Posted by AKC on June 25, 2001, at 12:02:07
In reply to Buspar - is it really helpful for anxiety?, posted by Lynnae on June 25, 2001, at 8:42:22
I personally had an awful experience on Buspar - it clouded my mind - I was in a deep state of depression mixed with panic and I believe to this day that the buspar added to the confused state. My only "evidence" is that when they took me off the buspar at the hospital, the next day a loud noise that had been going off in my head was gone (I didn't realize how bad it was until it was gone). So I am in the down column on buspar.
As far as Effexor goes, it has helped me tremendously for depression, but not at all for anxiety. And it is probably contributing to my anxiety - I am just now starting to understand how the antidepressants may mess up the hypomania side of bipolar II. I have never heard of it being used for anxiety, but someone else on this board may have had some success with it for that purpose. Good luck.
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