Thank you for this J. I’ve been experiencing depressive episodes and melting down. I’ve just finished my second week on buspirone. Your experience is important, your thoughts are relevant and your opinion matters. Especially to me, feeling less alone!
The weird dreams at first made me quit for a couple of weeks but listening to you really helped me out, please don't cry 🎉🎉please! Please 😢your videos are helping us out❤
Thanks for your video. I started out on 5 mg 2x daily then at some point bumped to 7.5 mg 2x daily and was on the med for like 6 months and wasn't sure if it helped enough or not. So then I got off it for a month and a half and realized I needed it. Badly. I was visibly anxious at work when faced with new challenges when not on it Buspirone also sometimes made me get a high feeling. I remember texting a friend if she thought heroin was better than chocolate chip cookies because I was thinking weird thoughts. Not that I ever did heroin but Buspirone made me contemplate weird things. I have noticed I have some apathy towards work almost like i am not anxious when faced with some new ventures/challenges but I also don't feel incentivized to promote myself/work harder even though I work hard at my call center job in healthcare and have been doing so the last 2.5 years. I got on Buspirone for this reason - to manage a variety of peoples needs and emotions. Hang in there. I am staying on Buspirone for as long as I have this job at least. I believe I have anxiety induced depression. Traumatic childhood etc. I just turned 40.
I take 10mg , 3 times a day. I take that for my anxiety. I personally like it a lot. But it's also the first and only medication I've been prescribed for anxiety ever. I've lived with anxiety heavily my entire life. .... (This could help you too, mabe ?...) I am also taking sertraline for depression. I've been taking 25mg, which is a low dosage. The combination helps me. We just upped my sertraline to 50mg a day instead of 25. I am not totally balanced yet. But it's progress for me. I also smoke a thc dab pen when at home, and really need to wind down. The goal for me is to get balanced enough that I don't feel the need for the thc pen. I'm tired of feeling like I need it. I think we all have different experiences. I really appreciate your video, and having someone to relate to. I appreciate you.
That's really interesting how different brain chemistry matters like that. The only things, save for benzos when the panic attacks are especially bad, or Propanolol specifically in those occasions where physical exertion/tachycardia is obviously causing my anxiety symptoms, which have ever helped my anxiety, and the only things which help when I'm not currently on them, are THC and psychedelic therapy, particularly ketamine. Ketamine infusions are legal in my state, and not only have the "trips" helped me work through past trauma, but I'll also get 2-3 weeks where my depression, anxiety, C-PTSD, insomnia, low appetite and sex drive, and many of the symptoms from my physical disabilities, don't bother me nearly as much, from just a single administration. THC also saved my life (ketamine eliminated 20 years of suicidal consideration the very first time I tried it,) but more subtly. My anxiety used to manifest through intense OCD. Washed hands till they bled, convinced myself I killed David Bowie, stuff like that. Weed helped me past the feeling like I needed to always be in control, even if "control" meant "blaming myself for things I didn't do." Now I still smoke daily, pretty heavy, though now it's more to manage my physical symptoms from recently-obtained disabling conditions, like my appetite and my severe muscle spasms. I've wondered before if drugs like ketamine, psilocybin, and cannabis are tightly-scheduled because they work so much more consistently than drugs like antidepressants (I'm not making that up for the sake of my argument, the double-blind studies agree.) Sick people are very profitable. Dead people are not, nor are those who can feel remarkably better with a fungus or a plant they can grow themselves in their closet. People who take daily doses of meds which statistically do about as well as placebos? Essentially walking bank accounts to a lot of psychiatrists in more capitalist societies. The US is the worst about it cause drug companies can legally for lobby political endorsement and offer bonuses to doctors who prescribe a lot of their drugs. If you ever walk into a psychiatrist office and it's some crusty old man drinking coffee out of a Prozac mug, run. He does not have your best interests at heart. His wallet comes way before you. I don't say this as some edgy, counterculture wook. I say it as someone with a psychology degree who has both been a patient of mental health for most of his life, and who has formally studied pharmacology and the impact of drugs on groups, from psychological, sociological, economic, political, and popular media lenses. I say it both as someone who has a lived experience, and as one with the pedagogy to back it up. I studied drugs years before I tried them, but the fact that I had learned what I did enabled me to approach them critically, mindfully, responsibly, and with an open-minded curiosity, because I understood that brain chemistry is unique to each individual and that perhaps if my Rx meds weren't cutting it, an experiment was in order. Classical psychedelics (like mushrooms, LSD, or DMT) showed me life could be beautiful and fun. MDMA was the first thing to make me feel like people around me didn't automatically dislike me on principle, and that sometimes I could not dislike me, too. Weed put my OCD symptoms to maybe 20% of what they were. And just a couple small sniffs of powdered ketamine, taken one night with a few friends babysitting me out of a place of "curious what will happen," and I woke up the next day, and the next morning I woke up and the "back door/emergency exit" suicidality complex I assembled at the young age of 5 seemed, for the first time in my life, like a silly idea because I realized I had at least SOME power to make my life better rather than ending it.
