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Does anyone know if BuSpar will have any adverse effects if taken with 30MG of Prozac, 100MG of Wellbutrin, 25MG of Desyrel (Trazodone), and Othro-Tri-Cyclin??

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Does anyone know if BuSpar will have any adverse effects if taken with 30MG of Prozac, 100MG of Wellbutrin, 25MG of Desyrel (Trazodone), and Othro-Tri-Cyclin??

http://www.rxlist.com/ DRUG INTERACTIONS It is recommended that buspirone hydrochloride not be used concomitantly with MAO inhibitors (See WARNINGS.) Because the effects of concomitant administration of buspirone HCl with most other psychotropic drugs have not been studied, the concomitant use of buspirone HCl with other CNS-active drugs should be approached with caution. There is one report suggesting that the concomitant use of trazodone hydrochloride (Desyrel) and buspirone HCl may have caused 3- to 6-fold elevations on SGPT (ALT) in a few patients. In a similar study, attempting to replicate this finding, no interactive effect on hepatic transaminases was identified. In a study in normal volunteers, concomitant administration of buspirone HCl and haloperidol resulted in increased serum haloperidol concentrations. The clinical significance of this finding is not clear. In vitro, buspirone does not displace tightly bound drugs like phenytoin, propranolol, and warfarin from serum proteins. However, there has been one report of prolonged prothrombin time when buspirone was added to the regimen of a patient treated with warfarin. The patient was also chronically receiving phenytoin, phenobarbital, digoxin, and levothyroxine sodium. In vitro, buspirone may displace less firmly bound drugs like digoxin. The clinical significance of this property is unknown. hope it helps michelle

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If you have ulcers or suffer from heartburn alot, watch out, this stuff is very acedic. I’m taking acid reducers just to tolerate it. That aside, Buspar has really helped me… it has reduced depression, reduced my previously extreme irritability, and reduced the anxiety.. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Does anyone know if BuSpar will have any adverse effects if taken with 30MG of Prozac, 100MG of Wellbutrin, 25MG of Desyrel (Trazodone), and Othro-Tri-Cyclin??

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Thanks everyone who responded. I feel VERY nervous after I take the BuSpar.  Any ideas on how long this side effect will last  and how to alleviate it for now. Thanks – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – If you have ulcers or suffer from heartburn alot, watch out, this stuff is very acedic. I’m taking acid reducers just to tolerate it. That aside, Buspar has really helped me… it has reduced depression, reduced my previously extreme irritability, and reduced the anxiety.. Does anyone know if BuSpar will have any adverse effects if taken with 30MG of Prozac, 100MG of Wellbutrin, 25MG of Desyrel (Trazodone), and Othro-Tri-Cyclin??

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It could add a little bit to your anxiety for about 2 weeks or so, then it will decrease it. Hang in there. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thanks everyone who responded. I feel VERY nervous after I take the BuSpar.  Any ideas on how long this side effect will last  and how to alleviate it for now. Thanks If you have ulcers or suffer from heartburn alot, watch out, this stuff is very acedic. I’m taking acid reducers just to tolerate it. That aside, Buspar has really helped me… it has reduced depression, reduced my previously extreme irritability, and reduced the anxiety.. Does anyone know if BuSpar will have any adverse effects if taken with 30MG of Prozac, 100MG of Wellbutrin, 25MG of Desyrel (Trazodone), and Othro-Tri-Cyclin??

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For some reason Buspar usually works better when combined with an antidepressant such as Prozac or Zoloft than on its own. Joy

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I take Buspar & prozac and have no ill effect.  Kathy

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Does anyone know if BuSpar will have any adverse effects if taken with 30MG of Prozac, 100MG of Wellbutrin, 25MG of Desyrel (Trazodone), and Othro-Tri-Cyclin??

