Thank you. Can you please describe the "brain zaps?" On a few occasions I have thought I have seen flashing lights out of the corner of my eye, but thought I was imagining this, or that it was related to migraines, which I do not presently have today. I am not clinically depressed per se, and my psychologist who was also a MD, encouraged me to get off of the Effexor if I did not need to be on the drug. I began tapering after getting horrible pain behind my eye, which led me to the patient information sheet about the drug, which mentioned this was a side effect of the drug in question. I have been on it for years, but was generally on a low does of 150mg capsules. Any further help would be greatly appreciated.