Lexapro "Brain Zaps"

Hi,
Thank you for this very kind response! I can certainly use paragraphs-after I posted it I had the exact same thought.

Thank you for the kind advice-I had a suspicion about Vitamin D/D3 being especially important and can take more of it. It is hard to find in food and I live in a beautiful but cold northern climate. Walking is wonderful, I am quite young so I want to focus on exercise and maybe yoga to help my mind feel more centered. The past can definitely become an obsession. Iodine from kelp is another supplement that has helped me.

I tried a number of times to meditate while coming off the ssri's and felt it to be near impossible. Sometimes I would end up far, far sadder than before I had started. It was kind of a horrible trap. It was far easier to meditate when I was in a better place, which is silly I know.

Thank you again for this advice- I won't be going back on Lexapro or any ssri's, and I do ponder their legitimacy as an treatment for anxiety, depression, or whatever ails. As long as the significant pain I have experienced related to the drug has caused no actual damage, I am fine with the experience. My only issue lies with feelings of paranoia I have about somehow having "destroyed" the health of my brain.

I read somewhere else that ssri's are like "robbing peter to pay paul", and however vague this was, somehow it resonated with me and subsequently scared me. It's like you get some of the relief you need but spark up some whole new dark problems later. Of course, I don't know that I can blame ssri's for sure, and I believe each persons experience is completely different. If someone is having a wonderful experience on ssri's, I think my personal opinions about the drugs do not apply to them. Likewise, some people have battled so deeply with anxiety and depression that drugs like ssri's may be one of the only things allowing them to live a successful life.

Does anybody have thoughts on this? Do ssri's actually hurt us or does it just feel like they do, like a bad flu or something? I guess I was just taken aback at antidepressant medications ability to make some situations far worse, and normal pain completely unbearable.

Hi again everyone. I have anouther question. I’ve read many people on the Heeling Well site complain about brain zaps when coming off of certain meds.

It has just occurred to me that I go to think i’ve read from anyone
who has provided an answer.

Does ANYONE have an idea how long the zaps will last ? I don’t
care if it’s from your own experience or someone else’s; does
anyone know how long it takes for the zaps to stop? Do they ever
stop?

Thanks very much.
Derwood