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I have been trying to get off paxil...I've been on it almost 4 years. I've tried to get off of it once before but b/c of stressful events in my life, the panic returned. I've been feeling good this time, no anxiety or panic. (I'm down to 10 mg. from 40 mg.) But when I move my eyes to the left or right or up or down, I get a disturbing feeling of a zap-like nervousness, and an increased heart rate. Because of this, I am afraid to move my eyes too much. I know this sounds ridiculous, but I am truly concerned about it. Has anyone heard of this before? And what can I do about it? I'm tired of being on meds, and I have gained around 40 lbs on it.

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I experience EXACTLY the same eye movement palpitations with zap like nervousness. They took me down from 225 to 187.5 of effexor and Ive been there for two months and still experiencing the zaps. They almost throw me off balance sometimes and ive been able to notice a slight color shift in my eyes when it happens. I was hoping psisi(sp) or someone else could shed some light on this.