I've been off the site for a while now fully engrossed in recovery, treatments, finding work, and trying to get my life back together. Tonight, however, I incurred an electrical shock while trying to plug in a lamp to an extension cord. I touched the metal prong while it was half plugged in with sweaty fingers on just one hand. I am not sure if the lamp was left in the "on" position or not. Is that why I was shocked? I felt the shock, dropped the chord, then had immediate jitters and racing heart, although this could just be my good old friend, panic. Naturally my first thought and greatest fear is that this will have repercussions for my brain. I don't like the idea of much outside electricity entering my nervous system. My arms and muscles do also feel strange, but the finger where I was shocked is not burnt.

Does anyone have info on this? A website such as WebMD is unclear as to whether (low voltage?) shocks require medical attention. It also didn't clarify what kind of shocks something like an extension chords produces. Low, or high? On their site the symptoms appear to vary greatly, and I'm not sure if these would supersede my 'normal' PCS symptoms. I can't get a doctor on the phone until tomorrow, but is it something I should take seriously? As in hospital?

Thanks.