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 | It did nothing at all. Couldn't tell I took it. | F | 33 | 14 days | 5/2/2004 | 4 | anxiety | Dizziness, hot, increased appetite | Worked very well at first, then waned a bit. Side effects remain. I'm going to increase my dosage a bit. | M | 36 | 4 months | 4/21/2004 | 5 | Bipolar II | Extreme dizziness during first few weeks of therapy | Works great for anxiety, and doesn't make me feel sedated or depressed like benzos. | F | 37 | 7 years | 4/20/2004 | 1 | anxiety | So drowsy I could not function. I fell asleep while eating dinner and slept around the clock when I didn't have to work. | F | 28 | 10 days | 4/20/2004 | 1 | Anxiety / Panic Attack | A feeling of electric shock in my brain, especially when looking to the side. | The stuff just doesn't work. Doc switched me to a benzodiazepine (Xanax) and my life has been normal for years. | M | 36 | 2 weeks | 4/12/2004 | 2 | anxiety | dizzy after taking dosage | have stopped it becouse i don't think it was helping any | M | 7 months | 3/11/2004 | 3 | Anxiety Disorder | None. | Took it for years and then had to quit because of cost. But was switched to Celexa for depression and found I don't need Buspar anymore. | F | 51 | 6 years | 2/11/2004 | 3 | anxiety | Felt wired, vivid dreams, weight gain | Did help anxiety level, but at expense of weight gain of 20 lbs. | 55 | 2 years | 1/15/2004 | 1 | anxiety | strange dizziness, WORSE anxiety | i have taken several things for anxiety that merely didn't work, either very well or at all, but Buspar actually GAVE me some of the worst anxiety of my life - obsessive dread for hours at a time, like a bad trip. my doctor said he had heard this from patients before. | F | 21 | 7 days | 11/18/2003 | 1 | anxiety | Headaches began immediately, Numbness of extremities including hands and feet. Muscles aches and dizziness | F | 36 | 3 weeks | 11/9/2003 | 3 | anxiety | M | 37 | 2 days | 10/14/2003 | 5 | anxiety | M | 38 | 1 days | 10/13/2003 | 1 | Anxiety | After 10 days of taking it I started feeling like a zombie then had intense urges to hurt myself | Despite what they say, this drug IS addicting. After 11 days 20 mg I stopped taking it and experienced 3 days of headaches, muscle pain, severe dizziness, insomnia and coordination problems | F | 18 | 11 days | 7/20/2003 | 2 | antianxiety | hard to tell because the | worked for a little while but after about two months everything went back to the way it was | M | 28 | 3 months | 6/28/2003 | 1 | anxiety | Speedy, exhausted. Neither predictably. REALLY cranky when dosage increased to 37.5 mg. Hard to focus. Depressed. | slept ok on it, but never felt refreshed | F | 47 | 30 days | 5/13/2003 | 3 | mood disorder | extreme hunger. excitable, shakey, | For me, Ive found this drug to be helpful but it brings alot of baggage that ends up on the waste line.Ive also feel its addictive. Avoid this one if possible. | M | 38 | 1.5 years | 4/20/2003 | 4 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | MIld episodic "buzziness" or feelings of being a little hyper. Mild diaherrea. Both resolved within a month or so. | I am generally pleased with this medication. As a recovering alcoholic, I have to stya away from the benzos and other potentially addictive meds. Buspar is subtle in naction but seems to get the job done.. | M | 51 | 2.5 years | 2/14/2003 | 4 | M | 39 | 6 months | 2/13/2003 | 4 | | 1/14/2003 | 3 | anxiety | none | M | 37 | 5 days | 11/27/2002 |