Originally Posted by
JT69
Hi Peter,
I had those horrible zaps, recently. I had to come off citalopram in 1 week to go onto mirtazipine, as I was off work and had been for 4 months my GP tapered me down from 40mg-omg in 1 week!! Horrible, the zaps were not just in my head but right through my body from head to toe and constant 24 7. By 3 weeks they had pretty much gone but I still had the occasional one, I couldnt of worked with those plus I had the added side effects from the new meds to deal with.
Anyhow, they will pass but just takes time. The slower you wean off the less likely you are too suffer. I have previously tapered myself off citalopram at a very slow rate and not experienced them at all but when I say slowly I mean over a period of around 3 months and a very slight drop each time.
Hope this helps.
Good luck. Jo.