I looked at the web site, i have no money to join that. I think im just gonna take it easy. trying not to think about hurting myself. no, dont get me wrong im not suicidal, just sick and tired of being sick and tired. bye for now   (Fri Feb 17 15:21 2006)

Join?  Somehow that use to be a free site. I'm not a member. I just went to the URL and  began searching.
   Somehow I got into the website with out a member log in. Well I don't pay either for stuff that I can get for free. And it should be as free as the public library
  You're ok. And relax. Take a long walk if its not cold where you live. Have a good weekend.   (Sat Feb 18 13:07 2006)

Does Buspirone make anyone else very tired? Even in low doses, I get drowsy and fall asleep. I didn't have this problem with Benzos.   (Mon Feb 20 17:02 2006)

Im relaxing and still ok, Life is accually great for me right now. money is good, im dating, my health is good, my grandbabies are great. I have nothing to be depressed about, so why am I? I wish i knew what happen to jsnap. if your out there, drop a line. oh yea by the way, i found some Buspar in my drawer that i had a while back, im thinking about taking them without my docs consent. i know they work. so i figure , whats the harm. these benzos are like making me feel real sad sometimes without any reason behind it. enough. bye for now,
                   (Mon Feb 20 18:23 2006)

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I saw my therepist. she said my doc who wanted to put me onziprexa was not even a pshyciatist . she reasured me that all i have going on is GAD generalized anxiety disorder. she said that ziprexa was an antiphsycotic. and she has no business putting me on it. i now have a new "Phsyciatrist" thank the good lord, im not crazy, just a little tense. and no wonder. I think i can finally get buspar if i want it. im so happy and much more relaxed. thats real scary to find out that the doc your seeing isnt even a specialist in this field. be careful out there. ask questions. and you dont have to take anything you are uncomfortable with. wher are you jsnap?    (Thu Feb 23 12:32 2006)

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i took my first does of bursbar today and i exploded.  I felt
high. I went wild running down the halls.  Im soooo
confused.  is this normal?   (Tue Feb 28 0:54 2006)

No   (Tue Feb 28 17:19 2006)

How long does Buspar normally take to work?   (Wed Mar 1 16:36 2006)

My dosages are ridiculous.  Here's what I take daily:
Zoloft 300 mgs
Trazadone 50 mgs
Xanax 4 MGS A DAY
Klonipin 5mg as needed
Now adding Buspar (don't know dosage yet)
Ambien CR 12.5 mg 1/day
I still have the shakes so bad I can't type in the mornings (which is detrimental to my job).  Also, the Ambien makes me groggy (not to mention all that Xanax!)...
Now I'm having headaches and more panic attacks.  What should I do??  I've been taking different meds for 5 years now, and have been on this schedule for about a year.  Now crying spells are increasing, anger, irratibility, anti-social behavior, etc.
Any help would be appreciated.

PS--I'm in TOTAL agreement that Paxil is evil--I tried to commit suicide twice on it...   (Fri Mar 3 15:09 2006)

Busbar takes a while to work because you start at low doses.  
be careful because apparently it can sometimes cause
manic-like episodes, which is what happened to me the
other night.   (Sat Mar 4 15:48 2006)

Thanks for the response. What exactly is a manic like episode? How is it working for you now.  I'm currently on 15 mgs a day, but moving to 30 in a few days.  I already feel some benefit, hopefully it's not a pacebo effect.   (Sun Mar 5 20:38 2006)

the manic-like episode that i got was just that I got very
impulsive and hyper and having racing thoughts.  I was
running around the dorms of my hall spontaneously.  It only
lasted for a couple of hours though.   (Sun Mar 5 23:24 2006)

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Well I finally got a Doctor to prescribe me Buspar. I'm still on klonipin now and then only if i think i need it. i just took my first dose of 15mg tonight. im gonna start on 15mg in the morn and 15mg at night then go to 15mg in morn and 30mg at night.after one week. im hoping this works for me. so far i feel nothing, just a little tired. Ive been real sick lately. i'm fighting M.R.S.A. its getting me down physically and emotionally. once again i had to got to urgent care because i was completely exhausted and overwhelmed. I had to be rehydrated . I think alot of my problem is is emotional . Ive been getting very depressed and overly sensitive lately. ok thats enough about me, where are you jsnap?   (Sat Mar 11 0:50 2006)

