Posted by omegon on May 7, 2004, at 5:49:36
In reply to Re: Heart beats/Strong electrical shock waves » Aral, posted by Sad Panda on May 6, 2004, at 13:56:23
> If you are not switching to a different drug, but are going clean, some Prozac may help you as it can substitute for Effexor, I would take 10mg/day until the symptoms subside & the stop taking prozac. Effexor has a short half life & leaves your body within a few days of the last dose which brings on sudden withdrawl symptoms. Prozac has an extrodinarily long half life & takes weeks to leave your body, so it acts as a slow taper by itself.
...but be aware that Prozac withdrawal may itself (I think quite rarely by comparison with efexor & paxil) produce the same shock sensations in some people.Like me. I was on efexor for 3 months. Came off and switched to prozac; the efexor-withdrawal shocks stopped in 5 days. After 8 weeks on prozac, I had to come off that as well (side effects completely intolerable - insomnia, nausea, mood swings, apathy, etc). Two weeks after stopping I was getting these "brain zaps" again (besides the other withdrawal symptoms - nightmares, depression and so forth). It's now over 8 weeks after stopping prozac and I am STILL getting brain zaps several times a minute for a fair proportion of the day.
It may have a long half-life but my brain just doesn't seem to adapt very well to changes in medication, in either direction!
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