Buspar doses

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Buspar users: do you deal with a dose not lasting all the way until the next one?

I just started Buspar this week. Had one really good burst for a few hours on the second day. But since then, I find a dose only lasts about three hours before the rebound anxiety starts, and my goodness, does it ever SUCK!

My pnurse said thats normal when you’re only on the starting dose. Im currently on 5 mg three times a day. Next Thursday i will start 7.5 mg three times a day, and possibly up to 10 mg doses after that. We increased my Prozac today, so we cant change two things at once.

Denise says higher doses will prevent the roller coaster, so I am gonna stick with it as I am allowed to increase. If you told me these three hour bursts followed by rebound anxiety are as good as it gets, I’d be tempted to give up!

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I take 60mg of Buspar a day. It works for me. :shrimp::shrimp::shrimp:

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Im on 30mg buspar 2x a day. I find it lasts only 2 to 3 hours too. Then i just get anxious as hell again. My rebound anxiety can cause paranoia

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Buspar has been one of the meds that keeps my anxiety at bay. I still have anxiety but it would be so much worse without it. Im on 60 mg daily.

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I’m also up to 60mg daily. I take 30mg twice a day. I was just increased. I take it for anxiety and repetitive thoughts.

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Four replies, and you’re all on 60 mg a day. So perhaps Denise is right when she says it’s more stable at higher doses. I know my levels aren’t built up yet, and that I’m still on a low dose.

I just basically needed reassurance that it will get better! I’m sorry you deal with this rebound anxiety too, pasteyface. It’s definitely volatile.

Okay, I’ll try to be more patient, but that has never been one of my virtues. :wink:

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I hallucinated in my sleep on buspar. They took me off of it. Good luck hope it works for y’all. I didn’t really like the radioactivity.

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I take 10 mg of BuSpar morning and night.

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Okay, bumping this thread because I have another question for you experienced users.

Does Buspar make you feel dizzy and flat?

I decided to split my 15 mg into 2x7.5 instead of 3x5. Which I had permission to do.

Today I don’t have anxiety, but I’ve swung the other way. I still feel dizzy 8 hours after taking it, and I am depressed. I literally feel like there’s something in my brain physically holding me down. I feel trapped.

I don’t like this at all. I might stop taking it. My pnurse said not to continue if it doesnt agree with me. I don’t think it does. I think I just need to wait to finish increasing my Prozac, i do great on that, and that works on anxiety.

I don’t know what to think. No way I can tolerate the doses you guys are on if i can’t even handle 7.5 mg…maybe I should go back to 5 mg and see what happens before giving up completely. But I don’t want to take it again and feel like this for longer than I have to. Thank goodness for short half lives…

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I take 15mg twice a day of Buspar. It helps me a bit too

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