Buspirone/Buspar

[PointlessExistence]

I started 5mg 3x daily just yesterday. Took 5 doses so far and not feeling any side effects, which is great. Not feeling anything good either, but from what I read that can take a minimum of two weeks, maybe much longer.

Anyone have any experience with it?

 

[PTSDGuy]

I've been taking 22.5mg 2x daily for about a year... I've always heard it takes a couple of months to take effect...

I was just talking with my psychiatrist about it last week. I still can't tell if it's doing anything... She told me to figure it out, you have to taper off and see if you become more anxious... which is not something I want to try.

Since I have no side effects either, I figure I'll just keep it as is for now...

 

[Rumors]

I took it for quite a while and believe it worked well combined with an antidepressant. When I finally quit taking it I had been through years of therapy and had other tools in place to help with anxiety. I didn't have any side effect either. If I needed to take it again I would without question.

 

[ladee]

I took it for about 6 months. No side effects, but did not help at all. Had to go on something much stronger. I hope it works out for you. And yes, it takes about two weeks for you to really start to know if it's going to help or not.

 

[EveHarrington]

It helped but I had side effects so had to stop taking it after awhile. My boyfriend only took it shortly as the side effects were so great. I hope it works for you! ?

 

[PointlessExistence]

I asked my doctor to ramp me up to 60mg daily, and he did (he's great that way :)). I've been at 60mg for almost 6 weeks, and it's made no discernable difference. On the bright side, still no side-effects LOL.

 

[Eagle3]

I take the max dose myself, (60mg a day), and it just takes the edge off enough to function in a way. I've had to add something else due to it not being enough. No side effects, so I don't mind taking it, and its gentle so I don't mind taking a lot of it. Jut needed something else to get a better effect. Actually, I love my Buspirone, but my T says its not a great one since it doesn't seem to work much of the time. Thanks to my sensitive system, it works enough.