Hello everyone

Just thought I'd post this as a couple of us have found we have the same thing.
I used to be on citalopram and if I was very late taking it, I'd get this strange dizziness. It was much worse when I came off it over a few days, and disappeared within an hour of starting venlafaxine.

Then I'd get it between doses of venlafaxine. I was on the once daily, extended release form. Long story short, for me it was resolved by switching to twice daily immediate release. I still get it if I'm a few hours late taking a dose.

It's a strange feeling, like a buzzing in your head and like an electric shock when you move your eyes, that can go right down your arms.

From what I can tell it's quite unusual to get it and it was quite difficult to get it taken seriously. I don't think it is serious as such, but it's a nuisance and an unpleasant feeling. It also puts me off even thinking of coming off it.

Anyway, I thought I'd share a couple of links I've found (admin, I hope it's ok to share these? Please delete if not) just in case they help others.

The first talks about a case of a patient who, like me, couldn't last 24 hours between XR doses without the head shocks:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267502/

And this one is more general but it's reassuring to me to find it's not that uncommon after all:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...-or-brain-zaps

Hope this might help someone and I'd be interested to hear other people's experiences.