It’s hard to predict whether BuSpar will have *any* effects (it’s very hit-or-miss). There might be a pharmacokinetic interaction with the oral contraceptive; it’s hard to say whether that would have any clinical significance. BuSpar is supposed to be very good in combination with SSRIs, and my pdoc says he’s had success using it to counteract SSRI-induced sexual dysfunction as well. If you’re getting jitters, try dropping to a lower dose and increasing it more gradually (this is a standard way of dealing with the jitters that a lot of people get when they first start ADs — BuSpar is pretty much an AD, although the recommended doses for anxiety are generally not sufficient for major depression). -elizabeth

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Whenever there’s a BuSpar thread, I feel compelled to jump in with a brief history of BuSpar (buspirone). During the early to mid 1980s, drug companies were racing to develop new antipsychotics that didn’t produce that many terrible side effects of classical antipsychotics, and were effective on the negative as well as the positive symptoms of psychosis, too.  For example, the lab I worked in developed the first D1-selective dopamine antagonist, a dibenzazepine compound designated only with a number (34826).  In _in vitro_ binding studies, it clearly showed good selectivity for the D1 receptor, and in the standard behavioral studies, it showed typical antipsychotic effects (especially in Conditioned Avoidance Responding).  However, when it went clinical, it turned out that it had no effect on psychosis at all.  For that reason, the company I was with abandoned it — they freely let it be used as a research tool for producing selective D1 blockade, but abandoned efforts at marketing it. Much he same thing happened with buspirone, although it was not (and was not intended to be) a selective dopamine antagonist.  In performed beautifully in the lab, both _in vitro_ and in behavioral studies, but, when it went clinical, it was found to have no effect on psychosis at all. However, Mead-Johnson did not for that reason shelve the drug.  Instead, they had their marketing department come up with a new angle they might exploit to sell it and thus recoup their investment (remember that new drug development costs hundreds of millions of dollars).  Eventually, they positioned it as "the non-addictive anxiolytic."  The big problem with that, IMO, is that the drug simply doesn’t work for anxiety.  So many confounding factors affect the quantification of anxiety that only the most skillfully designed experiment could possibly show significance for the subtle degree of anxiolysis claimed for buspirone (remember that even the manufacturer admits that the drug is not useful for severe anxiety with autonomic symptoms, e.g., panic attacks). Doctors, especially non-psychiatric ones, prefer BuSpar to benzos because BuSpar isn’t a controlled substance and can’t cause dependence.  Those are good traits, but they’re not so good that they offset the fact that this very expensive drug just doesn’t work. — ETF Sublimity depends upon unintelligibility.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Does anyone know if BuSpar will have any adverse effects if taken with 30MG of Prozac, 100MG of Wellbutrin, 25MG of Desyrel (Trazodone), and Othro-Tri-Cyclin?? It’s hard to predict whether BuSpar will have *any* effects (it’s very hit-or-miss). There might be a pharmacokinetic interaction with the oral contraceptive; it’s hard to say whether that would have any clinical significance. BuSpar is supposed to be very good in combination with SSRIs, and my pdoc says he’s had success using it to counteract SSRI-induced sexual dysfunction as well. If you’re getting jitters, try dropping to a lower dose and increasing it more gradually (this is a standard way of dealing with the jitters that a lot of people get when they first start ADs — BuSpar is pretty much an AD, although the recommended doses for anxiety are generally not sufficient for major depression). -elizabeth

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Well, I am living proof that it can indeed work. I might buy into the idea that it doesn’t work for severe anxiety (mine is much more mild), but it did do the job for me. It also got rid of alot of irritability and impulsiveness that was making me a bit unstable. My primary concern about this drug stems from it’s roots as an attempt at a anti-psychotic… the whole uncontrolled movement disorders thing…. when I first started taking it I had tingling in my palms, but this went away. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Doctors, especially non-psychiatric ones, prefer BuSpar to benzos because BuSpar isn’t a controlled substance and can’t cause dependence.  Those are good traits, but they’re not so good that they offset the fact that this very expensive drug just doesn’t work. — ETF Sublimity depends upon unintelligibility. Does anyone know if BuSpar will have any adverse effects if taken with 30MG of Prozac, 100MG of Wellbutrin, 25MG of Desyrel (Trazodone), and Othro-Tri-Cyclin?? It’s hard to predict whether BuSpar will have *any* effects (it’s very hit-or-miss). There might be a pharmacokinetic interaction with the oral contraceptive; it’s hard to say whether that would have any clinical significance. BuSpar is supposed to be very good in combination with SSRIs, and my pdoc says he’s had success using it to counteract SSRI-induced sexual dysfunction as well. If you’re getting jitters, try dropping to a lower dose and increasing it more gradually (this is a standard way of dealing with the jitters that a lot of people get when they first start ADs — BuSpar is pretty much an AD, although the recommended doses for anxiety are generally not sufficient for major depression). -elizabeth

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As someone already posted be careful of acid foods. I was taking them after eating an orange and I guess you know what happened However this did not work for me, I am on welbutrin now and this is day 9. SOME improvement but the problems still are there. However seems to take the "edge" of and I am hoping for a even field here soon. Good Luck We all need it

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Well, I am living proof that it can indeed work. I might buy into the idea that it doesn’t work for severe anxiety (mine is much more mild), but it did do the job for me. It also got rid of alot of irritability and impulsiveness that was making me a bit unstable.

