![]() ![]() Her idea was that my body was getting used to the medication, but I'm going to tell her that it's not working for me. I'm doctor who practices in family medicine so a general doctor. I'm literally taking the alprazolam in order to counter the side-effects of the buspirone. I understand that it is not meant to be taken long-term, but if it's the only thing that ACTUALLY WORKS, why would I continue with a medicine that affects me so negatively like buspirone. It brings me back to being a normal person. I felt like killing myself just to be able to get away from this wakeful nightmarish feeling.I'm going to talk to my doctor about this, but the ONLY relief I've had from anxiety that has had zero side-effects is the alprazolam. I would have terrible dreams of relatives and constantly being in bad and frightening situations that seemed incredibly real, even when I'd regularly awake from these bad dreams, it was as if I was in a wakeful nightmare.I finally had my last nightmare in the morning and it sent me into a panic attack which mad the situation 10x worse. She upped my buspirone dose to 10mg, 2 to 3 times a day and I've been adjusting okay.when I'm awake.I took one 5mg pill before bed and couldn't fall asleep even though I was tired, but when I fell "asleep" it was an absolute nightmare. I did a follow-up with my doctor a week after starting the meds said that she had not heard of it causing bad dreams (which I find odd because it's all over the internet and it's a documented possible side-effect) and she thought that it may be me just adjusting to the medicine. I couldn't sleep more than an hour and it was not restful at all.It was like my sub-conscious was assaulting me with negative dreams.so I stopped taking it at night. I would normally take the buspirone throughout the day without taking them at night for a few days and the one day that I took one before bed, it literally made my night terrible. The alprazolam was prescribed as follows: (.5mg) Take 1 to 3 pills daily as needed for anxiety. My buspirone was initially prescribed as follows: (5mg) Take 1/2 to 1 pill, 1 to 3 times daily as needed for anxiety. ![]() I've been taking buspirone along with alprazolam for anxiety attacks and generalized anxiety for a little over 2 weeks now. I wish I had stop right away after the first day I was on it, after it gave me those vivid and unpleasant dreams. I woke up feeling very tired like I didn’t sleep at all. It’s been 5 months since I stopped, I have still had very vivid and bizarre dreams constantly every night and throughout my sleep. I finally decided to taper it down and stopped taking it. I talked to the doctor again he told me to try to stay on it longer. I stayed on for several days but the dreams were too frightening so I went to the initial dose. Right on that night, unpleasant dreams turned into nightmares. I talked to doctor and he pumped it to 5 mg, 3 times a day because he thought the dose might not be sufficient. I tried to stay on it because I wanted to wait until it became effective. It worsened my anxiety disorder and woke me up with panic attacks. I started having very vivid and constant unpleasant dreams after I was on Buspirone. I took one at 6.30 am and the other at 5.00 pm. The medicine had little effect on me and I also noticed it made me very drowsy about half an hour after taking it. ![]() Hi, I was taking Buspirone for several months because I heard that it would take 6 - 8 weeks for some people feel the effect. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |