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How many people experience "brain zaps" from antidepressant withdrawals?
#antidepressants#antidepressant#medication withdrawal#antidepressant withdrawal#ssri withdrawal#withdrawal symptoms#brain zaps#vertigo#ssri#ssri brain zap#sertraline#sertraline withdrawal#zoloft#zoloft withdrawal
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some of you guys like to identify as freaks for various reasons but the real freaks are these motherfuckers
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Transgender Vampire Time!
Here's a question: can vampires go on HRT or receive gender affirming surgeries post-mortem? Some things to consider...
Vampires are dead and may not have functional endocrine systems, so hormones might not effect them
surgery on a creature that is both already dead and constantly healing is probably Hard.
Please reblog for sample size and lmk your thoughts! I am very curious what other people think about this.
#shouts#yes there is something wrong with me. i have vampire autism atm and also im dealing with ssri withdrawal FNDJFJ#i am distracting myself from brain zaps#i hope this is coherent at least#surgery
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Well, I've reach the brain zap stage of SSRI withdrawals, and for those who haven't experienced it, it's just as bad, if not worse than it sounds. 😓😓😓😓😓
#depression#antidepressants#ssri#ssri withdrawal#brain zaps#ive also never been so tired but so unable to sleep in my life#citalopram
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i do not like the brain zaps :(
#antidepressant withdrawal#ssri withdrawal#doc won’t fucking reply to my refill requests AGAIN#and now im not only going through suddenly being cut off from my lisdexamphetamine#but now my escitalopram oxalate as well#vyvanse and lexapro for brand names#and am definitely getting the ‘brain zaps’ from the discontinuation effects#i do not like suddenly feeling like im falling and the backs of my eyes sort of area has been zapped and is spazzing#it lasts less than a second but sometimes it’s happening once every 30-60 seconds#i do not like this :(
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personal update: yeah i'm kinda going thru it right now. and by "it", i mean SSRI withdrawals
(ive been on sertraline/zoloft for Years, & recently decided to try Not being on it anymore. so ive been gradually tapering off it over the past ~month and a half. i'm in the home stretch now & ooh boy i am feeling the Effects. the good news is that my withdrawal symptoms havent been TOO debilitating, and it shouldn't be too long before my body adjusts to being ssri-free and then all of this will be over!!!! yippee)
#ray's art#gradually tapering off medication is supposed to help minimize withdrawal symptoms. but it sure doesnt eliminate them#and ssri withdrawal symptoms are WEIRD. dizziness and brain zaps are big ones. such an interesting experience#ive dealt w/ withdrawals before due to issues getting my prescription renewed in the past.... not fun lol#it's honestly so much more bearable this time around because im doing this to myself by my own free will & it'll be over soon enough#& hopefully i'll be ok without these meds & then i'll never have to worry about getting this particular prescription filled ever again yaay
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You might think that I'm looking forward to taking my SSRIs again after 5 days because it will improve my mental health, but really I'm just looking forward to not having a mini-earthquake in my head every time I move my eyes
#brain zaps have to be one of the weirdest things a medication could have as a withdrawal symptom#while still being considered not a medical problem#but man am I so sick of how dizzy and disorientated I feel after having the world just shake a little every time I move my eyes#personal#ssri withdrawal
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Over the past year I’ve been tapering off my antidepressants (with doctors help and wisdom).
I am completely off Wellbutrin (since ~March) and three days of being off cymbalta, and I’m feeling rough. I’ve read things online about coming off Cymbalta and antidepressants in general. I know googling symptoms online isn’t usually helpful.
I’ve been on cymbalta for about 7 or 8 years (90 mg).
I’m feeling pretty bad. Sick to my stomach (although it might be IBS), vertigo when moving my eyes, and what I’m thinking are brain zaps. I’ve also read irritability can be a symptom which may be another thing I’m feeling. I felt the brain zaps whenever I’d miss a day of my meds and when I tried explaining this to my doctor, she didn’t seem to understand the term and I didn’t know how to explain it. I’m afraid if I call my doctor she won’t believe me or understand what I’m feeling. Aren’t psychiatrist suppose to be aware of the effects?
how do i cope with thissss? i feel so sick and awful.
