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 |
| 4 | Anxiety | Some insomnia, some nausea | the medication worked for me. Initially I was on a high dose, up to 30 mg BID (60 daily), but within several months reduced the dosage to 10 BID then to 10 hs for about a year. I stopped the med about 6 months ago and have found myself getting increasingly anxious so plan to resume a low dose and see if that helps. For me I did find it helpful and useful. It also helped with occasional depressive symptoms. | F | 53 | 4 years 10 mg 1X day | 7/6/2011 | 1 | anxiety | took t once and it took away my imagination, which makes me pretty depressed because after not taking it for 2 months my imagination still hasnt come back. my mind is so blank! | it sucks | M | 23 | 1 days 10 mgs 1X day | 7/3/2011 | 4 | Anxiety/Depression | At first, electric shocks in my hands, my left eye twitched for about 14 days and I had a sinus headache. this finally subsided except for the mild headache. For the first time as far as I can remember, my brain is quiet and my anxiety has gone down dramatically. I think its a good drug. I took it in college, and didn't like it, but for whatever reason, it works well now (15 years later). I don't have as many obsessive thoughts, and if I do get a few, they are mild and transient. I cannot take Benzo's because they make me depressed, cannot take SSRI's because i get a hyperactive gag reflex and absent libido :(. This drug seems to work really well with another drug. see comments. | Started on Welbutrin for my depression, but was having panic attacks from it, so started Buspar in conjunction to counteract the panic attacks. Was told to take 5mg am/5mg pm, but if it made me too tired, to take the 10 at bedtime. Buspar made me very much awake, so i started taking the full 10mg in the AM with the Welbutrin. That was too much at once. I take my welbutrin when i wake up, and then take the Buspar about 5-6 hours later when the welbutrin seems to kick in. This is working really good. I am not depressed (welbutrin) or anxious (buspar).I would take this on a full stomach so the dizziness and lightheadedness is minimized. The only side effects I have now are: increased urinary frequency, mild headache, and i feel happy. | F | 35 | 20 days 10mg 1X day | 6/24/2011 | 5 | GAD Social Anxiety | No bothersome side effects | I felt incredible relief from this product however I had to increase the dosage two additional times from first prescription. I also was taking Lexapro during the same 6 months. I used psychology to overcome my physical manifestations of anxiety and gradually reduced the dosage until I no longer needed it. | F | 44 | 6 months 10mg 3X day | 6/3/2011 | 1 | anxiety | Took about 15 years ago. This drug was hell on earth. I was told by the doctor that this new (at the time it was) Drug was so great with no side effects, he didn't know how it worked. I had severe anxiety, I didn;t sleep for three days, every time I closed my eyes, I would see things racing all over the place. HELL-ON-EARTH !!!!!!!!!! | I hape no one else ever has the side effects I had. You'll want to end it all..... | M | 62 | 5 days don't reme 2X day | 6/2/2011 | 2 | anxiety | Dr. said it would take several wks to kick in, it has been 3 wks & the nausea & dizziness is unreal . Sure hope this works. I have been given so many drugs for my insomnia & this is my last pill to try, I give up :( | F | 48 | 3 weeks 10 mg 2X day | 5/31/2011 | 5 | General Anxiety Disorder | Just a little bit dizzy at first right after taking it. | I started out a couple of weeks ago taking 7.5 mgs twice a day. I just started taking my 15 mgs twice a day a few days ago. I can already tell a little difference. I know that the full affects are not there yet but I feel better. I went to a potluck yesterday and someone's dog accidentally knocked over a bag with my salad bowl in it and it broke. The hostess felt bad that my bowl broke but I wasn't upset about it at all. I mean, normally, I would have been a little sad (but not upset) but I was like, "eh". It didn't matter! And this stuff still lets me feel my feelings. I just don't worry constantly about stuff anymore. My DH's job was outsourced and that was the source of my anxiety. So, this Buspar really makes it easier to deal with. | F | 57 | 2 weeks 15 MG 2X day | 5/23/2011 | 1 | anxiety | did not like it. xanax works better on me. thats it. it just did not seem to help at all | F | 36 | 1 weeks n/a 1X day | 5/23/2011 | 1 | i realized that about 20 minutes after i take my pill of 30mg buspar i get body zaps very bad, and have