Has anyone increased their normal dose of Buspirone on a really bad day?

Hi. I’m glad it works for you. I’ve tried it without the positive outcome I had hoped for. My anxiety is worse than what Calm powder magnesium can do. But thanks for the suggestion.

Hi. I’m glad it works for you. I’ve tried it without the positive outcome I had hoped for. My anxiety is worse than what Calm powder magnesium can do. But thanks for the suggestion.

Thank you. I’m glad your dosing schedule works for you. My doctor is very conservative and tells me once we’ve chosen a dose, we cannot keep changing it. We recently lowered the Buspar from 15 to 10 because I wasn’t getting any results, but it seemed like I was getting worse on the 10. I suggested going back to 15 and she said my body was just adjusting and this could take a week or two. It’s such a low dose—the 10 is not even the therapeutic level, but we added Deplin to take with the 10 mg daily dose of Buspar. Together, I’m hoping to get some relief.

Honestly, my doctor told me the complete opposite, and upped my dosage. The idea for me at the time was to ramp up to a therapeutic dose. I’d push back a little bit. Also, you probably are doing this, but read up on Buspirone. Read case studies (not just user reviews). Specifically look for dosage dependent clinical studies on Buspirone. Have that information ready when you go back to your physician. Anxiety is terrible, Buspirone helps, but for it to help, we need to be on a decent dosage. Sometimes we have to advocate for ourselves because no one else knows the battle we face.

You made some excellent points. If the 15 mg wasn’t working for me, ideally it should have been increased and increased again until I experienced some relief. My situation is complicated because last summer I had an accident that resulted in head trauma. I won’t go into that, but the short story is an SNRI might work better because that class of drugs also addresses pain. That’s why we’re considering Effexor.
I’m curious about 2 things you mentioned. You increase your dosing by taking your usual 15 mg every 6 hours instead of 8, during bad stretches. Does that mean when things calm down, you go back to every 8 hours?
Also what does rebound anxiety feel like? I thought your rescues (benzos) were supposed to give you relief. They make your anxiety worse? I’d really like to know because my doctor has me on daily clonazepam (only .125) and same dose later in the day PRN. Thanks for your input!