Has anyone else experienced a headache after taking buspar? just was wondering if it is the buspar or something else.    (Sun Mar 12 0:35 2006)

I've been on buspar for 2 weeks, and have gotten some headaches.  The main side effect I have seen is being dizzy every once in a while.   (Sun Mar 12 19:18 2006)

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My head still hurts and i cannot sleep. and around 3 or 4 pm every day, i get real moody.    (Tue Mar 14 13:36 2006)

I'm taking 30 mgs but don't really feel any of these symptoms. has it helped with your anxiety?   (Wed Mar 15 21:59 2006)

i dont know if you were talking to me or not, but i'm taking 15 in the AM and 15 at PM. but on friday i'm suppose to go up to 30 at night and still 15 in the AM. so that will be 40. i dont think my headaches are as bad today, but i have lung problems and i also have to take alot of meds for that, and those meds alone causes me anxiety. like albuterol, qvar, serevent and also albuterol sulfate for the nebulizer. then to top it all off, i need to take Hycodan, which is a liquid vicodin , it stops the chronic couging. i'm trying to wean myself off of the klonopin a little, but every time i have to take hycodan, i get an anxiety attack so i take my klonopin. For some weird reason, hycodan and vicodin make me wired. i'm a mess. yes i'm still having alot of anxiety, not sure if its because of my other meds tho. hope that answers ur question.    (Thu Mar 16 1:59 2006)

1 have suffered from gad for about 15 years.
it often causes me to get depressed due to the chest prssure & extreme thoughts. about
5 years ago my doc put me on celexa w/1 1/2 mg lorazepam prn. the first 3 weeks were extreme hell,the anxiety was the worst its ever been. but then just like majic it went
away.i went off the lorazepam after about a year. my life really was changed untill october 2005,the medicine just stopped working!!!! iweaned off celexa in about 1 month & have been miserable ever since. i wanted to be brave & just deal with it,but the anxiety got real bad & those obssesive thoughts are killers & as you guessed it the depression came back. its now tuesday march 13,2006 & my doctor put me on lexapro
with lorazepam . it has been 3 days on leaxapro & lorazepam,pretty bad side effects
so far but the one thats getting to me the most is extreme increased anxiety.the doctor says lorazepam should be helping!B.S.! does any one have any experience on when this will go away or what other benzo would help more? dont know if i can deal with this for 3 weeks!!!!   (Thu Mar 16 19:04 2006)

ive been thru similar situations and when my doc put me klonipin i thought i was in heaven it works it really does, but of course now they dont want me to take it very often because it is addicting and its side effects are in the long run, like memory loss , and others that wont happen right away. be carefull. i can not take ativan , it makes me feel like sh'' . klonipin and valium have worked for me.   (Fri Mar 17 2:06 2006)

thanks silly-girl for your advise.is the klonipin ok to take short term,say a month or two? does anyone else have insight into
dealing with the anxiety caused during initial onset with lexapro? thanks preimtively for you advise.    (Sat Mar 18 0:19 2006)

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As far as I know it is, it's accually used for treating seizure disorders but it works for anxiety as well. .05mg once or twice a day is what i started with. now i may take a half of .05mg once in a while. that also seems to be working. good luck to you. have fun and don't taake life so serious, life is too short. enjoy!!   (Sat Mar 18 1:40 2006)

      A few weeks back you mentioned that a doctor prescribed  Zyprexa. At the time you expressed some dissatisfaction about this prescription. And your fear was that you were being given an anti psychotic.
   I’m stepping in to clear the air a little on Zyprexa.  First you are technically correct. The  FDA approval for Zyprexa was for an antipsychotic. However the manufacturer obtain additional approval to use this medication as a mood stabilizer.
    In a nutshell, when a patient  enters a physicians office, the doctor may choose this medicine as opposed to things like xanax because it has a brood spectrum effect on anxiety.  And if the patient is in the process of developing bi-polar, this drug can provide benefit for them and also to non bipolar patients. It will buy time for the bi-polar patient until further diagnosis.
   As for those with GAD, on going intervention with their doctor or psychiatrist should change the medicinal therapy to the appropriate drug for their disorder.  
   Generally the problem with treatments for any disorder is that patients either can’t afford to continually see their doctor or they choose to stop going.  Which in turn leaves them never getting long term effective help. And that is where I believe that drugs like Zyprexa are initially used because they are capable of suppressing different kinds of mood issues. And if might just be the better choice in an emergency.   (Sat Mar 18 9:39 2006)

