Posted by writer on January 20, 2005, at 13:36:00
In reply to Re: mmm......buspar?, posted by Glydin on January 19, 2005, at 10:43:35
I have taken Buspar on and off for the last seven years and I always find it effective for my anxiety. I have GAD and my symptoms are mostly hyperattentiveness, rapid heart rate, diarreah, feeling as if I am going to cry when speaking in social situations ie. to college profs., social workers, kid's school officials ect., I also experience trouble concentrating, irritability, nervousness, severe teeth grinding at night causing terrible face, neck and shoulder pain. For me Buspar has relieved all of those symptoms but it only lasts as long as I take it and maybe for about a month afterward. Then it takes about a month to reach effectivness again. Right now I am in the waiting period having started 30mg at night. It makes me very tired like taking benedryl but after a few weeks I should be able to take it half at night and half in morning like I'm supposed to. I stop taking it because my prescription runs out and I can't afford to go to the doctor. It is very inexpensive...at the state hospital's pharmacy it is only 11bucks, but that is here in Oklahoma. Sometimes I stop taking it because I feel so great I forget what it feels like to be anxious and worried all of the time and I think maybe I don't need it anymore, maybe I can control it on my own. Not!
Hope it helps.
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