I got prescribed buspirone today. From your videos I think I will wait til the morning to try it. My dream state is very sensitive so I am scared about the dreams your talking about. I can't handle weird dreams lol. Thank u for your vid I needed this. And you are a great person your not alone.
Thank you for sharing. I started Buspar about a week ago, and I was worried about the side effects I was having. Mainly just being so overly tired- which contributed to the sadness. I hope this medication works for you!💛 Good luck
I take 10 mg 2 to 3 times a day. 10 mg of Cymbalta twice a day for back pain and a little anxiety. I started off with just Cymbalta.Then my doctor added the Busprione. I actually stopped worrying as much so much happier I can go into large crowds. so far for me it's been a lifesaver. I have zero side effects
Hi I just wanted to say that I have been on this drug for many years and it has done wonders for me. I have anxiety for many years and have been on and off this drug for many years and I cant drive a car never have never will just wanted to say that Im happy for you that you can drive. Best of luck to you!!!!!!!
I’m about a month into taking 10 mg twice a day I had dizziness and was lightheaded for a few weeks. I’ve read and watched videos where they say it can cause an increase in your anxiety and depression until you level out. I was starting to feel a lot better but then I miss like 3-4 doses and man this last week has been bad for my anxiety 😥 but I’m back to taking them I’m going to give them a couple months and if no change I’ll get off them
Hey, I hope you're better. I had a similar experience with Buspar. I have taken many medications and none have helped. All I can say is that medication will save you. I had panic attacks which are now gone. Listen to your fear, don't push it away. Accept the moment as it is. Your fear is produced by your thoughts. Learn that "YOU" are not your thoughts and also not your fear. Meditation can help there. Wish you all the best.
My doctor gave me Xanax as well because I knew those down moments would come. Not a huge dose just .25 but enough to get through those tough times. I'm only on a week. Not much at all to report. I was also told to take 1 in am 1 in pm so maybe that's why, maybe it doesn't last the day. Thanks for your vulnerability.
Im experience that high feeling. Day 10. First week wasnt bad. When i would take it i would have fatigue and light headedness for 3 hours. Than went to like 30 min to 1 hour. Week 2 its like the fatigue lightheadedness has incased + getting that high feeling like i smoked weed. Which is nuts cuz getting high would always give me bad anxiety. With this i know i feel high but no real bad thoughts or the oh shit im going to die feeling 😂. At times it feels good. Hopefully it gets better and i pray it helps my anxiety. Ever since i had the virus in jan 2021 i never recovered. Pretty much disabled at this point. But ive noticed on good days i cant go anywhere because my anxiety is so bad. The moment i start thinking about leaving my safe space my other symptoms get 5x worse. Hell even if someone calls and says im coming over until they get here i get really bad anxiety. Its insane. I was a healthy 29 year old and 2 and half years later still pretty fd n it just feels like my life is over. Especially when i think about how my life was before all this. I had the perfect life. Great friends, family, successful and now im stuck at home pretty much all the time. Just remember folks. No matter how bad you think you have it someone else has it worse. Crazy to say but even tho what ever issues we have we should be greatful they arent worse. I know people have taken their life over this illness and many who are stuck in bed cant go to the bathroom on their own. Anyways. I pray for you all and hope we all get to a place no matter what we are dealing with where it will become just a memory we look back at.
