my job instead and that was a lot better solution than just masking the problem. | M | 25 | 2 years 1X day | 12/26/2011 | 1 | anxiety | weight gain, severe double vision, muscle aches, constipation severe. | 2 | M | 41 | 2 months 30 mg 2X day | 12/25/2011 | 5 | Gad | A little dizziness | This medicine took a few weeks to kick in but then my anxiety completely disappeared, within half an hour of taking I get a bit dizzy but nothing serious. I love this stuff, I slowly increased to 60 mg/day and it has helped me greatly. My pharmacist says it doesn't work for everyone but it has sure helped me. I even went back to college because my anxiety was almost non existent. | F | 48 | 9 months 30 mg 2X day | 12/19/2011 | 5 | Anxiety | Slight ringing of the ears at times, some dizziness first hour or so after dosing and increased thirst. The benefit of reduced anxiety outway the side effects so far. I read that side effects usually lesson after few weeks of dosing...I will see. | M | 44 | 7 days 5mg x 2 | 12/10/2011 | 5 | Anxiety and Panic Attacks | Increaesd thirst, slight headaches, loss of appetite and tired...but I don't lack energy if that makes sense. It's a great drug for anxiety so far. | I took Buspar about 15 years ago and it made me very dizzy and didn't seem to work. However, I started taking it again two days ago and I do not experience any dizziness. I am pleasantly surprised that this is working. The only problem is that I enjoy wine once and a while and I had a glass tonight. It did not mix well with Buspar. I felt like I was wasted. I hope this goes away. Also, this drug is not supposed to be addictive or make you gain weight. We will see. | F | 35 | 2 days 5 mg 1X day | 12/8/2011 | 3 | Anxiety | Dizziness, leg muscle stiffness and cramping, fast weight gain. | I was on a very low dosage of 10mg/day. I felt dizzy every time I took the medication. I gained 20 pounds in the 3 months that I took Buspar. The leg muscle stiffness and cramping was terrible. I think that it helped my anxiety but also made me feel numb. I am very sensitive to medication so with only 10mg, I had these effects. | F | 52 | 3 months 10 1X day | 12/1/2011 | 1 | depression/anxiety | Depression/ panic attacks and extreme anxiety, stomach problems, dizzy. | this was one of the worst anti depressant ive taken. it gave me a panic attack about 30mins after taking it evertime. i stopped taking it and i was on a 7 hour trip from my grandmas house to home and i had a terrible panic attack for 6 hours straight, the worst longest one ive ever had. i almost went to the E.R. and honestly considered jumping out of the car and killing myself. this stuff sucks | M | 19 | 1 months ? 1X day | 11/29/2011 | 1 | Anxiety | My god I had problems from the beginning. Horrible vivid dreams, very lightheaded and dizzy and eventually panic attacks. Had to take Xanax just to take the edge off. While everyone is different, this drug did nothing for me. Perhaps I needed to give it more time but I'm not willing to go through the hell I've been in the last three days. Just my humble opinion. | M | 35 | 3 days 15 MG 2X day | 11/17/2011 | 4 | Severe Depression/Axiety & Panic | Slight pressure on the right side of my head when the dose was to high and a little bit of dizziness. Now that we have my dosage figured out i feel much better! | I love BUSPAR, I have taken Paxill, Zoloft, Xanax and Ativan for years trying to figure out the right thing for me and for the first time I can actually work and go out in public without freaking out and ending up in a hospital. My doctor told me that a lot of people dont have good luck with it but when all else fails try it, it was the only thing that worked for me. I later found out that it was the only medication that worked on my grandmother. I dont lay around sleeping and eating, in fact I work 60+ hours a week and still have energy to help remodel our home. My anxiety before Busbar left me in the ER at least twice a week with rapid heart beats, raised temperature, felling like I couldnt breath, choking and feeling like I was going to die. I used to lay around thinking that I was going to die of some stupid disease and was avoiding life all together. Now, Im not perfect but Im much better.....I love my life and I havent been in the ER in almost a year. Thank you Buspar! | F | 40 | 14 months 15mg 3X day | 11/12/2011 | 1 | GAD | Originally i had no problems, when i started getting my medicine schedule messed