DOSE:

5 mg

oral

Pharms - Buspirone

(daily)

BODY WEIGHT:

110 lb

Looking into the newest meds the doctors have put me on I have decided to write about my last experience while its still fresh in my mind; Buspirone.

About two weeks ago my doctor prescribed this to me for anxiety, I was told that it would calm me down, relax me, help me sleep better and all that other good stuff us people with ridiculous anxieties need.

After the first few days I hadnt noticed a difference and was beginning to think it was just another dud for me but then I just stopped being tired. It was the oddest feeling. I was not energized or focused or anything like adderall and there were no pleasant, invincible type feelings like with crank, I just wasnt tired. Not fully awake, but never sleepy.

I was up for three days before I crashed and got a good few hours of sleep. When I awoke I was kind of groggy or drowsy, because I hadnt slept for more than 6 hours, but once again I just was not tired and had absolutely no desire to sleep any longer. It might have been okay if I had been able to be productive, but I did not have the energy to actually DO things. I just sat around in various locations of my house staring off at nothing. Like I would do if my brain was in overdrive, but that wasnt happening either! No racing thoughts, but my mind was still racing, racing through nothing. I hope that makes some kind of sense. I was also kind of buzzing inside, as if a box of angry bees was hidden deep in my chest.

By the second week I had developed a slight tremor. Still only managing to pass out for two or three hours at a time, it felt as if my anxiety had doubled. Tripled even.

When I finally returned to the doctor a full two weeks from the start date, I was a mess. Fidgety and trembling, I felt like a time bomb, and burst into tears multiple times during the visit for no reason. Near the end of the two week period I was also having fits of depression (from lack of sleep I'm assuming) and had even gone as far at to cut a few times, something I grew out of years ago. On multiple occasions I had complete emotional breakdowns.

The craziest part of all this to me is that it was only on 5mg, and they had intended to bump it up. They had told me it would probably take at least a month to start showing effects. But I'm just glad to be done with that before it got any worse, two weeks was more than long enough.

Let me also state that medications generally have the opposite or unintended effects on me for some reason.

Exp Year: 2012	ExpID: 98688
Gender: Female
Age at time of experience: 19
Published: Oct 26, 2022	Views: 726
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