Hey, I hope you are doing ok. I do hear a lot of people say that the virus has taken a toll on them. I am sorry you are going through what you are going through but you expressing all of this helps me understand that I am not the only one who is battling rough situations. I am recovering from a DVT/ Pulmonary Embolism and I am a fresh 31 years young. Anxiety is getting g the best of me and I am trying to fight back. You expressing how anxious you get before you have company over, I can relate to that. That “safe place” it’s my house and I’m afraid to start back working out or going out to dinner. Please let us know how you are doing now 💛💫
Thank you for sharing your experiences. I was prescribed this Yesterday and started my journey last night. I was on klonopin and had to reach out to finally stop so i wont be dependent on it. It’s going to be really rough with the withdrawls but i’m ready. So far the only side effects I’ve experienced were yesterday i was sleepy. Today when i woke up i took it and started having like shock feelings in the nervous system. If i looked too fast to left or right i’d get a zap. Lasted for about 30 mins before i got to work but went away. I’m going to take it with food versus an empty stomach. Let’s see how i do tonight. I was prescribed 10mg twice a day. Crossing my fingers
I hope the zaps are better for you now! How is your experience going? I was supposed to start on 10mg 2x a day and I ended up cutting back to 5mg 2x a day and slowly went up because it was too much for me at first
@@vidsbyj123 honestly it’s been a nightmare. Lol i was expecting it but not all at once. Mind you i am also tappering from klonopin so it’s tough. Body aches and weird nightmares but still being hopeful. Thanks for your response :)
@@jmal1776 I hope it gets better for you. Weeks 2 and 3 were the worst for me with side effects, mostly the dreams, so I hope it goes away for you soon!! Good luck!!!
Go by your own experience I think these videos r pointless bc each person is diff I just started this a week ago and I didn’t get any symptoms, and btw this medication is just for anxiety so if you have depression or any other disorders how do you know the symptoms are for that? I really wish people would not make these videos your opinion is not relevant bc you don’t have just anxiety ugh !
I've been on this medication now 4weeks never take medication I got ptsd and anxiety I get panic attacks that's why I'm on this it's hard to sleep on this at night I take 15mg twice a day I'm dropping down to 7.5 MG twice a day 😅 grow up with anxiety dose it put weight on you
hey i got prescribed 10 mgs buspirone twice daily but never taken any of these medications before and worried it’s gonna cause the side effects everyone is talking about i also experience chest pains a lot almost like heart attacks… is this medication good? worried about it causing something
Everyone responds to these meds differently, I did have some heart palpitations the first couple days on buspirone. But they went away after a couple days and I haven’t had them since. I am very sensitive though, I had really bad heart palpitations and panic attacks when I was on lexapro and had to get off because of them. Buspirone is a very mild medication compared to the SSRIs, a lot of people who cannot tolerate SSRIs (like me) have better luck with this medicine
While I haven't found a whole lot in the way of "good" experiences, I've looked for over a year before finding your video, and still haven't found one quite like mine, though it sounds like you've had a little taste. In no uncertain terms, Buspirone triggered a psychotic break. It only took two days of taking it before everything went haywire. I was so scared, I couldn't stop shaking, I was cold all the time. I only took it for a week, but I've got massive memory gaps for three months after discontinuation, before I found a good therapist and started Lyrica (pregabalin,) which, along with weed, has been extremely helpful to me with both anxiety and chronic muscle spasms and pain from autoimmune issues and fibromyalgia. I've got a degree in psych and studied pharmacology, so even during intake at a psych hospital because I felt like I spent every waking moment in a bad mushrooms trip and was ready to take the big sleep because at least sometimes I don't have nightmares, I was repeatedly questioned like I shouldn't really be there, I'm just having a little panic attack and probably trying to get benzos, right? Actually, benzos wouldn't touch it. They'd maybe lower my heart rate, but then I'd just be in a "slow motion panic attack." Same was true for most antipsychotics, as well as alcohol. Weed helped me not actively cry and hyperventilate and ruminate about how if a drug intended to cure anxiety made mine worse, I must be broken and deserve to die from this nerve-chilling cold that never seemed to end. Without weed, I don't think I would have eaten or slept. Weirdly enough, psychedelics would make me lucid and basically back to my baseline "normal," except with a body high, so some of the few periods lasting more than a couple minutes were 6-12 hours after I took acid, mushrooms, or MDMA (I know, that last one was a bad idea considering the meds and the hangover, but I was desperate. I wasn't me.) To this day, ketamine is the most helpful drug I've tried for both mental and physical health problems, but without the therapy to back it up, the benefits wear off pretty quick. Plus my area was in a dry spell recreationally for it, and it wasn't till after I'd been off Buspirone for six months or so that I found a good clinic to have it done properly. Anyway.. mental hospital never even figured out I was psychotic, thought I was just trying to get Klonopin or something and I'm pretty sure that's on my record somewhere cause I've been denied medicine when I'm barely able to breathe from pain since then.. I've got no interest in either benzos or opioids aside from occasional, necessary use, but nobody seems to listen. I was too far gone to put it together myself, it was after my GF (at the time) connected the dots of my repeated "it's like I'm in a nightmare where the whole world semi-secretly hates me, and I just can't seem to wake up" that she proposed psychosis. I had been too far gone to realize it, but her reality check finally got me on the right path. I really hope you have better luck with medications. I've heard Buspirone can get better with time. But I dunno if you've tried antidepressants (most have also really backfired for me, but C-PTSD and chronically ill together often lead to poor tolerance of meds,) but I know a lot of them are indicated for depression complicated by anxiety, and vice-versa. You've got my best wishes finding a balance of neurochemistry and good counseling to gain control over that part of your brain that's mean to you!
