It feels similar to being electrocuted or having little lighting in your brain, i’m just curious as to what’s actually happening?
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The fun thing shut brain zaps is that you don’t need to have been on SSRIs or SNRIs to experience them- they can be triggered by stress or a lack of sleep.
Actively SSRIs or SNRIs can also trigger them. That’s actually part of the reason I weaned myself off Effexor (after consulting my doctor, and while doing therapy). The fun thing is, months later, way past the time where I’d still be withdrawing, I still get brain zaps when I move my eyes while tired. Or sometimes it just goes off like a firecracker while I’m trying to sleep, which of course makes sleep harder to come by.
So it’s interesting to note that medications that increase the amount of serotonin present in the brain as well as a lack of serotonin can cause this symptom, which suggests that it’s either coming from a complementary system, or is a sign of imbalance in your serotonin levels(too much/too little).
Either way, it fucking sucks.
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