Other common names for brain zaps include.
Brain tumor electric shock sensations.
Brain shivers electrical shocks and brain shocks.
Sensations that may feel like insects crawling on the skin or water trickling down the leg severe shooting pain that can be similar to an electric shock sensation muscle cramps spasms and.
They can happen in a person who is decreasing or stopping their use of certain medications particularly antidepressants.
Brain shakes are sensations that people sometimes feel when they stop taking certain medications especially antidepressants.
You might also hear them referred to as brain zaps brain.
People often describe them as feeling electrical current uncontrollably zapping their brains which can be extremely frightening and uncomfortable.
Brain zaps are commonly reported electrical shock sensations that are often experienced during discontinuation of antidepressant medications.
Severe jolts sometimes occur.
The short lived buzz is usually mild and occurs without a known cause.
Brain zaps are sometimes accompanied by mild pain and ache tinnitus dizziness and general discomfort.
Lhermitte s sign an electrical shock sensation that radiates down the spine with bending the head toward the chest is a classic symptom of multiple sclerosis.