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 | Anxiety, Depression | Increased appetite, insomnia with racing thoughts, initial worsening of depression - felt very sad/weepy after starting this med. | I don't think I'm going to stay on this one. It doesn't seem to be doing anything good, and I'm tired of the carb cravings. | F | 26 | 21 days | 1/23/2007 | 5 | OCD Anxiety | slight dizziness, high feelig for about an hour after taking it. some short term memory loss. | It helps with anxiety a lot. I recently stopped taking it for about 3 weeks (was dumb) and realized how much it really does help my anxiety. | F | 20 | 9 years | 1/22/2007 | 5 | General anxiety which led to panic | A bit lightheaded for the first hour but nothing major | Great medication. Saved my life. Use to dread meetings, could not eat in restaurants and so forth. Use to be so anxious everyday now it is so much better, I am myself again.Now I am looking forward to my meeting. I dont have anymore the diarreha from the anxiety, what a relief .Buspar feel like a cross between a beta blocker and a very light xanax. I have never taken any meds before for anxiety so it is my first on a daily basis. I Tried Xanax 15 times and Clonopin may be 3 times in 6 months but do not like the side effect however they can really help in these moments of terror. I do cognitive behavior therapy with Buspar and I am a different person. I should have tried it 8 years ago.I also not depress anymore because life is so much better. I take 5 mg in morning at 6 am and 5mg at noon and that's it for the rest of the day. | M | 46 | 13 days | 1/14/2007 | 1 | anxiety | Increased anxiety, shaking | This drug caused anxiety beyond anything I had ever experienced. I was so nervous I couldn't sleep, and if I did I would wake up in about ten minutes in panic. Increased panic stopped after I stopped taking medicine. | F | 18 | 3 days | 1/3/2007 | 5 | anxietyt | almost none. I get real sleepy if I sit down after taking it but if I am moving, I don't notice it. When I first started taking it, I noticed slight dizziness after 30 minutes that would last a few minutes. That went away after a month. | This drug changed my life! I noticed by end of the first week an immediate difference. My constant worry was gone, and the obsessive thoughts went away. I became a happier, calmer person. Another thing that I like is if you skip a dose, there are no side effects like with other medications I tried. I once skipped a whole weekend because I forgot to pack my pills and I was fine. Just a side note, every time I went off of it, within 3 months, my symptoms came right back. That's how I know it works. | F | 30 | 5 years | 1/1/2007 | 2 | Anxiety | None | Added to Wellbutrin. Did not help for anxiety at ALL. Seemed to help make me want to be more social though. | F | 22 | 2 months | 12/30/2006 | 5 | Anxiety/Depression | Dizziness,mild headache, | I started on Buspar several months ago for anxiety and after a month was still not having any relief.doctor switched me to 30mg Cymbalta which worked but caused sexual side effects. Now I am on 20mg Cymbalta and 60 mg Buspar and they work great together! The sexual side effects are gone,anxiety under control. Seems like Buspar needs even a small dose of an antidepressent to work for a lot of people. Does take a while to work so dont give up give it time. | M | 49 | 3 weeks | 12/21/2006 | 4 | Augment SSRI | Dizziness | Subtle but noticable decrease in unwanted anxiety. It's not a cure-all and I can still get stressed, but I don't pace around in circles pulling out my hair like I used to! I am taking 15 mg (5 mg 3x per day) along with 10mg Lexapro. I used to be on 20 mg of lexapro but since adding the buspar I have been able to decrease the Lexapro, which is a VERY GOOD THING. I always take Buspar on an empty stomach so that I absord the same amount each time. I recommend this to anyone else who takes Buspar (or many other drugs) | M | 28 | 2 months | 12/18/2006 | 5 | Unwanted thoughts | None. | I take 5 mg. at bedtime. Seemes to help me sleep. Most important, I don't feel plagued by unwanted thoughts like I used to. It has also improved my concentration and removed that "heavy-hearted" feeling I used to have all day. I wish I had tried this drug sooner. It took a month to start working, perhaps because my dose is low. | F | 46 | 2 days | 11/11/2006 | 1 | anxiety disorder | I was on Buspar for about 2 months. I was taking 15mg in the morning and 15mg in the evening. I would get a buzzing sensation in my head for about 15 minutes after taking Buspar. This went away after about 3 weeks and it did seem to help the tension I was feeling from anxiety. After about 3 to 4 weeks my anxiety actually increased, my mind was racing most of the time and I had insomnia 2 to 3 times