YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

These aren't uncommon at all (a.k.a. Brain shivers). Effexor definitely does it and I believe Cymbalta too - these are SNRI's as opposed to SSRI's meaning they help with norepinephrine too and not just serotonin. So, they work great but are a bitch to get off... usually the brain zaps come from bein...

I take Prozac and love it. I don't think anyone really understands how different SSRI's effect different ppl so differently... it's crazy considering they do the same thing even if in different ways. I think the only side effect I get is constipation, and I clench my jaw really bad at night (bruxism...

Lamictal side effects can be serious, but at least your not having the rash, right? If you really think it's helping, the side effects may be gone after 2 weeks or so and maybe there is a way to go up more gradually. I am a therapist but not an psychiatrist, but I think the combination of those two ...