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Did anyone had to be put on another medication to be able to taper Buspar. I only take buspar but i’m having the worst time tapering it which led to severe depression. I tried to go back on my original dose of 15 mg for about 11 days before having to go down a little to 12.5 mg. I started tapering mid april and got as far as 7.5 mg but it was hellish so I had to up my dose. At this point I don’t know what to do. Should I cold turkey, take a ssri and then discontinuing buspar. I can’t sleep anymore and it’s really taking a toll on my mind and body. I have a prescription for Ativan 1 mg but don’t want to create a new problem. It feel like I lost my ability to sleep. Even when I don’t sleep at night, i’m not able to take nap during the day. I went 5 days in a row without sleeping at all and felt wired and another stretch of 4 days . I know I am an extremely rare case since buspar is apparently easy to stop but that’s far from the case for me. I stopped Zoloft cold turkey with any problem and with Buspar, I struggle to drop my dose down by 2.5 mg. If anyone has tips, I would really appreciate it!

Since dropping my dose from 15 mg to 10 mg after 2 months of use, I never got back to normal and I am now at month 5. Even after reinstating my original dose of 15 mg, I can’t sleep at all, like I lost the ability to sleep. I can be without any sleep at all for 5 days in a rows and feel wired. The only way for me to get about 3-4 hours of sleep per night is taking seroquel which is a shit med to take. My mood is all over the place, one hour I feel ok then completely depressed. My body has burning sensations and my fingers are numb. I would trade my good old anxiety any day over this. I was functionnal but anxious now I have been off work for almost 3 months and my condition is not improving at all. I am 29 years old and and wanted to live a normal life. Now I am miserable, 100 x worse than before taking the med, still stuck on this buspar and no one to help me. My doctor say it’s just anxiety coming back. I know this is not normal anxiety, I have been on this med for only 2 months before trying a taper. I had no problem sleeping at all and was functionnal.