Thanks for the feedback. My main problem with taking any ssri or antipsychotic is the side effects, I am extremely sensitive to just about anything. At my job, I am responsible for 6 developmentally disabled adults. I also pass meds to them. I cannot nor can they afford for me to make a  mistake. Right now I feel I am stabalized, except for a few obsessive thoughts of hurting myself, which I am a very strong woman emotionally most of the time. I am able to hold myself together. I dont have a choice . Too many people depend on me. And I refuse to take any drug that has the probability of making me gain weight, That would just be one more thing to hate myself for. Once again, thanks for your feedback, it really helps to have someone directly talk to me about this.     (Sat Mar 18 14:12 2006)

C.O.P.D. is chronic obstrutive pulmonary desease/ asthma. Mine is probably due to past smoking and smoking speed in the past. a long long time ago, when i thought i was invinsable. How do I give you my email address without giving it to every eye looking here? I'm a little puter illiterate and I'm not sure how I even got here. but now I have a direct link. so whats your email address? Finally , just maybe someone gets me. u think?    (Sun Mar 26 2:40 2006)

whats c.o.p.d.? i would be more than happy to be your friend through this with you.i have ahsma & anxiety & trust me i know what
your talking about.the inhalers help you breathe but make your anxiety ten times worse,but if you dont use them,you cant breathe & that makes the anxiety worse,youll swear your dying.so no matter what you do you feel worse.& then on top of that if you suffer from g.a.d. you always feel something is wrong with you anyway due to the abnormal thought process.write back if you want to & give me your e-mail adress.    (Sat Mar 25 23:21 2006)

thanks for the advise,the clonazepam seem to do the trick.also my doctor dropped the dose of lexapro to help eliviate the bad side effects.by the way has anyone ever heard of lexapro working on avery low dose?
my pscy says i am the most sensitive person to meds he has ever seen & that he has patients that are also sensitive that do well on 2.5mg of lexapro.is this unheard of or what? please advise!! maybe with a testimonial.   (Sun Mar 19 14:08 2006)

Cool, glad to help, just be carefull. and i can say I am extremely sensitive to meds too. when I was on valium 5mg PRN, I had to cut it into 4th's . right now im doing great on 1/2 of a .05mg of klonopin. I tried to not take it yesterday like my doc suggested, and oh my god, I was so nervous and utterly felt brain dead. I was standing in subway sandwhich place, and all of a sudden I just felt so uncomfortable in my own skin. I was so afraid someone was gonna say hello to me or something. so I left rather quickly and then went back later when i calmed down. I dont know what im gonna do if the doc takes this away from me. this morning i had to take 1/2 pill. Im also on 45 mg buspar too every day. its only been 9 days tho since i started it. Does anyone know how long its suppose to take before i will see benifits? I think i'm hooked on klonopin, just by the way i reacted to not taking it for one day. ok i think i'm rambling now, I sometimes do that. I feel soooo HYPER inside. It might be nice if I could keep up with my mind, I feel like i need to teather myself down to something so i dont fly away. HELP!!    (Sun Mar 19 16:05 2006)

Ok...I have been on every depression med in the past 2 years and now my doc switched me to Buspar b/c I quit taking Cymbalta. I told him that I'd rather be crazy than fat...anyway...can anyone tell me when the sobbing, meltdowns and suicidal feelings will go away?? The dizziness and "brain lightning" also suck. I'm not calling my psych b/c I already did and pretty much cussed him out and I think he is now afraid of me. I feel like Buspar is my last chance at life b/c doc wont give me benzos b/c of prior drug abuse. gee...what was i thinking?!    (Tue Mar 21 14:12 2006)

I'm on 30 mgs a day and don't really feel anything. Also, how long have you been taking it?   (Tue Mar 21 19:52 2006)