Yeah, I wish that instead of continuing to claim that buspirone works for anxiety in general and is a suitable substitute for benzos, they (Squibb, I guess) would try to indentify more precisely the small subset of patients who do respond to it — like, what type of anxiety and/or irritability can we expect it to improve? (I think this would be a useful strategy for clinical psychopharmacology researchers to take in general, using so-called "pharmacological dissection" to get more specific information about what patients will respond to particular drugs.) It’d also be nice if somebody would further investigate its use as an AD. Of course, now that it’s going generic, none of that is never going to happen. <sigh What a waste. My primary concern about this drug stems from it’s roots as an attempt at a anti-psychotic… the whole uncontrolled movement disorders thing…. when I first started taking it I had tingling in my palms, but this went away.

Tingling in your palms might just have been a coincidence, nothing to do with the drug. (I had a tingling feeling in some of the fingers on my right hand once; it turned out that it had to do with the way I rested my arm when I was sitting down (something about how my arm was resting was reducing the the blood flow). -elizabeth

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an attempt at a anti-psychotic… the whole uncontrolled movement disorders thing…. when I first started taking it I had tingling in my palms, but this went away. Tingling in your palms might just have been a coincidence, nothing to do with the drug. (I had a tingling feeling in some of the fingers on my right hand once; it turned out that it had to do with the way I rested my arm when I was sitting down (something about how my arm was resting was reducing the the blood flow). -elizabeth

 Thanks for your comments, glad to see you are feeling better. The tingling (paraphasia??) came 45 minutes after each dose for the week after a dosage increase. They mention this symptom in the insert I believe. It’s improved my sex drive (I’ve always had a problem with libido) and has acted as a bit of an AD too. But it’s having a terrible effect on my stomach (GERD I think) and I may have to quit unless my doctor says it’s ok to stay on acid reducers long term. I’m kind of scared of quitting though — anxiety with irritability is a bitch and I hate benzos.

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Thanks for your comments, glad to see you are feeling better. The tingling (paraphasia??) came 45 minutes after each dose for the week after a dosage increase. They mention this symptom in the insert I believe.

(Paresthesia.) Thanks, I’m glad to be feeling better too! I’m not sure what might be causing it, but has your doctor said anything about it? (Have you had a chance to talk to him/her?) I had something like that on my scalp (it felt like my hair was standing on end) from Parnate for a while — tingling that started about a half hour after taking the Parnate. (I divided the dose so that I was never taking more than 10mg at a time, and it went away.) My pdoc suggested it might be due to peripheral vasodilation, but that’s not something I’d expect from BuSpar. It’s not an extrapyramidal symptom, if that helps; it’s probably not anything to worry about. (I had what I guess they thought might have been EPS while I was in the hospital, shortly after they moved me out of the MICU (presumably it would have been caused by the droperidol they were giving me). my jaw was clenched, my breathing got really rapid, and this hard-to-describe thing happened where my eyes kept rolling back to the point where it hurt. IV Benadryl and something else — I think it was Ativan — cleared it up. I’m not sure I believe the EPS theory, though, because ETF says that was the same condition he found me in originally (except when he found me I was also completely unresponsive, whereas the time in the hospital I was fully conscious).) It’s improved my sex drive (I’ve always had a problem with libido) and has acted as a bit of an AD too. But it’s having a terrible effect on my stomach (GERD I think) and I may have to quit unless my doctor says it’s ok to stay on acid reducers long term. I’m kind of scared of quitting though — anxiety with irritability is a bitch and I hate benzos.

