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I had brain zaps and they were very distracting. I took 2 SSRIs for about 3 years and went off them close to cold turkey. When I would move my eyes it felt lik
by verylittlemeat 9y ago
I had brain zaps and they were very distracting.
I took 2 SSRIs for about 3 years and went off them close to cold turkey. When I would move my eyes it felt like there was a delay between moving and seeing. This lasted for about a month. In general everything felt very disconnected/fuzzy/unreal. Sometimes it was close to what I imagine people describe as an out of body experience.
- pasabagi 9y agoI think if you come off any kind of brain med cold turkey, you're gonna have a very bad time. I still find articles like the above absolutely horrible, and wish people would stop writing them. Meds saved my life. They save the life of millions of people every year - and they make depression hands-down easier to manage and to live with. That doctors over-proscribe is another problem. Muck-raking and fear-mongering about what are already scary drugs to very scared depressed people has real costs - people probably die because of articles like the above. Many, many people suffer for years without medication because they're afraid to start them.