Posted by garnet71 on May 24, 2009, at 10:44:12
In reply to Long time user of Klonopin, considering stopping., posted by Komet on May 24, 2009, at 0:57:37
I forgot to say...Buspirone is the only anxiolytic I know that does not have any side effects. Some say it does have side effects, but I have had zero. You'll also hear a lot of people say "it doesn't work for anxiety!!".
It's really hard to say. I've been taking it for about 3 months, and my anxiety could be much worse off if I wasn't taking it-i really have no way of knowing unless I stopped. It doesn't work for severe anxiety i guess, which is my major problem for years. But when I asked PDoc for it, he thought it was the best idea at the time considering my negative reaction to other drugs.
The nice thing about busipirone is you can take a trial of it and not be tired and not have negative side effects. If it doesn't work, you can simply move on to something else. However, if your tapering off Klonopin, you might not know if the drug isn't working, or if you are having klonopin w/d symptoms....
I'm not sure, but I think after taking Buspirone for about a month, now into 3 months, it might be responsible for my mood being an even keel, despite bouts of anxiety, my mood has been consistently good, unlike before I was taking it, where depression symptoms were a side effect of my anxiety. I'm having major stress in my life, which is probably why I can't get the anxiety under control right now...w/o major stressors, i'm wondering if Buspirone would be effective....But I still have motivation issues and ADD, which is why i take the d-amp...It's hard to say, but i really think it is the buspirone that has helped w/mood and I really like it for this reason and don't want to stop taking it.
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