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 |
| 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 | 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 | 1 | anxiety | insomnia, parathesia | I have been off this medication for two weeks and still have numbness and pain in my hands and feet. I am wondering if there is actually nerve damage as I never had this before and just now found out that this a side effect for some. Is there anyone else this is happening to? | F | 44 | 10 weeks | 9/20/2006 | 5 | Anxiety/OCD Tendencies | Slight "high" feelings about 30 minutes after taking, which did not bother me. No other side effects to speak of. | This drug has changed my life. I went from 5 mg per day up to the max of 60 mg, and I still have no problems taking it. It has helped slow my thoughts so that I do not worry so much. It has also decreased my feelings of anxiety. I love it! | F | 24 | 3 months | 9/18/2006 | 5 | Anxiety | Intitial dizziness and nausea that went away after a few weeks; Extremely vivid and bizarre dreams, weight gain, loss of libido. | It has been extremely helpful in decreasing anxiety. Before taking the drug I was missing out on classes and everyday activities like driving because of panic attacks-now I'm able to lead a relatively normal life. I even drove home in the rain and lightning yesterday without becoming overwhelmed-this would have been unthinkable before. Also I've noticed an increased ability to concentrate. | F | 27 | 4 months | 9/13/2006 | 3 | anxiety | electric shock all over body, very vivid/realistic dreams although not bad, headaches, minor tremors, freaked out over loud noises tinnitus, very sarcastic behavior and short tempered, sore throat feeling, felt "out of it", had dizziness for the first few doses | i know that medication affects everybody a little different but Buspar did not work for me. the side effects outweighted the reduction in my anxiety. it did reduce, almost eliminate, my anxiety after 4-5 days but the side effects werent worth it. I had electic shock and burning pins and needle sensations a lot of the time on a 7.5 x2 daily dose. When I saw my doctor he said it was fine and to go up to a 15 x 2 dose. I took his advice and after the second increased dose the electric shock sensation was unbearable.Thankfully I had just started Atarax in conjunction with the Buspar which pretty much eliminated the feeling until it wore off, then if started again. I quit Buspar cold turkey on the second week and went up to Atarax 50mg 3x daily which has taken care of 95% of the electric shock. Although most sources say Buspar doenst have withdrawal symptoms, that is total BS. I have been off Buspar (but still on the Atarax) for 5 days now and have experienced flu-like symptoms, ach | M | 34 | 2 weeks | 9/13/2006 | 2 | anxiety, depression | I was prescribed this as adjunct to my current 450 mg wellbutrin xl. The first dy with buspar (5 mg 3x daily) I had numb hands and feet, dificulty breathing, broke out in a rash, was awfully itchy, had a high fever. | Because I have no insurance (not even medi-cal) I go through county services and am not able to contact a doctor for another 3 monthes to discuss these side effects. I have not seen most of these listed anywhere, but wish I would hav been forewarned, as they are very disturbing. The fever, itchiness especialy, | F | 24 | 1 days | 9/13/2006 | 3 | anxiety | dizziness, shakiness, depression, dissociation | I already entered my "1" rating, but forgot to add something so in the interest of not skewing the results I add this at "3". Though why I feel like being fair to Buspar which has hardly been fair to me is beyond me. Anyway, I've got one word for anyone reading this: ashwagandha, it works as well as xanax and you could buy it at the health food store. It also leaves the system quick like xanax and will produce with withdrawal, so you have to take it regularly. If I continue to have anxiety after I get this damned Buspar out of my blood I'm going back on it. | F | 33 | 4 days | 9/9/2006 | 1 | anxiety | dizziness, unreality, dissociation, INCREASE in depression, and extreme sedation | This happened to me at a low dose 5mg. I am in general extremely sensitive to most medications, but I was surprised at the increase in my depression and the dissociative feelings (feeling disconnected from my body). My doctor had prescribed a much higher dosage to start, so I am very glad I was cautious. Also on my first day off of it, I am still suffering the effects - it does not leave the system right away. | M | 33 | 4 days | 