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oh my gosh i’m literally jumping with joy, so relieved. i’ve been experiencing this for years. so glad to know i’m not alone, nor crazy. thank you so much.

Did anyone else think they were having a seizure or something? I keep having them at night and it always hits when I’m laying down feel perfectly fine or when falling asleep. It causes immediate panic, stomach ache/nausea, dizziness and extreme fatigue and weakness. I get a migraine after. I’m going through it right now it honestly makes me feel like I’m going to die!

Only just started to get these this year. Been lying down (I get up for school and get everything ready and then have a nap for half an hour) and then suddenly it feels like this buzzing sound that gets slightly louder then feels like you black out. The first time it happened I thought I was having a stroke or something, it feels like a 2 second death. Glad to know others have this too.

For me it’s weird because when I’m trying to sleep a brain zap happens and then I can’t move.

I have the exact same, identical terrifying thing. They started due to constant underlying anxiety, mainly health anxiety and fear of losing a loved one. I know that they are also a common symptom during Benzo- or SSRI-medication or withdrawal. Anyway, let me describe the most horrific symptom...brain zaps or body zaps: they occur out of the blue with no apparent trigger in the outside world. I have searched for many years for a trigger but I cant find one.....many people say that coffee can trigger them or head or eye movements or gluten or dairy....but not for me, for me they seem to come random. They can occur during every moment of the day, yet more often in the evening, right before falling asleep. When they happen in the evening before sleeping, they sort of multiply, not only one or two. Sometimes I dont have them for weeks or even months, then I have them many times per day. Terrible. The only thing that helped is magnesium, omega 3, Vitamin D and B12. Plus: Musclerelaxation acc. to Jacobson, done every single day, important not to skip a day. So, how do they feel? They feel like a very sudden and strong adrenaline surge from my solar plexus area shooting up to my head. It feels like being in an elevator going down, or as if someone suddenly scares/frightens me from behind or like a falling feeling in my guts. When this adrenaline wave or surge shoots into my head, my head/brain feels shut off/shut down for a split second, as if someone dimmes the current for a split second. It feels a little bit like fainting, like being shut down for a split second, it is very brief!!! I dont feel dizzy, it is much more like fainting or being shut down for a brief moment. During this surge one ear will ring loudly for only two or three seconds, then my heart races, at times I feel shaky and sweaty or freezing and panicking. And if the surge or wave is very strong it shoots very quickly not only to my head but like an electric current to my toes or finger tips as well. These zaps can be very light or very, very strong.....the strong ones sometimes make my whole upper body jerk/jolt to the front. All of this is the most terrible thing in my whole life yet it lasts only for a second or even less than a second.

i didn’t know what a brain zap was because i only just experienced it rn. i thought a ghost or demon went through my body or something.

thank you so much for this ☹️ for the past 2 years i’ve been going through the worst anxiety of my life. brain zaps really started some months ago but this week have been so many! it’s my exams week for my college entry exams and i’m so scared and anxious. it felt like i was getting a heavy feeling on my head for 1 sec that made my whole head snap and then get dizzy 😭 thank you for explaining !

Thank you for this video! I was starting to get insanely scared after experiencing my first brain zap last night. I thought something had shocked me. But then today it kept happening every minute for 2 hours & it was one of the hardest things to live through. I cried so hard. I’m going to try to take care of my mental health more

It’s not the brain zaps for me that’s terrible, the brain fog makes me feel completely stressed and on edge, makes me feel anxious and scared of my own body. Only occurs to me at night.

I always get them when I get excited or feel a flash of happiness, then my brain zaps for like 3 to 4 times in in 10 seconds. It is really scaring me.

The best way to describe it on my end is, the feeling you get when you jump into extremely cold water and it literally shocks you and makes you freeze up both mentally and physically. It’s as if my brain literally decides to lock up and freeze for a second. And it does feel like an instant jolt almost like a cold freeze of the brain. Mine is always triggered if I look side to side really quickly 👀. It’s the weirdest thing! Sometimes I get them even when I don’t forget to take my lexapro. I think other things can trigger them as well. Allergies, heightened state of awareness, and even being really tired. At least in my case

Relieved to hear they're related to anxiety. I as afraid I was having mini strokes.

I've had this for five days now, being constantly scared it's a brain tumor or such. I've been alot more stressed with higher anxiety than usual the last couple of months and this video explained my new symptom really good!

