Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I took Buspar for a couple months and it worked great at first. I was only on 5mg twice a day but after the first couple months I got terrible dry mouth that made it difficult to swallow food. Soon after, I started waking up in the middle of the night with loud ringing and noise in my head. I had to get up and walk around to calm myself down enough to sleep. It was almost as if it triggered mild m ... Show Full Comment

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I took Buspar for a couple months and it worked great at first. I was only on 5mg twice a day but after the first couple months I got terrible dry mouth that made it difficult to swallow food. Soon after, I started waking up in the middle of the night with loud ringing and noise in my head. I had to get up and walk around to calm myself down enough to sleep. It was almost as if it triggered mild manic episodes. I stopped taking it but haven't had many serious anxiety issues since.
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Reviewer: America Jane, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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I was given this med first back in the mid 80's before being dvd with fibromyhellgia. I did fine on it for anxiety - had just started a new job & was trying to hold on to the American Dream of Corporate America & climbing the ladder. After my FM dx, Dr's took me off Buspar & on Pamelor, I gained 25 pounds in what seemed like o'nite. I flushed those! Always the aerobic queen & fit/f ... Show Full Comment

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I was given this med first back in the mid 80's before being dvd with fibromyhellgia. I did fine on it for anxiety - had just started a new job & was trying to hold on to the American Dream of Corporate America & climbing the ladder. After my FM dx, Dr's took me off Buspar & on Pamelor, I gained 25 pounds in what seemed like o'nite. I flushed those! Always the aerobic queen & fit/fine, I was not happy. My husband died in '90. Since then, I've been on too many drugs to list, now the dx is no longer "just" fibrohell; I have chronic pain due to facets joint syndrome. In'95 I was placed on klonopin - up to 4mg a day. I recently had an episode because for some reason my Dr. wanted to take me off, 2mg/day NOT good. I had to go to an urgent care treatment center, as opposed to the ER because I felt like I was going to have a break-down, from 2mg to 1mg! I was act The Dr. at the urgent care center told me that I was having withdrawals, which confirmed what I had suspected & what I had tried to tell my Dr. of 4-years. I had to make a decision - continue to see this newer Dr. & get my meds straight, or...die? My children were ready to sue my Dr. of 4-years. The urgent care Dr. has a practice as an internist-put me on a week of 3-1mg per day;then back down to 2-1mg per day.He sees no reason to take me off. I'm going to ask him about the good old Buspar I was on before. All these Dr's. seem to want the new & for some reason many are on the war-path over benzo's. Since I'm on disability -I have Medicare prescription & they refuse to cover benzo's! Obviously, something is up. Probably the new meds are in some sort of conspiracy against. After all,they are cheaper & DO work! I hope if I get to go back to Buspar, it works the same for me as it did back in the 80's. I'm surely tired of playing games with Dr's. I was a research analyst before early retirement due to disability - I probably know almost as much as they do about the meds & effects & definitely more about the cost!
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Reviewer: brandychey, 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I recently went to my doctor for my anxiety and depression, they placed me on prozac which of course takes awhile till I will feel the full affects. so in the interim, they put me on klonopin which did nothing for me because of the dosage, they then placed me on xanax which was working perfectly but i would have to take a few pills since they started me on half a mg. A few days later I had a horri ... Show Full Comment

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I recently went to my doctor for my anxiety and depression, they placed me on prozac which of course takes awhile till I will feel the full affects. so in the interim, they put me on klonopin which did nothing for me because of the dosage, they then placed me on xanax which was working perfectly but i would have to take a few pills since they started me on half a mg. A few days later I had a horrible panic attack and left work to go to the doctor. I had to go to a different one, than my usual doctor who would not up my dosage of xanax when I told her it was working for me. Instead she put me on Buspar which has since caused me shortness of breath, more anxiety, dizziness, and loss of sleep. I have a strong dislike for that doctor, and am stopping my medication today.
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Reviewer: Beentheredonethat, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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Like a few others here have written, this was given to me in lieu of any form of Benzo. Again as others here have noted, while the Benzo is an ideal fix (for me it's Lorazapam)my personal history of ETOH abuse in most MD's mind excludes me from treatment involving any. Benzo. They simply WILL NOT prescribe it for me, though I have two years sobriety. I have had small doses of Serax ok'd but ev ... Show Full Comment

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Like a few others here have written, this was given to me in lieu of any form of Benzo. Again as others here have noted, while the Benzo is an ideal fix (for me it's Lorazapam)my personal history of ETOH abuse in most MD's mind excludes me from treatment involving any. Benzo. They simply WILL NOT prescribe it for me, though I have two years sobriety. I have had small doses of Serax ok'd but even that has gone by the wayside. So this leads me to Buspar which on and off I've taken for about five years now. I am at 30mg daily and while it's merely ok, it is something, and unfortunately while it certainly IS NOT ideal, it simply has to do for the time being. If I REALLY must have a Benzo it's certainly no problem to find them, which unfortunately leads to the conundrum of weighing illegality and it's inherent risks, and the MD's concerns about facilitating an addiction as opposed to providing positive benefit to thier patient. All in all in my case it's not the ideal drug but it provides some measure of benefit on a very modest level. So yeah somethings better than nothing i suppose.
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Reviewer: 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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it worked pretty well after taking it a couple of days

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it worked pretty well after taking it a couple of days
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