I experience many of the symptoms you all are explaining...Mine is the acquired epilepsy from the TBI. Epilepsy seizures come in many forms, some are very subtle, while others are not. I don't have Grand Mals, but I do have an abnormally high out-put of electrical dis-charges even with Absence seizures and Partial Complex Seizures. My jerking, twitching and muscle spasms are due my epilepsy. I have an EEG every 8 weeks and even though I appear to "look normal" during my EEG, the readings are always off the chart.
Mine was discovered while being treated for my TBI. I told my neuro that I was feeling "zaps", like a small electrical shock...He immediately did an EEG and sure enough I was having small seizures.


Has epilepsy been ruled out for you all? Have you had an EEG and been visually provoked with strobe light testing?
Some of what you all are experiencing sounds very much like small seizures to me...Just a thought.

I had an EEG; normal.

I also experience what feel like small “zaps” inside my head sometimes when I am falling asleep. It’s a weird sensation that wakes me right up: My left leg twitches at the same time as this little “zap” happens in my head. Should I be concerned or bring it up to my doctor? It happens maybe three times a month, and usually happens about two times each time.

I have the exact same tremor symptoms as you, Concussed Scientist. I've had it for two weeks now and I'm so afraid and frustrated. I can hardly sleep at night because of the muscle twitching in my head, neck and arms (it feels as you have described - like electricity shocks). Did you recover from the twitching? I hope so!

Hi GirlFromNorway,

I am sorry that you are getting those tremor symptoms. At least you have had them for only 2 weeks. I can understand that you are afraid and frustrated but it is early days and most people apparently do recover from postconcussion symptoms and usually within 6 months to a year.

Regarding my symptoms: I'm afraid that I still have them but they have got milder than they were in the first year and I also think that medication, mainly pregabalin (Lyrica) is helping.

To be honest the twitching was never my worst symptom, but i think that it perhaps indicates that something is wrong. I insisted on having an EEG done, because it seemed as though the twitching that I experienced was the result of something like electrical discharges that could be generated by the electrical activity of the brain. I did have an EEG done and it was definitely abnormal. However, much of what I assumed were electrical discharges were ignored because it was assumed that the discharges were so large that they could only have been caused by muscle movements. However, I was lying perfectly still and not trying to move a muscle. I think that it was the other way round. There was an electrical discharge coming from my brain and they made me perhaps move a muscle. Certainly it was not under my voluntary control.

What is your current situation?
Perhaps you have completely recovered and we will never hear from you again. That would be great, but if you do visit this site again, then please let us know if you recover. It is nice to get some good news stories.

If you are still bothered by symptoms then I think it would be worthwhile getting an EEG or a quantitative EEG (qEEG) done. However, you are likely to find that the medical staff have difficulty telling your tremors from muscle movements that they are trained to ignore. You should definitely see a neurologist and a neurophysiologist. They may be able to prescrible drugs that would help.

Good luck with everything.

CS