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09-23-2004, 07:45 PM
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Head weirdness
Darren here.
Today marks 8 days since off of Paxil and today I experienced weird beating in my inner ear (feels like a heartbeat) which then made me kinda dizzy. Otherwise I am feeling good. Is this the beginning of brain zaps? Cause it does feel deep within the ear and in the brain -- since it is all connected. It is only in my left side though. These would come and go periodically during the day and would last about 30 seconds. Sound familiar to anyone?????? |
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09-23-2004, 07:47 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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i keep getting dizzy spells and with them i get this wierd noise in my ear..or head..not sure..happens when i look sideways..i never had taper problems until now...
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09-23-2004, 07:52 PM
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yeah it is kinda like a noise.... not ringing though....today was the first time ive experienced this..... when it happens i get dizzy and my eyes feel out of whack.
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09-23-2004, 08:00 PM
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hi..yah same here..the only way i can describe the noise..is..it sounds like someone pushing a shopping cart down a street.i know it sounds wierd..but that is the only way i can describe it....my eyes feel like they are moving from side to side..the dizzyness happens and that noise..
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09-23-2004, 08:04 PM
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yeah.. sounds kinda like a shopping cart down the street... i find my eyes adjusting slowly when i look somewhat far away.... takes a few seconds... then i have to squint to see.
michelle is yours only on one side? doesnt it feel like it is connected to your heart....kinda? |
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09-23-2004, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Maine
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Yeah.....My hearing is screwed.....
Along with all my other senses. My vision sucks If the sun shines through the window and hits me........I feels weird.....Real intense. Sometime It feels like the sun is shining on diff parts of my body when it's not.....(Hot Spots) I get strange tastes in my mouth. All of this can make you feel as if if gone completely NUTS... Just got to keep telling myself what it really is.
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09-23-2004, 08:24 PM
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from what i can tell..i think mine might be just on the left side...i am not sure though..it all happens so fast..I am not sure about the heart either..I have only ever experienced this when i have been completely off paxil..which i tried to do in may i lasted to weeks..i was fine tapering..but when i was completley off of it..i got that wierd noise thing..this time..i have been tapering from 20mgs..i have been on 10mgs for three weeks now..and boom all of a sudden in the past couple of days..i have had this noise..ear..eye..dizzy thing..my eyes are really sensitive to the light as well..
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09-23-2004, 08:25 PM
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hey Rock....
ive had those as well... the weird hot flashes... funny taste in my mouth....that lasted for a few weeks....(weird head thing is happening right now as i type this).....ARRGGHHH. so weird man..... this drug really f**** your body up royally man. hang in there rock...just think that is your name... solid as a rock..wasnt that a song from the 80s???...LOL ashford and simpson i think. |
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09-23-2004, 08:33 PM
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Location: Maine
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Don't EVER admit you listened to ashford and simpson......hehheh
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09-23-2004, 08:37 PM
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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Would Benadryl help with these problems? Give it a try. Some people on another web site reported relief with taking this stuff.
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09-23-2004, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Benadryl?? the allergy medication??? the doctor told me to use that to help me sleep...i think only a brain transfusion would work...compliments of GSK!!
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09-23-2004, 08:55 PM
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This is so wierd... I was just telling someone today that when I layed my head down to sleep last night I heard a noise...like someone walking in snow.... squeek kind of sound...
Now I'm vindicated. Darlene |
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09-23-2004, 09:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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god no benadryl please... that stuff makes me so groggy when i wake up. i notice since i have been off paxil i cant even sleep when i take ambien... while on the paxil...i was taking ambien and i could at least get a good 6 hours.... now.. i dont go to sleep until 1am and i am up every few hours.
i guess the ear sounds must have something to do with the brain normaling itself after the brain altering the paxil did. DAMN PAXIL! |
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09-23-2004, 09:09 PM
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Location: Vancouver, Canada
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sometimes i am bad and i take 2 gravol before bed to help me sleep..or i will be up until 4 am watching the clock...
yes the noise must be the brain trying to get back to normal the less paxil it gets... michele |
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09-23-2004, 09:18 PM
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whats gravol??
