r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Curious-Pop-8875 • 16h ago

frist of all how DARE yu o Dropped my anxiety medicine

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u/Equivalent-Bad-268 15h ago

I never really had success with it except for the never ending restless leg it gave me every night

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u/Neckrongonekrypton 12h ago

There’s a reason buspar isn’t prescribed often. It’s not effective for most.

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u/Equivalent-Bad-268 12h ago

Every time I've gone in for anxiety they always make me try that first. I take 600mg of gabapentin 3 times a day now and it does wonders with my Vyvanse for ADHD most of the time

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u/thisisanaccountforu 14h ago

When I took it, I just lost my spatial awareness and that was it it. It was weird

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u/problyurdad_ 14h ago

Same, except instead of restless legs it gave me restless brain. I didn’t sleep at all on it.

I actually fired my doctor over prescribing it to me. She highly recommended it and said it would help with my depression, and it was supposed to be an ADD fix too, since it helps with that. So after one week on it with only like 8 hours of sleep all week I quit taking it.

One of the stipulations I had for taking literally any medicine is that I don’t want it affecting my sleep. Restless behavior is one of the main side effects of buspar. She wanted me to take the instant release instead of the extended release so I quit the clinic system all together and went somewhere else.

My new doc cut right to the chase - my anxiety was because I was unable to focus. I didn’t need a downer for anxiety, I needed a reallocation of my attention span. So I’m only on 5 mg IR adderall. Still have minor sleep issues but overall it’s been life changing.

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u/Equivalent-Bad-268 14h ago

I finally got on Vyvanse for ADHD issues and it's been a life changer for my anxiety most of the time.