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Oct 24, 2007 at 12:54 AM
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I have been on Buspar for a week and a half now. Before I was just passive about killing myself. I mean it never appealed to me but if it happened I could care less. After I started taking the Buspar 60mg two times a day for about 4 days I started getting really depressed and even sat and wrote a suicidal letter to my mother. I had never felt like that before. Should I stop taking it? My doctor said just reduce the dose to 60mg a day but it hasn't seem to be helping. I haven't called my doc yet but am first thing in the morning.
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Legendary
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Oct 24, 2007 at 01:15 AM
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Brina, it sounds like you very quickly began taking a really high dose of Buspar. 120 mg a day to start is a lot! It took me over a week to work up up to 30 mg a day, which was what my doctor called a therapeutic dose. The first few days especially (at 15 mg total per day starting dose) were really difficult for me. Please be careful and let your doctor know of your suicidal thoughts. Can you ask why you were started on such a high dose? Be careful and stay safe.
</font><blockquote><div id="quote"><font class="small">Quote:</font> The recommended initial dose is 15 mg daily (7.5 mg b.i.d.). To achieve an optimal therapeutic response, at intervals of 2 to 3 days the dosage may be increased 5 mg per day, as needed. The maximum daily dosage should not exceed 60 mg per day. In clinical trials allowing dose titration, divided doses of 20 to 30 mg per day were commonly employed. </div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> Brina, based on the dosage information above, you are taking way too much if you are indeed taking 120 mg per day. __________________ "Therapists are experts at developing therapeutic relationships." |
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Oct 24, 2007 at 10:09 AM
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sunrise said: Brina, based on the dosage information above, you are taking way too much if you are indeed taking 120 mg per day. </div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> I agree. And if there was no mis-communication and your doctor told you to take this much, sounds like your doctor doesn't know what he/she is doing! You might want to consider seeing another doctor that knows how to dispense medication. Medication is no joke, it could end up causing serious complications and literally be a matter of life or death. Your doctor should know what to give you. What if next time your doctor tells you to take a combination of medication that isn't suppose to be taken together? |
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Magnate
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Oct 26, 2007 at 02:50 AM
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STOP THE MEDICATION NOW!!!!! my husband had suicidal and homocidal thoughts as well with this drug. anything that makes you feel this way you should stop taking. it's never worth the risk. there is always something different to try.
take care and please tell doc to switch your med. |
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Oct 26, 2007 at 04:47 PM
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I've never heard of this drug...Is it new? I agree, I think you should stop taking it asap.
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Oct 26, 2007 at 07:10 PM
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No, it's not new. Buspar is a trade name for Buspirone. It's an anxiolytic that acts in the serotonin and dopamine pathways. I can't say it really did anything for my anxiety but at first it had a stimulant effect that helped increase my productivity, and it also made me more talkative (I can be shy). After a month, these benefits disappeared. I was taking a much lower dose than Brina, however, only 30 mg/day, which is a typical therapeutic dose. Most recently, this drug has been shown to work effectively together with SSRIs to increase their efficacy in reducing symptoms of depression, but not on its own.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buspirone __________________ "Therapists are experts at developing therapeutic relationships." |
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