Brain Shivers

OK- So I decided to do some digging on why I'm so damn dizzy. Honestly, it's really more than "just dizzy"... Now that I know what it is, it scares the hell out of me.... I kept saying I was just dizzy to play it down to myself at first. Now, I'm pretty much panicking, which is making it waaaaaay worse! I've been officially off Effexor since Sunday, Monday evening I didn't feel quite right, now it's almost unbearable.

It's like there's these little thunderstorms in my head. When I move my brain takes a nano-second to catch up. It's like little nervous system electrical storms... my lips go numb for a split second. I found this article, that explains a lot of what's going on with me but no where does it say what makes the symptoms less or how long it typically lasts. One person reported the sensation for a year... (panic)

Here's a quote from the article that completely explains what I'm feeling right now...
"you turn your head (or your whole body -- this happens to me if i whirl around too quickly as i'm taking the stairs. what. doesn't everyone whirl on the stairs...?), but your brain *stays put* for a micro second, then tries to catch up but only in a stuttering, stopstart motion, accompanied by a staccato 'zzt zzt zzt' with each stop. the 'zzt' you can feel in your head, an electric sort of vertigo, and it often reverberates in your hands and fingers. some folks feel it in their toes".

I'm so mad at my dr. for not warning me about this possiblilty up front and knowing that, I wouldn't have taken them in the first place.

There's several pages of the article, I suggest reading it all.... Any suggestions?

http://depression.about.com/cs/venlafaxine/a/brainshivers.htm