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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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Submitted by spiz on Wed, 2005-03-02 - 20:24
No, my bottom lip feels numb for a long time afterward. Novacaine numb but without feeling big.

RE: Mind pulses, head zaps?

Submitted by batman on Mon, 2005-02-21 - 17:05

ATTENTION ALL epilepsy.com repliers,

Every single one of you who are having the “mind pulses, head zaps”, you are having a seizure. And yes, stress can be a good reason as to why you’re having them, along with sleep deprivation. This seizure is called a “simple partial seizure”, which is also commonly known as being “auras”. I’ve had them for 18 years now and nicknamed them jolts. People may have just one or maybe a group of these seizures clumped together. They vary from person to person and from day to day. For myself, I may have only one throughout a entire day, then a clump of them on the next day. The strength also varies.

 

To help answer JolieÂ’s question in message #9Â…having a brain tumor is just one of the reasons why people might have epilepsy. You posted your message on Feb 14, 2005, saying that youÂ’re scheduled for a MRI on Friday, which must have been Feb 18th. How did everything go and were there any results from it?

Got any more questions then please feel free to ask, because thatÂ’s what this support group is here for.

Bruce J

ATTENTION ALL epilepsy.com repliers,

Every single one of you who are having the “mind pulses, head zaps”, you are having a seizure. And yes, stress can be a good reason as to why you’re having them, along with sleep deprivation. This seizure is called a “simple partial seizure”, which is also commonly known as being “auras”. I’ve had them for 18 years now and nicknamed them jolts. People may have just one or maybe a group of these seizures clumped together. They vary from person to person and from day to day. For myself, I may have only one throughout a entire day, then a clump of them on the next day. The strength also varies.

 

To help answer JolieÂ’s question in message #9Â…having a brain tumor is just one of the reasons why people might have epilepsy. You posted your message on Feb 14, 2005, saying that youÂ’re scheduled for a MRI on Friday, which must have been Feb 18th. How did everything go and were there any results from it?

Got any more questions then please feel free to ask, because thatÂ’s what this support group is here for.

Bruce J

RE: RE: Mind pulses, head zaps?

Submitted by Hope19 on Tue, 2005-02-22 - 00:18
Concering the Zaps. I have them, Only when I have them the whole left side of my body dose not work at all..I droll and bite my toung and hit people who try to help me..When I come out of it I am crying and dont have a clue were i am..I can not drive and I am really confused can anyone help me???What are they???

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