Third day off Effexor.
it’s as if my head were an old band-aid can full of dried grasshoppers then shaken
or like there are these alligators made of cardboard who chomp their jaws repeatedly in a way that stops time
it is rather like time stops for a second, or like the brain is kind of throbbing in that transition from past into present
it’s percussive, sort of electric, shuddery
it’s a kind of gap in “normalcy”
often in the literature it’s called a shock or a zap or a jolt… I don’t quite experience that…it’s more like, as it’s sometimes often called… shivers
I can’t see myself when it happens, but I wonder whether something weird isn’t also happening with my eyes… if they are rolling back slightly, because I have that feeling
it’s a little like the scratching a dj does
as I said sometimes I have to just stop if I am walking or kind of steady myself
it isn’t serious, doesn’t feel dire… but it feels weird, especially in the heat
a whispery sound like shook shook shook
and a tension in my skull and temples
if I move my head to the side
or my eyes to the side
quickly.
p.s.
from the FDA medical products reporting program, the list of withdrawal symptoms from effexor include:
agitation, anorexia, anxiety, confusion, coordination impaired, diarrhea, dizziness, dry mouth, dysphoric mood, fasciculation, fatigue, headaches, hypomania, insomnia, nausea, nervousness, nightmares, sensory disturbances (including shock-like electrical sensations), somnolence, sweating, tremor, vertigo, and vomiting.
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