Originally Posted by jarrett622

NoNoNo!!! LOL! The brain zaps are withdrawal from stopping an SSRI too fast. Like cold turkey and a 'fast' wean off. It's just a descriptive term for what the sensation feels like. Celexa did the same thing to me as Lex did to your friend with the added joy of turning me into a zombie. I was put on Effexor after a year of being off Celexa. For me Effexor was a miracle. It gave me back my life. It was like someone flipped a switch and said, "Here, have 'you' back". BTW, Celexa is the parent drug of Lex. They both have the very same active ingredient. They took the Celexa isomer and split it. They got rid of the part that had the worst of the side effects. That's a matter of opinion if you talk to people that have taken both drugs.