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Mind pulses, head zaps?
Thu, 03/03/2005 - 07:47Comments
RE: RE: Mind pulses, head zaps?
Submitted by amyhill on Tue, 2005-02-15 - 07:58
RE: RE: RE: Mind pulses, head zaps?
Submitted by mgross on Mon, 2005-02-21 - 22:50
Hello all-
I am new to this web site. It will be nice to read your stories about your experiences, thoughts, feelings, etc. I have tonic clonic epilepsy. I was diagnosed with myoclonic seizures 15 yrs ago. In my teenage yrs, my seizures progressed to tonic clonic. I had been seizure-free for almost 5 yrs, but recently I had a tonic clonic seizure while driving. Fortunatly, nobody was hurt. I am very lucky. However, I cannot drive for 6 mos. I'm sure many of you understand how frustrating that can be. Anyway, regarding the "head zaps"; I have them too. I call them 'shooting pains'. My head often feels 'tender' in those areas after the zap. I often feel like my eyeballs shake too. It sounds strange, but it's nice to know that there are others out there who truly understand.
MGross
Hello all-
I am new to this web site. It will be nice to read your stories about your experiences, thoughts, feelings, etc. I have tonic clonic epilepsy. I was diagnosed with myoclonic seizures 15 yrs ago. In my teenage yrs, my seizures progressed to tonic clonic. I had been seizure-free for almost 5 yrs, but recently I had a tonic clonic seizure while driving. Fortunatly, nobody was hurt. I am very lucky. However, I cannot drive for 6 mos. I'm sure many of you understand how frustrating that can be. Anyway, regarding the "head zaps"; I have them too. I call them 'shooting pains'. My head often feels 'tender' in those areas after the zap. I often feel like my eyeballs shake too. It sounds strange, but it's nice to know that there are others out there who truly understand.
MGross
RE: RE: Mind pulses, head zaps?
Submitted by spiz on Mon, 2005-02-14 - 01:35
Hello! I also get these zaps on the top and back of my head and they are always followed with a burning sensation. The burning sensation hurts almost as bad as the zap but neither lasts long.