Dizziness & Electric Shock Feeling

[rockangel]

I have been having "dizzy spells" along with a buzzing feeling throughout my entire body, the feeling of electric shock of sorts is not painful & seems to happen along with the dizzy episode. It usually happens every 2-30 seconds & lasts about 2-3 seconds. More severe when I move my eyes or my head. I don't feel this at all while I'm laying down...
My Dr. is stumped and so am I. I have no clue where to begin looking for the problem.
ABOUT ME:
33 years old
White Female
Smoker
on Zoloft 150 mg daily

Please help, where do I begin?
Thank You!

[JT2121]

I am having the exact same symptoms.  Exact same response from the Dr.  they can't figure out what is going on.  Are you still having symptoms, have you had a diagnosis yet.  Any info you could give would be helpful.

[brickhouse3911]

I am 36 and was/am experiencing these sensations when I close my eyes or move my head sometimes, but I found out I have entered early menapause ( this has been on and off for sevsral months) You may wanna find out if you have a family history of early menapause. (I did and didn't even know)

[aries2617]

I had the same "electrical shock" sensation, only while I was on one of the following: Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor, and Celexa. My doctors have also just shrugged it off when I'd complain (over the past 13 years). My current doc probably thought I was crazy when I flipped out because he wrote an rx for Zoloft as an adjunct therapy for my anxiety and I kindly told him "absolutely not". I explained the shocking sensation and he just looked like he had no clue - never heard that before. I will never, ever take antidpressants again. I take Klonopin for anxiety and I do take Seroquel XR, when I need it. I honestly believe the shocks are the consequence of the medication on the brain, almost like over reactive neurons or something. It took up to four weeks one time after stopping Celexa for the shocks to stop, and I do still occasionally get the sensation, just not to that degree. Weird stuff...

[Tamleekee]

Celexa caused full blown epilepsy in me.

[saraht215]

I have these same feelings, sometimes I can go for a couple weeks without feeling them, then it comes back as a constant.  I am on 40 mg of Prozac and 30 mg Buspar for anxiety/depression.  I haven't missed any doses, so I don't know why.  I have told my doctor and he just seems to dismiss it like I don't know what I am talking about.  I do have inner ear problems, but that has not been linked to my dizzy flashes and shocks seem to start in the middle of my back and go up thru my head and out my arms.  Makes my teeth feel numb.

[demijohnt]

I have been having your same symptoms.  Everytime I have mentioned it to my doctor he looks at me like I am crazy.  I am on synthroid and was on effexor.  I just switched my anti-depressent last Monday back to Prozac and these feelings now are almost continuous.  It makes me almost afraid to walk or drive because I feel like I could pass out at any time.  I never had these before I started on the effexor and now I am wondering if I am having withdrawals after reading through all the posts on this website.  Dazzed and Confused about what to do!
Traci Demijohn!

[eyeshocker]

I get the same electric shocks and dizziness.

I am on Zoloft (sertraline) 100mg, Lamictal (lamotrigine) 200mg, and Klonopin (clonazepam) 2mg per day.

The dizzying and nauseating shock sensations in my head, behind the eyes, are also triggered by swiftly moving my eyes side to side.

I used to be on Effexor XR (venlafaxine extended-release) and experienced the same phenomenon correlated to withdraw or forgetting/inconsistent dosage.

After having been on Zoloft for the past three years, the shock withdraw side-effect spoken of seems to present quicker than it used to when I first began taking the medication.

I often feel the shocks from simply sleeping-in too late (12+ hours) during latter REM cycles even when I've not forgotten any doses.   I experience this the worst during rapid-eye-movement while dreaming, beginning sometime before I wake up and it continues for about 15-30 minutes after waking.