I felt like I got hit with a lightning bolt through my body, and a sledgehammer to my head.. followed by a brief half second black out of my vision 🤷🏼‍♂️ almost like a head impact.. but without the pain.

Omg thank u I just found out about those brain zaps after thinking for a few days that I might have a brain tumour because I never heard or felt or could put that stuff into words what was happening to my head I feel relieved now

i'm not totally sure if it's actually a brain zap, but i've been experiencing what feel a lot like hypnic jerks, but my body doesn't move it's just in my brain, and it happens when i'm totally awake

I've been having these for weeks now since I started coming off of anxiety medication and it is always random and I'm glad I watched this. Thank you.

I feel like I can trigger these if I have surreal enough thoughts... it’s hard to describe how but I feel like these happen whenever I imagine I’m doing specific things deeply enough

I get this feeling in my head when I lay down that I’ve gone on a roller coaster that butterflies feeling you get in your stomach I’ve been experiencing in my head .. it’s almost like when your drunk and have the spins it lasts half a second but it’s pretty constant ? Anyone else

Does anyone else get tired after having a brain zap

My head feels heavy and change in orientation of head gives me a shock

I've had these brain zaps since I was a teenager...almost for 30 years. The description is spot on. I also have epilepsy and when I asked my neurologist about he said it was too complicated for me to understand.🙄🤯😏

I've been experiencing this when trying to fall asleep recently. It feels like a few second build up and then it gets immediately intense and then leaves you in a state of shock until you lift your head up or stand up. Ive had the feeling of falling sensation before and that goes away quickly. The shock sensation is uncomfortable. A crazy feeling but I'm glad it's not just me.

Mine last until I open my eyes and shake myself out of it. Is that normal. They also only come wjem I'm trying to fall asleep

Very interesting comments regarding this sensation. I’ve had a vertigo attack outside a shop last April and just before I entered, without warning it was as if the building flipped upside down and I thought to myself “oh shit that’s it, I’m gone” but strangely I didn’t panic and I could see a man approaching as I lost my balance. It felt like I was in a helicopter that was losing control like you see in the movies. Spinning out of control. I held out my arm asked him to put me on the ground. Then I lay there and the store manager came out asked me if I was okay. I didn’t feel faint, I had eaten earlier, the horizon was starting to level out. I checked my own pulse, it was normal, the dizziness subsided. I stood up and the police came and quizzed me. My answers was fast and coherent. It was all over very quickly. I visited my doctor the next day, he said it was most likely vertigo. I did feel slightly ‘seasick’ after. I had my ears syringed a week later. But I stopped taking SSRI after a year in early May and that was pretty awful. Felt like my legs were trying to crack off my spine! Horrible uneasy feeling. I’ve had the zaps without the pain, usually at night when lying in bed reading or watching videos on the phone. It’s like when you get a momentary dimming of power in your house. The odd time it happens when at work or walking and the ground feels like rubber for a second or two. It’s like a super realization or awareness. A zap without pain. The body has a weird way of feeling things. I haven’t have a panic attack since January 2019, I did have ectopic beats until a month or two ago but they’re gone as I’m more relaxed now. Exercise, magnesium and good diet helps and cutting out toxic people is very important. And if you’re in doubt watch Improvement Path videos! The mind is very powerful, harness its potential and don’t be afraid of it! God bless you all! I feel like all anxiety sufferers are the best friends I’ve never had!!!

Low serotonin is what causes it. When you go off of your antidepressant you’re low on serotonin and that’s what you need to buffer your anxiety or anger or stress.

I had those for a few months every time I put my leftside of my head on my pillow. It slowly got worse. Later I got diagnosed for ADHD, they gave Adderall which made me feel like a superhuman for a few weeks with almost no side effects and then suddenly 1 day before exam when I was on Adderall, I got some intense brain zaps. Im not using any medication right now for a while and my head feels very sensitive. Like I cant wear a tight headset or those brain zaps come back. Even when trying to sleep I have issues laying down my head. I also constantly see like shooting stars/white lines randomly in my eyesight. My theory is that many of us arent breathing right. Anxiety makes people breath shallow and sometimes even forget to breath. When blood oxygen drops too much, the brain zaps might be a defensive mechanism to make us breath again. Ever noticed the first thing you do after a brain zap is to suddenly take a fast breath by opening your mouth? Atleast I do.

