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Buspirone anxiety medication, what are the side effects?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Buspar (buspirone): Buspar (buspirone) is a very well tolerated medication overall. Very few of my patients have experienced side effects. When seen they were most often headache, dizziness (usually when getting up from lying position) ; feeling tired.

Answered 6/24/2014

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I have been taking buspirone for 3.5 weeks 5mg in am and 5mg pm , still having anxiety so my doc gave me 10mg for an and 10mg for pm ? so basically double . i am worried bc most people go up to like 7.5 will i have terrible side effects bc of that?

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Don't know much about Buspar (buspirone) but can it be taken with remeron? I tend to over react to side effects, it's the anxiety.

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Can upping a dose for anxiety medication cause anxiety till the the body is use to the bigger dose? I switched from 10mg buspirone once a day to 20mg and its been 3 days now and my anxiety is getting better but its been bad since the dose was upped?

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