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 |
| 5 | Anxiety | Insanely vivid dreams (sometimes very pleasurable, more rarely very distressing). Dry mouth when I wake up in the morning. Mild "high" feeling after taking for maybe half an hour. | Taking 5mg 3/day. Helped a lot with anxiety so far. | F | 18 | 8 days | 12/14/2005 | 4 | Anxiety | This medicine had more side effects for me than any other one so far. Mild headache, dizziness, light-headed, diarrhea, "light burst" trails in my peripheral vision, mild tingling in my pinky (weird), and my anxiety got MUCH WORSE the 2nd day on the medication. | Despite all the side-effects, I would say this medication is helping better than others. The side-effects all stopped after day 5, the light bursts stopped by day 3. After my anxiety got worse, it got much better and now I feel okay...not worrying all the time...i imagine by next week it will be even better. If you can make it through the first couple days while your body gets used to it...you may find it works well. | M | 27 | 6 days | 12/6/2005 | 5 | anxiety | Tremors in hands, insomnia, memory loss | I was taking 20 mg of Paxil which worked well for my depression, but I was extremely fatigued and didn't seem to be getting the anxiety relief that I desired. My therapist started me on Buspar for the anxiety(15 mg twice a day) and within a week I felt like a new person. I don't like the shakiness in my hands, slight memory loss or insomnia, but it has helped me tremendously. I'm able to feel comfortable in social situations and have been able to act and do solos without a near panic attack. I find if I take my second dose in the afternoon I don't have much trouble falling asleep. If I take it too late (i.e. after dinner) I always need a sleep aid to fall asleep. | F | 38 | 3 months | 11/25/2005 | 3 | Depression/anxiety | Vertigo with head or eye movements; strong light-headedness; strong "out-of-it" feeling. Slight weight gain so far. | The side effects start immediately after my morning dose and continue strongly through the whole morning, slacking off a little during the afternoon. It is harder to get to sleep (never had sleeping problems before) but I seem to sleep fine once I do fall asleep. I have not noticed much if any resolution of the problems I am taking it for: tension, stress, chronic neck pain from stress; depressed feelings, etc. | F | 39 | 9 days | 11/22/2005 | 2 | 6 months | not good for long term use. | vivid dreams,headaches, and dizziness | F | 28 | 6 months | 10/22/2005 | 5 | Anxiety | None. I have a clear, light feeling in my head which I find pleasant for a change over the tension headaches I was starting to have before taking Buspar. I'm much more calm. My low grade fever which I've had for a couple months has gone away or is going away I hope. At night I'm not as cold, I actually heat up like a furnace like I used to when I was not under so much stress; I'm getting warmer in the day too. My appetite has improved. And last but not least, no sexual side effects or sleepiness. I take 15 mg every morning, afternoon and evening. | This has really helped me see things clearly again without stress distracting me. I'm in therapy and making progress. I would like to see how well this helps over a longer period. I'm definitely pleased so far. | F | 30 | 5 days | 9/25/2005 | 1 | anxiety | Extreme depression,anxiety,and as someone expressed t well - "You feel bizarre and crazy." (having not been that way previously). This is a drug to avoid and, of course,MD's hand it out in total ignorance of the efects. I had intense suicidal thoughts which I never had before or since. The thought that they are giving this drug to young,vulnerable,confused people is deeply disturbing. | It is tragic but so true -the drug companies can sell us anything and the MD's capitulate through ignorance or free resort vacations-whatever. It is essential to (despite depression et. al) investigate for oneself. This drug led me very close to suicide, the thought of which seems incomprehensible today. So just beware. | M | 34 | 1 years | 9/19/2005 | 3 | panic attacks | I have experienced quite a bit of weight gain since starting BUSPAR eight months ago. I was orginally prescribed 1 white "pillow" three times a day, but have cut back to only one in the morning in hopes of slowing my rapid weight gain. Since I have cut back my dosage the positive effects of the medication are no longer noticed. | When taking the prescribed doages I felt a great sense of overall well-being, until the weight gain set in. I wish others taking BUSPAR better luck. I know it is helpful psychologically, I am simply having a hard time dealing with the physcial aspects of the medication. | F | 22 | 8 months | 9/14/2005 | 3 | GAD | No noticable side effects. | Although I have been using buspirone for years, I really don't know why I still take it. There are no ontoward effects, and I'm wondering if all I'm getting is a good placebo effect. It does seem to act like a mood elevator. It is possible that I don't notice very many positive effects because I'm on so much other