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i’m coming off of my depression meds (for other health reasons) and the brain zaps have me so fucking sick
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i hate brain zaps :(
#FUCK YOU WALGREENS REFILL MY PRESCRIPTION ALREADY!!!!#fuck ssris too#called the doc and asked for a lower dose bc i hate how rigid i need to schedule things#otherwise i get brain zapped into oblivion for missing ONE dose#or taking it later in the day#fucks up my whole week#higher doses give me so much anxiety#i need to find a different way to treat this
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Brain zaps be zapping again
I'm going through this headache again, and I'm so upset about it. I'm not even going through a decrease- I increased goddamnit. I thought they only happened if you decreased. Now I have the metal balls jangling in my head if I so much as move my eyes wrong. Even my tinnitus has taken on a tinny sound. I hate these things so much. Life feels like it's on pause once they start up. I only get them closer to the evenings, so it's not too bad. But, like, some times they start at 5:00PM and mess up my whole evening. I'm in law school damnit- I've got shit to do.
I've also had some scary bad ones recently.
About three weeks ago, I was having a really shitty time. I got dumped, I was plagued by some unknown upper respiratory infection (not COVID), and- key point here- I had vomited a little after taking my meds. The only medication in the puke was the Mucinex I had taken earlier, but my other meds were also probably disrupted because of it. Due to- just- the emotional devastation that I felt and in generally feeling utterly like shit all the time, I hadn't been able to sleep for about 48 hours.
Not great for a sick person.
It was getting late. My dad had gone off to bed. I go up to brush my teeth because they were feeling shitty because, well, depression. My head had been buzzing for maybe an hour- the occasional long series of zaps, but also just buzzing pain in general. Enough to note, but not enough to really to make myself do anything about. I'm on the stairs when something feels off the first time. A lot of zaps go off at once and make my head feel a little dizzy.
Worrying.
I make my way to the bathroom and start brushing my teeth. That's when things got really bad.
I'm one of those people who shakes their head as I brush my teeth. I move in rhythm with the brush. Maybe the motion caused it because suddenly a whole bunch of zaps go off all at once. Just simultaneously blasting away at my brain. My body goes stiff I feel like I'm about to fall over and out of control of my body. The worst part was my vision. The world just started kinda melting. Y'know how sometimes a bunch of window screen will pop up in this specific diagonal overlap? It was like that but also a little liquidy. There was this sound as it happened- like when one dribbles basketballs really low and quickly to the ground but more metal. I remember feeling so stiff.
My body doesn't respond to my commands for a second, but somehow I pushed my will through enough for me to stop myself from falling. I panic finish because what the fuck just happened? I'm heartbroken, depressed, exhausted, sick, and now terrified because I lost control of my body for a second. I leave the bathroom and proceed to have another one. There's basketballs. My head hurts. My limbs stiffen.
The world melts.
I cling to some shelves. I gain back control. I'm scared. Do I move? Do I stay? I'm so tired. I need to go back downstairs. I need my meds. I want my dad.
My dad went to bed- that means he's in the room right next to me.
This is purely a matter of happenstance. Due to some shenanigans involving the AC units at home, my dad started sleeping in my sister's room since she had already left for her own place, and her room conjoins my childhood bedroom through the bathroom. I went to my childhood bedroom by habit despite not sleeping there because my AC unit was among the broken ones because, when you're feeble, sickly, prissy prissy prince(ss) like me, you need to be able to cool the room a little while on a tropical island. I was standing in my room at the time, maybe I could drag myself just far enough to get my dad.
I move slowly. I keep one hand webbed in the shelve's grids as I travel, then pressed against the wall once there are no more shelves.
I'm in the doorway when a third one hits. Maybe because it's happened twice now, but it's not quite as bad. But the world still melts for a bit.
I cling my to my sister's bedroom door and knock. I call out for my dad and quietly open the door.
He's tired and confused and worried.
"There's something wrong with me. I don't think it's safe for me to go down the stairs alone. Can you help me?"
I feel like a little kid all over again.
Instead of doing what my routine-oriented brain thinks of which is guiding me downstairs then back to the actual room I sleep in, he slips me into what was his bed. He rubs my back and strokes my hair then goes to get my meds. My Ate comes to check because she heard something happened and know that I'm still really sick. She brings me an extra blanket and some water.
