"at first i didn&#039;t think buspar would help me since i have always relied on antidepressants for my mostly manageable anxiety with a very occasional klonopin. but this past year i was diagnosed with bipolar and have been advised that ssris could trigger manic symptoms so i am on mood stabilizers but they do not help my ever increasing anxiety. it has gotten so bad i rarely leave the house and can&#039;t work. when i started buspar at 7.5 mg 2x/day it made me more anxious and all i did was cry for a week but i was encouraged to keep taking it and it would get better and it has! my quality of life is soo much better, i feel normal again. i do get dizzy after my morning dose and need to sit or lay down though for maybe a half hour to an hour."