Does BuSpar work for anyone?
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- 23 Jul 2009 by delaney81
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- buspar, anxiety
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I've had undiagnosed anxiety since i was 6. I didn't like playing with other kids, being around kids i didn't know made me a nervous reck. It was a tug of war to get me to go to school. I could never sleep at night knowing i had to go to school the next day & I was physically sick, throwing up, walking out the door in the mornings. I don't know if my mother just chose to ignore these signs or if she thought it was just a stage. But after 27 years of this I finally gained the balls to talk to my doctor about it... which in its own gave me a panic attack. My doctor put me on Zoloft 50mg, which seemed to work & like a dumbass I decided to just stop taking it, b/c i didn't think i needed it anymore. Then she put me on Effexor XR, which did nothing. No side affects, no good affects, nothing. I asked if I could go back on the Zoloft & she stated she wanted to try me on another medications first. So two weeks ago she started me on Buspar. The offical BuSpar site is "underconstruction" & I haven't been able to find anything else on it. So i was wondering if anyone here has been on it & if so does it work for anxiety / panic attacks? Since starting BuSpar I don't know if it's working or not. It seems to work immediatly for a few hours but then stops. I'm only taking a half 15mg tab twice a day. Should I continue taking it... will it take more time for me to see if it's working?
I'm just soo frustrated. I can't take the day to day anxiety anymore...
23 Jul 2009
I too suffer from anxiety, and was just recently put on Buspar. I can't really say that it works all that well. I still suffer from the attacks, just not as severe. The only thing I've ever really had work was xanax, but I became addicted and had to stop taking it. Maybe we need a higher dose? I take 10mg 3x a day.
23 Jul 2009
In my book buspar is totally worthless if there is really anything wrong. I wouldn't waste my money on the drug co-pay I have with insurance. I wouldn't even bother if buspar was my only choice. That's just me.
Anonymous
28 Jul 2009
I to suffer severe anxiety disorder and found that Buspar did not help at all. Of all the many many different meds I have been on, the one that stands out is Paxil 40mg qd. I also was on Xanax 6mg qd for several years but became heavily addicted too it and spend 2 weeks in the ICU getting off it. I have heard that Nardil is extremely good for social anxiety disorder the only downside is there are many food restrictions but if your anxiety is as bad as mine it may well be worth a try, I am going to try it.
22 Jan 2010
Buspar has been very helpful. I take one 10 mg at night and it took about 3 weeks to feel the full effect. I did get ringing in my ears and vertigo about an hr after i took it. But it definitely takes away the flutters in the stomach. I feel like I have emotions of steel compared to how i flew off the handle before.
22 Jan 2010
a large amoutn of people have side effects from this (i couldnt take it because it was making me too dizzy to work out at all) but for those who dont get the side effects this is a VERY good medication and is recomended over most other medications (espec. benzos for addictive reasons)
10 Oct 2010
I find that a combination of meds works best for me. I can't tolerate a high dose of SSRI's, so I am on 12.5mg of Celexa and my pdoc recently added 10mg buspar twice a day. So far I do notice the buspar taking the edge off of the remaining anxiety symptoms and it has only been 2 weeks.
Are you still on the buspar, and have you noticed an improvement?
24 Jan 2011
buspar, but felt it wasn't really working at all. Stopped taking it. Read book by psychiatrist Hyla Cass' (formerly UCLA-med-school staffer), and started taking "passion flower" (and "GABA" too) in lieu of xanax. Was worried about doing so, BUT SIMPLY HAD TO DO something about xanax addiction. Her book addresses this issue head on. I have been OFF xanax for over a year (HOORAY!), and when late taking the "passion flower", I do NOT have the withdrawal issues I had (for yrs) w/ xanax. She also speaks to this "lack of withdrawal" issue, and boy, was she ever so right! I have been successfully (I assume) "removed" from the xanax ranks, thanks to Dr Cass' book-suggestions. I have no interests in this issue other than to (MAYBE, ONLY MAYBE) help someone else "get off" this xanax mule. The xanax-addiction-complication was (at least for me) awful. But psychotropic mechanics are really complicated. So -- check in w/ your doc first. Both of these substances are available in heath food stores. Book title: "Natural Highs" by Hyla Cass, MD... very well known. Good luck! We ALL need that regardless of the meds.
22 Dec 2011
I have now been on Buspirone for 11 days starting on 5mg x2 now on 5mgx3
.The first couple of days I had flu like symptoms but that could of been withdrawl off st Johns Wort! I am really hoping this drug will work I have read many POSITIVE reports but would like to know how long it takes for the drug to get fully into system.
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the doctor increased my BuSpar to 10mg 3x a day & also put me on Ativan. This has helped alot with my anxiety & panic attacks. It's only been about 6 days but it's definitly working.
My doctor prescribed Buspar for me yesterday. I am kinda afraid to take it at work. Did it make you drowsy or dizzy feeling when you first started taking it?
I was just put on 7.5 mg a day for 5 days. Now I am suppossed to take 15 mg a day. I told my Doc today after 5 days of being on it that I am not feeling anything. I guess this drug can take 4-6 weeks to actually make visible differances. I feel like I can't wait for it to work. I was put on a 0.5mg of ativan as a bridge for 10 when I was on Silexxa (or however u spell it) but because I'm active duty NAVY my Doc will not give me anymore ativan. I feel like the perfect combo would be this and ativan for those really bad days. I do have to admit that most of my days lately have seemed like really bad days. I feel like if I could just enough good days in a row to offset the bad then I might not need the Ativan everyday. I have noticed on the Buspar that when I take it I feel dizzy, tingly, weird, a little nautious, and then it wears off and I dont really feel anything. Then I get triggered and I feel like I'm not on any medication. After all I just spewed...
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I hope Buspar works, I need something to work. I just want something that works just like Ativan without the addictive nature of a benzo.
I have depression, anxiety and problemes with my nerves ( mentally).. I started takin buspar 10mg 2x a day and 150mgs of zolof about 3wks ago and i have seen VERY little change... I personally think buspar is not that great unless ur takin a higher dose i guess.. I tried to get put on xanax, which is the only thing that works and the doctor said nope bc its a high controlled substance.. Bummer :( Anyone know of anything else that may work better than buspar??