Buspirone and Nausea: What Users Say (Page 4)

• Viv...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 26, 2019

For Anxiety "I would warn you to be very wary of this drug. Started as a way of being able to control anxiety and depression, and so I could lower my dosage of diazepam. It made everything worse. This was at the lowest dose. Insomnia, nausea, groggy, tired. Only tried this as the SNRI did not work either. Use this at your peril."

• Pun...
• September 21, 2016

For Anxiety "I've been on Buspar 15 days now. I can't say as of yet if it has helped a lot or not. It's not bad, but I have noticed certain things I go through that I'm not sure if it's side effects or just my anxiety. Like I feel drowsy about 30 minutes after. I've noticed a tingly or itchy sensation in my hands, feet, and arms (at different times). Also, more headaches than before I started Buspar. Lightheadedness, even though I've felt that way before taking it. Upset stomach or nausea. Sharp sensations in different places. Oh yes, and definitely noticed weird dreams. The reason I rate a five is that I do feel like it brings a calmness over me and my racing thoughts aren't so bad, and after the first week, I can see that it keeps me tired more, and I do sleep better."

• Rea...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 11, 2022

For Anxiety "I do not recommend this drug! It did nothing but give me every dang side effect there was, and finally got so bad not being able to breathe and sleep that I had to go to the hospital. Also, this will leave a metallic taste in your mouth, and you won’t be able to taste your food the next day. This made me worse, not better. I am also sensitive to medication and have a drug history from my late teens. So the chemicals in my brain are unbalanced and my tolerance for meds isn’t high. This made my paranoia of taking medicine worse. It affects everyone differently. I was scared to take it and glad I did because now I know it’s not for me. Nausea, dizziness, tiredness, chest pressure, ear ringing, metallic taste, bad dreams (during small brief moments of sleep)."

• Doe...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 27, 2022

Buspirone for Anxiety "I've been on BuSpar for about 2 months now, and it's not helping enough. I'm at the max dose 3 times daily. My anxiety causes me to feel severely nauseated, like I will throw up, and I've tried so many medications hoping it can stop that anxiety symptom. I really thought the buspirone was going to be my savior since I've read so many great reviews on it. I admit I do feel a little bit calmer, but I still can't get rid of the feeling like I will vomit whenever I have to go out in public or have a mutual conversation with someone. It just sucks because I feel like there's no medication that can stop that nausea, and I feel so helpless."

• Nic...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 13, 2021

For Panic Disorder "I'm prescribed 5 mg in the morning and 5 mg in the evening. This medication is not for me. It gives me horrible headaches, horrible insomnia, and a really weird, sort of nauseated, seasick feeling about 2 hours after taking it. Last night, I had to take a Xanax just to sleep from taking the buspirone. That's defeating the purpose. I can't stand these side effects. Done."

• gen...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 15, 2015

For Anxiety "I was on this for a little over one month. Took 15 mg per day. It greatly reduced my anxiety, but I experienced nausea about an hour after I took this. It's a great medication, but my body could not get used to the side effects."

• blu...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 20, 2015

For Anxiety "Have very bad anxiety and panic attacks. Swear this stuff doesn't help/relieve anxiety, nor does it stop attacks. I've been having panic attacks at least 3 times daily. Prescribed 7.5 mg 2x daily, and all this pill does is make me dizzy, feels like I got this huge knot in my head, and there's this icky, awkward slight tired feeling to it. Do feel nauseous as well. I'm 24 and been on/off Klonopin 1 mg 3 times daily for years. I'd like to know how the hell this med can help anyone. 2nd time I've been put on Buspar and it's still awful. Hope this helps someone. I'd say skip it and try gabapentin/Neurontin instead if non-benzos work for you. Good luck."

• CBa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 3, 2016

For Panic Disorder "I was worried because an ingredient is lactose, and I am lactose intolerant, but the doc said it would be fine, and it is. The problem is for an hour or so after taking it, I get bad brain 'zaps' and dizziness. Luckily, no bad nausea or anything, but the zaps are bothersome and would keep me from driving. I only take 5 mg at a time. This is unfortunate because I think it is helping my disorder (functional esophageal dysphagia/dyspepsia) it was prescribed for. I've had a little less stomach pain and trouble swallowing on it."

• lis...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 6, 2018

Buspirone for Anxiety "I started out taking 2 doses of 5 mg a day. The first few days, I did notice a little mood boost, but it didn’t last long. We raised my dose 5 more mg (15 mg a day) and same thing, but it went away. Didn’t help with my panic or separation anxiety. Did help with depersonalization. It made me tired, nauseous, and gave diarrhea the first couple of days. Those went away after that, but it did give me a weird feeling about 45 minutes after taking each dose. I tapered off after 2-3 months."

