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Re: Buspar Survey » jasmineneroli

Posted by zeugma on November 19, 2004, at 19:25:46

In reply to Re: Buspar Survey, posted by jasmineneroli on November 19, 2004, at 16:59:21

> Thumbs down, sorry.
> No therapeutic effect at all and some headache/gastric upset type s/e's (not intolerable ones though).I'm sensitive to most medications this way, though.
> On the good side, no problem to just drop cold. No withdrawal effects at all.
> I had been on Klonopin prior to that for 2 months. Benzo use can apparently negate any positive effect from Buspar for some reason.
> If you haven't been on a benzo, it might be worth trying, since it's easy to get off, and relatively side effect free.
> Best wishes
> Jas

The theory that prior benzo use negates buspirone's efficacy as an anxiolytic is a testament to the imaginations of clinicians who try to explain away the fact that buspirone is not effective in cases of severe anxiety. I took buspirone for nearly a year in the hopes that it would mitigate my crippling social anxiety. I was completely benzo-naive at that point (and quite miserable to meet a neighbor in an elevator, I might add). I added klonopin when cognitive behavioral therapy nearly landed me in the hospital. Klonopin works, and buspirone doesn't, for severe anxiety.

On the other hand, I found it to be a useful augmentor of my AD, and it seems to have a definite antidepressant effect of its own that is probably compromised in clinical trials by its unstable pharmacokinetics.

-z


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