I have generalized anxiety and was prescribed 5mg buspirone twice a day but I only take it once well today is day 3 and I'm noticing a pattern, after I take it I get super sleepy like 30 mins later and then its weird like aftr an hour of being sleepy I all of a sudden have energy and then sleepy again closer to bedtime, am I imagining this or anyone else have the same experience?
Buspirone makes me sleepy and then gives energy?
Question posted by Kridge63016 on 1 Sep 2016
Last updated on 8 December 2019 by Brent1234
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Brent1234
8 Dec 2019
I'm tired during the day and night but can't sleep at night and when I do get to sleep in up within 4 hours hoping it goes away after my body gets used to the medicine still having anxiety and panic attacks which I never had before the medicine just anxiety.
dckerried14
5 Nov 2017
I just started it on Thursday. It's doing the same thing to me. Sometimes I will get a burst of energy and then get sleepy, but sometimes I get sleepy and then get a burst of energy. I was wondering if it is making anyone else hungry. I feel like I haven't ate in days. I just ate 2 hours ago.
onthebrink
1 Jan 2018
I’ve been on Buspar a couple weeks now and it does the same thing to me. Either energy followed by sleepiness or vice versa. It’s hard for me to tell when something makes me hungry because I feel like I’m a snacker anyway but my appetite certainly hasn’t decreased while taking this.
mademychoice39
2 Sep 2016
The same thing happened to me when I started Buspirone. I would get a HUGE burst of energy actually and then need a nap. It only lasted about a month and half though and then it leveled out. I was worried it may be causing hypermania, but thankfully it stopped.
Inactive
2 Sep 2016
Hi Made! Haven't seen you around in a long while. Where you been? "G"
BTW, I love my Buspar! (buspirone). Best and safest medication I've taken for anxiety.
"G"
mademychoice39
2 Sep 2016
Hey how are you doing?! Ya I took a break for a while, all the site glitches were getting annoying. Buspare seems to have leveled out and stopped working as well for me. I think maybe its time for a dose increase to see if that helps. Have you ever had to increase your dose?
Inactive
2 Sep 2016
Good to see you, Made! Yes, I agree, the glitches were very annoying. I asked them where our avatars went and they ignored my question.
OK, to answer your question: Yes, I have changed buspar doses a number of times. I went as high as 10mg three times a day, but started to experience dizziness and headaches at that dose. Went to 5mg three times a day for a while, then 5mg twice a day. I never even thought about bursts of energy followed by fatigue, but now, I will watch for that throughout the day. Currently I am taking only 5mg first thing in the morning. I will let you know if I feel the energy/fatigue merry-go-round.
mademychoice39
2 Sep 2016
Thanks, good to see you here again too! I'm taking 5mg first thing in the morning and 5mg around 5pm everyday. But the dr gives me enough to take 10mg twice a day so I think I will try another 5mg mid day and see if that helps. Good to know someone else has had to try switching things around too. I don't want to give up on it, this is the best med for anxiety that I've found besides a benzo (which I have to take too)
Inactive
2 Sep 2016
Hiya Made! Great news! Stay with it.
Sometimes all that is needed is a dose adjustment. I have taken buspar for over a year, with dose changes, up or down, along the way. Keep in touch! "G"
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