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 |
| 3 | Panic Attacks GAD anxiiety | light headed stomach ache and sleepiness the first week. Brain zaps for the first 3 weeks. insane dreams always. a little weight loss and loss of appetite. Also never had any acne before and now im getting pimples in the same places over and over. I hope this goes away and its an adjustment to my body. A little nervousness and hand shivers. oh and flatulence. | I am currently taking this along with klonopin. The goal is to transition from klonopin to half and half. I know that im having less anxiety taking the two. After the inital week i can only complian about the brain zaps every now and then and the acne. If you don't like brain zaps never take paxil. That stuff should not even be legal. I have noticed a little insomnia and I also took a tylenol PM and felt like i was on a roller coaster. I wouldn't recommend taking them both. I'm not sure if i can take this stuff alone and it will help but its only been one month so ill wait and see. if the brain zaps completely go away and the acne. maybe considering taking more slowly and tapering down the klonopin. | F | 24 | 1 months | 4/6/2008 | 4 | anxiety | Light headed and dizzy for a short period after the first few doses. This went away after a few days. | When taken on a consistent schedule works very well controlling my anxiety and irratablity. Also lost about 10lbs since started taking it 4 months ago. | F | 31 | 4 months | 4/3/2008 | 1 | anxiety/panic attacks | It did make me calmer. Side effects on me were awful!! Night sweats, couldn't get a good night's sleep-kept waking up. Daily headaches, dizzy all the time, bad taste and smell constantly. Horrible stuff. | F | 48 | 4 days | 4/1/2008 | 5 | anxiety, major depression | No side effects at all from beginning. | Depression and anxious feelings totally diminished after a couple weeks. Used to stutter, but don't anymore. Doesn't increase appetite; have lost 20 lbs. Improves memory. Feel much more relaxed and comfortable. No side effects. Strongly recommended. | M | 43 | 8 months | 3/31/2008 | 3 | anxiety | diziness, dry mouth, thirst,hand tremors, loss of appetite | this is not a bad anxiety medication because it allows you to still function without the drowsiness. I'm on 15mg twice a day. I don't like xanax because I never saw what it would do.I took it and still would have panic attacks and freak out driving to work. Now, I'm in a mellow state. Also, I enjoy the added weight loss benefit. | F | 38 | 6 months | 3/25/2008 | 2 | panic attacks and anxiety | horrible - well I guess I'm the 1% that is allergic to this medicine - after 4 days on this I developed rash/hives over my whole body | At first the doctors was like this dosen't cause rash or hives but I looked at my body looking like a frog with warts all over it and said heck yes it does...I went in on a walk in bases and showed them the hives - they figured out finally that it was the buspar and they took me off of it. I will never try again. However that was the only side effect but hey that's enough. Can you imagine the panic of seeing hives all over your body when you never got hives before..benadryl became my best friend. I'm now on Klonopin and it's working better and no allergic reations. We are all different and if it works for you keep taking it. It just didn't work for me and made me have the worst allergic reation in my life. Thanks for listening and thanks for the creators of this website and all you bloggers - good luck and never give up hope there is something out their that will work for you. Peace and Blessings (oh it was 10mg twice a day) | F | 34 | 4 days | 3/20/2008 | 2 | Anxiety | Jittery, dry-mouth, confused and tongue-tied a lot. Occasional bouts of insomnia. I'm easily flustered now which makes the anxiety even worse. | F | 38 | 4 months | 3/20/2008 | 5 | anxiety, fixating on negatives | initially dose was too high and I felt spacey...lowered dose and have had no side effects | GREAT drug for me. No more anxiety. I can think about things without dwelling on them or fixating on them. Must be on the right dose and it works. | F | 50 | 4 years | 3/19/2008 | 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 |