"i have taken buspar for 5 months. prescribed max dose of 15mg 4x/day. it took a couple weeks to actually notice the difference. i don&#039;t feel like a zombie after taking it. i really just came to the realization one day while driving to work, an activity that used to leave me recovering from an anxiety attack, was suddenly a very simple task. my social anxiety, much improved. it&#039;s very subtle, but after sticking with it, i can look back and i see that it changed my life. it does make me sleepy, in a walking around functioning while yawning kind of way and i get a lot of headaches. the good definitely outweighs the bad. i can take a lower dosage on easy days and still have a positive outcome. also take 150mg of zoloft and 25 mg wellbutrin"