Can you describe the effect on your stomach? I think I might have gotten occasional bouts of GERD from Prozac when I was on it. It was this really awful pain in my chest that would start about 30 or 45 minutes after I took the Prozac, and it seemed to be worse if I didn’t take it with much water (although drinking water after I took it didn’t help). Since it was just something that lasted about an hour and it didn’t happen too often, I just took an antacid or drank some milk. For you, I think that something like Prilosec would be fine for you to take (your pdoc might want you to get it from your GP). The H2-blockers — Zantac and Tagamet are good — should also be okay, and those are both available OTC and are less expensive and come in generics. If you decide to try one of the H2-blockers, ask your doctor about when you should take them, how much, etc. Watch out for drug-drug interactions, particularly with Tagamet, which inhibits the cytochrome 3A4 enzyme to a clinically significant degree — in particular, it might increase buspirone concentrations, so Zantac would probably be a better choice. Which benzos have you tried and what didn’t you like about them? There’s a lot of variability, although it’s hard to predict exactly how any particular person will respond to each one. Hope this helps (or at least entertains). Take care…. -elizabeth

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(Paresthesia.)

Bingo. It’s listed as a frequent side effect of Buspar. Check out "Neurologic": http://www.rxmed.com/monographs/buspar.html (also see the section entitled "Possible Concerns Related to Buspirone’s Binding to Dopamine Receptors"  It’s not an extrapyramidal symptom, if that helps; it’s probably not anything to worry about.

phew. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – It’s improved my sex drive (I’ve always had a problem with libido) and has acted as a bit of an AD too. But it’s having a terrible effect on my stomach (GERD I think) and I may have to quit unless my doctor says it’s ok to stay on acid reducers long term. I’m kind of scared of quitting though — anxiety with irritability is a bitch and I hate benzos. Can you describe the effect on your stomach? I think I might have gotten occasional bouts of GERD from Prozac when I was on it. It was this really awful pain in my chest that would start about 30 or 45 minutes after I took the Prozac, and it seemed to be worse if I didn’t take it with much water (although drinking water after I took it didn’t help). Since it was just something that lasted about an hour and it didn’t happen too often, I just took an antacid or drank some milk. For you, I think that something like Prilosec would be fine for you to take (your pdoc might want you to get it from your GP). The H2-blockers — Zantac and Tagamet are good — should also be okay, and those are both available OTC and are less expensive and come in generics. If you decide to try one of the H2-blockers, ask your doctor about when you should take them, how much, etc. Watch out for drug-drug interactions, particularly with Tagamet, which inhibits the cytochrome 3A4 enzyme to a clinically significant degree — in particular, it might increase buspirone concentrations, so Zantac would probably be a better choice.

ooops. I’m taking Tagamet. I’ll know it if it is increasing the concentration because I’ll get the tinglies again and my pupils will get extra constricted (which happened when I increased the dose) The gastro problems are horrible. I already had a propensity to problems because of heavy coffee consumption. But I was always ok as long as I didn’t take any acedic vitamins (like C or B-1) for more than a couple days… when I took those vitamins the same thing would happen as is happening with the Buspar now… pressure in the center of my chest, heartburn, and the worst part — fairly severe radiating pain to my arms and back. I would (and did) think I was having a cardiac event except that it completely goes away when I take Prevacid. Unfortunately antacids don’t seem to help much. Only acid reducers make much of a difference. I ought to quit coffee, but it my primary AD right now (seriously). The GERD is bad enough now (since I ran out of prevacid) that it is waking me up at night. Which benzos have you tried and what didn’t you like about them? There’s a lot of variability, although it’s hard to predict exactly how any particular person will respond to each one.

Xanax — somewhat sedating, when it wears off I got extra anxiousclonazepam — somewhat sedating, over time made me more depressed

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(Paresthesia.) Bingo. It’s listed as a frequent side effect of Buspar. Check out "Neurologic": http://www.rxmed.com/monographs/buspar.html

I know. It’s a general side effect of lots of monoaminergic drugs (buspirone is a partial agonist at the serotonin type 1a receptor). ooops. I’m taking Tagamet. I’ll know it if it is increasing the concentration because I’ll get the tinglies again and my pupils will get extra constricted (which happened when I increased the dose)

That might explain why you’re getting bad side effects from the BuSpar. It would probably be very expensive to get a serum buspirone level taken, but you could try stopping the Tagamet and observing whether the side effects decrease (keep some Zantac handy just in case). The gastro problems are horrible. I already had a propensity to problems because of heavy coffee consumption.