• Lad...
• October 20, 2017

For Anxiety "Just started buspirone 10 mg twice a day. For years, I have been on Celexa, bupropion, and clonazepam. Those three worked for me, but my doc suggests that instead of taking clonazepam daily, I should try buspirone for long-term use and clonazepam for when my panic attacks are truly out of control. So far, the drug combination has had no major negative interactions. I take the buspirone with food. The first two days in, I had pretty bad headaches. About two weeks in now, and tonight I'm having severe dizziness, which is making me nauseous. I'm definitely going to keep going on them, though. I love my clonazepam (Klonopin). It's almost instant relief during an attack, but after reading about it extensively and talking with my two docs, I'm ready to get off of it."

• Hap...
• January 17, 2022

For Anxiety "I started with 5 mg twice a day. The first week was very hard! I had a lot of anxiety and nausea. After the first week, I started to feel better! My mind stopped racing all the time. After a month, I started getting panic attacks again. I then upped my dose to 7.5 mg twice a day. Again, the first week was terrible. My anxiety was so bad. After that first week, I started feeling good again. I still get anxious thoughts, but I can talk myself out of them now. I am more level-headed and do not get panic attacks. This is way better than the citalopram I was on years ago."

• dia...
• January 4, 2016

For Anxiety "I started with a new doctor (addiction treatment specialist). I am getting ready to detox off Klonopin, so the new doc put me on buspirone. Ugh, I was on it for about a week. I started getting very hot and short-tempered and extremely tired. Very heavy head. So I called my doc. He said to stop taking it. I was on 15 mg, 2 times a day. Well, I have been off for about 3 or 4 days. The first day wasn't bad, the second day dizzy, queasy, and extremely tired. Wow, if I'm feeling this bad, still hot, very tired, my head is very heavy. Yet my doc also said there would be no withdrawal. Best of luck to all of you. My heart goes out to you."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 6, 2021

For Anxiety "I always had mild anxiety. After having a panic attack a few months ago, it seemed like my anxiety got 10 times worse. It reached the point where I became depressed and couldn’t do day-to-day activities. My doctor prescribed me Buspirone 7.5 mg twice a day. The first day I took it, it gave me the worst nausea. I think the two doses were too much. I started taking them once a day. And the nausea did ease a little. It worked miracles with my anxiety after about 2 to 3 weeks. I can go to work and drive without much discomfort. However, I still have mild nausea every day, and I think it’s due to the Buspirone. Not back to normal yet, but overall it’s helped with my severe anxiety. I’ve been on it for about 2 months now."

• Bab...
• August 28, 2010

For Anxiety "I was prescribed buspirone because of being on Suboxone, and the doctor didn't want me mixing my Suboxone and Xanax. I took my first dose of 10 mg, which I was to take 3 times daily, and had a very bad experience. I felt like the room was spinning, nausea, my legs were like Jello, and I was scared. I had been taking Xanax for 5-6 years and wanted to come off anything addicting. Unfortunately, buspirone was not for me."

• Anonymous
• April 27, 2010

For Anxiety "I've only been on it for a few days, so it's hard to tell. I have GAD, and my symptoms are flu-like in nature. I saw my anxiety go from the cliché butterflies in the stomach to having diarrhea and vomiting/nausea whenever I was in strange social situations. After 15 years of dealing with this, I went in for help and was prescribed Buspar. At first, no side effects. But last night, I felt the 'electric' pulses at work and was pretty dizzy for about a half hour. I take 10 mg 2x per day. Hopefully, these side effects will mellow out. I'm wondering if caffeine might have a counter effect? Had coffee shortly before taking the pill."

• Anonymous
• December 25, 2010

For Anxiety "I have been taking Buspar for 8 days now. It was prescribed for irritability and anxiety. I walk around feeling nauseous and frequently have chest pain, palpitations, and just constant worry. So I started out taking 7.5 mg morning and night and just increased it to 15 mg morning and night. I noticed a difference with the irritability almost right away. I'm definitely able to enjoy things more since I don't feel like screaming at everyone I meet! Side effects: I've experienced some mild to moderate dizziness. But the weird thing that I've had is a fuzzy tingling sensation that goes through my whole body. It lasts for maybe 2-3 seconds but happens every few minutes for about 30 minutes after I take a dose. It's worth it though."

• Dav...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 2, 2018

For Anxiety "Well, I kinda came here for help to see if it was normal to feel nauseous and my stomach hurting and just feeling a little anxious. I just started today on 5 mg of this drug, and I’m only 18. My body feels very relaxed, and I feel kinda happy, but my stomach feels awful. Will this go away? Will I be okay?"

