brain zaps
 

I have been having brain zaps here lately that are bothering me.

I have had very light brain zaps before my MS diagnosis and before any of the medications I am on now.

Can brain zaps be strictly MS related? I have read going off of an anti depressant can cause these zaps, but my meds have not changed at all. I am on Lexapro and have been on it for several months.

When I get a zap it affects my eyes. If I am looking at the TV screen my eyes move so that I have to look back at what I was looking at.

Any ideas?

Other then what it does to your eyes, would you mind describing your "brain zaps", LA? Do you hear them, feel them, or ?

I think I know what you are saying, but I just want to compare notes.

Cherie

It is not painful. It is like a quick surge through my head. Maybe a spasm or even a jerk.

I do not hear anything when it happens. My head does not actually move although it feels like it could.

It moves my center of vision when it happens. I am pretty sure my eyes are not moving as in nystagmus. I do not seem them jitter when I look in the mirror.

I notice them most any time during the day and there does not seem to be any pattern or certian time of day when it is worse.

Calling it a zap is a good way to put it because it is there and gone, but with no pain. Weird.

has this been going on for some time? if so have you called Neuro or doctor? do you get a spasm in your neck, I get something similiar I can feel it run through my head and my neck will spasm sometimes real hard its quick and so far painless but sometimes the spasm scare me they are a bit too strong? hope you can get a good answer, and or so help to ease it, if it keeps going on drop doc a call

It has been going on at this intensity for the past two weeks. I see my doctor next week.

I have had these zaps, very slightly, before my diagnosis.

I do get spasms in my neck but this is in my temple eye area on both sides. It runs behind my eye in the front part of my head. I have never felt it in the back side of my head.

The spams I get in my neck come around into my chin and are very uncomfortable.

Well, I will see my doctor next week and try to figure this out.

I have some other things going on that make me wonder if this might be a flare of some sort or maybe just stress.

I lost track of my footing on the steps the other day and fell down the steps. I was lucky because our steps are not a full flight. I went backwards however I was going down the steps so I fell UP the stairs.

I have several ugly bruises on my arm, a sore back side, and am very irritated by this! I had a cup of water with me as I was going down the steps and the whole cup ended up on my head! I was dripping wet.:o

I yelled for my husband but he was totally out. He wears a c-pap and can not hear anything when he is sleeping. :mad:

So, I have been very careful on the steps and we know we need to move into a ranch style home. But who has the money to do much of anything right now.