So I took my medication a bit late today, and i feel weird sensations in my head. Is this what we call brain zaps? It feels strange to say the least.
So I took my medication a bit late today, and i feel weird sensations in my head. Is this what we call brain zaps? It feels strange to say the least.
Diagnosis: ADHD (Combined Type) with GAD. Had Post Concussive Syndrome, as well as Occipital Neuralgia and IBS. Recovered from PCS in May 2013. Diagnosed with a kidney disease called Gitelman Syndrome in November 2015.
On natural remedies currently.
L-tryptophan and magnesium glycinate
Also taking: potassium chloride er
Everybody's zaps are different, it seems. Mine were like little micro blackouts, and feeling like my head was separate from the rest of the body for a split second. It was bizarre but ultimately not harmful or painful, just freaked me out because I didn't know to expect them at the time and so I thought I was having brain damage or epilepsy or something. I didn't even realize they were coming from the prozac, which I had just come off. Yeah... some docs really suck when it comes to warning us about what to expect!
Anyway, during that period, I had a zap a week or so for a few months. Worst was while driving or just walking, but no harm came. Haven't had anything since.
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Im so glad I found this. Ive been having exactly these split seconds blackouts several times a day and I thought im going crazy. Im trying to lower escitalopram dosage and that must be the reason....
I call them jolts, horrible aren't they, feel like you head is moving in stages. I have had an experience of horrendous full body jolts when I missed a few doses. I hear you need to be monitored if you ever need yo come off them.
When I stopped Paxil I had the head zaps too, weird but they went away.
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