Omg I’ve been trying to explain what I was going through for several months but was unable to!I thought i was going to pass out or faint or perhaps die!Thank you for sharing!! I feel much better now! 👍🙏❤️👏

I've had this happen twice. The first time seemed to last 3 seconds and felt like a head full of buzzing bees. (10+ years ago) Happened recently (hence my search on YT) and lasted 2 seconds. A very weird sensation mainly at the top of my head - no movement from neck upwards. I have had anxiety this year - no doubt connected... never knew a "brain zap" was an actual thing. Buzzing bees in my head and momentary paralysis. Quite the feeling.

It’s frightening, that’s how it feels! I hope everyone experiencing this is okay.

I get these, but I actually have had a stroke, and currently have a tiny benign hemangioma in my brain. So, I get super-panicky after one thinking it's another stroke, or a brain bleed. I know the signs of a stroke or brain bleed and it never progresses to them. It's a weird sudden sharp jolt of pain and pressure in my head that lasts a second or two and then I feel weird shifting pressure, achy, expanding, shivering, and crawling sensations inside my head. And then the panic attack is on. Shaking, nausea, crying, numbness in arms, chest tightness, imminent overwhelming feeling of "something very bad is happening", I feel like I want to get up and run away. The whole thing lasts a half hour to an hour. I usually have an annoying lingering low level headache and brain foggy feeling afterwards. I've seen specialists and had brain scans galore. And the diagnosis is panic disorder. The condition that caused the stroke is being managed, and the hemangioma is stable. So it's not neurological as in a medical emergency. Panic is so physically powerful. It can make you feel so many strange and frightening physical sensations. And in the moment? Nobody can convince you it's not a medical emergency, it just has to play out.

Dude, thank you for making this video. I'm just 21 and I want to live a normal, simple and happy life like my age group did. But when I have GERD and anxiety, I don't feel the same anymore. And this brain zaps is so scary that I thought I'm going to die, it happened to me twice this year, I hope it wont happen to me again. Again, thank you for making this video. I appreciate it.

I get these from time to time when I think something bad is gonna happen or just randomly like when I explore a new place. I've never taken antidepressants tho so now I know I should go talk to a doctor just to be sure. I never thought it was anxiety causing them. Nice little informational video. It's good to know I'm not the only one that gets these zaps.

I’m getting them every 10 seconds

I feel tightness around my head like hair band Sometime it becomes severe I feel like my ears and throut going to explod ?? Some time nasuea and dizziness also occurs Is it due to anxatiy or something serious like brain tumor , MS etc Werid sensation in head Feeling pain but not sharp it's dull , heaviness , along with face pressure , tooth ache ???

I don't knw how to describe it, it feels not exactly like a shock, but like a big weird feeling in my head, and i dont know whats ging on

This happened to me 4 times in the last 7 months. First time I thought I was having a heart attack and the other times I thought it was a seizure.. because it starts a brain zaps but ends up with numbness in my left arm. I feel so much better since knowing what this is.

I’ve had more brain zaps than I care to remember when coming off SSRI. Thought I was alone, cause the doctor had no idea what I was talking about. It took about a year for me until it disappeared. It was scary, but I got used to it. For me it came mostly when I turned my head quickly, like when you hear a sound behind you and turn around to see what’s going on.

Thank you!!! I did not know such a thing exists I have been experiencing this for the past one month

I used to think it was a problem with my blood pressure or something else. But to understand that its related to my anxiety and trauma issues, and a better way to explain what it is, does help a bit. I can remind myself now that its a brain zap. I've been having problems with Brain Zaps my whole fucking life and ive never had a way to explain it.

Thank you for this video. It definitely helped to inform me.

I've just started experiencing this nightly sometimes 3 in a row I'm so confused

I am kind of glad to learn that a brain zap community exists.. lol The most important thing is that it is NOT dangerous and that we can all get rid of them by being aware of how anxious or stressed we get and changing it right away, before we get zapped....

