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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 - 09:14
I have been and the weird thing is I'm also zapping on upper side of my head. They were so bad saturday I ended up with a migraine. When I have them on the side and the zap and the burning sensation go away,I still have a ....I'm sorry-I can't think of the word. It's not a tickle-it's a impression sensation with a very,very slight tingle. -Spiz

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Submitted by pongosmommy on Wed, 2005-03-02 - 13:34
do you mean the tingle?I have an electrical wire along my fence to keep the dogs in, well once I accidently touched it and I felt a weird sensation/tingle in my hand for a long time. ( By the way the power has been turned off of the line for years but my Dogs don't know that.) Well the electrical charge that I felt is like my head zaps, and the after sensation is the tingle.

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Submitted by spiz on Wed, 2005-03-02 - 16:04
Yes, it's a tingle but there's cool sensation with the tingle that lasts. I've never had them on the side of my head before and it's the same except for that last sensation. Why am I having them on the upper side all the sudden? The zapper decided it wanted a new zip code?

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