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/bruxism | M | 29 | 20 days | 2/13/2005 | 4 | fgjfdjdfgjh | fgjfgjgfjfgj | gfjjfgjfgj | | 2/12/2005 | 3 | teeth grinding | bad dizziness | took it for teeth grinding caused by SSRIs. Helped a bit, but finally quit due to the dizziness | M | 38 | 2 years | 2/10/2005 | 4 | anxiety assc. w/ depr. & hypomania | I had no side effects other than a little dizziness until I started taking Lamictal. Then I experienced headaches, constant nausea and neurological side effects like numb hands and face. I had been taking 30 mg. in the morning and 30 mg. at night for about two years when this happened. | I determined it was the Buspar that was causing my side effects after eliminating various pills systematically. It was very strange because the nighttime dose did not cause the side effects, but the morning one did. So now I am taking 30 mg. at night and not taking the daytime dose. I have been doing this for a week and a half, and the side effects are gone--but the anxiety is back. Lesser of two evils??? | F | 33 | 2 years | 2/3/2005 | 3 | | 2/1/2005 | 4 | anxiety | weight gain, dry mouth, May have aggravated or caused arthritis in my hip. | Buspar worked great for me the first time I took it. It helped my career and made me feel much calmer in groups and in social situations. I am now taking it to ease anxiety during radiation treatments. It is okay, but I have headaches and feelings of depression which I think are from the buspar. | F | 57 | 1 days | 1/28/2005 | 2 | Anxiety | Very sleepy for about an hour. Grinding stomach pain. | Worked well for a while, not as many side effects for me as SSRIs. Then the stomach pain started and I got where I couldn't take it any more, with food or without. | F | 46 | 6 months | 1/26/2005 | 1 | Anxiety | Vivid nightmares laden with anxiety. I have now developed muscle twitches in my face. My skin is so dry it flakes off if I touch my face. | It was fantastic for the first two months. The anxiety relief was great. I could live with the dry skin. After a month the dreams started happening. I now can hardly sleep without having an anxiety nightmare. Now the muscles in my face have started twitching more and more every day. The anxiety is coming back and I am getting very worried. | 3 months | 1/19/2005 | 3 | social anxiety | Initial dizziness and disoriented whithin 10 minutes of taking then it went away. After that slightly calmed and kind of 'numb.' | After taking for a few weeks effects diminished, maybe immune to it later. | M | 26 | 3 months | 1/11/2005 | 4 | anxiety after 6 wk hospitalization | Been on medication for 18 months and it really worked well. Sleeping improved from 7 hours of sleep in 3 days to about three hours of sleep a day. At that time it was an improvement but after these many months insomnia is still a problem.............terrible weight gain...........and poor concentration...........This drug was a miracle drug for several months but because condtion was so bad, I did not realize the ongoing side effects. Other classification of drugs did not work.........I do not regret taking Buspar.............It was a life saver but now I have to address the weight gain and the insomnia....Periodically, I get sharp shooting pains in my head which I now wonder about.....The doctors were attributing these pains to arthritis in my neck which I questioned........ | F | 80 | 18 days | 1/9/2005 | 3 | anxiety | insomnia, blurred vision, confusion, high/coked up feeling | felt coked up first day i took it. i take 7.5mg twice daily in combination with paxil. paxil was ineffective for anxiety but helped post operative chronic leg pain better than narcos w/o side effects. i think combination of paxil and buspar caused insomnia, though my anxiety was almost gone. only slept ten hours total over four days. doctor now added 5mg of valium twice daily and i feel better than i have in at least 8 years. | M | 26 | 3 days | 1/6/2005 | 4 | anxiety and panic disorder | i didn't feel any side affects while taking the Buspar. But i was also on PAxil CR (12.5 mg) I do not suggest anyone taking the paxil because of the withdrawel symptoms. but i was cutting through on just the paxil and my doc at the E.R. suggested me to start taking the Buspar, so i did and it helped tremendously. | I think it helped me a lot. Good for anxiety and panic disorders, even though its not supposed to help treat every day anxiety like mine.. but it DOES HELP:) | F | 19 | 5 months | 1/2/2005 | 4 | anxiety/depression | Slight peripheral sight disturbances, but started with mirtazapine, so unsure which drug was responsible. (This went away after two months.) Insomnia if taken after suppertime. | 30 mg per day. (15 mg upon waking, 15 mg @ 3pm.)This medication took about three weeks to be fully effective (i.e. some immediate relief, though irregular and, at times, seemingly worse symptoms) but I stayed with it, and it has turned out to work quite well for me thus far. At two weeks, anxiety peeled away underlying depression (as I read it) which, with time, has also been relieved. Anxiety/depression relief without feeling any different otherwise. Quite satisfied so far. Were it not for the wait, I would rate it @ 5. But, the slow initial response is a decent tradeoff for the much-touted easier withdrawal than SSRIs, benzos, etc. | F | 43 | 3 months | 12/23/2004 | 4 | anxiety | none that were bothersome | M | 35 | 12 times | 12/2/2004 | 2 | anxiety | I enjoyed the vivid dreams because I could finally sleep. My anxiety went away, but I gained 30 lbs. I finally quit taking it cold turkey in April and the anxiety is back full force but the weight is finally coming off six months later. I was not aware of the possible weight gain when I started taking the drug. I could not figure out that despite my regular workouts and healthy eating I gained more weight every time I went to the dr. | Do not take this drug if you are weight conscious! | F | 27 | 18 months | 11/22/2004 | 4 | Anxiety | Weight gain, insomnia, dehydration, increased appetite | Have been taking Buspar for 1 mo so far it has curbed my anxiety and allowed me to take control of my life again. Stopped taking before bed due to insominia and vivid dreams, also aware of it causing an increase in appetite so am taking action to limit my food intake while increasing exercise and water intake. Overall very productive pill and economical. | M | 27 | 1 months | 11/9/2004 | 1 | anxiety | initially mild muscle pain in legs - after about a month had occasional severe headaches that would keep me awake - after about 3 months had events of insomnia, insomnia became severe after using for six months, worst of all - no relief of anxiety | would not recommend this product or any daily medication, especially one that changes your brain chemistry. Downsizing our business to reduce stress, more activity such as running/walking with dog helped in a more natural way. Occasionally take a sleeping pill if travelling or during holidays, if well rested can handle anxiety and stress better. | F | 42 | 6 months | 11/4/2004 | 1 | anxiety | Fifteen minutes or so of euphoria followed by estrangement then I felt sick to my stomach and vomited an hour later. < And this was only a basic 5mg dose ! | < < After obtaining my first script of BUSPAR, (for the second time of my life), the BUSPAR affected me with motion sickness on the car ride back after popping my first pill after leaving the pharmacy with my prescription. In my experience Buspar dosn't work for me. ------------------------------------------------------ It did work for me though when I was prescribed it when I was a teen. < I took 15mg.s in the morning before school and it kind of worked, but not that well. Don't know why after all these years of not taking it it effects me differently now ? | M | 23 | 2 years | 11/3/2004 | 1 | anxiety ocd depression | not good, felt paranoid, anxiety seemed worse, taking ELAVIL which is great, now on strattera very good also, buspar needs to be re evaluated!!! | dont take this poison !!! | M | 33 | 4 months | 10/28/2004 | 1 | anxiety | Vivid dreams at lowest dosages. Severe sleep disturbances over 15mg/day | Did not work to correct my anxiety at all. I stopped taking it after 7 months. | M | 53 | 7 months | 10/21/2004 |