SSRI withdrawal can present new symptoms not existing before, such as the feeling of "brain zaps" and body temperature increases, so a friend has described.
Static electricity in the brain is a weird and painful experience. That said, it wouldn't stop me from going back on it if I had to.
Lowering the dose one-sixth at a time every four weeks is the right approach. It gives your neurons time to get accustomed to the lowered serotonin levels by slowly increasing the number of available receptors.