I wasn't sure what was wrong with me when I first started having problems....went to my medical Dr & she put me on the buspar. I realized now that my anxiety was so high that the bupar had absolutely no effect on the anxiety. When I ended up going to a pdoc, he went to using the valium. That did work at first, but toward the end, even it had no effect. The strange thing is that I have taken seroquel & that at a very small dose (25mg) works wonders to control an anxiety attack when it happens. If I take a higher dose, it completely knockes me out & sometimes that is what I need(seroquel is not an anti-anxiety drug).