Xanax Vs. Buspar (Page 11) (Top voted first)

Yes-what is the major difference between these 2 meds? I have taken xanax for several years. I'm thinking abt. changing to Buspar. Can you switch meds like these without tapering off the xanax. Does Buspar help w/ Panic attacks?

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My boyfriends doctor perscribed him buspar 30mg and Xanax. 25 to help him get off of cannabis. Since he has been on them he is doing great. He has no complaints about buspar he likes them more than Xanax. He would recommended them to everyone.

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Ive been taking xanex for years it works dwell. I can function and get everything that has to be done , as I have three teenagers and a husband. I take two mg a day. Just last week I was prescrided Buspar,Lexipro & atarax idk what to think , I still have xanex so im not up a creek without a paddle yet, so to speak. I think its just ridiculous that people that need xanex are treated like drugies....all these other medications in place of one that works ? Im in Texas and this was a phychiatrist that prescribed this cocktail for me, as he was mortified id even ask him for xanex. So its back to the quack doctors that take all day sitting with the quacks that are selling the xanex, im needing to take. Damn!!!

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I would like to give an update. I wrote a pretty llong comment below. I decided to try the buspar again on a day wen my anxiety wasn't so bad. from that point on I noticed that the buspar may have started working.so I layed off the Xanax unless I felt some anxiety coming on. the mistake I made was I didn't realize that you could not just stop talking Xanax and went thru a very uncomfortable withdrawal. stupid me. I still get my full Xanax script filled, easier then needed it again and trying to convince a doctor to prescribe. but I think the buspar is working or im just not having the anxiety I used to. hard to tell. I did have a panic attack , bad enough to got the the ER. and that hadn't happened wen I was on the Xanax. so that was cause for some concern. so bottom line is , I THINK the buspar is working but im not positive, I just may be getting better.

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SHUT UP NIKKI your nothing but a bully. why are you even on here...your boyfriend out with his girlfriend?

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Buspar is basically benadryl for anxiety... you can't just switch, especially after several years...

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it takes weeks to start working. this was a big issue with me so I was taking Xanax along with the buspar until I felt I didn't need the Xanax 3 times a day. I wake up with anxiety. it started last sumer and I don't know why but its bad. good luck with your buspar. it wount hit you quick like my beloved Xanax

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did u get sick from not having xanax and just taking the bubar?

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I take buspar only 10mg once a day and xanax twice a day .50 mg.....I will say Xanax works great but too great I always run out early.....withdrawl is horrible....like blurred vision paranoid nausea crabby dizzy numbness muscles twitch.....buspar does work but u need a month for it to build up in the body to work on you and it will work...

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Hi, i to have family history of severs anxiety (fear)sometimes i dont feel its fear just it ran in my family. From mother to her daughter's then to their daughter. I have niw have 3 children and they kniw im giing through something my only advice to them is remain mentally strong, exercise eat right and never give a uncomfortable situation to much not any of their time because to me thats what triggers it, be it Family History or not you have to protect your brain (thoughts).

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Maybe they Can prescribe you Ativan? Doesn't hurt to ask or switch Dr.s maybe.

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i have found that many ocd medications help with generlized anxiety, i am personaly on luvox time rease 150 mg and it has been very efective with control of my panic attacks, i went from having them non stop 10-14 hours out of every day to only having 2-3 breif episoeds a month, many ocd medication will have the same effect as, ocd is a form of panic disorder. you may still need to have a benzo on hand, they are evective prn but realy should not be taken daily, as the end result of daily use is incressed frequence and duration panic attacks, as your body becomes dependent on them fairly quickly.

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my experiance with buspar has been absolutley a dam nightmare. IT DOES NOT WORK!! SORRY: R.S

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Buspar used to be a great drug years ago when I was given it for anxiety. However, I do feel that Xanax is definitely more habit forming. But seems like Xanax is the pill of Choice!!

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Yeah, one cannot even compare the 2 & Dr's know it. They give out Buspar as safer med. & if it works, it's the placebo affect. I have some sitting around. I might try it again to refresh my memory. Then again, kind of scared to. I was victim to Viibryd & I know that there's a Buspar chem similarity mixed in Viibryd. I used to have sleep paralysis & night terrors & auditory hallucinations on Viibryd.

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I was just delivered a bottle of Buspar. It says take 3 times a day,but not how many hours apart. Dr.office and pharmacy closed until Monday.Please help.

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Pam, from July 31,"15. Sounds like Xanx may not be what you need. You might have ADHD. I was on Ritalin for a long time, but found Adderall most helpfull. Perhaps you should explore this possibility with your doc. I didn't start on the ADHD meds until age Mid 40's.

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I wish you, the OP, would see this, but it is a little belated. FIND ANOTHER DOCTOR! Some are just plain anti-med, especially if a particular medication is known to be addictive. This sends THEM into a panic. And yet the doctors who will take your condition seriously, and if you are a candidate for this medication, prescribe it--these are not as rare as you might think. Maybe a gynecologist would if not your primary. I know pharma-psychiatrists are horribly expensive, but you might find one who will take you forwarding whatever medical documentation is needed from your PCO or other so that part would be covered, go once or twice, get the script and then have him/her call your PCP as a consult and recommend this or just keep re-filling.

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Did you gain any weight while taking 10 mg three times a day? I ask because i just got put on it and do not want anything that will cause alot of gain

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Finally a Dr that agrees with me about drugs covering up the problem and not fixing it!!! My son passed away 5 years ago and every Dr I see about it wants to push some kind of drug in me!!!! I refuse to take any kind of meds for it. I have to learn somehow to deal with the loss of my only son!!!! Thank you so much for posting that.

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Did you gain weight while taking Buspar?

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