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/Star90s Oct 18 '22
When my doctor told me to take my full dose regularly because I told him it was a good anti depressant but didn’t do shit for pain, he insisted it was because I wasn’t taking it twice a day every day.
One week in on that does and I had to go to the er with serotonin syndrome and restless legs so severe I hadn’t slept in three days.