I have been taking zoloft for about 11 years or so and am currently on a dose of 200mg per day. I also take 400mg seroquel at night. I've read about brain shivers upon withdrawal from zoloft but currently experience brain shivers whilst taking zoloft. I take the zoloft in the morning and by about 3pm or 4pm begin getting the electric shocks in my brain. I used to get this only if i missed a dose but they are quite regular now and i am consistent with taking my meds.
I'm not sure if this relates to this thread but I don't really have any idea what is going on with me! I've been on zoloft for about 2 months, but recently switched to Lexapro to increase my energy levels. I am on 10 mg/day, but recently went on vacation, and forgot to bring my prescription with me - so I haven't taken it for about a week.
It sounds like your doctor was tapering you off, as AnxiousNoMore hinted at -- why did you switch to going cold turkey? As for brain zaps, those are like electric shocks that occur as the serotonin receptors that shut down while you were on the drug start to reawaken. The rest is just a collection of withdrawal symptoms, which can go from none for some people to something like the flu for others to creating brand new permanent problems for others.
I was taking 225mg effexor went down to 150mg for 2 weeks then went off and on to zoloft 50mg for 4 days now. I am having some withdraw symptoms like electric zaps in my face and lips, and it feels like when I move my head it takes a few seconds for my brain to catch up. Also now I am having crazy, weird and sometimes disterbing dreams and when I am not dreaming I am wide awake. I am perimenopausal but now I am having bad night sweats and more hot flashes than ever.
Hi, Joanne. Not as freaky as you may think. I have severe anxiety, among other mental issues, and before I was properly treated, I had what I called 'head-zaps' all the time. They went all the way from my head to my toes, only lasting about a second or so, but sometimes they happened every few minutes, sometimes hard enough to make my whole body jump. I finally talked my family into getting me a CAT scan to see why this was happening.
It's really hard to say how long the withdrawal symptoms will last because we're all so different. Try to hang in there because it does get better.
I read that seizures are a possiblilty when going through withdrawal of the God Awful medication!! is this something I might have now after almost 12 days of stopping this medication "cold turkey"?
After seeing a reduction in the effectiveness of Zoloft (100mg daily), my doctor has switched me to Effexor (75 mg daily). I switched 2 weeks ago and am feeling much better, but in the last few days I have been experiencing tremors or 'brain zaps', which thought were a symptom of Zoloft withdrawals. From what I have seen, this should be a fairly smooth transition, but is it possible that that these tremors are side effects from the withdrawal of Zoloft?
How quickly did you go off the Paxil to the Zoloft? It sounds like you've got some withdrawal mixed in with side effects, especially since the Paxil is making you feel better. It's a very tough drug to quit for many people, and if you move quickly from drug to drug you don't know if it's withdrawal from the old drug or the new drug.
Hi all just wished to find out from others past experience of the drug how long one should expect to experience withdrawal effects from prozac. Been off prozac myself for 2 1/2 weeks after changing to mirtazapine and now have buily up to an 45mg dose after 8 1/2 weeks but i'm experiencing a range of strange sensations over this whole period.
There was a thead on this elsewhere but it would not allow me to post as it had reached its daily limit. I've seen a lot of posts where people are complaining of brain zaps while going through SSRI withdrawal. I'm actually experiencing them while I'm on one! I've been taking Lexapro 20mg or about a year now and have been experiencing ocassional brain zaps. Anyone having this problem while under current treatment -- not withdrawals?
Its been 11 days, I cut my dosage to ten for a month and would skip days, my withdrawal is still happening. I feel like im being zapped all day, especially when i walk, I get dizzy and zapping feelings. I didnt want to taper slowly because I just want this out of my system. I'm fine with the withdrawals, because I know thats what it is.
However, how long does it take for the zaps to go away? I get extremely tired from it, and feel really dizzy. Anyone have an advice?
However, after being off of the Paxil CR for a while I started it up again after trying Zoloft (which made my anxiety so unbearable; I thought I was insane) and the results were not great. I gradually worked my dose up to 37.5 mg as per my doctor's instructions and while it did seem to help with the anxiety and depression, I was having the eye zaps and severe depersonalization that I only experienced during withdrawals.
A lot of people don't get withdrawal. A lot do. Those two drugs aren't the worst for withdrawals. Prozac stays in the body for about a month, whereas the other ssris such as Zoloft leave in a matter of a day or less. So if there is going to be a withdrawal from Prozac, it's usually so long after quitting that shrinks probably don't attribute it to the Prozac.
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