SSRI withdrawal 1 month later, still zapping

Posted by vitalsign0 on September 22, 2010, at 12:07:45

Brief history:
Been taking Luvox 50mgs and Xanax .5mgs at night for the past 14 years for generalized anxiety and OCD.
My doctor switched me to Prozac to make withdrawal easier and it worked. I took Prozac 10mgs for a month and then stopped the SSRI altogether. I still got some brain zaps and headaches, but they were a lot more mild than any other previous attempt. Things got bad two weeks after stopping for a few days, then calmed down a bit.
Here it is 4 weeks after stopping Prozac, 2 months after stopping Luvox, and I'm still getting brain zaps, disconnected feeling, and headaches. I can never predict how I'm going to feel day to day.
How long should this go on for? My doctor said at this point it may not be the medication withdrawal anymore, but a physical manifestation of baseline anxiety and I might want to restart Luvox or try a different one.
Any advice?

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