9/9/2006 | 2 | severe anxiety and panic attacks | None | This drug did absolutely nothing, even after upping the dose. It was basically like taking a placebo that tasted horrible and couldn't be taken with grapefruit. | F | 25 | 2 months | 9/7/2006 | 1 | anxiety/panic | intensified nervousness, panic, insomnia, shakiness, difficulty swallowing, sweating | I do not recommend taking this drug under any circumstances. In the week I forced myself to be on it, instead of alleviating the chronic anxiety it was supposed to treat, it intensified the symptoms to the point I could hardly function. I could not sleep. I shook all the time. I felt like having panic attacks several times a day. I couldn't chew and swallow food without panicking and had to stay on a liquid diet. I tried going on a lower dose, but that didn't help. By the time day 8 rolled around, I was in such a bad state that I didn't know what day it was an missed a day of work. A small dose of Clonazepam does infinitely better for my anxiety troubles than Buspar does. | F | 34 | 8 days | 8/22/2006 | 1 | chronic anxiety | insomnia, panic attacks, nervousness, muscle tension, twitching, difficulty swallowing | Who invented this horrible drug? When my doctor suggested it as an alternative to Clonazepam, I tried it for a week. I was optimistic knowing that Buspar was developed specifically for anxiety rather than depression, unlike other drugs like Paxil and Zoloft that have been developed to treat both at the same time. I'm not depressed and just want to shed anxiousness and feel normal so I can interact with my friends and function well at work. I cannot describe the horrific effects Buspar had on me. Rather than treating symptoms of anxiety, it intensified them. I found myself out for dinner but unable to eat because I couldn't swallow food normally. And denying lunch invitations because I didn't want good friends to ask why I wouldn't eat. Sleep? Fat chance. I got maybe a total of 1 night's sleep in 5 nights. I could not go to sleep for at least 6 hours after taking a 5-mg dose of Buspar. Never mind how long it took while on the higher dose the doctor prescribed. I agree w | F | 34 | 7 days | 8/20/2006 | 2 | Anxiety attacks | First few days I was Ok with it. Soon after I have difficulty thinking and remembering things. Cordination is non-existant and could not perform my job at work well. My blood pressure is higher, my anxiety has been worse and my heart has been racing more. | I think it is probably one of those medications that work for some and not others. Just have to be aware of the side effects and notify your doctor if you experience these things. | M | 37 | 3 months | 8/2/2006 | 5 | anxiety | Like others have noted here, I get a little "spacey" for about an hour after I take it. This doesn't happen often. I've taken buspar twice before for the agitation/anxiety caused by antidepressants. This is my third time taking buspar-now with wellbutrin. This combo really seems to work well. | I took prozac for ten years off and on. When I would go back on it would give me quite a bit of anxiety. I would only be on it for a short period of time (4-6 weeks) and ween off it. I'm now taking 5mg buspar twice daily along with 150 mg Wellbutrin XL. Only taking the buspar for the bit of agitation from the wellbutrin. As with other AD's, buspar works great w/Wellbutrin. Helps with the negative effects of anxiety along with helping the Wellbutrin work better. I would highly recommend it. | M | 34 | 2 weeks | 7/26/2006 | 1 | Panic/social phobia/depression | Tingling/numbness/parethesia in my feet. | I had to stop taking it because the side effects were (and still are) driving me crazy. I've been off it completely for 3 days now, and I've only had minimal feeling return to my feet. It's causing me difficulty walking and moving my toes. Can't wait to get this stuff out of my system. | F | 36 | 2 weeks | 7/25/2006 | 3 | Post Partum Anxiety | About an hour after taking it, I felt "high"--tingling feeling in the head, dizziness, cloudy thoughts. I also felt so fatigued and had such an overwhelming deisre to sleep that sometimes I would collapse into bed (fortunately, I am a teacher and it is summer break, so I have that luxury). Every night for the last two weeks I have been suffering through terrible tension headaches that only Ativan will relieve. The doctor wants me to take 10 mg/3 times a day, but that would mean I can't function for half of my day. I also cannot lose my pregnancy weight (in fact I gained more!) but the doctor thinks this isn't an issue to be dealt