After 10 years on antidepressants I have decided to stop taking the fuckers all together. I think they are all bad news. Almost two weeks now since the cymbalta withdrawal came on full force. I was weaning down from 60mg, but the slow weaning still doesn't work well. Had all the symptoms (zaps, nausea, insomnia, restless leg, etc.). Finally had to break down and get my doctor (fuck the psychiatrists) to give me a benzo to take the edge off the withdrawal. Gave me only a ten day supply of Klonopin. It has helped alot, but still am having some withdrawal symptoms. Here's my question finally, the only thing I think the antidepressants did for me at times was control my anxiety. I have noticed my anxiety back after stopping the Cymbalta, and the Klonopin helps, but I don't want to be on an addictive benzo like Klonopin, which has its own withdrawal nightmare I have heard. What do you guys think, would a low dose BuSpar be good for me or not, since it is less addictive? Or should I try to deal with anxiety and other psychiatric issues without meds. I am going to scream!   (Wed Mar 22 11:14 2006)

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About a year ago I was diagnosed with c.o.p.d. the past few months I have been getting worse. It's making my anxiety worse. I'm scared to death of dying. Whenever I have a hard time breathing, my anxiety kicks in overtime. Then I honestly believe i'm going to die right then. I have rushed to hosp. in resperatory distress, and knowing in the back of my mind that most of it is just ANXIETY. But it's very frightning. I have not taken any klonopin in 2 days. I'm still taking Buspar aprox.35 mg a day. Hey maybe it's starting to work. I don't feel overly anxious today. but I am feeling like maybe this c.o.p.d. is causing me some depression. I'm lonely. Every time I meet a man, and lately it's been on line, Just as soon as they find out I have lung problems they're gone. I don't blame them cause who wants to be around someone thats sick most of the time. well anyways, this is whats getting me down mostly. This, work, and www.tagworld.com/carolyn45 is basically my social life. go check out my page. but be nice.    (Sat Mar 25 14:12 2006)

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Ok, here's my thoughts. 1. you have a very foul mouth. ok thats off my chest. now, 2. Maybe you should do what your doc advises you to do. If you don't like your doc, you have the right to ask for another one. I feel the same way about some psychiatrist. I have been taking an extremely low dose of benzos for over a year now, but i try not to take them every day, and if i think i absolutely have to, i only take a 1/2 of one. I only had one episode of what i thought was a withdrawl. and since then im fine. today i havent taken any benzos so far but its still early. i also take aprox 30 mg buspar every day but broken into a.m. and p.m. i take the most of it at night just before i go to bed because it makes me dizzy and my head hurt sometimes. You sound angry. I understand angry. I get angry just because i have this stupid anxiety problem. Sometimes i just dont understand why i cannot handle anxiety like "normal" people. Sometimes i feel like a freak. but I found out that more people have this problem than you would think. Professionals, Doctors, Lawyers, etc... Some of my co-workers also have it. when they told me, it made me feel more comfortable. Everyone is an individual with their own treatments that works best for them. Good Luck to you John. I hope this helps.    (Fri Mar 24 12:54 2006)

i think you have a pretty good outlook,considering!i have had extreme anxiety for about 18 years now coupled with depression due to not getting the anxiety under controll.let me assure everyone reading this that there is hope.you just have to be willing to keep searching for a good psychiatrist that wont give up untill your feeling better.my doctor has been through everything with me.just stay with the anti-d meds no matter how bad the side effects are,because they will go away after
a couple of weeks i promise.i am very sensitive to meds,alot more than most.my psyc says im in the 1 to 5 percent when it comes to side effects.but once the nightmarish side effects go away,iusually do find relief  for 3 to five years at a time.this to me becomes a favorable tradeoff
to 2-4 weeks of hell.i currently am on 5mg of lexapro & 1/2mg daily klonipin.the anxiety created by the lexapro was absolutely un bearable,the lethargy,the terrible insomnia,dry mouth,the teeth clenching,sore muscles,the agitation,all seems to have been for a good cause now after 2 weeks.i hope this has been an encouragemnt to someone out there to stick with it & pray alot.docs dont have the answers all the time but things always have a way of working out in the end. just remember GOD will not put anything in our lives he doesnt feel we can handle!!!!!!!     (Fri Mar 24 15:46 2006)

