Xanax Vs. Buspar (Page 9)

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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Thanks for your powerful warning,...got my attention.I'm using Xanax whenever I have to fly,...I have no idea why but whenever I fly now I go into a physical panic attack like mode,....and I flew around the World as a Military Brat.It works quit well,I don't get "high",...only taking .5 mg at a time,but I can see how easy it would be to slip in to a daily thing if you have access.I'm saving this drug for rare occasions.

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Well thats not nice, i had busebar before and didnt do s***. When you take xanax daily you do not feel high. Thet was just mean to say when you dont know her situation. You owe her an apology.

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If you've been taking Xanax or any benzo regularly for over 3 months, you have to taper or go inpatient to detox. You can't just switch to buspar because they aren't the same class of medicines. Quitting Benzos can cause serious harm and should consult a doc to watch your vitals and such. Plus seizures and death are likely without medical attention (if you used long term...over 3 months). Good luck!

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I have a medical phobia. It's been called in the past "white coat syndrome". I'm a 52 year-old woman and can't remember a time in my life I haven't went into major panic at the thought of a doctor or dentist's appointment. To the point I've only visited either when close to dying or a tooth so bad and painful it's time to pull. That happens about once every 10 years. But back in September '13 I ended up with another diudenal ulcer with excessive low blood count (7.2 the first was 5.2) and other bizarre complications and on a merry-go-round of doctors visits and procedures. I'd become so panic stricken I actually fought a doctor during an endoscopy where I was out on anesthesia and ended up in the ICU. So, on to an Ear, Nose and Throat guy I was sent. He never put a tube down my throat. He found me to be so paniced he prescribed .5mg of Xanax twice a day and visits with a Speech Therapist to try and help me swallow again. (My weight had dropped to 110 lbs fully clothed with shoes on a 5'3' frame.) Another visit to the ENT a month later and I was gaining weight. He again prescribed the same dose of Xanax with the "addiction" warning. I then started to take the drug as I felt necessary and stretched the prescription 3 months. That got me through many other doctor appointments. But when I asked my Personal Care Physician for another prescription with smaller doses, he said no. Put me on Lisinopril and in under 2 weeks I'd lost all equilibrium and have all the fall scars to prove it. Then he switched it to Busporine and it worked great the first 1 1/2 weeks then I started crying for no reason and had the desire to either starve myself or wrap my car around a tree RIGHT NOW. Threw that s**t away and have an appointment with him in a week. I imagine he and I will be at odds about the Xanax because I refuse to take another drug that remains in my system 24/7. I need short term, short acting relief, not a constant diet of meds. If he doesn't agree or give me something along those lines (already proven to work with my system) then I'll get a new doc or say "so long" to them for another 10 years.

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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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my doctor left his practice. he had me on 1mg xanax 4 times per day as needed. i was doing very well with that dosage and that medication. i have agoriphobia and panic disorder. new doctor immedieatly wanted me to stop taking xanax..( why fix whats not broken?) and put me on buspar. (garbage.) the buspar set me back about a year and a half in my quest to control my anxiety. i was so pissed. er visits again, days hiding in my room and so very uncompfortable. so...i insisted that she put me back on the xanax which as she explained is for anxiety. it doesnt work the way xanax works. and it takes WEEKS to start working...so back on the ranch ..im reliving my discompfort which is an understatement. my friends and family noted the difference in me immedieatly. busbar did not work at all for me. she said that xanax was a spot treatment for anxiety attacks. my life is an anxiety attack. i can tell almost to the minute when my xanax wares off. she was worried about addiction and over use...befor she got a chance to know me. wow. so i pushed to get my xanax back told her if she was so worried about overuse..not to be. i am too afraid of running out to over use or abuse xanax. i am my normal happy self when im taking it. quality of life is much more important then a doctors false worries about a stranger is going to over use her meds. i have been on pain meds for 5 years, never failed a UA or pill count. i told her if she was SO worried about it that she had to ruin an entire month for me than she cud call my pain clinic and they can tell her what a good health patient i am and that i dont ever fail a UA or pill count. thats just not me. try it if you want but im wondering why you are interested in the change?? buspar didnt work for me or anyone that i spoke to about it. the think about xanax is, after you have been on it for awhile...and i mean a good while..you may notice that your body has become used to the amount you take and you may have a bit of break thru anxiety. and this is a sign that sometime in the near future the doctor may have to up your dose or prescribe more xanax pills to help you with this. buspar is not for depression. if your looking for a depression medication that acturally works and doesnt take months to do so, i take welbutrin. it will kill your appitite, you may quit smoking and gives you a lot of energy. i had to have my original dosage cut back because it was effecting my anxiety but it most def got me off the couch and movin! and for those of you who read this, im not just in it for the drugs. i have lost my husband to a heart attack, my brother at 53 and my grandson at 7 1/2 months old. terrible things happen to people..and sometimes we need a little help to get thru thease terrible times. good luck..and to all of you remember you DO HAVE a say when it comes to you medications. the doctor is there to listen, not dictate to you about his opinions. stand your ground, be polite and keep a journal of your moods and anxiety and depression. its no joke to feel this way and i wish you the very best of luck...

