Does anyone have advice for brain zaps?

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• yesman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You just have to wait until they go away. Couple of weeks is what I was told and close to what I experienced.

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  • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think I might cry every day if this lasts that long

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    • Bismyth@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I also went through this. I also just toughed it out and radically accepted and expected them to happen tbh. Be very kind to yourself, give yourself some grace and treat yourself. you’re going through a lot and you deserve to be given TLC while you’re going through it <3 Sending you strength!

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  • kaida@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    In addition I‘d say treat yourself very well. My brainzaps usually went away in 3-4 days and on those days I was treating myself with a lot of ice cream

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• CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You should be titrating with the guidance of your doctor. This is a medical question you should be asking a medical professional

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• CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I still get them (very) occasionally. It’s been about 15 years.

  Just gotta plow through. I wish they hadn’t prescribed it as a first line.

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• sickday@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  10ish years ago I was on an absurd amount Paxil (80 mg) and had to stop cold-turkey when I got laid off and lost insurance. I got them for 3 months before they finally went away. At first I couldn't even sleep because they'd keep me up. Firing off every 15-20 mins. I'm really sorry that I don't have great advice to make it more bearable, but I can say it does get better with time.

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  • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh my god, you poor thing

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• corvide077@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Do they hurt? SSRI withdrawal gave me like static on one eyebrow but it didn’t hurt

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  • Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They don’t hurt per se. I think it’s different per person, but I feel it in my ears first, like in flexing them and making them rumble, before I get the sound of static and then my eyes feel like they involuntarily look left and right. I also kinda feel a little bit of the tingle across the top of my head or my brain - so I do get the zap of them as well. This all happens within maybe half a second or less, but it’s multiple times a minute.

    Not truly life altering, but the combination of ear rumbles and eye movements are making me hella dizzy all day

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• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Graduated reduction under the supervision of a medical provider. I went off a medication without supervision, once, and it was a disaster.

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• BevsDad@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ll probably be on my SNRI (strattera) for the rest of my life so sadly I am of no help to your brain zappies 💔

  My ex would try and hide in the dark when she got brain zaps but otherwise didn’t seem to have much else that helped sadly.

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