My dad returns with my meds and my phone. He tells me to text him or my Ate if I need anything and to get some rest.
I take all my meds plus a Tylenol PM and finally sleep for the first time in over 48 hours.
I haven't had brain zaps as bad as that day since.
But every time they start back up, I worry if it'll happen again, and if this time I really do lose control. My dad isn't here to help me again. I don't know if there's anyone who could help me if they happen again.
#tw depressing thoughts#brain zaps#my head huuuurts#my ears are ringing#they're tinny now#kinda metally#it's annoying#lexapro#in case it helps to know what SSRI I'm on#ssri#what's wrong with me#what's wrong this time#i love my dad#constitution is my dump stat#law student#sorry for being depressing#i feel alone
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i took yesterday off to eat soup and take a nap so today is saturday2 for me
#original post#chicken soup for the brain#we finally got the script wahoo#psa: i usually get my meds delivered to my home by my regular pharmacy#they werent able to get my stuff to me before Monday because their courier doesn't do weekends#so we arranged a short-term extension/refill with a local pharmacy instead#i didnt have to fully transfer all my meds here they were able to just do the one thing!#i have a few controlled substances such as my T and my lorazepam and sometimes they get suspicious#when you transfer that stuff too much (looks like you're just trying to withdraw the meds to sell somewhere else)#i just called my usual place (pharmacy1) and figured this out with them#then called pharmacy2 and told them to call pharmacy1 and get the info and pharmacy2 had my script filled in a couple hours :)#this is just for a bog-standard SSRI so no issues with the controlled substance thing or whatever#i just needed an emergency refill because we didn't realise i was out of actual refills on the script#+ having to make an appointment with my doctor on top of arranging delivery while i was already having ye olde withdrawal brain zaps ...#anyway! i had an actual appointment with my doc himself today and explained all this and got a real big boy refill instead of the shortie#THAT is coming in the mail so i will have PLENTY of medgijens for the coming months
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Might draw, might play game, might disassociate for awhile,
#i forgot my meds yesterday so today is hellish for brain zaps and feeling fucked up#its tsken me like 10 minutes to write this post#hey if you take snri's super dont skip doess its not fun dont reccomend#its probably a thing for ssri's too but ive only noticed it with this med#i feel like my skin is very lightly vibrating and it doesnt feel good#ill be fine this has happened before accidentally it just means a day of feeling like shit#i just like to document this stuff so i can remind myself later not to do this again lol#the artist has spoken#the artist complains
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anyone else's psychiatrist got them on liquid prozac
#mun;;#tbd;;#bruh#its because im taking a low dose to stop the brain zaps because of suddenly stopping an ssri#but like yo man pls dont torment me like that just gimme the powder pills
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ok yeah I'm going to go on a rant, i cannot stand medical professionals sometimes and I totally get why people seek out alternative medicine even though most of it is snake oil
my doctor's office LOST part of my records from this year's physical which means, domino effect style, I'm going through ssri withdrawal right now and feel like I can pass out at any moment. I feel like someone put my brain in a blender and is occasionally hitting the 'pulse' setting to make neuron smoothie. Of course, I had to take off work because I'm barely functional.
Went in on monday for the sole reason of getting this situation sorted, and talked to one of the doctors about getting my refill (already going thru withdrawal at this point, this was the soonest I could see someone).
It's now wednesday. I think. I can't really think straight. I checked my pharmacy, they hadn't received any new scripts.
Called doctor's office, NO ONE PUT IN MY FUCKING REFILL.
I'm just so exhausted. I have life threatening depression and checked all the boxes on my end, all while going through withdrawal, because of a mistake they made, and now my dr office fucked up a second time. withdrawal is beyond unpleasant obvi but can also be deadly because ... just look it up if you don't get it.
I already have a deep and abiding distaste for medical settings-- I went to all of my mom's chemo appts as a kid, and one time they gave her some experimental drug that nearly killed her and she was in the hospital during the holidays. and a male doctor SA'd me as a teen in a medical setting, which makes me nauseous every time I remember. fucking creep. despite that, I managed to make an appointment and attend it. despite how much anxiety it gives me to do that on a good day.
Now I have to go through the rigamarole of finding a new doctor, because how in the fuck can I trust them after all that?? and my brain is still zapping away.
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