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09-23-2004, 09:20 PM
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gravol is for Motion Sickness..i use it when feal nausea..but it makes you really tired as well..so sometimes i take 2 to fall asleep..not conventional by any means..it just helps me...is ambien a sleeping aid?? i dont think we have it here in Canada
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09-23-2004, 09:24 PM
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yeah ambien is a hypnotiv-sedative sleeping aid... has the shortest half life of all sleeping aids... and is (suppposedly) not addictive.
ive been on it since mid-April....when my anxiety/depression first started... weening off now... but the lower dosage doesnt have any effect on me for about a week now... i wonder if i should go back up in dose so i can sleep tonight. |
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09-23-2004, 09:27 PM
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Location: Vancouver, Canada
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i just wonder if i will ever be able to sleep normal again..when i try with no sleeping aid..i am up most of the night and when i do sleep it is so light i never feel rested..then want to nap in the day...
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09-23-2004, 09:28 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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benadryl makes some people really wired including rapid heart rate.. my mom can't even take it. The only time ive taken it in the last 15 years is when I had a reaction to a penicillin antibiotic that made my face turn beat red and itch.
As for your symptom darren, anything is possible with this. I dont think it's zaps because youve been off the drug for over a week and werent on it that long. Zaps feel like a jolt in your head when you move your eyes.
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09-23-2004, 09:31 PM
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mich, we must be the same person.... i feel like i will never, ever sleep the way i used to.
i wake up not feeling rested... although my body feels relatively okay... my head drags. sometimes i felt like i had some serious sleep disorder... like i am not getting any deep stage 4 sleep. you might check out this site about sleep. http://www.sleepnet.com good forums to read and post. i am drinking some "surrender to sleep" tea right now... chamomile, valerian root, lavendar, lemon balm.... no caffeine obviously. |
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09-23-2004, 09:34 PM
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darren are you taking magnesium at night? at least 400mg? this may also help you relax to sleep.. i'd have to stop it to see what it's doing for me, which I don't plan on doing.
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Scott aka Scott What has happened to it all? Crazy, some are saying Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away But I won't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive surviving an ssri reaction alternative anxiety treatments |
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09-23-2004, 09:36 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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i know..its so frustrating..i miss getting a good night sleep..i have my own business so i can take some time to rest in the day..but i just feel so unproductive...i have noticed that the gravol doesnt work as well as it used to..i wake up several times in the night where as before i would just sleep right through..and like i said..if i dont take anything..i am watching the clock..
i will definately check out that website..thank you... michele |
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09-23-2004, 09:40 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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no i am not... i did tonight though after i had dinner (about a half an hour ago). i have calcium/magnesium that i take.... 1000 mg calcium and 500 mg mag.
should i take more a day? skip the calcium component? what does the magnesium do to help one sleep? sorry for all the questions. |
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09-23-2004, 09:42 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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thanks again scott27!!!
michelle, i have my own business as well... but i cant go in when i want.... too busy and too much work.. in fact i have to work late most nights to just catch up. (arrgghh... having those noises in the ear right now!!!...dizzy) |
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09-23-2004, 09:48 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Yeh, I am joining you guys. Haven't been sleeping well for about 2 months and nightmares. Last night I fell asleep on the couch at 8 pm and woke up at 4.30 am. Went to sleep again at 5.am and slept until 11.00 am. I could sleep like sleeping beauty, 100 years, without waking up rested. It ain't easy.
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On A/D's since 1995, switching due to side-effects on 30 different brands of TCA's, SSRI's, SNRI's, Antipsychotics, Benzo's & Imovane. 6 ECT's. Tapering from 225 mg Effexor XR May 17, 2004. (Equiv. to 60 mg Paxil) Last taper Effexor XR Jan 17, 2006 down to ZERO. Currently protracted withdrawal. Sept 2006: 25 mg Doxepin. March 13/09: 10 mg Desipramine |
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