Posted by RWWooddall on March 8, 2005, at 1:31:33
Hi all.
I'm a 20 year old male who was officially diagnosed with an anxiety disorder about eight years ago, not medicated, and then re-diagnosed with mixed clinical depression/anxiety disorder following a "nervous breakdown" episode about two years ago in May. I was prescribed Fluoxetine (generic Prozac) by my psychiatrist, and have improved on that medication for almost two years. However, my psychiatrist, as he has managed my medication, has noted that I still have some complaints about my anxiety, generally ruminating thoughts about my health or my future etc. In the past two years my anxiety seemingly has not be significant enough for me to alter my medication, but my psychiatrist had suggested, if i wanted, very low doses of an atypical anti-psychotic like risperdal (partially to help me sleep, which wasn't and hasn't ever been an issue so I'm not sure why that was reccomended), or another anxiety medication. This past December I met with him and decided to take the plunge with another medication to gently ease my anxiety a little further, so I chose Buspar, which I had read about and felt comfortable going on. I have so far been on 15 mg daily for about half a month, and the rest of these past two months 30 mg daily. Side affects seemed minimal at first - I once had a sort of lightheaded spell on the 15 mg just as I began taking it but that subsided when I took it before bed rather than with my Prozac in the morning. However, recently I've noticed this strange increase in what I can only describe as a weird "sensation." This tends to occur when I'm lying down or sitting, and is either a feeling of "lifting" and tactile sensation on my right side, or, more often, when I'm playing a computer game or surfing the internet I'll sometimes get this sense of both external sound (like the computer game's music) and my own thoughts becoming "loud" and "resonating" in my head for a period of five minutes or so. This seems to have only increased as the weeks go by.
Anyway, that was very long-winded. I HAVE felt benefit on Buspar when spells have not occurred in terms of lowering my anxiety slightly, but these spells are getting kind of annoying. Has anyone else experienced this, and if not or so should I consider other medications with my psychiatrist, and if so which kinds? Thanks.
- Reed
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