Question: Last year, I had to switch from Yaz to the generic form of it, Gianvi. I started having extreme anxiety. I attributed it to the birth control and the way the formulation of the pill affected my body. Either way, I have now stopped birth control pills, and the anxiety is better, but I still have bouts when the anxiety comes on strong. For other times, a week at a time, say, I feel fine. I think this is all hormonal. Is it progesterone or estrogen that would more likely effect the anxiety? I would like to go back on BCPs, but I want to take one that works well for anxiety and that won't exacerbate my symptoms. I have PCOS, which is why I want to go back on the pill. I have had very painful cysts every month, 2 months, since I went off the pill. I went to a psychiatrist for the anxiety and he prescribed Xanax. I had only taken two pills in one month when I went back to see him because I'm scared of getting addicted, but could have used more pills. He told me he didn't need to see me anymore. Basically, if I felt like if I wasn't using drugs, he didn't want to help me. I have buspirone that I haven't started taking yet prescribed from my nurse practitioner, but I feel like if I can fix the hormone problems, I might not need to take it.

Thank you for your answer. I started taking the buspirone. I have a question about the prescription. I was told to take it three times a day, but because it makes me dizzy about a half hour after taking it, I only want to take it at night. I really only get anxious in the mornings before work. By around noon, my anxiety is usually gone. If I just take it at night around 10 pm, will it still be working at around 6-8 the following morning to help me get through the morning, or is this a medicine that has to be taken three times a day for efficacy? I have 5 mg pills. Could I take three of them at night instead of three of them throughout he day? Or would one at night eventually keep the anxiety at bay? I have been taking one pill at night for three days now. I still feel anxiety in the morning.

Thank you so much for your reply! I will take your dosing suggestions into consideration, but before I do, I have one more dosing question. Would it eventually be effective if I only take 5 mg of buspirone in the morning? Or is that dose too low to ever build up enough in my system to be effective? You said that it takes two to three weeks for it to work, so I was just wondering if it would ever work taking it that way.

Is a side effect of buspirone /low blood sugar? I feel like I have been more hungry since I've been taking it and like my blood sugar may be dropping low.