Posted by SLS on December 13, 2005, at 21:47:22
In reply to Help Racer, Ed_uk, Med_empowered, SLS, posted by Gee on December 13, 2005, at 11:10:29
Hi Gee.
I think Racer gave some excellent advice.
Perhaps you can review your medical history here and list any changes you may have made in your treatment recently - even if it was simply a changeover to generics or the addition of a decongestant or other.
Enough people have reported brain zaps and nausea while remaining at a stable dosage of SRIs to suggest that this is a possibility. However, what you describe does sound more like withdrawal effects. There are so many other possible medical explanations for what you are experiencing, you might have to start with an evaluation by a GP to resolve the causes.
I know this wasn't very helpful, but without more information, it is difficult to offer a better guess or recommend more precise course of action.
Perhaps you are at the lower end of a therapeutic window of an SRI such that you suffer mini-withdrawals every day when your blood levels ebb. When do you take your medication? Is there a daily rhythm to the appearance of the symptoms?
- Scott-----------------------------------------------
> I posted earlier in the month about brain zaps and memory loss, now my brain zaps/dizziness are getting worse. I'm not going through withdrawal of any sort, and the nausia and headaches are back. I know brainzaps are caused because of blood pressure inthe brain, but is there anything I can take to less them, especially when I'm writting exams? I'm going to try ginger for the nausia, and I can live with the headaches. Is it normal to have withdrawal syptoms even when I'm really not? I haven't missed a dose in ages becuase that just makes it so much worse. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I can't see my doc for another couple of weeks.
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