Thanks.
With withdrawal from Xanax, I had some... interesting tactile and audio hallucinations. As well as the typical hellish rebound anxiety. I've been through the worst of it for a while and I still have yet to feel 100% 'right'. However, my mind is much MUCH clearer. It wouldn't have behooved me to go through the rest of my life in a dopey dozy haze.
I have heard about the brain zings from anti-depressants. I'm on Prozac and Wellbutrin, but I've yet to need to get off them. I've been told the withdrawal isn't that bad, but I'd rather not try my luck, hehe.
I read my GABA receptors (which are all over the body, not just in the brain) need to get reworked and that can take time. So... I'm just waiting.
I'm not sure about Wellbutrin, but I've read that Prozac doesn't have the brain zaps, and can actually be useful in helping to lessen the withdrawal effects from other drugs, but I'd imagine that it differs from person to person. Hopefully you'll never have to experience them, or any of the nastier withdrawal effects. Coming off benzos is definitely more than enough withdrawal for one lifetime.
I've had those before but they're usually in response to certain pain meds. As well as at random times where I'm just minding my own business and I feel tingling in my brain and such.
Some pain meds have been linked to the sensation, particularly if they're also used to treat depression and anxiety. Do the sensations also come with a burst of tinnitus and (if particularly bad) the bizarre sense that your entire being has shifted out of phase with your body (for want of a better description)?
The brain tingle thing is a bit different, but also pretty disturbing. Sometimes when I've had it, my face will feel super warm and I'll get this brief moment where everything seems surreal and off-kilter. Thankfully, it's fairly rare and goes away pretty quickly.