Buspar, supplements, Klonopin?

[meganeveryday]

My doctor first prescribed me Klonopin (.5mg twice a day) and Celexa. I had a bad reaction to Celexa, so she told me to stop taking it (though I know several people who successfully take Celexa), and she said I could take Klonopin as needed. If I do take Klonopin, I usually start by just taking 1/4 of the pill because even 1/2 makes me feel really sleepy.

Today, my doctor prescribed Buspar. Has anyone else had experience with Buspar? I'm always afraid to take any medicine--it seems to heighten my anxiety because I don't know how I'll react to it.

I've also started taking L-Theanine and Magnesium Citrate, but as I said, my anxiety is heightened when I take anything new... So when I take it, I think the worse.

[Terre Nova]

My doctor first prescribed me Klonopin (.5mg twice a day) and Celexa. I had a bad reaction to Celexa, so she told me to stop taking it (though I know several people who successfully take Celexa), and she said I could take Klonopin as needed. If I do take Klonopin, I usually start by just taking 1/4 of the pill because even 1/2 makes me feel really sleepy.

Today, my doctor prescribed Buspar. Has anyone else had experience with Buspar? I'm always afraid to take any medicine--it seems to heighten my anxiety because I don't know how I'll react to it.

I've also started taking L-Theanine and Magnesium Citrate, but as I said, my anxiety is heightened when I take anything new... So when I take it, I think the worse.

I take Ltheanine and magnesium.. But i don't know about Buspar.. Wish i could help more :)

[meganeveryday]

What form of Magnesium do you take? How long have you been taking it/does it seem to be helping? And how much of it do you take each day?

(Sorry so many questions!)

[Terre Nova]

I take 200mg of magnesium everyday also B12 complex 100mgs and grape seed capsules..
They work ok, i have a really bad case of GAD and panic/ocd so i just started back on Celexa.. I also when needed take L-Theanine and helps a bit.. :)

[artaud]

Today, my doctor prescribed Buspar. Has anyone else had experience with Buspar? I'm always afraid to take any medicine--it seems to heighten my anxiety because I don't know how I'll react to it.

It's my understanding that Buspar can be effective, a relative used it, no problems with it. From my reading about it, it may be more effective for people that use it as an initial medication since it's sedating effects are minimal compared to many other tranquilizers, such as Klonopin. Apparently people correlate the sedating effects with the reduction of anxiety. That certainly doesn't need to be the case. People that have never taken other tranquilizers initially do not have the expectation of marked sedation.

"Buspirone differs from typical benzodiazepine anxiolytics in that it does not exert anticonvulsant or muscle relaxant effects. It also lacks the prominent sedative effect that is associated with more typical anxiolytics."

Give it a week or so once you start to take it for the full anti-anxiety effects to occur.

[NixonRulz]

The reason no one has a problem taking Buspar is because it doesn't do anything.

That may not be completely accurate but besides myself, many have tried it and it and said it was worthless.

[artaud]

The reason no one has a problem taking Buspar is because it doesn't do anything.

I took Ibuprofen for pain in the arm, tendinitis if you will, a range of doses over a month or so, no relief. I went to the doctor and was given Ketoprofen, chemically similar, and laughed, how could that work, yet within 2 to 3 days the pain was entirely gone.

Drugs, even those chemically similar, effect different people different ways. I've seen it multiple times.

[NixonRulz]

I completely agree but I have seen very few here or otherwise, who have had relief from using Buspar if their anxiety was causing some major impact on their life.

[artaud]

I completely agree but I have seen very few here or otherwise

Here is an example similar to what the original post detailed.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/7714222/

"The results showed that buspirone was more effective than placebo and comparable to lorazepam.

Buspirone caused fewer side effects than lorazepam and was not different from placebo in this respect. Finally, buspirone maintained its anxiolytic effect for at least 2 weeks after the discontinuation of treatment."

Although I have read elsewhere similar to what you posted here, the few people that post here and online may, at the extreme, number 100, but the people that take the medication successfully and do not post number in the 100s of thousands.

Perspective is an issue. One could say, of a town of 100,000 with one AIDS case in 2012, and one additional case in 2013, that the AIDS cases "Doubled" from one year to the next. Sounds horrible, and the disease itself is. But to say that .001% of the towns residents had aids in 2012 and .002% had it in 2013 hardly stirs one into a frenzy.

Same data, different presentation.

Best regards.

[trinidiva]

I take Buspar along with Zoloft. Buspar is very gentle and you don't have to wean off/on it. I have taken Buspar for a few years now.

[acetone]

One of the most nasty side effect of Buspar are brain zaps. It made me quit Buspar.

[trinidiva]

One of the most nasty side effect of Buspar are brain zaps. It made me quit Buspar.

Yes, this is true. I did get the brain zaps...but I haven't had them in a while and im still taking it. In the beginning though, I'd get it quite a bit.

[artaud]

One of the most nasty side effect of Buspar are brain zaps. It made me quit Buspar.

Yeah, I had the same from propranolol, that's why I stopped taking it. I think it was an interaction between the propranolol and the phenytoin I'm taking now, since I had no problems with propranolol years ago.

The odd thing about brain zaps is that most doctors don't acknowledge them, sheesh, that's crazy. The internet is rife with stories of brain zaps from a myriad of drugs, but doctors look at you like you have snakes coming out of your ears if you mention them.