"i&#039;m a 32 year old male and i&#039;ve been taking buspar for about 10 months. at first it did nothing but make my anxiety worse. i would wake up with to full blown panic attacks and have the worse nightmares ever. however i&#039;m now taking 40mg of citaloptam a day mixed with the buspar 15mg and 1mg of xanax twice a day. and zanax! i have  insomnia mixed with with deep anxiety issues. the problem that i have is the buspar makes me so fat! i&#039;m literally considering stop taking it and just see of the other meds can help. buspar alone is no  substitution for anxiety drug and wouldn&#039;t recommend it..."