Thanks, withit, your story is very interesting. I took Xanax again to help me with sleep last night, only a half pill (0.125 mg), and it was enough. I think the half life is so short that it doesn't affect me the next day, as I certainly had a very anxious episode this morning when at the doctor's office. There was this new nurse there that treated me really terribly and made me furious at her. I did not treat her well in return. (Cat fight.) And when the doctor finally saw me, I told her everything had been fine that day until I came to her office and tangled with the new nurse, and then I burst into tears. AAAACKKK! This is so not me. I am calm, cool, collected. I don't get angry at nurses. I don't cry in the doctor's office. If there was ever any doubt in this doctor's mind that I am stressed out and overly anxious, well I cleared that up for her!

Anyway, she was interested in the effects I experienced with Buspar, but says they are not typical ones. She also said the fact I am taking Xanax to help me sleep means my anxiety problem has not been corrected sufficiently by the Buspar (honestly, I feel it is not helping at all now). So she prescribed Lexapro for the anxiety. So I'll give that a whirl. First, I want to try one more prescription of Buspar as I still have this niggling belief I want to put to rest that my first bottle of the stuff worked because of its formulation (it was a different manufacturer). So I've identified the desired manufacturer (Ivax) and will order the Ivax Buspar from my pharmacist. I'll give it a few days and if that doesn't work, I'll get started on the Lexapro. Meds!