Drug info - Buspirone

[washcat]

hmmmm - SWIM is sensing a buspar theme!! after SWIM had her first baby, she never "rebounded" into feeling like "herself" months afterwards. luckily, the only thing that made her feel better was getting absorbed in the new little bundle; however, this just resulted in getting even more lost in the end. after seeing a psychiatrist and a therapist, SWIM tried several different antidepressants/dosages, etc., for both depression and anxiety (paxil, remeron, cymbalta, xanax, lorazepam, clonapine, zoloft, buspar ... hmmmm - think that's all of them - what misery!).

after working up to 60 mg. of paxil for a couple months, SWIM's depression is better and the anxiety is verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry slowly following suit. the 1 mg. of xanax worked the best on the anxiety, but SWIM was having pretty bad memory loss (like weeks are missing, not just hours). doctor tried out the time-released xanax so SWIM didn't have to take them 2 or 3 times a day and would hopefully not have the memory issues. after the first dose, SWIM passed out and got 911'd to the emergency room (ended up OK but obviously am not taking the benzo's anymore).

is there a question in all this, you're wondering?? since not being able to take the benzos anymore, SWIM's doctor suggested maybe a beta blocker, but wanted to try buspar first. SWIM isn't really feeling any better or worse and have been on them for about a month. does anyone have a similar situation and if there's a positive scenario, how long did it take to kick in and was there an antidepressant also involved?

thanks so much for your time and shared experiences!

[YKS]

Swim has two causes where he has dealt with BuSpar. The first one was cold night in a parking lot at V-Dubs where Swim thought he was purchasing 10 MG generic oxycontin. Having to much trust in the dealer was a bad thing for him. When he got home Swim crushed then moved on to snorting two of them. Right after he knew it wasn't real & felt like he was going to haft to admit himself into an E.R. Room.

The second time was through a relative who gave Swim two white generic Xanax bars & a couple BuSpar. He doesn't recall much of that day but from what he remembers and was told he was slow, calm, and hungry.

[Jatelka]

^^^SSRI od's cause serotonin syndrome. See here...

http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/loc...d=745&catid=69

[IkBenDeMan]

As SWIM left his high school graduation, he was kicked a few BuSpars. It was quite some time ago, but he believes they were 10 mgs. He took three of them, and snorted a 40 of oxy and took a 40 orally. The BuSpar added some kind of rolling effect, not dissimilar to the feeling of MDMA.

[fnord]

they make swim twichty,he also read somewhere during testing that alot of animals went into convulsions and died---non confirmed).while yes they give you a buzz and help with anxity swim dosent think anything that causes blephorospasms and his arm jumping a foot in the air randomly is good!

[upperdecker]

SWIM use to be prescribed Buspar for anxiety and they did absolutely nothing. Infact SWIM thinks they made him more anxious. They definitely make you kind of dizzy though, SWIM wouldn't call it a buzz.

[Laudaphun]

In reply to a recent recent thread that a mod had replied to by pointing them to this thread, the main problems for SWIM were dizziness and nauseau, which even after over a month did not subside. This was even using the bars and starting with very small doses and working up to the dose the dr. prescribed. just a drug that caused side-effects and did not provide any relief. On top of that it actually caused anxiety attacks often. Something to note however, this seemed to be related to food-intake. Side-effects typically occured anytime SWIM did not have a completely empty stomach. On a completely empty stomach the side-effects usually didn't not occur. But it is rather difficult to take a med 3 times a day when not having eaten in several hours and not being able to eat for at least 1 hour after each dose.

[0utrider]

woah. what a dissapointment!
SWIM has a scoial anxiety problem.
He hoped this to be a good alternative to SSRIs wih their nasty side ffects (weight, sweating, libido and cognitive impairment especially) while not being addictive, yet effective. are there no good experiences? swim really put his hopes on it..

[static_vodka_420]

swims doctor prescribed buspirone for anxiety due to his dextroamphetamine swim says it has absolutelly no recreational effects and as far as he can tell does not even have any anti-anxiety effects swim was on it for a 2 week trial period in general it made him irritable, unable to sleep, made him rather twitchy, and gave him a wierd feelng in his chest that caused even more anxiety it does not work instantlly or in swims case at all so recreational use is near impossible he thinks it might also be dangerous sence his doctor said its exact method of function was unknown

[This is bat country]

brain zaps, entirely useless for recreational purposes, no alleviation of symptoms. it's considered a dinosaur by any pharmacist SWIM has spoken to. placebo at best, unless you have some kind of unique brain chemistry.