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Mind pulses, head zaps?

Thu, 03/03/2005 - 07:47
Every few months, my husband has something happen where it's like he feels pulses in his head that interupt his concentration. they only last about 2 seconds but can happen every minute or two. This lasts about 5 days before it goes away. He has not had a major seizure for about 7 years, so he is very fortunate, but we're concerned about these "head zaps" and the doctor doesn't really seem to know what to tell him. He just increased his meds. Sometimes it happens when life is stressful and sometimes it just happens, so we don't know if it is really related to stress. Has anyone else ever had this happen?

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RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Mind pulses, head zaps?

Submitted by Bdmbike on Wed, 2005-02-23 - 23:34

Jolie,

The MRI will say for sure, but my bet woudl be epilespsy, not a tumor. Too many of us get these, and all of then I know of are from "short circuits."

Jolie,

The MRI will say for sure, but my bet woudl be epilespsy, not a tumor. Too many of us get these, and all of then I know of are from "short circuits."

RE: Mind pulses, head zaps?

Submitted by littlestlamb on Tue, 2005-02-15 - 13:49
I have never had a seizure in my life that I know of but' I like your husband get the temple and forhead pulses that can even make my eyeballs shake sometimes. Mine are usually followed shortly by horrific and debilitating migraines that last for days on end and make me want to remove my head from the rest of me. I'm sure this doesn't help at all, but I've never had a doctor acknowledge these pulses as actually being associated with migraines and they tend to just pat me on the head and blow me off. In other words I am sad to know I'm not the only one who gets them, but happy to know I'm not insane!

Eye shakes

Submitted by libralocs on Tue, 2020-02-11 - 10:57
I normally, if I lay on my stomach, have what I was told was vertigo stemming from a blow to the head 2 years ago. When I went to the doctor he was looking to see if my eye shook when my head was turned in a particular direction. This is the only acknowledgement I ever received in relation to the symptoms I have. I am not sure if this is related to the head zaps I get or not. I not sure who to address with this because the last time I talked to a doctor they kept asking me about what drug did I stop taking. I am not prescribed anything and they did not believe me.

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