BuSpar. Starting today. What to expect? Anybody tried it?

Fb,

No personal experience to share...but from what I've read, Buspar seems to be well tolerated by many.

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S.C.

I'm on buspar and have been a couple times over the last 10 years. Buspar works for me, unless my anxiety level is too high. It is more for mild anxiety.

Buspar takes at least two weeks to start working effectively, as it has a really short half life (about 3-4 hours). For that reason, doctors usually prescribe it to be takes a few times throughout the day.

The only side effects I have when starting buspar is dizziness/light head. But that is usually with my first dose of the day. It's easily remedied by making sure you eat before you take it.

It is super easy to get off of buspar too. And even if you skip a dose, there are no discontinuation symptoms.

Good luck!! Hope it works well for you.

It worked really well for me when I was ramping up with Lexapro. It does take a few weeks to take full effect though.

I used it for like 3 to 4 weeks had dizzy spells, dry mouth, I thought it was working but it wasn't went back to Xanax that did work when I need it the most.