Posted by Buffet on November 9, 2000, at 0:34:15
I took BuSpar for about a week and 3 days. I quit because of the horrible side effects such as nausea, groginess, pissy mood, focusing problems, etc. I felt like I was on mellarill.
When I stopped taking the BuSpar, the next two days my mood lifted , fairly dramatically and the initial side effects were gone within the first day.
I left the stuff alone for another 3 weeks and started to develop sleep deprivation again from depression. So, I decided why not try taking a 15mg hit of BuSpar before bed. It made me very groggy and I slept quite well. The morning I woke up with some minor hangover syptoms, slight headache, and fogginess, but the side effects went away within 1-2 hours of being awake. The rest of the day seemed like I had a little more energy, slight improvement in mood, and *slightly* less anxiety.
I have continued taking it like this for about two weeks with minor annoying side effects, and with slight improvement. I am only taking the 15mg's still, and might move up to 30mg's soon.
BuSpar *may* have some use after all. I don't know how anyone can tolerate this drug during the daytime, but at night I sleep right through the major side effects.
I still think it is an inferior drug, especially for anxiety. But, taken at night it MIGHT hold some value.
Any experts out there that can tell me why this phenominon might occur in certain people? Any experts out there that know how this drug works, in laymans terms? Does anybody know how quickly the drug is metabolized.Calling all experts for info on this fairly useless drug!!!!!! And, yet, Buspar still perplexes me!
Buffet
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