I experience them frequently. It's a mix of meds and anxiety. Also trusting my doctor is hard, especially when I feel I've been misdiagnosed and everyone around me believes I have

Just discovered this video. Thank goodness for this. I've been panicking for years worrying what was wrong with me. About 5 years ago these brain zaps started mainly in my sleep. It would cause a spiral, i would zap and then panic about the zap and leasing to lore zaps. It eased off for a while but since having my daughter they are constant, mainly during the day time now and not so much in my sleep anymore. I've always told my self it's not anxiety or stress because I don't actually think I am anxious or stressed but I guess my mind and body believe otherwise. I think now is the time for me to get this sorted now I think it could all be related to anxiety. Although when I try to explain this feeling to doctors they generally have no clue what I'm saying 😂

I had my first just last week... It scared the heck outta me (and my hubbie), IT felt like a cold vibration and only lasted a couple of seconds... for a moment I feared I was to pass out.

Hi. I was on Prozac for 12 years. I have been off now for 1 full month. I read that I would experience brain zaps and I certainly do. Sometimes a few moments or minutes apart, sometimes days skip where I have non. But I keep telling myself it’s because of my finally dropping Prozac after 12 years. Very uncomfortable feeling. But I love all those who shared their experience about the brain zaps and can be at peace about them. Thank you for your explanation as well

I've had this sort of thing for over a year, multiple brains scans etc. have come up empty with a reason. I was working in an extremely stressfull environment for over 10years, finally jeading to a nervous breakdown at the end of last year. Also my father is heading towards Alzheimers and went from very outgoing and active to barely being able to walk and you cant get a conversation out of him let alone a response at all any more. I always describe the brain zaps as like epilepsy. I get a weird thought or feeling just before it's about to happen and then a shudder that starts from the brain and travels down. While it's happening i have to let it go through and stop whatever i'm doing which can take upto a few minutes. I also have random depression both minor and major and energy drain I also have Pre-Type 2 Diabetes. I take medication for that, for anxiety/depression and to try and treat the shudders. So far the only thing that seems to help is talking to people about it. But i can be in a great mood and no stress at all and or go multiple days without a brain zap and then have several in one day

Thank you for this, I have been dealing with pain around my head. I been thinking I have optical neuralgia or nerve problems but after seeinf lots of videos about brain zap cause I have been dealing with panic attacks and anxiety. Good to know its that but in a different form

These manifested as sudden feelings of faintness in me. Never any pain. Just like my head suddenly went light and foamy. Not had one now in s week, just the odd dull throb with no pain. They occured the most when I had a creeping build up of stress, usually at work. I've fainted before several times (not related to stress) and the sensation is identical at least in me. Recently got my pressure checked and all fine. Could not even get a drop when we ran through the tests so definitely stress related. They are not gun but the less I worried the less common they were.

Literally man thanks a lot ... I am just in 12 class and I was having these kinds of symptoms and literallly I filled my whole google history searching about brain haemorrhage and tumors I was already having anxiety issue but I had stopped taking the medicines ... But after I was having these symptoms I was really afraid ... Thanks to you man thanks alot

This was a wonderful assessment! Brought me a little ease. I wake up with brain zaps. It started a year ago. I really appreciate this vid. Thank you

I turned 24 recently and I'm currently going through an anxious loop. My brain zaps are the most worrying thing. Thought they we're associated with tumors or seizures because of the feelings I get before, during and after. My brain sort of flips a circuit out of the blue and I find myself unable to do anything, but my thoughts are scattered all over the place like it's glitching, yet it's also stuck.

I experience this also, one day in the afternoon while im asleep in our sofa, i had this terrible shock-like electrical then in the next morning i had lightheaded, dizziness, loss of smell and taste, deja vu and etc. Until now i had this feeling deja vu and i dont know what is real. anymore.

I am sitting here crying right now because this is just one more thing that has been added to my pot of anxiety. I have had 2 brains zaps now out of the blue. I usually have other physical symptoms, stomach, brain fog, body aches, heart palps and now this one to add to the mix. I am glad I found this video knowing I am. not alone. I thought I was doing all the right things, journaling, yoga, mediation, exercise yet I still have stress and anxiety. I guess it it is time for CBT. Of all the issues I must say Brain Zaps are the freakiest.