very bad headaches and it makes me extreamly tired. I DO NOT LIKE THIS AT ALL | i do not like buspar. ive been taking the max dosage which is 60mg a day, and all i can say is... its worthless. i had some hopes for this drug at first, but now after taking it for about 3 good months it is not helping me at all. I was put on 4mg a day valium which seemed to do the trick for me, but my doctor hasnt precribed me the valium anymore, which now leaves me with constant anxiety attacks and panic. | M | 16 | 2X day | 5/18/2011 | 5 | Severe Panic Attacks & GAD | Felt just a little foggy for the for the first few days just after taking. | GIVE IT TIME! I have never any health issues in my life & I started having panic attacks (out of the blue) so bad I thought I was going out of my freakin mind. I would get them mainly while driving it was getting to the point that I was afraid to drive. I am a very healthy male that doesn't take any kind of meds. I did a lot of research & didn't want to take any type of Benzo's, so I tried Buspar. Because of the side effects I had read about, I told my doc I wanted to start at a very low dosage & see how it goes. Yes, I did feel a bit foggy for a few days just after taking it, but, NO MORE PANIC ATTACKS! I also found that taking it with food negated any stomach issues. I now experience no side effects at all & am panic free. For you that have panic attacks, I know the misery. Please give this med a try starting at a very low dosage & GIVE IT SOME TIME! I would happily be foggy minded for a few minutes a day, for a few days, to not have panic attacks again. I see a lot of people give this med a bad rap. They seem to be from people that never take it past day one because of side effects. Personally, I think prescribed dosage amounts are possibly too high. I think many people give up after a day or two because of negative side effects. I take just 5MG twice a day & all is good. It is also on most $4.00 generic lists that use a normal dose as 30MG a day, so one $4.00 prescription will last me 3 months. | M | 52 | 60 days 5MG 2X day | 5/10/2011 | 1 | panic attack/high anxiety | Extreme dizziness and nausea about 45 minutes after taking. this would last for about an hour and make me feel like i was having really bad motion sickness. part of my anxiety revolves around being sick (mostly stomach related sickness) and buspar only made me feel the one way i HATE feeling. i feel worse on it than i did before. im extremeley dissapointed because my doctor told me that it had no side effects and i felt really hopeful. I usually would just take an ativan if i felt panicky, which had no side effects and only made me feel good. **Note* ive only been taking this for two days, i know. this isnt quite enough time to judge a drug, but two days is more than enough. i do not feel like myself and the dizziness is the worst thing. i now see that im not alone with this symptom. | glad i saw this and no that im not making this up! my dad thinks its my anxiety and not the drug...but i know that i never felt this way until i started. im done. | F | 18 | 2 days 10mg 2X day | 5/3/2011 | 5 | schizoaffective disorder, anxiety | some dizziness, some sedation, some insomnia if taken later than 2:30 p.m. | This is going to be a miracle drug for me! I take antipsychotic medications, and I have taken Valium for years (5 mg. X 3). My psychiatrist knows that the Valium is no longer very effective, and so prescribed Buspar. I fully expect the side effects to go away in a few days, and I am very, very pleased to have taken this drug, after resisting it for several years. | F | 64 | 10 days 5 mg 3X day | 4/14/2011 | 4 | Anxiety | dry mouth | I haven't noticed much obvious improvement, but I definitely haven't been as anxious since I've started taking it. Anyone who says it doesn't work should check with their doctor to see if another medication is causing it to be ineffective. | F | 20 | 4 months 15 2X day | 4/12/2011 | 2 | Anxiety | When I take the medication, in about 1 hr, I get very dizzy to the point, I cant barely walk to my bed, then I have these muscle twitching and feel the electric little shocks on my fingers, toes and sometimes anywhere in my body, I had an episode before where my hands were shacking and it seems I cant stop eating, I am hungry all the time. I went to the doctor and she told me I could take 2 pills at once because my dosage was very low, I said, definately not, if 7.5 in the morning make me feel this horrible, imagine doubling the dosage, no way. I am getting off this drug. I was taking Valium which to me is a