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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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RE: electrical shock in head?

Submitted by Spiz on Mon, 2005-07-18 - 12:35

Maggie,

   I have these too. Mine are on my right side though. Are yours painful? Mine are and they leave a hot, burning sensation after the jolt is gone. Smiles!

-Spiz

Maggie,

   I have these too. Mine are on my right side though. Are yours painful? Mine are and they leave a hot, burning sensation after the jolt is gone. Smiles!

-Spiz

RE: electrical shock in head?

Submitted by dayna on Mon, 2005-07-18 - 14:31

Hi Maggie,

First off I would like to apologize to you.  I had my pop up blocker off last night and did not see your chat screen pop up last night.  I just saw them  today when I went to history to look something up for jinx.   I was not ignoring you.

Ok  now, about those shocks...Ack I hate those things!  I  get them in the back of my head.  I  call those mind zaps.  And  I also get them where  I  get  the tingling on my left side.   Especially  when there  are storms  brewing.

So no you are not crazy.

Dayna

 

Hi Maggie,

First off I would like to apologize to you.  I had my pop up blocker off last night and did not see your chat screen pop up last night.  I just saw them  today when I went to history to look something up for jinx.   I was not ignoring you.

Ok  now, about those shocks...Ack I hate those things!  I  get them in the back of my head.  I  call those mind zaps.  And  I also get them where  I  get  the tingling on my left side.   Especially  when there  are storms  brewing.

So no you are not crazy.

Dayna

 

RE: RE: electrical shock in head?

Submitted by classy1g on Tue, 2005-07-19 - 06:53
Yep, yep, they are painful...like shooting stars in the head...then a nice tingling sensation afterwards. I get them in my left temp and at the base of my right side, whatever that is called. It's annoying, and when they hit, it literally takes my breath away. Been having alot of them this past 2 weeks, and wonder if humidity and barometric pressure has anything to do with it...hmmmmKeep safe...alwaysclassy

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