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 |
| 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 | 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 |