I tried it for one month and now I am back on Prozac, which I was taking before I tried buspirone.

Buspar helped with anxiety but not with stress -- on it, I found myself getting stressed more easily than while on Prozac. Buspar let me handle scary situations like going out alone, running errands alone, but it did not calm me. I was easily stressed, easily irritated by stress-inducing influences. Buspar kept me alert, but it did not take off the "edge."