Hi all,
For the last couple of weeks I have been experiencing dizzy spells accompanied by what I call "zingers", it compares to the feeling of getting an electrical shock only it involves my whole head and down my arms to my fingertips. I have tapered off and quit lexapro over a month ago, having done a slow two month taper, which I read would be one explaination. The other one I read about is M.S., which is what I don't want to hear at all. I've never had an MRI throughout my PN history, blood work, emgs but never an MRI. If I take half of a 1mg. ativan it quiets the zings for about three hours and they come right back.....I left work early today because every time I move my head or stand up I get zapped pretty good. I also do very poorly in warm/hot weather so this last weekend was very hard on me, sapped my energy and made the dizziness, zingy very pronounced.
I just called my neuro's office to move my appointment up, I was doing so well he didn't want to see me until mid July, the best they can do it June 13th. In the meantime I see my rheumy and my pain & spine doc tomorrow, hopefully one of them can shed some light on this or I'll get into see my primary dr. if I need to. I almost went back on lexapro, but I thought "no, I want less, not more meds in my life" so I have held off.
Anyone out there that can relate this to progression of Pn or anything else? I almost started crying yesterday when I read the M.S. symptoms and then I told myself to knock it off, don't self diagnose (not very good at it anyway!)
Thanks-Janna

Oh Mel, I just read about that little girl the died from a fentanyl overdose, why would anyone do that to a child, my heart is breaking for that little one. Can we make "stupid" a crime?

most likely the Lexapro. If you Google Lexapro withdrawal there are many
stories...detailing how awful this is to come off of.

The serotonin withdrawal can take months.

A 2 month wean is not slow. Try 4 months. That sounds like brain zaps. Not a nice sensation. Try taking a very tiny bit of Lex and see how you feel in about an hour or so. If it helps that's what it is.

Wow, I never ever hard about brain zaps. And withdrawal from Lexapro gives people brain zaps.

I have a friend who just switched from Lexapro to Effexor. The Lexapro (she said), made her so hungry she was eating everything in sight, so she asked her doctor to switch her.

Only she didn't take the Effexor either. She was crying all the time. She just went back on it the other day. She says she feels much better.

She never mentioned any zaps. I gather you have to be off this med for awhile to get brain zaps??

jeez, brain zaps. My lord, what else are people going to have to go through??

P.S. Jannaw, I started a thread about that foster mother who put the patch on that poor child.

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.

Thanks for explaining!

Now here's another question. I have heard of lexapro, wellbutrin, trazadone, effexor.

How come no one is on Zoloft anymore???

Thanks much