Posted by realnice on June 2, 2006, at 18:42:01
Hi - first time posting.
Went off prozac around middle of April after being on it for about 10 years. After a few weeks began experiencing withdrawl symptons - vivid dreams and those zapping sensations. These went away after about a week and I thought I was home free. Wrong! First the headache started - it was so bad even my eyeballs hurt. Then the zapping sensations came back as well as the vivid dreaming. I've had a few days here and there with dimenished symptoms but they always come back. My headache has now moved to the back of my head and the zapping is more frequent but not as intense.
Went to the doc and he pretty much could not believe it was related to coming off Prozac since so much time has gone by (about a month at that time). By the way, I went off the 20 mg dose I'd been on by taking 10 mg for 5 days (according to my doc this was the way to get off Prozac). The doc thinks it's seizures, brain tumor, etc. I'm resisting doing all the testing because of what I've read (mostly on the web) about other people's experiences. He gave me phenobarb and a muscle relaxer that haven't done a whole lot.
I guess I'm just looking for support, answers, information. Will the withdrawal symptoms ever go away? When???? Is my brain being damaged? Sould I contact Eli Lily? Find another doc? Any ideas about relieving the symptoms?
My house and life are kind of falling down around my ears and I just don't know what to do. Anything anyone has to say would be helpful.
Thank you.
poster:realnice
thread:652097
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