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electrical shock in head?

Mon, 07/18/2005 - 00:37
Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Adults
Last night I was laying in bed with my eyes closed and all of a sudden on the left side of my brain it felt just like an electrical shock.I jumped and there was a tingling sensation down my right arm.Didn't last very long.A few seconds later same thing but not quite as intense.Has anyone ever had this happen to them?Or am I just going crazy?

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HI MAGGIE, NO YOU ARE NOT

Submitted by ROCKNROLL on Mon, 2007-10-29 - 01:32
HI MAGGIE, NO YOU ARE NOT GOING CRAZY. I HAVE HAD THOSE, BUT NOT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND SEEMS MINE WERE MORE AGRESSIVE. IT STARTED WITH WHAT FELT LIKE 2 LIGHTNING BOLTS SHOOTING UP FROM THE BASE OF MY HEAD, DEEP INSIDE MY BRAIN, AND STRAIGHT UP TO THE TOP ON BOTH SIDES OF MY HEAD. AFTER THAT, IT FELT LIKE I HAD ROWS AND ROWS OF ELECTRICAL SHOCKS RUNNING UP AND DOWN ALL OVER MY HEAD. I DON'T REMEMBER ANY MORE, YOU KNOW, THE BRAIN THING, BUT THEY KEPT UP A LONG TIME, DAYS. I CALLED MY DOC AND HE TOLD ME TO GET INTO THE NEURO. WHEN I COULDN'T GET IN FOR MONTHS, I WENT TO SEE MY PCP, AND HE CALLED MY NEURO......I COULD HEAR HIM SAYING 'SHE IS SEIZING ALL OVER THE PLACE'! NO YOU ARE NOT CRAZY. THAT IS SEIZURE ACTIVITY WITHOUT A DOUBT. IT REALLY SCARED ME. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND OF COURSE, FORGOT I HAD EVER SEEN A S. DOC. IN FACT, I STILL DON'T REMEMBER THAT APPOINTMENT! OH LOVE THE LALA'S!! TALK TO YOUR DOC. GOOD LUCK CHOOSING WHICH ONE. GOD, YOU REALLY NEED SOME ANSWERS AND SOME HELP. LOVE YA, JAN

Re: electrical shock in head?

Submitted by barbaramcmullin on Mon, 2008-02-25 - 13:35

Barbara in Houston...Howdy Maggie. I've had epilepsy for 40 yrs. In 2003, after switching to TOPAMAX I had the "lightening bolt" feeling run thru the entire left side of my body while resting in bed. After being seizure free for 11 years, grand mals started up. To this day no dr. can explain to me what that bolt of lightening was doing in my body or what it was. Then my grand mal seizures returned full blast as well and cannot be controlled. My left side is impaired, vision, co-ordination etc.

  1. Keep a detailed diary of your episodes & events.
  2. Read all inserts for adverse reactions
  3. Ceck the FDA website for other information the manufacturer will not disclose (i.e. suicidal risk in some epilepsy drugs)
  4. You have epilepsy, epiilepsy does not have you.

 

Barbara in Houston...Howdy Maggie. I've had epilepsy for 40 yrs. In 2003, after switching to TOPAMAX I had the "lightening bolt" feeling run thru the entire left side of my body while resting in bed. After being seizure free for 11 years, grand mals started up. To this day no dr. can explain to me what that bolt of lightening was doing in my body or what it was. Then my grand mal seizures returned full blast as well and cannot be controlled. My left side is impaired, vision, co-ordination etc.

  1. Keep a detailed diary of your episodes & events.
  2. Read all inserts for adverse reactions
  3. Ceck the FDA website for other information the manufacturer will not disclose (i.e. suicidal risk in some epilepsy drugs)
  4. You have epilepsy, epiilepsy does not have you.

 

Re: electrical shock in head?

Submitted by seizuremystery on Mon, 2008-02-25 - 20:08

 

I also have had what feels like electrical shock in the back of my head. I had it over and over so much that my doctor recommended accupunture which worked like ground rods and electricity to distribute this to the needles to different parts of my body. It worked until I stopped treatment of the accupunture. My seizures are caused from a head injury from pressure caused where my hard hat liner was pressed into my head forcefully. Has anyone ever known anyone else this has happened to. I only know one other person.

 

I also have had what feels like electrical shock in the back of my head. I had it over and over so much that my doctor recommended accupunture which worked like ground rods and electricity to distribute this to the needles to different parts of my body. It worked until I stopped treatment of the accupunture. My seizures are caused from a head injury from pressure caused where my hard hat liner was pressed into my head forcefully. Has anyone ever known anyone else this has happened to. I only know one other person.

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