Good luck. I smoked weed for yrs and it started making my anxiety worst so I stopped. I asked my doctor to help me with anxiety and insomnia along with ADHD. But from the two anxiety meds buspirone and serotine all the vids I watch say they still can't sleep. I know it get a well rested and taking something during the day for anxiety and ADHD I'll be fine. I guess I have to start my journey off trying this out hopefully it works. But I am going to call to see what meds I can get for better sleep I do not want to have any nightmares my life have been enough lol good luck
@@daughterofheaventarot1170 best of luck! I hope it helps you. If you have concerns about bizarre dreams, I'd recommend trying a CBD tincture. THC is the cannabinoid usually to blame in the case of anxiety. CBD actually tends to soothe it. In flower back before it was recreationally legal anywhere, the CBD levels were much higher. As the demand has increased for THC, especially with concentrates, cartridges, and edibles, THC levels have been selectively bred into plants at the expense of CBD and other more "medical" cannabinoids. CBD isn't psychoactive, doesn't make your thoughts race, and is legally available in many more places. And it has the same effect you might already remember from pot, where it won't necessarily make you drowsy (unless you already really need to sleep and that's what you need it for,) but it can make you feel relaxed and fall asleep. It also has that cannabis effect of increasing NREM cycles, in exchange for REM cycles. REM is still important to have, but (maybe because) we dream more intensely. If your dreams are sensitive to begin with, CBD might be a useful way to curb this side-effect, with very few ill effects of its own!
Update: I met a new psychiatric nurse practitioner I really liked. She mentioned something I found really interesting. In our intake, I told her about my experience with Buspar. Towards the end, she asked me whether my depression was unipolar or bipolar. While she had a few other reasons to question my previous diagnosis of major depression as opposed to somewhere on the bipolar spectrum, one of her flags which stood out to me was my crap luck with antidepressants and Buspar. When I said I'd heard of bad experiences, but not full blown psychoses, she told me she's seen them specifically in bipolar patients. She said that's also why antidepressants used alone raise the risk of suicide in bipolar patients. Mania isn't happiness, it's energy. If somebody has anxiety or low self-worth in the first place, it's just as likely to manifest as an agitated, frightened state, where a person really thinks they're in danger, or in trouble for being a bad person, or just thinks such awful things about themselves they can't stand it. Patients may also experience "mixed episodes," where they're essentially depressed and manic at the same time. "Wired but tired." Buspar and many other serotonergic drugs aren't indicated for use in bipolar or bipolar 2 patients in absence of an antipsychotic or other mood stabilizer. This is because increasing serotonin without regulating which receptors it triggers can lead to manic symptoms and even psychosis. So, that explained a lot for me. I'd recommend looking into this yourself, as well as paying attention to what and when you eat in conjunction with when you take your meds and when you experience adverse effects. The metabolism of a drug has a massive influence on how you feel. Hope this is helpful to know, and you get to feeling better. Cheers!
Thank you for informing us of your additional psychological issues because they played a major role in how you responded to this med. That info will help those who are bipolar and on other meds which is why your experiences were different. Hope you find the magic med that will work for you
Your boyfriend counts as a friend maybe try to socialize more with that out there. it just gives me a headache that the only thing I can tell you slight headache but nothing major. Maybe they’ll put you on Xanax or something else other than or whatever
