Recent content by jjnz

For those suffering from 'headzaps' ( very brief millisecond brain shocks usually which occur sporadically but can also be induced by eye movements) common when tapering down from antidepressants . The anecdotal reports of improvement seem to be fish oil ingestion and various multivitamins, I...

The onset of my T was AD withdrawal ( SSRI) . It hit me on the 3rd day of my taper, 225mg effexor => 150mg. Ive had it for 5 years now, yep it goes up and down a bit but that was the onset. My doctor told me it couln't have been the AD's but there are several cases of this happening, many are...

OK so pardon me if this seems a bit passionate but I have Tinnitus as a direct result of antidepressant withdrawal, I'm not the only documented case either. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357564/ Other than a plethora of other debilitating side effects such as balance issues, head...

I got T from the very first week that I started cutting down my effexor ( Venlafaxine) . There are numerous cases of this. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357564/ Aside from my own experience (in which Tinnitus was the more pleasurable side effect of withdrawal), googleing Tinnitus...

Hi, I'm new here sadly and still reading the entire thread. I took venlafaxine (EFFEXOR)for 3 years, 225mg/day with a 4 month taper down period at the end. I never had T until it emerged on about the 5th day that I was cutting them back. I remember is started suddenly overnight and the T still...

I took effexor ssri 225mg for 3 years. MY t is a permanent 7khz. I did not have t when on the antidepressants. It was when cutting down that my T started. I also get what is colloqually known as head zaps or brain zaps. These are related to venlafaxine withdrawal but are often triggered by eye...