Oh yeah, coffee is one of the things they tell people who have GERD not to drink. But I was always ok as long as I didn’t take any acedic vitamins (like C or B-1) for more than a couple days… when I took those vitamins the same thing would happen as is happening with the Buspar now… pressure in the center of my chest, heartburn, and the worst part — fairly severe radiating pain to my arms and back. I would (and did) think I was having a cardiac event except that it completely goes away when I take Prevacid.

Good — sounds like you’re not prone to panic attacks. Might want to try to get a list (your internist might have something like that) of things that are bad to eat if you have GERD, and to avoid those things. One thing you might try to do (I know this can be hard) is taper off the coffee, maybe by replacing it gradually with another stimulant for a short time (again, ask your doctors — a pdoc might know more than an internist about this particular issue, but it’s worthwhile to ask both if you can). Unfortunately antacids don’t seem to help much. Only acid reducers make much of a difference. I ought to quit coffee, but it my primary AD right now (seriously).

Well, Zantac (I keep wanting to type "Zyrtec" for that <g) should be helpful, and proton pump inhibitors (Prevacid and Prilosec) are even better if that’s not sufficient. (I’m not sure what the differences are between Prevacid and Prilosec, but you can look that sort of thing up or ask your doctor). The GERD is bad enough now (since I ran out of prevacid) that it is waking me up at night.

Yeah, it’s probably worse when you’re lying down. You might try sleeping with your head propped up on a few extra pillows (if you are able to sleep in that position). Also, until you next see your pdoc you should be able to phone your internist and get him/her to call in a prescription for more Prevacid (have the pharmacy’s phone number ready), or at least go pick up some Zantac. Reflux can be really bad for your esophagus and even for your teeth. Xanax — somewhat sedating, when it wears off I got extra anxiousclonazepam — somewhat sedating, over time made me more depressed

There’re a whole lot of other benzos that you can try using and that might not be as depressogenic as Klonopin nor as short-acting/fast-hitting as Xanax. (Most people become tolerant to the sedation after using them at least somewhat regularly for a little while, sometimes even if they’re not using the benzo every day. Starting at a low dose and then building up to the amount you need can minimise the sedation and other side effects.) Anyway, here’s a list of some that I think might be worthwhile for you to look into, given your problems with Xanax and Klonopin: * Librium (chlordiazepoxide) is a low-potency benzo, and although it has to be taken three or four times daily, it’s not the roller-coaster that Xanax is. You might find that you need as little as 15mg/day, or as much as 200. My experience is that it has pretty much no side effects (including sedation), and I’ve heard this from many others as well. It might be mildly sedating for some people, but again, that goes away after a little while. It’s structurally different from all the other benzos, and I’ve heard it said that people who don’t like other benzos are okay with Librium. * Tranxene (clorazepate) is one that I like; it’s a lower-potency drug, the dose range being between 15 and 60 mg/day. It can be taken twice daily, generally with a higher dose at bedtime (e.g., 15 in the AM, 22.5 in the PM). (Actually, the PDR says you can even give it all at bedtime. I don’t know if this is always true.) * Many people still consider plain old Valium (diazepam) the best benzo. How long it works is variable; most people need to take it 3 or 4 times a day, but some can get away with 2. The total daily dose can be anywhere from 5mg to 40mg. * Dalmane (flurazepam) is very long-acting, although you might have trouble with sedation at first (it’s traditionally used as a sedative-hypnotic). 15-30mg at bedtime should be enough if your anxiety is mild. It has long-acting metabolites that builds up if you take it daily, so it might become more effective for daytime anxiety after a few days. * Ativan (lorazepam) is high-potency (slightly less potent than Klonopin). Its duration of action is somewhere between those of Xanax and Klonopin, and I don’t think it hits as hard or wears off as abruptly as Xanax. You take it around 3 times a day. A way to try to prevent the sedation from being a problem is to start out at a micro-dose and then increase it gradually as tolerated until you reach the dose that you need to manage your anxiety. If you’ve been diagnosed with panic disorder, the low-potency benzos may not work very well, or you may need much higher doses than the recommended ones. Many of the ADs work for anxiety too sometimes. One that has a good reputation is Remeron. SSRIs can work sometimes, but many of them make anxiety much worse at first, so you should start out with a very low dose (same goes for Effexor). MAOIs are very good, Nardil in particular (however, Nardil tends to cause weight gain, though not all the time). Tricyclics aren’t so great, I think, and they tend to have a lot more side effects than benzos (ADs in general do, but tricyclics especially). -elizabeth