medication. | M | 43 | 10 years | 9/14/2005 | 1 | REM Sleep Behavior Disorder | .25mg cured the vilont sleep movement after a week. This dose made me tired all day and lack of alertness. It also caused vivid dreams that woke me every morning at 4:30. I could not go back to sleep. So I am not sure if the cure for RBD was the Klonopin or the lack of sleep. | I felt sick for two days after I stopped taking it. | M | 65 | 21 days | 9/2/2005 | 1 | Panic | THIS DRUG IS A JOKE! I felt alone as if i was in a bubble. I was just waiting to DIE!!! | F | 20 | 2 days | 9/2/2005 | 3 | depression-related symptoms | Lightheaded, nausea, sleepy within 30 minutes of taking the meds, fatigue(but the feeling is intensified if I accidentally miss a dose), numbness of my right pinkie for about 2 days | F | 25 | 2 weeks | 8/25/2005 | 1 | anxiety/depression with panic | i took this medicine for a day(three doses i think) the other day after first dose my anxiety was out of control, i thought i was having a heart attack then i was running here and there , people who r taking benzodiazepines(xanax,ativan...)should never switch to this medicine, worst medicine i have ever taken nothing compares to xanax or ativan | M | 27 | | 8/19/2005 | 2 | anxiety disorder | Seemingly increased anxiety and depression; zaps in my head occasionally; generally feel more depressed and anxious, some panic attacks; loss of appetite. | Doc thinks my depression/anxiety is more anxiety and wanted to try buspar. This coming on the heels of stopping a Lexapro, Wellbutrin, Clonazapam regimen and the withdrawal symptoms experienced as a result. Started out with 5 mg. 2x day. Still felt terrible so doc said I needed to get to therapeutic dose between 20-30 mgs. day. Since upping meds, I have yet to feel much relief, though from what I've read, I may need to give it time. Still, feeling greater anxiety right now than before and am not sure the doc is right and that I just need to give this med time. Not sure I will continue with this med, but will report back in a another month or so. | M | 46 | 4 weeks | 8/14/2005 | 1 | | 8/12/2005 | 5 | anxiety | Had next to no side effects from buspar. | Buspar is a great anti-anxiety med though it does not work as could for ocd type anxiety it works well for panic attacks and gad. It is not addictive like benzo meds. If you are coming off benzo meds you should not take buspar because you will be just wasting your time. It helped me a great deal and if you are having panic attacks or gad and have not been taking benzo meds it is worth your time to try it once but give it time maybe 2 weeks and you should start to feel better. | M | 21 | 3 months | 7/25/2005 | 4 | Anxiety | Strange noises when I moved my head to either side (Had the same effects on Lexapro). Strange, vivid dreams. | I've only been taking Buspar for a few weeks. Lexapro had lost it's effectiveness so my doctor switched to a low dose of Buspar. So far it has done a good job with anxiety. While the Lexapro suppressed sexual urges, it seems the Buspar is making up for lost time. | M | 35 | 3 weeks | 7/9/2005 | 3 | Anxiety | Dizziness, insomnia, electric shock (once in a while). | I had been put on buspar to help my anxiety go away. I was supposed to take 2 pills a day (10 mg each) once in the morning and once in the evening. After the first pill I took, the side effects hit me like a train. I could barely move, and knew that I was getting stomped by these pills. I decided to go off of the pills for about a week (after only taking one) and then had another slight anxiety attack. I called my doctor and he said that It would be ok to break the pill in half and take half dosage. I did that, and the side effects were cut in half, and tolerable. However, after 2-3 weeks of taking it, I was still un-able to feel comfortable out of the house. My anxiety comes with nausea, which doesnt allow me to do much of anything. I went to see the doctor today, im going to decrease and cut out my buspar medication and start on another anxiety/antidepression medicine called Wellbutrin XL. Hopefully this works. Side note: Although taking antidepressent medicine, I have no depression, just anxiety. I am also the type of person people are suprised to here have an anxiety problem (although ive only had it for a month). | M | 21 | 3 weeks | 7/9/2005 | 3 | | 7/6/2005 | 1 | anxiety | nervousness, highly increased anxiety, moments of pure rage, euphoric feeling, weight gain, no control of emotions, increased depression | i was on ativan for about 8 months due to my nerves (and trust me, if ativan's ever mentioned, do NOT start it! it's a battle to get off of!!) the doctor gave me the buspar in place of the ativan. the withdrawal of ativan was pure hades - the buspar helped a little with the edge - but after about three weeks, however, the anxiety has returned. now, after the 5 weeks - i'm rageful over anything - even simple things. i explode at the drop of a hat. i'm 10 times more anxious that i've ever been - and i feel awful. i really wouldn't recommend this medication to anyone. | F | 24 | 5 weeks | 6/13/2005 |