Anxiety, electric shock sensations, low mood, dizziness and insomnia are just some of the withdrawal symptoms patients have described when coming off their pills for depression.
In some cases these are so severe, they restart their medication — either believing wrongly (or having been told by their doctor) that their symptoms are a sign of their depression coming back, or because they can’t tolerate the withdrawal symptoms.
The drugs in question are selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which are commonly prescribed for depression.
