Posted by grapebubblegum on May 15, 2001, at 8:11:14
I am so glad to know I am not the only one. After reading through the "withdrawal from Zoloft" thread I now know that others have experienced it. It feels similar to touching a glass display case in a department store and getting a static electric shock, or as someone else described perfectly, like a current passes across your head from right to left and scrambles everything and turns it off for a split-second. Like when the lights flicker out but come right back on.
Now, I luckily have had no overt problems withdrawing from any SSRI; the "brain zaps" occurred at times when I was not taking them but I don't think it was right after withdrawal, necessarily. When I went to my internal medicine doctor about the current-like symptom he said there was no reason for it and the only thing he could do was refer me to a "psycho-somatic clinic." I never went back to him.
So, does anyone know, scientifically, WHAT IS IT????
Neurologically, chemically, could someone, anyone, please explain the mechanism that causes this feeling? Is it dangerous? When they do occur every 30 seconds (which is what sent me to the doctor) what is going on???
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