Posted by Reggie BoStar on December 14, 2009, at 19:21:25
In reply to Re:Huh??????, posted by Phillipa on December 14, 2009, at 18:40:02
Hi Phillipa,
Leo is my uncle. I think we may have joked around a bit about it many threads ago, but I'm not sure.RE Buspar, what do you mean "it would not work after benzos"? The only time I ever had benzos was when I was being detoxed from alcohol, and then for 3 or 4 days max. And although I clearly needed them to help with the detox process, I actually didn't like them very much because they made me act like a fool in all the worst ways. Ativan was the worse of all. It gave me wobbly knees, so much so that I fell down wrapped around an IV stand and hurt myself pretty badly. After that I was under "bed arrest" until I was discharged.
They won't give the benzos to me outside of the detox wards because of the alcoholism.
Regardless of when and how many benzos I've had, Buspar does the job for me. Maybe it's one of those individual cases again, where someone who's had both meds gets better results with Buspar, and someone else gets the opposite. I honestly don't know.
The mechanism of how Buspar operates compared to that of the benzos is completely different. It's not a tranq at all, does not sedate, is not habit forming. It seems to suppress anxiety somehow, without any kind of euphoria, high, etc. When it's stopped it has to be done gradually, just like any other brain juice. But I've never heard anyone in therapy groups complain about withdrawal symptoms of any kind - aside from a return of the anxiety that was being treated, that is.
The onset was very subtle. First I noticed that I got over the usual upsets a lot faster and didn't dwell on them as much as I used to. At the right dose, I eventually stopped getting upset in the first place.
I'm sure someone else will have different experiences with it. All I know is, it works for me.
So whatcha gonna do??
Reggie BoStar
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