Yep its always worse when falling asleep

I don't even take it that serious, i jus feel like its my brain downloading a new imagine or location. Thats when i usually kicks in, after ive see a familiar spot or a new spot that feels.. Feels like the result of recognizing deja vu before you're supposed to. Idk cant explain it

I've had this for 2 1/2 years now. One thing is for sure, this is NOT a result of anxiety. Extreme stress and anxiety can irritate the already present issue but the diagnosis of "anxiety" is a lazy one or it's an unwitting scapegoat for the modern world, big corporate poisoning that we don't yet have tests for in mainstream medicine. My NDs did intracellular content testing on me that showed extreme levels of heavy metal poisoning so I'm wondering if this is part of the problem somehow. All the mainstream medicine tests I had done were excellent. Nothing to report. My chiropractic X-rays showed mild scoliosis and a couple twisted vertebrates so, after one adjustment with him, my zappy symptoms disappeared for a time. He said it would take about 6 months of regular visits to get the problem corrected. He is CERTAIN that the zaps are a symptom of modern cell phone use causing our posture to be unnatural for unnatural amounts of time each day, combined with radiation damage from the phones. Seeing my Chiro regularly, replacing the router with an ethernet cable, putting my cell phone on airplane mode far away from my head, and doing gut health therapies keeps zaps at a minimum so I'm certain it's either GMO damage or wireless radiation damage. Wireless radiation has been proven to damage our microbiome significantly, cause the body anxiety, and also the blood-brain barrier permanently. It was proven in a 28 million dollar study in 1992-1998 by a leading radiation specialist and his team. They were hired by a major wireless company. That research info was blacklisted, the scientific team let go, and a scientist for hire, who would produce false research saying it was safe, was brought on. I strongly disagree that this is not harmless as sleep deprivation is widely recognized as a dangerous level of sleep deprivation - These zaps keep you awake all night long until your body is too exhausted to produce them and you fall asleep at 5 in the morning. The alarm goes off at 7. To all of you reading this, go to your region's LEADING chiropractor and get spinal X-rays, decompression therapy, and adjustments. See if that helps. Beyond that, wifi proof your surroundings. Get an ethernet cable instead of a router, keep your phone on airplane mode or turned off completely when you're sleeping or when the phone is on your person/in your pocket, etc. If you actually read the cell phone manual when you buy it, it says to keep your phone at so many inches away from your body at all times to try to protect themselves legally b/c they know it's damaging. However, how are you supposed to do that when you have to touch your phone to use it. Holding it in your hand isn't great either. Way better than up against your head but still. Lawsuits over brain cancer around the world are skyrocketing and the people are winning. Australia sued big wireless and won for assault on the people re:5G. There's a region in France that has banned wireless from all public buildings. Parents in Canada are aggressively fighting the Canadian Health Board over wifi in schools b/c children in the hundreds in multiple schools are very sick since the schools went Wifi. It's bad enough that there is a huge chance this brain zap issue is being caused by that but in the meantime, do the things I mentioned above to see if it will help. It's definitely not different things causing this issue in people b/c everyone has the exact same story. "All mainstream tests show perfect health, zaps happen only when falling asleep, sleep paralysis often accompanies zaps, sugar, coffee, nightshades, stress, gluten all bring them on aggressively." etc etc. That all ties perfectly into gut and brain health damage from radiation and spinal misalignment from bad cell phone/computer posture.

thank god someone else has this Ive been freaking out about this for the last few months

It’s so weird I randomly started getting these feelings! When I get them I feel like screaming.

Does anyone feel it in thier neck then a jolt of A brain zap it's definitely scary

It's really hard to describe them. I think this video nailed it. They are quite scary, I had multiple ones when I was having a tattoo done. Had to stop and walk away. They seem to have a knock on effect which amplifies everything.

You are descriptions are spot on for me except i mostly get them when im trying to relax/sleep. I also get them when i forget my medication and look from one side to another with my eyes

As I am dealing with panic attack & depression for years, When this symptom started happening to me recently I knew its might be related to anxiety, now I am sure of that ZaaaaaP

I have gotten them as a withdrawal from Cymbalta. I did 60mg down to 30mg down to 0 before I was ready so back to 30mg. My brain zaps feel like a surge of energy in my brain. There is no actual starting point it’s just like the whole brain zaps at once. My eyes are also effected and actually react to the zap by making a jump twitch of their own. I get dizzy. I get mad. I have a very short fuse (which is another withdrawal side effect). The zaps are constant and happen just about every 10 seconds with some not as bad as others. I also have Chiari (key-are-e) Malformation which is a defect at the base of the skull where a part of the brain slips out of the skull and puts pressure on the spinal cord where it enters the brain from the spine.

I got these a lot when I just started sertraline. They only happened when I was about to fall asleep and were really terrifying. My doctor had not heard of it before (possibly because it is pretty difficult to put into words). They have gone away now I've started taking them at night instead of in the morning.

