How is Buspar?

Anxious Jenny · Post by **Anxious Jenny** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:53 am

Hello everyone! I was just recently prescribed Buspar for anxiety. I have refused to take antidepressants and want to get off xanax. Has anyone had any luck with this drug. I haven't started taking it and was wondering if it helped anyone else.
Hope all is well!
Take Care!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:17 am

Hi Jenny
Yes i have been on buspar for many years now and yr\es it does really help me when i take it the way im suppose to.
i was on xanax for 22 years and had to be detoxed from it and i felt better being off it.
i am also on klonopin,paxil,and Seroquel.
i was very bad im a little better after all of these years but im just tired of living like this and being afraid of everything.
i hope thuis program helps us all.
Carol

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:14 pm

Hi Carol! Thank you for your response! Wow I can imagine after 22 years on xanax you would definitely have to be detoxed. That's a long time! I've only had anxiety and have been taking .75mg per day of xanax for 1 year and 3 months now! I'm hoping that the buspar will be all I have to take. What do you think? How many milligrams were you taking? I believe that the program will help us all. You just have to stay determined and BELIEVE!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:07 pm

Hi Jenny,
I can not take antidepressants, because they increase my anxiety. My doctor decided to put me on Buspar six months ago, and I have had good luck taking it. Since I am sensitive to medications, I take a very low dosage - 5 mg., twice a day. This low dosage has been very beneficial to me.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:29 am

Hi,
I was on klonopin and my new Dr. took me off of it and prescribed buspar. I am taking 15mg in the morning and at night. It helps a lot. I have very bad panic attacks. Since I have been on it I have done a lot better. It does take a little bit to build up in your system. When I start to feel like I'm getting one it goes away.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:02 am

Oh great! It's good to hear good news about it and I really hope it helps me! Thank you all for your replies. I was just scared to take it. But I really want to get off the xanax! I know xanax is not good for us!
xoxo
Jen

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:20 am

Ziggy,

I am also very sensitive to antidepressants and most other medications and am terrified of trying something new. I am currently on 0.5 mg of Clonazepman (Klonopin) 2x daily...as I have been for the past 7 years. It is no longer helping me.

I tried Lexapro 5 years ago and it actually caused me to have back to back panic attacks, and I truly thought I was going to die! Since then I am afraid of trying anything new...is Buspar somehow different from other antidepressants?

Thanks in advance!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:32 am

Hi ReinventingMe,
Buspar is not an antidepressant, it's a antianxiety drug used for anxiety only. That's as far as I know! Its a class B drug that can even be used during pregnancy. It's really safe. But my doctor also said that it's mild. I think I may just give it a try. A tried Celexa (antidepressant) for 3 days and my anxiety was through the roof! I don't like antidepressants either. Only because I have only anxiety and not depression. Hope this helps!
Take Care,
Jen

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:41 pm

ReinventingMe,

As Jenny mentioned, Buspar is for anxiety and is not an antidepressant. My doctor told me that Buspar has been around for many years. Even though I am taking such a low dosage, I am very happy with the way I feel now.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:03 pm

Jenny,

I also had a bad reaction to Celexa, which really scared me. I had only been on it for seven days, when I had an episode with my walking. I felt like my brain was not communicating with my legs. One day I was at the hospital for a test, and the nurse asked me what medications I could not take. I told her that when I was on Celexa I felt like I was having a stroke. She said that she had heard a lot of patients say the same thing.