Questions about busbar

Twiggy,


Hello and it is so good to see you here.



To be honest and from my personal experience tapering off the SSRI was a nasty experience for me and I just had to wrap my mind around the fact that it was not going to be pleasant and tough it out. I made it and I hope you will make it with minimal withdrawal problems but don't give up.



I am on Buspar and find that it works fairly well............no weight gain that I can attribute to this medication. I use Trazadone 100 mg at bedtime to help with sleep and I believe this combo is working well for me. But that is me and you may find a different combination that will work for you.



Hope this helps you and stick with us as we are here to support you.



Gentle Hugs,



Kitt

I understand your frustration as it took me over a year to come up with a drug that I could tolerate and that works. No medication is going to make us "well" as we have anxiety and the medication is just one part of our therapy.



I am glad you found a medication that appears to be working for you.



Take care and gentle hugs to you,



Kitt

I am on Lexapro... no side-effects... I was wondering about Buspar as well, but I noticed the klonopin reference. I took klonopin before they put me on lexapro. Again, there were no side-effects, but I've never had weight-gain from any anti-depressant, so you might just have to keep trying out the meds that are out there till you find one that works with your body.

Hi,
In my experience, Buspar is not a medicine that you take and suddenly feel "better". It has to get into your system. I could never tell much that it was having an effect on me until I decided to stop taking it. After I'd been off of it for a short while, my anxiety started to feel more intense, so I started taking it again and have ever since. It didn't cause me any weight gain, which is a good thing for me, since I'm very overweight as it is! But I'll say it to ANYONE: If I had to choose between taking my meds and feeling fairly normal , but it meant gaining lots of weight, I'd still take them! It's not because I like being big, but if no meds meant I'd feel how I was, with all the anxiety and depression, along with being slim, what happiness could I get from being so miserable all the time, just to be slim? I'm not looking for "happiness" from meds, just a tolerable life! :)
Please stick to the Buspar, because as it has been brought out already, it is not addictive and it does help some. I've never heard of it causing weight gain either, but I can't say for a fact that it won't.
Have they not tried replacing your Lexapro with another AD??!!! When zoloft pooped out on me (I was already on buspar), they tapered the zoloft and and slowly added the paxil in its place. I'm curious to know! I hope they help you like you deserve!
jl