[Terry55]

Ive been taking buspar for 6 weeks it was great but in the last week
i was back getting panic attacks at 5mg tid now dr suggested 7.5mg bid and i started tues and im still having attacks that last hrs, its like im not taking any medication! so frustrated! the only thing that seems to help is 2mg ativan which i will take every 4 hrs otherwise im heading to the hospital
a new med was added yesterday ecitalopram 10mg i only took one dose so that cant be the cause of these several hrs panic last night and this morning
IM so upset i was looking forward to antidepressant now im kinda scared so i think ill take at night.p.s new thing for me is I wake up and cant get back to sleep for several hrs. anxiety, bed time has become a nightmare for me. taking stronger sleeping pills not working. Just upset i was hoping buspar was the fixer for me until antidepressant kicks in.

[~Christina]

I tried it a few years ago didn’t help me at all, my daughter takes it and it works wonders for her.

Every medication can help then all at once stop helping . Everyones experience is different

[Guiness187055]

It never started working for me to begin with. Everyone is different though.

[-jimi-]

Unfortunately all medications can stop working. I had a "good" med stop working after just three months. It's annoying to say the least. And yes to we're different, Buspar actually gave me anxiety. Back in the days when I took it they said you must take it with an SSRI for it to help, but I think they changed that and give it on its own or part of another combo.

I couldn't take buspar as it made my vision blur badly. I did take escitalopram (its called cipralex here). That med is prescribes for anxiety here. I had to go up to 30mg before I felt the benefits though. So theoretically once you have been taking that for a little bit it should also help. But everyone is different. I tried a lot of meds before finding something that works.

[sunnydisposition]

Originally Posted by TheSadGirl

I couldn't take buspar as it made my vision blur badly. I did take escitalopram (its called cipralex here). That med is prescribes for anxiety here. I had to go up to 30mg before I felt the benefits though. So theoretically once you have been taking that for a little bit it should also help. But everyone is different. I tried a lot of meds before finding something that works.

you said you had to go up to 30 mg before it helped, you're talking about escitlaporam right? and not buspar.. coz im on the same med ( escitalopram) and i am taking 15 mg and so far it hasnt helped much.. i thought the maximum intake of cipralex per day is at 20 mg's but i guess if i had known that we could go upto 30 mg's i would have asked my doc to do just that..coz 15 mg is just not helping so far..

Originally Posted by sunnydisposition

you said you had to go up to 30 mg before it helped, you're talking about escitlaporam right? and not buspar.. coz im on the same med ( escitalopram) and i am taking 15 mg and so far it hasnt helped much.. i thought the maximum intake of cipralex per day is at 20 mg's but i guess if i had known that we could go upto 30 mg's i would have asked my doc to do just that..coz 15 mg is just not helping so far..

Yes the escitalopram. The highest label dosage is 20mg. My psychiatrist says sometimes higher levels are needed for max effect on anxiety. I'm also currently over the label limit of Zoloft for the same reason. My family doc wouldn't go over recommended max dose, but my psychiatrist does.

[sunnydisposition]

Originally Posted by TheSadGirl

Yes the escitalopram. The highest label dosage is 20mg. My psychiatrist says sometimes higher levels are needed for max effect on anxiety. I'm also currently over the label limit of Zoloft for the same reason. My family doc wouldn't go over recommended max dose, but my psychiatrist does.

Interesting information. Good to know.
Thank you for answering my queries. I just had one more question,
so does this mean you're currently taking 2 ssri's, lexapro and zoloft both?

Originally Posted by sunnydisposition

Interesting information. Good to know.
Thank you for answering my queries. I just had one more question,
so does this mean you're currently taking 2 ssri's, lexapro and zoloft both?

No. Sorry my last post wasnt super clear. I take Zoloft now instead of lexapro. I was taking lexapro for anxiety and depression but it didn't manage my depression. They switched me to Zoloft in the hospital.

[sunnydisposition]

Originally Posted by TheSadGirl

No. Sorry my last post wasnt super clear. I take Zoloft now instead of lexapro. I was taking lexapro for anxiety and depression but it didn't manage my depression. They switched me to Zoloft in the hospital.

O i get it now. Hope things are better for you now.. Depression is much more dangerous than anything else i've ever come across..It took me 4 ECT sessions to get out of that black grey cloud that refused to leave me at any cost.