Thats exactly the problem I'm having!
Working with my GP to titrate off Sertraline (Zoloft) at the moment.
My GP, like many others, wasnt really aware of the issues with getting off the drugs!
I describe the brain zaps as like a wave of electricity.
Like a Sci-Fi pulsing wave. As if i've got some sort of giant capacitor discharging in my brain.
The sort of thing from a 50s Sci-Fi movie thats a tower of electricity, glowing and pulsing and radiating an electrical light show!
Exactly the sort of thing that might re-animate Frankenstein!
It's not painful as such, but it's debilitating and causes you to literally pause and make a sharp intake of breath.
I hate being on the bloody things. Wish I'd never started them. CBT is much more effective in the long term, for me. YMMV.
I find SSRIs kill my motivation and creativity.
I'd really suggest anyone think twice before assuming these pills, that GPs dish out like candy, are an easy and consequence free solution!