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I have seen lots of people mention having something like electrical 'zaps' in the head / brain. I would appreciate a few sufferers describing that in more detail - how long did they last, what were the circumstances, were you on treatment at the time? My husband has only ever had two - the first while on Doxy and the second a few weeks after treatment stopped (he still has active LD). He said it was as if someone had stuck an electrode in the front/top of his head and run a current through it - he thought he could both hear and feel the 'buzz'. Does this sound familiar?
lymie tony z
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Yes, I have felt the same "power surges"...they seem electrical in nature....
Don't know what they are or what causes them but it must have something to do with the inerference the chetes have caused in the electrical communication processes in the brain....and or central nervous system...
zman
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Yes, I actually had this happen to me several times BEFORE (and after) I knew I had lyme. I now know that I've had lyme almost my whole life.
It is a very strange sensation - like an electrical jolt to my whole brain. It always scared me - I felt like I could actually feel my brain vibrating...
and yes, it does feel like you can almost hear it too - it's very unsettling.
And I felt "out of it" for a few seconds afterwards. I told my doc about it - after it had happened a few times. I didn't tell him right away because I thought he'd think I was "nuts"...
Well, lets just say he looked at me like I was. After my lyme diagnosis, and finding this site is when I found out others had/have this same thing happen to them.
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I had them every night before treatment and maybe a few times at the beginning of treatment.
I had two distinct kinds.
The first was the electrical zapping kind that several have mentioned above. Mine would start from my neck and run up and zap my brain. Yes it would feel like my brain was vibrating and I would only be able to see white light at the highest intesity of the zap. They are difficult to describe in words, but I'd like to add that the intesity of them is so strong that all you can say is (painfully) "Oh God".
The second kind was more like my brain was being powered on and off in a cyclic fashion. I'd continuously and rhythmically almost reach complete conciousness only to be zapped unconcious again. Then start over again. This would last for several minutes. I think these were acually seizures, but I don't know for sure.
These episodes would either wake me up or happened as I was waking up...I was never really sure as lyme has screwed up my sleep so much.
- Mike
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Oh yes,I remember those zaps.
One winter we had a horrible ICE storm.The transformers were zapping out all over town.One by one you could here them going off.
Shortly after that, my brain started doing the same thing.At night right before I would go to sleep...ZAP>>>ZAP!!
I was so sick then,I would sit up in bed and ask my husband if the storm was over,if the lights were going off.
The storm was in my head ,Lyme monsters!!!
It was awful,I told my family the transformers were going off in my head.I can still hear it.The sensation was very intense.
With treatment and time it did pass,just have to be on stand by for the big jolt like effect it can send along.
Good luck,I'm hoping for NO ICE storms this winter,no blown transformers my way.
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I also had them. They were really bad when coming off Paxil and Effexor.
I continue to struggle with them when going to sleep,waking up or if I am trying to read something. They are sort of like short circuits or something, at times it sounds like someone is slamming a door. Can be startling at times. I often think it is connected to the Fasciculations. Like one in the brain.
My Neuro feels it is an imbalance between dopamine and seratonin.
Take care and peace
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I've had them, and it has been the worst symptom of lyme so far. I describe it as not really being painful, but it is extraordinarily unpleasant. They seem to cluster for me, and I have them frequently when I am herxing the worst. It is a feeling of buzzing or humming, and then occasionally a feeling like something in my brain snaps and then flops. Very very hard to explain. It is usually followed by a feeling of nausea and a little bit of confusion. Yuck.
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I am not sure if this is what you are talking about, but I have what I call bolts of lightening streaking through my head. They are fast, sharp and usually cause me to flinch. As someone else above mentioned, they come in clusters.
Had then for years and then I found out wht they were about 4 years ago. They are called ICE PICK HEADACHES in my case. Really! I thought the name was perfect because that is kind of how they felt. Do a Google search and you will find lots of info on them. We are unusual for sure.
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