Posted by Jasmine Neroli on September 27, 2003, at 0:16:51
In reply to Re: Anyone on BuSpar for anxiety?, posted by El on September 26, 2003, at 17:42:32
Hi you guys!
It's so interesting how anxiety attacks vary from person to person. I don't get the chest/breathing thing at all. I get it lower down (Solar Plexus I think!!). I get this tight feeling there, and sorta butterflies churning like crazy in my lower stomach, my nervousness centres there all the time. Then I get extremely uncoordinated. I fumble, I can't think straight, can't operate anything, drop stuff, can't remember which way knobs/taps turn etc. etc. Have to think very hard about what I'm supposed to do next.I get flustered, then frustrated. After that I might either just start sobbing OR get highly irritable/angry. I also do the pacing around thing, if I'm at home. When I was having bad attacks, I started compensating by getting very ritualistic. So would think and plan, over and over in my head all the steps I had to follow to do something simple. I even had to lay things out on the bathroom counter in order of use before I went into the shower. Prior to having these anxiety attacks, I was the kinda person who would just hop out of the shower, then grab whatever I needed from a cupboard, as I needed it!!!
I always know when I'm heading towards an attack.. first the butterflies, then a lot of irritability...can't stand certain noises (like my poor husband whistling)...don't want people talking to me...get very sarcastic and intolerant, ugh! Weird isn't it?*El, sorry Buspar is still not completely helping you, and that you are still dizzy. How long till your next psych. app't?
I'm now on 20 mg per day, divided into 2 doses now. It did make me dizzy for about half hour for the first few days , but that has gone away. I see my doc in 10 days and I don't know if he'll up my dose to 30mg too, at that point. I'm a little worried, that, I too will get dizziness. How can you function when your dizzy????
As an update, El, after 3 weeks on Buspar ( but only 2 wks on 20mg) I'm feeling zero anti-anxiety effect. Yesterday I had 2 morning attacks and had to take Klonopin. Today I took Klonopin, because I was concerned about more happening! I have to hold down a job, here! I'm supposed to have tapered completely off Klonopin by now.*Amykat - I had a couple of brandy's last week and was a MESS after..I got very sad and started sobbing!! Pathetic..so after two events of alcohol and Buspar making me kinda depressed/sad, I've learned my lesson. They don't mix for me!
Take care and keep updating.
Jas
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