Brain shock sensations when trying to fall asleep

[GuamBaybe]

I'm having this problem with my brain that right before I fall asleep I get this weird sensation in my brain that wakes me up again right when I'm falling asleep. The feeling I get is either a falling sensation (not the kind you dream of falling off a cliff or tripping over something then waking up), a "shock" to my brain or like my brain is preventing me from sleeping on purpose. I hope I'm describing it okay.... but it's very frustration because my body is SOOOOO tired but my brain will not let me sleep due to these brain twitches that prevent me from fully falling asleep. Has anyone else had this? If so, does anyone have any answers of what this is? or what i can get tested for or talk to my doctor about? I've gotten an MRI and an MRA done and everything was normal.... I use to have hypochondria before and I've been told by my doctor it MIGHT be due to anxiety but I don't like when doctors say "might be..." I would rather them tell me they don't know so I can ask another doctor...... please help someone!!! :(:(:(:(

[Susannaslp]

I also get these. I suffer from anxiety and take Lexapro. I also take Adivan .5mg when needed which i rarely need. I describe these as very loud white noise. I remember telling a friend of mine I thought I was having seizures during the night. I get them usually when I am super tired and falling asleep. It jolts me awake and then I feel like I am going to have a full on panic attack. I probably get one one a month- give or take. I hope it doesn't get worse. I feel so comforted to have found this thread. I didn't even quite know how to explain it to search it on google. These brain zaps are very scary. Maybe it's attributed to the Lexapro which is an SSRI? Thank you to everyone sharing their story.

[Susannaslp]

I also get these. I suffer from anxiety and take Lexapro. I also take Adivan .5mg when needed which i rarely need. I describe these as very loud white noise. I remember telling a friend of mine I thought I was having seizures during the night. I get them usually when I am super tired and falling asleep. It jolts me awake and then I feel like I am going to have a full on panic attack. I probably get one one a month- give or take. I hope it doesn't get worse. I feel so comforted to have found this thread. I didn't even quite know how to explain it to search it on google. These brain zaps are very scary. Maybe it's attributed to the Lexapro which is an SSRI? Thank you to everyone sharing their story.

[dunnjen]

This is an old thread, but I am adding a new description.  The sensation I experience is more like an energy wave. There's a sound-sensation with it that reminds me of the star wars light sabre. I get a few of them before falling asleep, and they sort of interrupt the process.  I'm not worried because I do eventually sleep well.  I just find it weird.

[DH1969]

exactly

[DH1969]

exactly

[Marikkan]

Do these shocks or jolts everyone is feeling, describe like: walking through a doorway, too low and you duck but still bump your head.. Or your sitting into a car, duck but bump your head... What ever the semi-dream is.. Your dogging something so you don't bump your head? It's like the falling dream, only it's with your head. Or is this just me, and totally different from everyone?

[Marikkan]

Do these shocks or jolts everyone is feeling, describe like: walking through a doorway, too low and you duck but still bump your head.. Or your sitting into a car, duck but bump your head... What ever the semi-dream is.. Your dogging something so you don't bump your head? It's like the falling dream, only it's with your head. Or is this just me, and totally different from everyone?

[technet]

Hello, I have the same thing after undergoing sinus surgery by a quack ENT in 2004 and then my situation made worse by being given the wrong medication to treat it by a neurologist, which then gave me Epilepsy, in 2007. (I never had Epilepsy before in my entire life) It's a seizure -- a sleep seizure. Currently being treated with brand name Trileptal, brand name Xanax and Soma and pain meds for when I tore my rotator cuffs in one sleep seizure in 2008. I don't know what to do.