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Sinking feeling inside the skull - like the brain dropped

Wed, 06/30/2010 - 20:24

Okay, it's been a long time since I was here. So long in fact, I forgot my password, had it emailed to a dead email account and so I've opened a new one.

I was driving home from work and had this sudden twitch in my neck (reminiscent of something I would experience repeatedly for several seconds while in the throws of a seizure). The twitch was just one and it jerked my head suddenly and then I felt this weird kind of 'sinking' feeling in my head - like my brain was sinking a little inside my skull. Impossible of course. 

But when this occurred, I realized I had experienced this sinking feeling before - a couple of times. One time more extreme and the other pretty mild. I did not have any twitches to accompany it. But being that I was driving, I was about ready to pull over and stop to see what happened  - if anything eventuated. My seizures are controlled as long as I'm on medication, so am wondering if this is just a random firing (like a full-body jolt some people get just as they're about to doze off to sleep and they're not epileptic), a nerve getting stuck or if this is epilepsy-related. 

If anyone is familiar with this sensation, I'd love to read your insights and what you experience - whether a seizure occurs or not. I have been toying with the idea of increasing my medication for about a year, since I've been on the same dose since I was 16, with an 18 month hiatus when I was about 26-28. Clonazepam is the medication and I know that over time, the tolerance level goes up - I'm sure mine has, but over all my seizure control is 99.99 % effective. 

I also get strange shooting pains in my head, which I assume to be neuralgia (sp?) - pain for no real reason. My brain is normal (well my father would disagree). The pains are more frequent now, and sometimes come as stabbing pains that repeat several times and then disappear. I also have had a lot of headaches for the past year - I put it down to stress of moving from one country to another and being in a job I hate (because I'm bored, not because I'm overworked), but too scared to jump ship in case the next job is worse - it's not a good economy right now - especially not in the US.

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Re: Sinking feeling inside the skull - like the brain dropped

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Re: Sinking feeling inside the skull - like the brain dropped

Submitted by atomic honkey on Thu, 2010-09-23 - 22:01
for real? i have similar sensations myself, but only at certain times. i feel like the roof of my mouth disintigrates and i could swallow my brain. your story is the closest thing i've heard to my experience. scary feeling! the shooting pains in your head you're talking about, does it feel like someone is stabbing you in the same spot repeatedly? this is what happens to me! now, the roof of my mouth disintigrating sounds ridiculous but it feels very real and its usually in the middle of a panic attack. this stuff happens only after i'm dumb enough to smoke pot. i smoked it for 6 years no problem then, spank!i thought i was dying. (i don't smoke pot anymore.5 years of scary feelings was enough)i do have temporal lobe epilepsy, diagnosed finally at age 12(i think i had it years earlier) i'm pretty dorky, i haven't taken my pills for weeks, possibly a month or more now. so i'm getting headaches and the odd stabbing pain in the side of my head. i have 1 other weird symptom to share though... say i've been taking my pills like a good girl, everythings great. then i forget for a few days. on the 3rd or 4th day i realize when i move my eyes i can hear a very dull static noise and i feel a slight pulse of electricity. and this is without pot. i'm 30, have 2 kids and i'm too old to fart around with a bunch of fairytales. everything i've said here is true. i'm just glad there's someone out there with weird feelings and brain sinking sensations too. -atomic honkey. on epival since 12. increased dose at 17 and never looked back.- i apologize for my comment being so long winded, too. sorry 8D

I don't know what I have is

Submitted by Stevezzz on Wed, 2017-07-19 - 18:24
I don't know what I have is called, and would love it if someone could help me to understand what it is.  First of all just completely out of the blue my head will drop.  It feels like the light switch was turned off for just an instant and I feel like I temporarily lost consciousness.  It happens several times a month.  I believe it may have been the reason that I fell from a ladder at one time severely hurting me.  Any thoughts?

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