a week. These symptoms increased until I finally had to get off Buspar. I feel 100% better now and I wished I never had taking it. | M | 52 | 60 days | 11/10/2006 | 1 | bipolar depressive w/major anxiety | had paramedics take me to er.tremors numbness in feet and hands,sweating hands and feet ,high blood pressure,disassociated,eyeball twitch back and forth,very dizzy and loaded, startle reflex high,fear.chest pain very wierid,around breast.Needed to drive(i live in L.A.)very scary.numbness in feet and slowed reflex could hardly feel gas pedal.twitching of limbs. Oh yes, all this from 1 time use of 5 mg.was given ativan at hospital took away my fear of sleeping and never waking up. have taken recreational drugs(LSD)buspar is very freaky and scary. oh yes heart fluttering rapid pulse.BAD DRUG I never want to be in this state physically and mentally ever again. P.S. when i was calling for help this stupid RN on a help line no less said"oh buspar is like taking asprin" I like to find her,confine her and make her take the drug and get my symptoms!!!Such ignorance.It's creepy. | F | 52 | 1 days | 11/9/2006 | 5 | anxiety/agitation | initial increase of agitation, subsided within 4 days of each increase of dose. | So far so good. I have had to increase dose to lessen anxiety but diminished agitation at about 30mg/day. I have gradually increased my dose... reaching target dose of 60mg/day (pdoc and I are hopeful agitation will permanently decrease and anxiety (new symptom) will decrease with Buspar). One last thing: I am extremely weight conscious and have not experienced any weight gain. | F | 29 | 1 months | 11/7/2006 | 4 | anxiety | i haven't experienced any side effects. the only thing i cannot take the generic brand of buspar. | i really feel that buspar is a mild anti anxiety medication | F | 64 | 12 days | 11/2/2006 | 1 | Repeated Anxiety Attacks /GAD | (Took to replace Ativan, MD thought I was getting hooked and changed scripts). After the initial 'loading' phase of about 2 weeks, I started experiencing partial total body numbness/altered sense of touch. Not just extremeties, even my torso! I would touch wood and it would feel like fur, etc. I would sit in a chair and not feel it. Rubbing my legs together felt like someone else touching me, etc. Feelings like that....hard to put into words. | I've heard stories about sensory altering recreational drugs (Ecstacy, etc) and honestly if I wasn't experiencing grave anxiety all of this would have been fun. But I needed a cure for anxiety so this only increased the panic... Of course my MD thought I was making up side effects to return to Ativan and recommended I ignore effects and continue. Needless to say I discontinued use, I'd gladly have anxiety if it means a proper sense of touch! If this drug works for you, great! But buyer beware, its a fairly new class of drugs and not enough research/awareness to side effects in my opinion have circulated amongst the MDs to make it feel safe. | M | 25 | 3 weeks | 10/22/2006 | 1 | anxiety | on smallest dose: slow breathing, stop breathing @ nite and have to call neighbor to make me breathe, confusion, immobile at times | not good with depression, if your CNS is depressed: slows your breathing | F | 59 | 20 days | 10/10/2006 | 1 | anxiety | on smallest dose: slow breathing, stop breathing @ nite and have to call neighbor to make me breathe, confusion, immobile at times | not good with depression, if your CNS is depressed: slows your breathing | F | 59 | 20 days | 10/10/2006 | 4 | I WASN'T | I WOULDN'T KNOW | I NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS DRUG. | F | 18 | 0 days | 10/8/2006 | 2 | anti-anxiety | Couldn't sleep, had the weirdest dreams of my life, didn't feel any less anxious than before. | I may not have given this drug enough time, but after experiencing 3 weeks of sleepless nights and when I did sleep I had the most bizarre dreams ever, I gave up. | F | 44 | 3 weeks | 10/6/2006 | 3 | Panic,aniexity | I feel spaced out and dreams are weird too. It helps a little. Also sometimes I cant feel my face and my legs turn black and smell horrid. | Buspar is weird. Sometimes if you look out of the corner of your eye you can see bugs that dont exist. Makes me think weird stuff. Also when you drink with buspar it makes you nuts. Dont drink with this drug. | M | 24 | | 9/30/2006 | 2 | anxiety | Maybe too early to comment, have only been on it for 5 days...I have been doing extensive internet reading on comments since the night I filled the script. All I can say is the only thing that has kicked in is the slugishness that I feel throughout the day. I will give it another week before I throw in the towel. If anyone thinks there is light at the end of the tunnel please post. Thanks [email protected] | F | 44 | 5 days | 9/26/2006 |