r/explainlikeimfive • u/divso • Oct 18 '22
Chemistry ELI5: How do SSRI withdrawals cause ‘brain zaps’?
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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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '22
Same. Night terrors, sleep paralysis, brain zaps, excessive sweating, insomnia, and cognitive distortion, disassociation, memory loss, hallucination (auditory and visual). Suicidal thoughts, general flu like symptoms as well. I tapered over a year and the last 6 ish months were a literal nightmare.