up, i started having extreme vertigo in the morning sometimes unbearable, and increased anxiety, along with even more depersonalization. | I wouldn't suggest anyone taking this unless you plan on keeping a straight schedule. Because even missing one day is really painful | F | 16 | 5 months 10 mg 2X day | 11/3/2011 | 1 | anxiety | I took this medication for my anxiety when I turned 19, and I was also living with my mom and dad and withdrawing from pain pills. This drug helped with my drug abuse problem at first, then after a while I felt so zombie like. I tried to stop taking the medication but 3 days later when it was all out of my system, my depression got even stronger. It was to much to bare; I would just lay in my bed and cry. So I started taking it again and went back to my emotionless feeling instead of crying all the time and not wanting to be around my friends and family. It was horrible.My doctor doesnt really seem like she cares. Its a free health clinic I pay 7.50 each time I go based on my income. It made me lay around and eat I went from 145-220 lbs in the two years I was taking it. I have no emotions, I couldnt feel anything. It was like I wasnt being myself., like I wasnt even human. I am now off the medication and taking Wellbutrin which helps keep me moving and to lose weight. (also good for de | Even though everyone is different and may have different side effects, I would not recommend this medication to anyone! | F | 20 | 2 years 20 mg 3X day | 10/16/2011 | 1 | Anxiety/Depression | I remember I had taken this medication before back in 2007 but I've recently started taking it and this time I must say it has given me the adverse effect I feel all twichty and shakey I feel as if I'm getting ready to have an anxiety attack. It's given me crazy headaches I was way better off taking Klonopin! I don't recommend Buspar to anybody. I getting ready to see my DR I'm thinking maybe taking Lexapro and Buspar together isn't such a good idea but the dumbass put me on it now we got to figure it out cause this is a horrible feeling. | F | 24 | 5 days 30 MG 2X day | 10/13/2011 | 4 | Anxiety | Slight dizziness | I feel wonderful on this medicine..it has only been 3 weeks but I feel much less anxiety. I still take Xanax if things start to get out of control but notice I need it less and less not to mention I am actually smiling and enjoying life again. | F | 54 | 3 weeks 10MG 2X day | 10/10/2011 | 1 | feeling overwhelmed, anxiety | Had constant driving headache, my skull felt like it would burst. I got more depressed, and then just completely flat. I felt half dead, not like myself, and was sleeping 15-16 hours a day. Also had terrible body pains, leg cramping, almost unable to walk (I am a runner). I felt like a non-being. | Would never take it again. I'd rather be the way I was before starting it. At least I felt ALIVE!!Also, mystomach burned so intensely I could not put out the fire. My Nexium, Ranitidine and Tums all were completely inffective. | F | 68 | 3 weeks 15mgX2 2X day | 10/7/2011 | 2 | Anxiety | extreme nausea and chronic headache | I quit after a month....it actually made me depressed. the side effects were brutal as well. | F | 42 | 30 days 20 mg 1X day | 9/18/2011 | 3 | Will always make me lightheaded and dizzy after i take it whether i have eaten or not. A good way to do it is wake up earlier then when you have to go to work or school take the meds and go back to sleep. I have taken this a drug a very long time at a high dose at first i was in love with it, it was the first drug to "cure" my anxiety. After 8 months or so of taking the drug i started to become extremely emotionless and distant. Im a cold person by nature but this just made me an arsehole. I'm not sure if it was caused by the buspar but my memory and my mind in general feels like it has a blanket or a fog over it all the time and my imagination which used to be so great is gone. I would never reccomend anyone taking more than a small dose of this med. I thought it was a miracle drug now I'm getting off of it as fast as i can. | M | 17 | 1 years 40 mg 2X day | 9/6/2011 | 3 | Anxiety | Nausea, upset stomach, dizziness, heartburn, headache, tired, sinus problems, nipple discharge, irregular periods. | Although this helped a bit with my anxiety, I will have to stop taking it since it is causing high prolactin (causing nipple discharge and irregular periods). | F | 29 | 60 days 15mg 2X day | 9/1/2011 |