Kelly
#182624 - 06/01/05 02:30 PM
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BL
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Maybe it is the Effexor that is making you feel more anxious. If so, increasing it will not help! You said most of the SSRI's you've tried have not been helpful to you. Maybe there's something else going on. Why don't you try going to a psychiatrist? They are specialists in diagnosing and prescribing meds for anxiety disorders. They should be able to determine why you are having this insomnia and creepy crawly feeling. I've found that internists are not the ones to discuss this with.
I hope you get some help soon. I have walked in your shoes---and it is not fun, especially when doctors don't take you seriously. A lack of sleep will only make this worse. Please see someone who will listen and help you before it gets out of control.
By the way, when I felt like this, I was in serious need of relief ASAP and my doctor did prescribe a benzo med to help immediately. I took it temporarily (and then he helped weaned me off of it) until the other med kicked in. It is not unreasonable for you to have a prescription for something that will help you NOW.
(((Big hugs))))
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i tried buspar yrs ago, when it first came out, and i could just not get beyond the nausea. i know it's the 1st or 2nd side-effect listed. i'm a real trooper when it comes to enduring side-effects to get to 'the other side,' but buspar was just SO extreme for me in this regard.
are either of you nausea-prone & did you get this bad nausea from buspar? if so, how long did it last? any tips on managing it?
i'm on klonopin again, but really would like to hear about buspar re: nausea for in the future...if it would become necessary.
as others have said, it is used often by shrinks to tweak the effects of anti-ds. they work synergistically. as a stand-alone med for anxiety, i recently read scads of buspar posts at a huge psych meds forum, where the vast majority did not find it helpful. so, Maria! Maria! you are apparently one of the very lucky few.
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Re: Kelly
#182634 - 06/01/05 02:54 PM
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i echo BL's suggestion to go to a psychiatrist to get this straightened out....hopefully once and for all (or at least to get started on the right track.)
you + your family never doing well on ssris IS a concern that needs to be addressed by a psychiatrist. gps and internists get so few hours of psych/ meds training it would astound you.
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Interesting that Buspar may not be as effective when taken alone. I feel I've had really good results with it. I also saw a counselor that first month, so maybe it just works better combined with any other form of anti-anxiety therapy (SSRIs/ADs or cognitive behavior therapy)?
I was already dealing w/ severe nausea around the time I started Buspar, so if it was a side effect I didn't notice. At least, it didn't make it any worse. The nausea I had been having eventually went away along w/ the anxiety. I asked the pharmacist about this, when I first got the meds, and he recommended taking the Buspar with food or after a meal, so that's what I've been doing. Also, I take 15 mg/day, one tablet I divide in half (I take half of the pill after breakfast and the other half after dinner). Perhaps dosage has an effect on nausea as well? I would also drink ginger tea when I was nauseated and this seemed to help.
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that doctors prescribe it to patients who are taking antidepressants so it will help with their sex drive?
Ok, so I know someone's going to ask me if it was effective .....the answer is YES. lol!  
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It didn't help me at all with the anxiety. I was having severe panic attacks, wasn't able to sleep at all, etc. so I needed something stronger. My doc at the time said, "Oh, it's for little ol' ladies who are anxious. It's not a serious anxiety med." That was his opinion. I have a friend who swears it helps for her. (She takes it before she gets on an airplane.)
On the other hand, it did make me think about and want sex---something I had no desire for while on the Zoloft.
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Lol! I'm only 28, but now I really feel I have a lot in common w/ "little ol' ladies"--anxiety, diet restrictions, morning walks...
My understanding is that Buspar doesn't work for panic attacks, which is why I also have the prescription for a benzodiazepene. Since it's mainly for GAD and takes a considerable amount of time before it works, I wonder how it helps your friend if she takes it before getting on an airplane? Maybe she means she takes a benzo in addition to it?
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thanx for both your responses, Maria! Maria! and BL.
hmmm. other than her ibs, i may have to start calling BL 'iron guts' re: no nausea with buspar.
BL another thing i found in all the posts reading i did on bupsar was that - after a while on benzos - buspar will not touch anxiety.
but, ya know how we want to remain ever hopeful re: new options, even when they make no good sense (for us)!
Maria! Maria! take heart. my mind still feels like i'm 20-something at 53, but my bod has felt like a little old lady off & on for the last 8 years due to ibs-c and/or gerd.
maybe we should all just throw up our hands and wear purple.
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maybe we should all just throw up our hands and wear purple. LOL! That's the funniest thing I've heard in a while. I do like purple!
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