"have been on a few ssris (paxil, lexapro, and zoloft).  zoloft pulled me out of a dark hole of severe anxiety and insomnia and kept my head above water for about a year but i never felt great on it, just able to cope with life plus i still needed ativan for sleep which i didn&#039;t like but it helped.  decided to try buspar.  wad fairly easy to get on, minimal side effects, a lot of brain zaps, though.  mood improved after about 2 weeks, for about a week, then it just stopped working and anxiety came back hard.  also i had bad insomnia the whole time on it, even before, but this didn&#039;t help in any way.  had pretty disturbing nightmares when i did sleep.  insomnia and decline in mood forced me to get off.  took for a month.  was at 30mg 3 x day."