Website review: Brain zaps - Wikipedia, the free en...
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sanitized rated 3 months ago- Brain zaps are AWFUL. I've gotten them a few times when transitioning off of medications. They are some of the worst things you can experience, and something which is nearly impossible to describe. Wikipedia tries to explain it as ""Brain zaps" are said to defy description for whomever has not experienced them, but the most common themes are of a sudden "jolt," likened to an electric shock, apparently occurring or originating within the brain itself, with associated disorientation for a few seconds. "
- ketogah rated 6 months ago
- Brain Shivers. Not fun. from the page: "Brain zaps, also known as "brain shocks," "brain shivers" or "head shocks" are a fairly common withdrawal symptom experienced during discontinuation (or reduction of dose) of SSRI and SNRI antidepressant drugs.[citation needed] The symptom is described as brief but repeated electric shock-like sensations in the brain and head. The effect is not only confined to withdrawal periods for all sufferers, but also are experienced while actually taking the prescribed medication (although less commonly), and have been known to continue for years after withdrawal from the associated medication. The phenomenon is most commonly associated with paroxetine (Paxil, Seroxat), fluoxetine (Prozac), venlafaxine (Effexor), sertraline (Zoloft), duloxetine (Cymbalta), fluvoxamine (Luvox), citalopram (Celexa), escitalopram (Lexapro), and tramadol (Ultram). As of 1997, a sizable minority of medical professionals were poorly aware of the existence of antidepressant withdrawal symptoms.[1] Subsequent review in 2005 of adverse event reporting showed that descriptions of "electric shocks" from patients on paroxetine had been reported more frequently than some other symptoms,[2] but had wrongly coded and that "patients provided reports that were much richer in their descriptions of behavioural phenomena and feelings than the YC reports".[3] In more recent years, drug companies have added to their list of potential side-effects of many of these medications the possibility of "sensory disturbances", believed to be in reference to the strengthening body of anecdotal evidence about this phenomenon's existence.[citation needed]"
- Malory rated 14 months ago
- From the page: "Brain zaps, (proposed name: myalotinasis from Greek for brain + jolt) also known as "the electric brain thing," "brain shivers," "brain shocks," "battery head," "blips," or "brain spasms," are a fairly common and notorious withdrawal symptom experienced during discontinuation (or reduction of dose) of SSRI and SNRI antidepressant drugs. However, the effect is not only confined to withdrawal periods for all suffers, but also is experienced while actually taking the prescribed medication (although less commonly), and has been known to continue for years after withdrawal from the associated medication." A friend who took himself off this stuff sent me this to describe the horrors of SSRI withdrawl. Eeeee. I think I'll stick to watching Airplane! and Blazing Saddles when I need my mood improved.