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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 agree 100% I suffer from severe tension headaches that last 3/5 days at a time . They are debilitating feels like the back of my head has been beat on with a sledge hammer! I had xanax for about 7 yrs and they controlled my headaches . Now I load up with fiorocet / advil / hydrocodone / moraphin / ibuprophin all day long and that really dosn't help ??? When 1 or 2 mgs of xanax would solve the problem and make my life tollerable?? I don't understand ??!!

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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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Avoid Xanax if at all possible. Works great at first, but is a SHORT term solution. The most medicine I ever took in my life were aspirin, cough syrup, and ibuprofen (prescribed) for severe pain (toothache). My PCP diagnosed me with anxiety about 2 months ago (late July, early August 2014), and suggested Xanax, which id never heard of. Asked questions, was satisfied, and figured it could help. Filled the prescription, and Initially, I took as recommended on the bottle (IF needed, 3 times a day every 8 hours). I didn't /don't get anxiety attacks that often so I may have skipped, a day or 3. I found myself having more anxiety attacks AND I started having panic attacks, so I would take a pill. The pill works GREAT!..and THERE lays the problem. As I read more and more stories about Xanax abuse, addiction / potential dependency and withdrawal problems, and how powerful it is... I started to cut the pills in half, and again, take ONLY when needed. Well..my pills finished this past weekend (Sept 4th), and I have a follow-up this Friday Sept 10). I'm currently on day 3 of withdrawal HELL! (.05 of Xanax, is what I had). Woke up Sunday morning around 7:30AM, feeling anxious. I spent the day with blood pressure spikes, panic and anxiety attacks, swearing my chest was going to explode. Finally convinced myself to go to the ER on Sunday (they sent me home with Tylenol KNOWING I was on Xanax. I wont be going back to that hospital again). Monday found me still awake from Sunday morning (withdrawal symptoms can cause insomnia)..ALL DAY...and here it is early Tuesday morning, and I still cant sleep! Xanax isn't for everyone, and it certainly isn't for me. Id rather wipe dog poop off the sidewalk for the rest of my life, than go though these withdrawal effects ever again. I'll try psychos-therapy instead. No more pills, and I'll tell my PCP, no more Xanax.

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We're here to talk about meds, not listen to those who have nothing better to do then bully people.

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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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Im 36, had intense anxiety and panic attacks since highschool. In my early 20s i self medicated with methamphetamine, stilnox, valium, cannabis etc u name it. I went on methadone and got up to 160mg a day.. after living likea zombie for a year or so i began withdrawing.. Never looked back,, My Dr provided me with 100 2mg xanax bars when needed. Depending on life id take between 0 and 3 a day. not more than 2mg at a time. All of a sudden i find my Dr left the state, her replacement looked at my record from 14 years ago and said no more xanax, your an addict. Im like i was addicted to methadone years ago and beat it.. But no i cant find a pych or dr willing to even listen.. I tell them the truth and they say no, i try n stretch the truth and they refuse.. My life is falling apart again, i try ordering online and get scammed. Im at my wits end, have got 4weeks off work holidays but no dr takes me serious.. im up all night panicking. Like years ago. I just need help,Xanax help me and im 36, not a baby. I should be able to use them if i dont abuse them.

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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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yeah mate like u said though u barely take meds,, the dr was a fool for throwing xanax at u.. they are very addictive for sure mostly due to the short action. I never really suffer from any benzo withdrawal and i can imagine that would be evil, christ they say its worse than opiates and i used to withdraw from methadone if id taken my takeaway doses. If i was u mate id get some therapy before u start taking meds, they work for heaps of people,, just not all.. I wish u well mate.

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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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