Posted by Janelle on September 6, 2006, at 23:00:53
In reply to brain zaps while on celexa, posted by pahole on September 4, 2006, at 16:46:15
I was scrolling around on here and saw your Topic, which I'd already responded to, but something else just came into my mind.
It's not precisely on the Celexa brain zaps you've been experiencing but it relates to your having what I'd consider UNEXPECTED, UNUSUAL side effects from the Celexa (the kind a person might experience while going OFF the med; I had brain zaps going OFF a different SSRI a-d)
Anyway, I had been on 300 mg of Seroquel for sleeping (started at a much lower dose but had to keep increasing it to have it continue to work), then suddenly after about a year or so on this dosage, it started making me sick!
I'd wake up in the middle of the night, very dizzy, dazed and nauseous, and a few times as I stumbled to the bathroom (to pee, not barf! It never came to that), I kept bumping against walls and got a major bruise from it at one point. And when mornings came, OMG, I was so queasy I could not eat for a few hours. The mere thought of food was awful.
Naturally, my pdoc told me to decrease the Seroquel right away, and try to get back to 200 mg, which I have been able to do with success.
But both my pdoc and a very knowledgeable (about meds) counselor were both startled to hear that all of a sudden while ON a med, I was having side effects that if they were to happen would occur while starting and going up on the med and reaching too high a dose (which would mean backing down a notch to a working dose).
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