Posted by chess on May 14, 2005, at 8:43:40
In reply to Re: Buspar, worth trying?, posted by med_empowered on May 14, 2005, at 8:30:25
so if i understand correctly, Buspar helped with your anxious "thinking" and then you felt better physically after?
thanks again!> hey! Buspar is **ideally** dosed 3X daily, evenly (example: I take 45mgs, so I do 15mgs 3X daily). But, I did 2X daily when I was at 30mgs/day, and that worked well, also. As for the physical symptoms of anxiety...Buspar will **not** work on these directly. In my own experience, when the Buspar fully kicked in (3 weeks for me), these symptoms started to dissipate, but **not** because the Buspar worked on them directly (like, say, Miltown, benzos, and barbiturates do), but rather because the Buspar significantly reduced the anxiety itself, which in turn caused a reduction in the physical symptoms of the anxiety. Buspar cannot be taken as needed and it takes a while to kick in...you may want to talk to your doc about low dose klonopin during the interim. Some people with both GAD and panic attacks find that Buspar helps with the Panic aspect of their anxiety, while others need add-on meds (low-dose benzos, propranolol, whatever) to fully treat their anxiety. Good luck!
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