wonderful drug, no side effects, I can sleep at nite and no anxiety during the day. I dont recommend this drug to anyone!! | I dont understand after reading most of the comments from other patients why they prescribe this poison to anyone. I will ask my Dr to put me on something else, I wont suffer another week, I cant sleep at nite and feel like crap all day long | M | 44 | 1 weeks 7.5mg 1X day | 4/10/2011 | 3 | general anxiety | I started on a low dose. Life became more complex w/more anxiety. So my M.D. increased my dose to 60mg daily. It was fine until about 4 years later. Up to 45mins to 1Hr after my afternoon dose I became hot, sweaty and in a "fog" and tinglie all over and wanted to eat any and everything not nailed down.(even after eating lunch!)My afternoon "hot flashes" usually occured at work. However my 9:30pm dose drove me to the refridgerator. I ate and ate and ate. I had no signal from my brain telling me I was full. I gained 15 pounds within a year. And of course our great medical staff had NO clue....no wonder. As long as they didnt have the problem, so what. I have cut down my dose however my anxiety and obsessions started to reoccur. I am still trying to find the correct dose. Perhaps its time for my care(less) giver to try something else!!! | F | 49 | 6 years 30mg 3X day | 4/4/2011 | 1 | panic attacks | i began taking buspar a couple of weeks ago because i was having extreme panic attacks after my brother committed suicide. at first, it felt as though it was having a therapeutic effect--i could drive, eat, sleep, and essentially relax. i began tapering down the dose a few days ago, and then on friday i decided i wanted to stop taking it altogether. BAD IDEA. initially the drug gave me a few unpleasant side effects--blurred vision, shakiness, headache. but this was completely different. i had the worst panic attack of my life with hallucinations, palpitations, brain zaps, uncontrollable shivering, inability to sit still, chest pain, inability to communicate, feeling of unreality--i felt as though i was going crazy. i was up all night, and the only way i was able to get some of this to subside was to take a half a pill. they say this crap is supposed to be non-addictive...my ass. the withdrawal effects for me were worse than the side effects! so now i am trying to wean myself | this drug induces panic attacks, not cure them. | F | 28 | 2 weeks 7.5mg 2X day | 3/27/2011 | 4 | ptsd and severe anxiety | Vivid dreams. | I have severe anxiety and ptsd. I was on zoloft alone (150 mg) and this alone did nothing for me. Now I'm on 100 mg Zoloft and 30 mg Buspar and it's done wonders for me. I was almost hyperventilating due to the severe anxiety prior to taking this combination. I was also becoming afraid of going outside prior to taking this medication. Now I'm very calm. I do occasionally feel some anxiety but it is quite manageable. It hasn't helped much with the ptsd though. | F | 39 | 14 days 15 mg 2X day | 3/21/2011 | 4 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) | Nausea, Tingling/Numbness in mouth and eyes, fatigue (no side effects after 2-3 weeks) | Buspar has helped lower my anxiety greatly, however, my doctor had to increase my dose up to 60mg/daily (30mg twice per day), the maximum allowable dose, as the lower doses seemed to stop working after 2-4 weeks. At 60mg day, I feel next to anxiety free. The side effects I experienced from Buspar have dissipated, and only came back when I upped the dose for a few weeks before disappearing altogether again. In particular, Buspar has helped me substantially with public speaking... Although I still suffer from some anxiety when speaking publicly, I no longer get the strong physical sensations I used to get. I have added Xanax 0.25mg (the lowest dose) as needed when I am in a situation that requires a lot of public speaking. I strongly recommend Buspar, GIVE IT TIME! It may take a month or longer for you to experience the benefits of this drug! It does NOT work overnight like the benzos (Xanax/Valium/Klonopin, etc).... | M | 21 | 4 months 30mg 2X day | 3/16/2011 | 5 | GAD | Not any, besides being normal for a change. | I think this medicine was made for healthy people with adrenal issues. I feel like a normal person again. | F | 26 | 26 days 10MG 2X day | 3/14/2011 | 4 | GAD | Slight dizziness, goes away after a few minutes. No side effects whatsoever. I love this drug. Has pretty much removed all of my daily anxiety. Not as powerful as Xanax but far less side effects. I feel normal again. I am very satisfied. | F | 48 | 2 months 10 mg 2X day | 3/13/2011 |