How do SSRI withdrawals cause ‘brain zaps’?

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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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I get the brain zaps even when im taking them normally I kinda like them, I take Mirtazapine (apparently a very low dosage) 15mg so i gotta take em when i go to bed because they cause extreme drowsiness. The zaps are like a little light show in my brain in the dark plus the occasional shock which is more akin to a mild static shock and easily shrugged off makes for a fun little ride as i drift off.

I had to transition from Prozac to Mirtazapine (because the prozac was preventing me from sleeping) by taking both at the same time which caused an increase of twitchiness and brain zaps aswell as a very strange feeling of disembodyment consistent for about 4 weeks which was an interesting time of my life as the prozac fought to keep me awake and the mirtazapine tried to send me to sleep i sorta didnt exist for a month.

But I’ve grown to enjoy the strange jolts and lightning in my head.

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