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Originally Posted by PamelaJune
Gerry, you sceptic!
Have you ever been on the verge of dropping off to sleep, that wonderful drowsy feeling when an almighty jolt out of the blue awakens you. Some call it the soul returning to the body from astral travelling, others say it is the soul tethered strongly to the body and as it tries to leave it is jerked back. Either way, that immense jolted feeling if you know what I mean, is not caused by an external electrical stimulus, it is within the bodies own neural electric system.
The electric jolts Mark and I refer to are of a similar nature only the jolt is accompanied with a searing pain and more often than not we are awake. I have had these for years & long before a neural stim was implanted. It is the nerve endings irritated to their core as explained to me by a surgeon in the UK back in the 1990's.
It is not comparable to the spike in nerve pain that you experience, and I'm sorry you suffer that. It is short sharp painful and gone. Of course the residual pain that is always there remains, but that sharp painful searing jolt, it becomes just a memory of how cruel the body can be in its taunting of you. Until the next time...
I hope that explains it well enough. I'm softly laughing as I can imagine your face reading this. It's so good to have you back.
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Pam,
I guess the only thing that I could consider anywhere near what you explain is the sensation when in my sleep, or are almost asleep, is the sensation of falling. I guess in spite of my PN, I am fortunate; I don't have the type of spikes you mention or the embarrassing leg jump or jerks.
I was referring to times when the pain/burning increases and is greater than others; not actually a "spike". Just used the word that was in front of me at the time.
Sorry to learn you have been dealing with these type of spikes for years. Bummer......
Gerry