This is the first ive heard of these and not only as a symptom of antidepressants. Ive had these since childhood, I still have them. They dont cause me too worry a out what it is in guess because theyve always been there. Im not an anxious person and handle stress really well. Ive been in and am currently in a stressful very detail oriented position that holds the lives of others depending on my job being done well.....but I dont "stress" about it and take a very zen like attitude towards life. It still jerks me physically and mentally and I can feel my eyes twitch and can almost believe I heard it coming, but yet they happen so fast I never heard it coming but its almost like a bbbzzzzZZZZZZZAP!!!! and then it jerks me frim the inside and I feel my eyes twitch for a nano second but I keep them closed to let them recover for a few seconds, I take a few deep breaths and continue with my day. Anyone else relate at all?

Thank you so very much for sharing this message with us! Omg why don’t doctors know how common this is and realize just how Scary it is! God bless you !🙏❤️

I have these too. I started experiencing this phenomenon about 2 years ago. It's scary and pretty much how you described it.

I always scream inside so i can get rid of my brain zaps

I dont know what to do, these keep happening and they wont go away, i get them all the time and its the worst feeling ever , and the worst thing is that during one of these episodes i get extremely hopeless and desperate so much so that i feel as if though i have to commit suicide to be relieved, im so scared im going to go through with it one day

The very first night this happened to me, I immediately saw a vision of large bright green and white snake 🐍. I could literally feel it slither over me for like a split second then it vanished. Afterwards, these head zaps have tortured me almost every night or even during the day when falling asleep for the past 7 years or so. Chewing peppermint gum and leaving it in my mouth before falling asleep has been the only thing that minimizes it for whatever reason.

I told my doctor about this he was clueless he said I don't know never came across such a thing. This shitty electricity comes to the back of my body only top part and to my arms. I tried anti depressant it worked but those pills sucks

I've had an issues with this for a while , I'm not an anxious person or haven't taken any anti depressants. I find it hard to describe how it feels, it feels like a very very strong vibration in my head. It feels weird , not painful but uncomfortable when you're trying to get back to sleep . The whole thing last for about 10 seconds and then goes away but then comes back in waves . Does anyone suffer like this ?

I have it everyday, I FEEL LIKE IT VIBRATES EVERY TIMEE!

So glad to finally have a name for this. I heard someone mention brain zaps on a podcast and then I looked up this video. I’ve been having these for about a year and I always thought I was dying.

I had this last night. I was about to fall asleep and suddenly a flash of light zapped and an electric sensation struck my face. It was totally dark in the room and seeing the flash of light scared me. I've had it plenty of times before, but it wasn't until yesterday I learned about it. I've been stressed lately, wich explains alot. It's painful and scary especially when you're trying to sleep. I thought I had a seizure.

I had these zaps after I quit my anti-depressants for I think 3-4 months. (I also have them when I have a fever from the flu) In the period after the meds I could trigger these zaps by switching my focus and sight from right to left and back. I read somewhere that these zaps occur at a moment you somehow switch activity from one brain half to the other. When you are on anxiety meds and want to quit, take your time to lower the dose. Don't just quit. You have a very high chance to get the zaps then. Just take about 3 months to lower your dose to zero.

It's the weirdest feeling fr and it always happens on the same side of my brain. It's like a zap and i would hear popping noises in my head. Got me thinking im having an aneurysm 😖

I get brain zaps during hemiplegic migraine attacks. I also experienced them while I was tapering off steroids. Every incident is very scary. This video helps a lot.

Hello! Do your brain zaps jolt your head too meaning your head moves too? Cause mine is like that.

I have these before sleep because I have a fear of dreaming which sounds weird but I’ve had full on panic attacks. Tho these brain zaps happen consistently, it’s very creepy and feels like ur brain turns off for a second Note: also does anyone’s brain after them kinda go blank in then u think something random? Like the last one I had caused me to listen to electronical music after it???

Happens to me sometimes when I go out for a walk and it’s a windy day. I use a walker so it’s a huge fall risk for me and it keeps me home. I hate them with a passion.

I just experienced one. It was weird, I was imagining a trumpet, playing higher and I was pushing my mind to reach for higher and higher notes, until bang! Snapped me right out of it, and felt like my conscious was stunned.