• Pat...
• November 30, 2016

For Anxiety "I started this for my moderate anxiety, and the side effects were so terrible I had to stop. Felt like my head wasn't attached to my body, really dizzy, and therefore nauseous too. I took it with food, and within 15 minutes, every time I feel like this. Made me vomit the first time because I was so dizzy. I'm going back tomorrow and refuse to take it anymore. I couldn't feel any positive effects because I was too busy trying to stand straight."

• new...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• February 5, 2022

For Panic Disorder "I was given this as part of a cocktail that my psychiatrist gave me since no other meds seemed to work either. She just wanted to keep increasing. I have emetophobia, and each dose increase I'd have nausea and feel like rubbish. I stopped at 35 mg a day. It didn't work at that dose at all, and I wanted to remove the meds I am on since they just all combined make me feel worse. I can't recommend it since it didn't seem to work at all. I had no known side effects after the few weeks after the up doses, but also no benefits. Right now, I am slowly going off at 5 mg at a time. It is a med that works for some and doesn't work for others. There was a potential for it to work if I went higher, but I really did not want to."

• rac...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 9, 2018

For Anxiety "Day 4 on buspirone, or as I have called it “bed rest from extreme nausea.” I’m on 7.5 mg twice daily and have only taken the required 2 doses one day because of the nausea. Someone, please tell me there is an end in sight. On the anxiety front...I only feel extreme angst about this nausea, other than that, pretty numb."

• Dia...
• August 26, 2010

For Panic Disorder "Just got this medication from the doctor yesterday. He gave me 10 mg tablets and told me to take them 3 times a day. This morning I took my first one. I got so light-headed and dizzy I had to lie down. Then I got nauseous. I was so light-headed I felt like I was having an out-of-body experience. I couldn't get up from bed for four hours, and even then I was still extremely light-headed for another three hours. Needless to say, I didn't take the other two pills that day."

• Lup...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 7, 2015

For Anxiety "Well, I have anxiety and have trouble getting to sleep, or should I say, I don't get any sleep at all. I have lupus and fibro, and I'm on prednisone and pain meds and was recently taken off of my Xanax 1 mg. Due to the doctor not being able to prescribe me two narcotics, which I also think is crazy, that a doctor is limited to how to treat you. I had been on Xanax for three years, and they worked for me, but now, due to the limitations of my doctor, he gave me buspirone, and I am now officially scared to try anything new. I couldn't get up the next day, as if I was paralyzed, and I felt so off. I thought I was about to have a seizure. I get nauseous as well. I'm now currently waiting to go back to my doctor to refer me to another doctor to prescribe my Xanax back again."

• Gol...
• October 21, 2011

For Anxiety "I started buspirone two days ago. I have diagnosed social anxiety, and I think I have GAD as well. I felt a difference right away, and a positive one. It's like I had my hand in an electric socket and was able to let go. Like sitting still in an old car with a running motor and being able to finally switch off the engine. The constant fear, worry, and stress are very much reduced. The side effects I have are nausea, dizziness, and a mild headache. They start 10 minutes after you take the pill and go on for about an hour. Not sure if they are permanent or not. But for now, I really feel I need buspirone to get a grip over my anxiety. I am not any more terrified of my boss at work or feel general dread!"

• Cra...
• August 18, 2016

For Anxiety "I just started taking this medication a few days ago. I will write an update later as I give it more time. Thus far, my side effects have been a slight numbing of my mouth. I am extremely sensitive to medication, and this has happened with other meds I have taken, so I am not alarmed by this. I am taking it with food, and I do feel a bit of slight nausea and tiredness about an hour after taking it. I also feel a bit spaced, but I am hoping these will subside over time. It isn't anything unmanageable at this time. I am on a very low dose: 2.5 mg BID. It isn't what the doctor prescribed, but after talking with my pharmacist about my sensitivity to meds, he said I could build up to the dose. I was prescribed 5 mg BID to increase if needed."

• Jus...
• November 8, 2016

For Anxiety "First couple of weeks, it seemed to help a lot with my anxiety. I was taking 5 mg twice a day. Now it seems every time I take it, I get an overwhelming dizzy feeling, kind of spaced out to where nothing seems fun, and I literally can't get my mind off of it. Also seems to make my anxiety much worse. Started getting really bad panic attacks. Seems to make me depressed and cry a whole lot for no reason. Also, nausea and stomach pains constantly. Thank God I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to get off this and hopefully find something that works."