I have been taking 15mg of Buspar for about a month and a half now for my anxiety that was so bad that I was clenching my muscles so tight that I always felt like I was going to lose control over my bladder at any time. Of course this feeling only added to my anxiety, and I am also pretty shy so that has an anxiety all of its own. I felt unable to function because of all the anxious thoughts and feelings that I had, but through this past week, I've lost that clenching feeling and I feel so much more relaxed. I find that I don't have the same overwhelmingly anxious thoughts. Now it feels like I can learn more about the nonanxious Renee. It has actually felt like a spiritual experience. Buspar has just helped take the edge off a little bit so that I can work on my attitude and just be able to enjoy not being so anxious. I take a half a pill twice a day at breakfast and lunch. I need it most at work. I feel kinda tingly in my tounge and limbs and head right after I take it but it goes away in about 10-15 minutes. I also get little headaches by the end of the day, but I consider these things to be very minor when you consider what it has done for me in the bigger picture. I am very happy that I decided to take this drug. I tried to help myself without drugs, but I just couldn't get over that obstacle of generalized anxiety. Alot of times I would have a panic attack for no reason. I felt so helpless to myself, like I had no control. I really encourage people like me to try Buspar. It doesn't make you feel like a different person, it makes you feel more like your nonanxious self. It is a very wonderful thing.   (Sat Mar 25 8:48 2006)

i sent you an email to wait i think is your e-mail address.i hope you get it so we can
communicate on aregular basis.i hope i find you well.i am still wainting for this lexapro to do something afetr 2 weeks as my depression isnt lifting at all!!!!!!!!!   (Sun Mar 26 13:15 2006)

well i guess i didnt have your e-mail adress
correct i got my message back. so i created an e-mail account just for you to contact me. its harleystud05@msn.com once you e-mail me once i will give you my correct one & i will cancel this one.so every one else out there this will only be a valid e-mail
adress for a short time.so please no-one else besides sillygirl e-mail me.as i will not answer back.    (Sun Mar 26 13:55 2006)

F.Y.I. My name is Carolyn. and any one can pretend to be me. but I have already sent you a note. did you go to my page on tagworld?   (Sun Mar 26 14:19 2006)

i take 40 mg of busbar a day (20 in the morning, 20 at night)
and i don't feel like its helped at all.  in fact, i feel like it is
worse.  I don't understand medicine and how it works great
for some and not at all for others. It's so frustrating.  My
doctor won't let me go on any benzos either.   (Sun Mar 26 16:50 2006)

how long have you been on buspar?what is your symtoms you are taking buspar for?buspar can take up to a couple of weeks for full benefits. if after a month you are getting no response then it is possible that
med is not for you.if you are taking it for gad,which i have,you may respond well to an
ssri like celexa or lexapro,which tend to work relatively quickly,usually within a month.my advise (its only advise)is to start
out on a low dose (about 5mg) of lexapro or
celexa for the first week or two,as it ussually causes an increase in anxiety during initial onset of the med.then move up
to10mg then for the remaining.to help combat
the added anxiety,ask your psyc for lorazepam or clinazepam,which really helps.
i hope i have been helpfull......   (Sun Mar 26 18:34 2006)

Am I ever going to get well? Physically or mentally? I want to live life as if it were my last day every day but being physically sick is preventing me from doing that. and when I am well physically then i'm tore up mentally. I was sitting in front of a train track today and the lights and bells went off. The train was coming and for about 10 seconds I felt like driving my car onto the tracks. I even gunned the engine. my foot was still on the break. all i had to do was release my brake. Then the arm came down. after the train past, so did that thought. That was the first time I really felt that way. It made me mad. No i'm not suicidal! I believe if you kill yourself, you will go to hell. Im glad its over and i hope it never happens to me again. just thought id share tonight.   (Mon Mar 27 1:59 2006)

thanks for the tips.  I've been on busbar for 3 weeks. I'm
gonna talk to my doctor about celexa and lexapro.   (Mon Mar 27 8:58 2006)

glad i could help.celexa realy changed my life for the good.i suffer from GAD & depression.i was on celexa for 5 years & it
realy made a big difference in my attitude,no anxiety (except during first 2 weeks),my sleep was good,i only gained 30 lbs in 5 years. all side effects went away
within first month.lexapro & celexa are indentical chemically,except celexa has both
left & rifgt isomer,whereas lexapro has only
the left side isomer.   (Tue Mar 28 13:02 2006)