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I suffer from chronic headaches (cervicogenic) and am finally starting to get some relief after three years.  The problem now is that I have developed an anxiety disorder and have panic attacks when I go out…I am so afraid of getting sick somewhere and only feel "safe" at home.  I have been on the anti-depressant Remeron for 10 months and it has helped somewhat but now I’d like to concentrate on a medication targeted specifically to anxiety.  Because I hope to get pregnant next year, I think that I’ll probably be prescribed BuSpar (I’ve heard it’s one of the few you can take while pregnant). I just wanted to get some feedback on any of your experiences with this medication, particularly side effects and effectiveness. THANKS! -Nicole Before you buy.

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[...] I just wanted to get some feedback on any of your experiences with this medication, particularly side effects and effectiveness.

I took BuSpar several years ago for anxiety attacks which occurred whenever I drove over 40 mph (a seizure behind the wheel at 65 mph will do that to you). It worked pretty well, and the only side effect I recall was a certain tingly feeling in my head after it kicked in. Good luck with the meds, and with your other "project" too! Just tryin’ to help, Bufford P.S. The Wisconsin State Highway Patrol has officially confirmed that I no longer have any trouble driving a car over 40 mph. I’m far more likely to have an anxiety attack from seeing a Ford Crown Victoria in my rear view mirror.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I suffer from chronic headaches (cervicogenic) and am finally starting to get some relief after three years.  The problem now is that I have developed an anxiety disorder and have panic attacks when I go out…I am so afraid of getting sick somewhere and only feel "safe" at home.  I have been on the anti-depressant Remeron for 10 months and it has helped somewhat but now I’d like to concentrate on a medication targeted specifically to anxiety.  Because I hope to get pregnant next year, I think that I’ll probably be prescribed BuSpar (I’ve heard it’s one of the few you can take while pregnant). I just wanted to get some feedback on any of your experiences with this medication, particularly side effects and effectiveness. THANKS! -Nicole

Nicole, Buspar is a fairly safe anti-anxiety medication, but is not rapid acting. It may start working in a day or two, or may take weeks. Once established, it does reduce the frequency and sevirity of panic disorder. There are no serious CNS side effects such as extreme drowsiness or lethargy, however diarrhea is one "side effect" that does occur with this medication, usually starting in the first week if it is going to occur, and resolves over time. It is safe in pregnancy. Hope the medication, and this information, is of some value to you. Dave/

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Bufford & Dave- Thanks for your feedback on using BuSpar…I do appreciate it! -Nicole Before you buy.

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I took BuSpar several years ago for anxiety.  I remember that it took awhile to finally kick in.  The doctor warned me that it wasn’t going to work "right away" and to keep taking it. I spent several sleepless nights waiting for its comfort to fully kick in, but after only a few it seemed to be working on me somewhat. If you do try BuSpar, give it a chance and don’t give up on it.. it might take awhile to give you the relief you need.  The tough part is convincing yourself that the relief is coming and that you need to keep taking the BuSpar even though it doesn’t appear to be doing anything for you. BTW – If you are looking at not getting pregnant for awhile, you may not even need to worry about the BuSpar.  After the medication got my anxiety attacks under control and I was better able to focus on the reasons for my anxiety, it didnt take long before I was leaving the medication and was anxiety free (or as anxiety free as the next person anyhow). I hope you find the relief you need for the headaches and the anxiety. And good luck with the future pregnancy Jon – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I suffer from chronic headaches (cervicogenic) and am finally starting to get some relief after three years.  The problem now is that I have developed an anxiety disorder and have panic attacks when I go out…I am so afraid of getting sick somewhere and only feel "safe" at home. I have been on the anti-depressant Remeron for 10 months and it has helped somewhat but now I’d like to concentrate on a medication targeted specifically to anxiety.  Because I hope to get pregnant next year, I think that I’ll probably be prescribed BuSpar (I’ve heard it’s one of the few you can take while pregnant). I just wanted to get some feedback on any of your experiences with this medication, particularly side effects and effectiveness. THANKS! -Nicole Before you buy.

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