"i&#039;ve been on this going on four months and i am a big fan. it has greatly reduced my anxiety, at only 10mgs a day. i rarely have to take an ativan. i&#039;ve always been anxious, but things got much worse when i tried different stimulants for my adhd. even with a low dose of lexapro, i started to have dramatic panic attacks. it was awful. i went off both with the help of ativan, but i didn&#039;t want to become dependent on the benzo, so i took them as infrequently as possible (1/2 or 1 per day). i was still really suffering, and asked my doc about buspar. i am so relieved that something works, and that it isn&#039;t something i&#039;m afraid of."