with. | Originally, within the first week I felt a lightening of my mood and I also noticed increased sex drive. But after a month, I no longer felt the drug was helping. And after further investigation into family history and my own symptoms, I am more inclined to thing I have a thyroid imbalance than an anxiety disorder. | F | 31 | 3 months | 7/22/2006 | 5 | anxiety / depression | sleeplessness, a bit of memory loss, increased sex drive | Buspar has helped me a great deal. I take 45 mg/day along with 300 mg Zoloft. I've been so incorrectly medicated for years now, and now I'm on a combo that BAM! My mind is quiet, I can focus and have rational thoughts. But just the fact that my head is quiet makes all the difference in the world to me. I've read some bad experiences here; but maybe this needs to be prescribed with the correct combo, and any psych patient knows you guinea pig it before you find the perfect combo. I love it, my life is different and I have a positive outlook on life now. | F | 25 | 1 months | 7/21/2006 | 1 | GAD | Dizzyness, insomnia, panic attacks, hyper restlessnless, muscle pain in calf, on and off tingling and numbness in fore arm | Many books describe this drug as effective and very safe without mentioning potential side effects or the fact that this drug only works for 40% of the folks who take it. I startd with high hopes. In total I took only 5 doses of .10 dosage. I felt like I was on speed, wired. I never felt tired or yawned once in 2 1/2 days. Awoke with panic attacks 3 times in one night. Also felt stange muscle pain in calf, felt like dead muscle. The very very sad fact is that a patient with GAD is left with 3 choices as I see it, suffering, benzos (which are addictive, but work) or the SSR's which have horrible side effects Pick your poison and hope science can come up with something better soon! | M | 55 | 2 days | 7/15/2006 | 5 | Chronic acute anxiety, moodswings | I have had no side effects at all, much to my surprise. | I have always been suspicious and skeptical about prescription meds. In fact, for years I tried every homeopathic/natural/herbal treatment i could find to treat my reoccuring anxiety/depression. I had also had brief stints with antidepressants. So, it is no small thing for me to say that this medication has changed my life. I was very suspicious, looking for side effects (i'm normally quite sensitive to meds) and had ABSOLUTELY NONE. I feel like myself for the first time in my life. When i finally realize how hard i worked all those years to stay 'balanced' it makes me really sad because i could have felt like this sooner. It has helped with my obsessive thinking and my chest and stomach no longer feel tight all day long. I do not feel at all 'druggy'. My moods faciliate with what is going on in my life, but I don't feel anxious for no reason. It is easier for me to work through the problem of the moment because i'm not exhausting myself trying to interpret my feelings of anx | F | 31 | 4 months | 7/11/2006 | 5 | Chronic acute anxiety, moodswings | I wanted to add that, though i've had no side effects, i wanted to tell people that it is important to take it the same way every day (with or without food--one or the other). The package said this and i ignored it at first but i seemed to get very different amounts into my system if i took it on empty stomach and ate 20 minutes later vs. eating first. (i get more in my system on an empty stomach and so i have to take less of Buspar to get the benefit so I always take it on an empty stomach now.) | I'm adding more here too because this medication has really helped me and i resisted trying it for years because of certain tendencies that i think are common for people with anxiety or compulsive thinking. No doubt, this drug isn't for everyone. It's probably even bad for some people. But, after i got serious about trying this and found it helped me, something funny happened: i cleaned out my car and found an empty bottle of buspar, exact same dosage per pill, dated years earlier. I realized that during one of my desperate moments i must have taken the prescription and decided after 2 days that i was afraid of the side effects and tossed the rest of the pills in the trash. I mean, it was the exact same pill and dosage that has now changed my life. The point of the story is that we anxious people are very good at noticing changes in our bodies (this can be a positive or negative skill depending on the circumstances) and I think sometimes we falsely attribute our increased anxiety | F | 31 | 4 months | 7/11/2006 |