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 |
| 3 | googd | ffr | ddd | | 3/19/2008 | 3 | GAD | extreme dizziness, nausea, vertigo, loopy & confused behavior, loss of appetite | over compensates. This drug knocks me out; it can make me stumble and/or become very confused as if i was intoxicated | F | 18 | 1.5 years | 3/17/2008 | 1 | anxiety | Did not relieve anxiety to my satisfation | F | 20 | 2 years | 3/3/2008 | 2 | anxiety | sleepy, dizzy, agitated, depressed | made me more anxious than i was before i started taking it, extremely sleepy, very difficult to concentrate. | F | 20 | 7 days | 2/17/2008 | 2 | anxiety | Tightness in temples, having wierd thoughts sometimes, insomina, brain zaps, confusion, | Been taking buspar for 4 months; now at 20mg a day. Dont know if this med, is working. I get anxiety almost everyday. What is a better medication for anxiety? | F | 29 | 4 months | 1/29/2008 | 4 | generalized anxiety | a little dizziness the first week...nothing else | This medicine took awhile to work, but it seems to really be working for me. I am no longer taking any Xanax. Just Buspar 15mg and Valerian root. It is slow but steady. Keep breathing and stay hopefully...there is a treatment for you...maybe this is it. It is not near as popular as the SSRI's. The best thing about it is no sexual side effects and no sedation! For chronic "mild" anxiety I would give it a try. | F | 40 | 1 months | 1/24/2008 | 2 | anxiety | sleepiness, occasional brain zaps when first started taking it, slight memory loss, feeling almost drunk. | I don't get this drug. I feel like the only reason it worked was because I was so forgetful. Not to mention it caused my blood pressure to drop dangerously low, and I discontinued it that day. Luckily no withdrawl symptoms. | F | 23 | 3 months | 1/22/2008 | 5 | Anxiety, panic attacks, depression | At first feeling like a zombie, but this has gone away. Increased sex drive :) | Seems to be working good, I do feel less anxious and nervous. | F | 25 | 33 days | 1/13/2008 | 5 | GAD | Some occasional brief dizziness when not taken with food. | Wow! At first I didn't think this was doing anything for me, good or bad, but after around 10 days everything suddenly changed. Now, I no longer suffer from constant worrying. I am mellower, much easier to get along with, less irritable. I am more energetic, have better concentration/focus and am no longer unnecessarily stressed out when problems arise. I've felt no nasty side effects like I had with SSRIs, no dopey feelings like I had with benzos. Taking 5mg 3x--doctor has offered to bump me up to 10mg 3x, but I think the smaller dose is working just fine! | M | 41 | 1 months | 1/1/2008 | 3 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | Lightheadedness, dizziness, spacing out, tunnel vision, nausea, skin feels like it's on fire, muscle stiffness and pain, jaw clenching, sweating, heart palpitations, numbness in all extremities (most of which I'm already suffering from the anxiety, I'm not sure if it's the buspirone side effects or xanax withdrawals) It's hard to tell what's really going on between the two meds. | I was on 2 mg of xanax per day for almost 3 years. I became pregnant and my doctor wanted me weaned off the xanax immediately. (This was over a 2 week period, which I think was a little negligent of my doctor considering how long I've been on it) I have been experiencing withdrawals from the xanax and I honestly believe if it wasn't for the buspirone that I would be freaking out much worse right now. I read that it doesn't help with the withdrawals of benzos, but I think it is taking the edge off a little. I'm willing to stick with it and it's side affects to feel the full benefits. I just wish there was something safe for me to take in addition that could help with the xanax withdrawals. Is there? | F | 28 | 2 weeks | 12/28/2007 | 2 | Anxiety, Social Anxiety | I had Severe dizziness for the first 2 weeks then it slowly went away. I was angered easily and agitated. | Buspar 15mg twice a day didn't help my anxiety at all. It just made me angry and agitated. | M | 27 | 6 weeks | 12/27/2007 | 5 | GAD- General Anxiety Disorder | Mild Dizziness | I take 15 mg two times a day. The first day I was dizzy for the first hour after taking it. But after the first day I no longer have the dizziness and the benefits are amazing. I was actually able to do Christmas shopping at an extremely busy mall and not be anxious once. This is huge since I have had GAD since I was 9 and am now 25 and tried everything. I am so glad my physician tried his medication. | F | 25 | 4 weeks | 12/17/2007 | 3 | Anxiety | None but then still have anxiety too! | Feel like it's just another pill to swallow. I'm a pharmaceutical junkie :-( So very sad! Pills. pills. and more pills! | F | 52 | 13 years | 12/16/2007 | 1 | depression | anger, anger and more anger. I am now off and should feel I should never have been on it. | Don't use this drug | F | 58 | 6 months | 12/13/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | Foggy head & "brain zaps" with change in dosage (including when starting or missing a dose), once acclimated - just vivid dreams | Second time on Buspar, same effects both times. Although I can feel the effects, more apparent to those around me. Takes the edge off, feel/act much calmer. Side effects definitely weird with dosage changes but subside quickly. From my research, not for everyone but very beneficial for those that it works for (including me). Worth a try. | M | 49 | 3 years | 12/2/2007 | 3 | anxiety | dizziness, insomnia, vivid dreams, sweating | I'm hoping that Buspar starts to have some positive effects soon. My doctor said it would take 3 weeks for any effects to be seen. I'm at the 3 week mark now, but so far I'm just experiencing side effects. I'm taking a a small dose of clonazepam at night to help with the insomnia. Without the clonazepam, I would be a wreck. | F | 35 | 3 weeks | 11/30/2007 | 5 | anxiety | The first week I felt sort of out of it and in a daze, but that did subside. Occasionally I do experience dizziness, lightheaded, sleepiness, loss of appetite, vivid and erotic dreams, increased libido. Pretty much an added benefit really. I can live with all the side effects. | Overall this medication has been nothing but beneficial for me. It did take some time to notice how it helped with my anxiety and being able to be sociable with people and not have intense feelings of panic when going out in public. Previously I had taken a few different antidepressants and had extreme negative side effects that did nothing for my anxiety, which is my main problem. Buspar has dramatically helped although no medication is a total cure all, but I see a difference and people I know such as family notice a tremendous difference in my overall demeanor and mood in that I am much more calm and don't get freaked out and fly off the handle over little things like I used to. No real negative side effects like I got with antidepressants. | F | 30 | 3 months | 11/20/2007 | 2 | depression | after taking for years , dizziness and sweats became more extreme | I have always experienced some dizziness, sweating with this drug. I lived through it. Lately the side affects have become much more severe. My prime suspect for the cause is discontinuance of taking Effexor 2 months ago. | M | 59 | 10 years | 11/17/2007 | 5 | anxiety | Some tiredness. | I have used Buspar for years for anxiety and in combination for chronic pain. I do not use very much but when I started I did take it 3X a day. I am a low dose kind of person and now I take it at night to help me sleep or if I feel anxiety come on. They say it takes weeks to start working but I felt the effect right away and now I feel it helps even though I do not take it regulary. I liked it because it does not effect the sex drive as many Tricyclics and SSRI's do. | F | 52 | 3 years | 11/15/2007 | 1 | anxiety | Severe loss of muscle coordination. | My handwriting looked like that of a first grader while using buspar. I looked like I was in the final stages of Parkinson's disease when walking down a flight of stairs (for whatever reason walking upstairs did not have the same effect). I only used Buspar for about 2 weeks. During this time my anxiety level only worsened. | M | 37 | 2 weeks | 11/9/2007 |