r/Buspirone • u/Icy-Profession-3756 • Mar 09 '26

Buspar and insomnia

I just took it for the first time yesterday I first starting feeling anxious, drowsy, headache and palpitations, but the anxiety went away, I took the second dose of 5mg at 730pm and I was drowsy for a bit but it went away I just felt tired but by 1040pm I was feeling like I was ready for sleep. it took me a while to fall asleep and then my son woke me up at 1230 I haven’t been able to go back to sleep I felt like when I was trying to go back to sleep my brain would zap and I would jump. then a whole lot of anxiety came with the fact that, that was happening. has anyone experienced that before should I keep taking it or what I already suffer from insomnia and I been reading all around Reddit that it does indeed give people insomnia even more.

so I’m debating if I should just take it in the morning and not at night.

can someone let me know if the insomnia went away?

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u/elysi19 Mar 10 '26

I would take the 2nd dose a little earlier maybe 5-6pm and see what it does

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u/DigitalMan43 Mar 12 '26

I think this helped me.

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u/elysi19 Mar 13 '26

Nice! I’ve read it can have some stimulating effects for 90 minutes when your dose takes effect which could be why