I’ve been on an antidepressant called Cymbalta - Or Duloxetine, for about a year now. The medication works wonders for me but the one drawback is that I get occasional brain zaps. The don’t happen every day, but when I to get them, they are quite hard to deal with. Mine occur behind my eyes, and get triggered by side to side eye movement. I get a zap, that I then feel all the way down in my fingertips, and sometimes even in my feet (if I’m out walking at the time, this can be quite annoying cause it feels like I’m walking on beach sand - even though I’ve got my shoes on. I also hear my zaps, whenever I move my eyes - there’s a muffled white static sound. The zaps make me feel dizzy and nauseous, and after about 30 min of enar constant zapping, I’m so drained I need to lay down and rest. Mind you, the brain zaps do happen even while I’m on my meds, just not frequently. If I miss a dose, they are a given the next day or two.

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did anyone else experience like chills or numbness in the head before a slow surge of pain?

Idk why my brain feels weird, it’s like not acting into doing anything as if I feel dead...

I just had it today in 5th period high school and I thought I was gonna die

Does anyone feel it in their ears as well as head? Mine happens after I wake up abruptly at night (as I normally do) and it’s quickly followed by the dizzying zap but i also feel an almost “pressure/air gust” in my ears at the same time.

Something i am getting to frequently which make my left eye tears

In December, I caught a stomach bug that has stuck with me for months. The problem was that the stomach flu damaged my stomach causing reflux and lactose intolerance, and started to take antidepressants/anxiety because the doctor ordered it for now. Very small dose. We went to a therapist and she said I don’t have anxiety. Yay! But I still am ill. So, we got a specialist that said to go off dairy and I feel much better, but I still have to get an acid reflux prescription. Recently I stopped taking so much gravol. I stopped taking the antidepressants and me being stupid, didn’t tell my mom. I didn’t think it would hurt me to stop it but I was wrong. I don’t know if it is gravol or antidepressants withdrawal, but I can’t go up or down the stairs with ouch havig brain zaps. Almost passed out. I have only been taking half the amount of gravol but the zaps come back after 1-3 hours of taking the gravol. Haven’t seen a doctor because I’m afraid they are annoyed at how much we have been going and the fact that coronavirus is making them very busy. I’m hoping it’s nothing to worry about. I’m 14 and female, and having less nausea and way more zaps. The nausea never made me throw up but I’d just have to lay down for so long and hope the gravol would kick in soon. At one point my mom said I have an addiction, I was taking them as often as I could. Never at a high dose and I’d never take more than the package said. I’d wake up at 5:00 and need to stay up because I was too sick to lay down with my thoughts. I would put on a show and it would make me feel much better. I don’t want pity, but it seems like I’m asking for it. Everyone I tell just doesn’t think of how bad it is, they don’t think it’s anything bad and say that I’m over-reacting. I don’t know if not taking milk helped or if I’ve gotten so used to the nausea that it doesn’t bother me as much anymore...

I think I’m having a different version since it doesn’t make me scared or worried since I knew what they were before searching online.

to me, it felt like an electrical shock right behind my eyes. this has been happening to me for about 4-5 years but i never looked into it to see what it actually was until recently because it has been worsening. it feels more severe, and lasts longer. one night it even happened during a sleep paralysis episode and once it stopped, it happened again, a longer period of time now and this time i felt it all throughout my body, not just my head. that’s when i decided to look into it.

Dude!!! You nailed it! Thank you. It feels like I must be having a heart attack or stroke so it just spirals out of control 😅 Not funny at all but I'm so happy to find this video.

Thanks you so much for making this video. You have helped me more than my dr’s have been able To so far

Nice video. So I’ve always been a somewhat anxious person. I got my first brain zap 5 months ago. And I got a few last week. My head feels dizzy, lightheaded, and a bit numb. I’m stressed that my head will remain having dizziness, numbness etc. Is there anything you would recommend.

I was lying in bed and I went to nap when I heard a sort of pop or click noise in my head followed by a brief blackout and what sounded and seemed like static. It lasted a second. I was scared it was something severe but I do have a severe anxiety so knowing this makes me feel relieved. I never had this is in all my years of having anxiety and never even knew it was possible.

I had this yesterday, it was raining badly, the thunder is so loud, and we lost electricity, and all of it made me panicked and stressed out I thought it was the end of me but everything calmed down eventually and I had a good night sleep