Strange Head Sensation and symptoms - Migraine/epilepsy/something else?

[woody198900]

If you could take the time to read this and then give me your thoughts, hopefully some new theory could emerge:

it all started abouth 2 years ago, when I was lying in bed in the morning and in that 'about to get up' and 'still drowsy, lying in' stage I would have an odd sensation in my head. Sort of like a head rush, but more overpowering. How I would imagine a seizure to feel like if it was only in the frontal lobe of the brain (and not in the rest of the body).When awake I would never have these, and they happened very very rarely.

The next stage was when I was sitting down at the computer, and I experienced the same sort of sensation as above, but while i was awake. and much much less intense. again this happened rarely.

After this they became more frequent when awake. Then after a weekend Drinking with friends, the 'Hangover' was not regular headache, but these "odd rushes" (that sometimes feel like a flutter above the eyes, but sometimes feel like a muscle cotraction starting off softly contracting then intenselt contracting then softly then finish). These would happen once every 20 seconds. then next stage after having these frequent 'rush' feelings I gradually began to see vast amounts of eye floaters and eye flashes. untill flashes seemed permanent. Muscles would twitch a lot. I will get a feeling of swaying within my own head, even if Im not swaying physically. sometimes when a 'rush' occurs i feel as if my head is pulled backward. Sometimes as if one side of my brain is heavy, then the other side becomes heavy etc. I catch myself starring into space often, just at one place, losing focus and 'looking through' the object. and I feel withdrawn from things at the moment, as if I have no emotional attachment to them, I just see the things, as if I cant properly absorb the information (another example is - recalling past events, but the normal emotion that goes with memories doesnt seem to  be there). Would have some cold patches appear all around my body, like pins and needles, but feels almost like very fine cold water on small patches of skin. NONE OF THIS IS PAINFUL

(* Note - the word rush is not at all like a head rush when getting up. feels more electrical, or muscular orientated)

Lately Im having the suspicion that the 'rush' feeling has a connection to my eyes, sometimes my eyes shake when one comes about. eyes are never drawn up to the skull like in a fit. This correlates with the eye flash disturbance etc. Some Optic Nerve abnormality, or due to the swaying feeling possibly some brain stem problem (which is the center for eye and ear nerves). Or Epilepsy.

I went to many Doctors (6 or 7) and all of them had no idea. saying it could be some sort of migraine. No tear in the retina. Epilepsy hasnt ever come up. symptoms are always described as strange.  

Any thoughts would be much appreciated, or if anybody has similar symptoms.


Additional information about me - my posture (neck) is a little hunched, could this be causing some sort of tension that causes the above? I use the computer a lot. never had a serious illness. have smoked marijuana before. not a lot though. did binge drink, but havnt since symptoms

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[Ames052]

In the wee hours of Thursday, Oct 15, morning, I was lying in bed unable to get to sleep.  Was extremely sleepy but every time I closed my eyes, I felt a strange rushing type of sensation.  It felt as though it started somewhere in the middle of my brain and rushed outwards.  At the end of the apparent rush, was a feeling of electrical shock maybe or my brain just repeatedly misfiring.  It is very hard to explain.  It did not hurt but it was not painless either.  The sensation was almost like what I would imagine a transformer feeling just before it overloaded.  It was a very uncomfortable feeling almost to the point of near pain.  

This sensation lasted repeatedly, every 3-4 seconds it seemed for a few minutes when suddenly, it felt like my brain electrically overloaded.  I felt a shock and I became aware of being conscious but unable to move, to speak.. to react.  I felt parallelized in a cocoon for a minute or so and could actively sense myself wanting to call out for help but being unable to do anything.   I remember telling myself when I was parallelized, relax.. this isn't real... just stay calm and focus.  It put me in the mind of what an epileptic persons brain goes through.  I don't believe my body shook at all, but the disorientation and paralysis of that was there.  I know it sounds super strange and this is my attempt to understand or describe the sensations and feelings.  This wasn't the first time for these strange sensations, I've had them occassionally before but they never caused me to feel parallelized or aware but catatonic at the same time.  

Eventually, apparently, I was able to fall asleep but I remember when I woke up being so overly disoriented and like I hadn't slept enough.  My room is downstairs.  Immediately after waking, I made my way upstairs to let my dogs out.  I barely was able to stand up long enough to get them back inside.  I just felt an overwhelming sense of needing to go back to sleep.  In the middle of a conversation with someone, I literally nodded off.  I hadn't even been awake 10 minutes.  

[CounterxStrike]

ok so i was just watching a movie and i realized something very important, then all of a sudden i could see everything... Not really but like everything around me was like a picture and my brain was like woww so hypped (i was able to feel my brain and the brain waves wtf...).. It's so hard to explain but it was only for like 2min only, i was so happy and intense and felt amazing i could understand what was going on and omg sorry i just cant, its impossible to explain now that its been 5min. It felt like i new everything but didn't, like a computer hardrive . . WTF happened to me i cant find anything on the internet about this like wtf, any body had this experience ??

[bella0607]

I have the same feelings this is my third week. I feel a little out of it and just a general odd sensation in my head. I thought it was dizzy, but its not, its more of a head rush feeling. It feels like I hit my funny bone in my neck and the sensation goes up my head. But all day I feel like I am floating. I have been to my regular dr, an ENT, chiropractor, massage therapist, and a physical therapist and no one can figure it out. I have an appt with a neuro Monday. Thinking nerve issues or something. Feels like my brain is not getting enough blood or oxygen. I feel fine when I work out, just a tad of the sensation when I lift heavy but not too bad. Any hope for any of you??

[Bluebirdfly]

So helpful to know that I am not the only one having that wooshy dizzy spell in my head. I have had those for several years now. It happens about 7 or 10 times per year and it feels like my head is warning me and its always right cause a couple of days after the episode there are dramatic weather changes.
I also get migrains often before the rain or snow. If its a severe storm coming I would feel weak and lifeless. I guess there is a good side to it cause I know its time to prepare for a possible emergency.
Thank you to everyone on the forum for posting and sharing. Iam sure in most cases those headwaves are benign.  We sometimes just have to live with it.

[TrstnOC]

Ok I don't know if this will help anyone here at all but I'm 28 and have had the hard-to-describe "woosh" of almost an electric surge though my brain that is accompanied wrong a yellow flash of light sometimes. I don't ever recall having any type of headaches after the fact though, as some of you have had. This has been happening to me since I was 17. I remember the first time and it was one of the most intense of any I've had. It went through my whole body and I even jolted. This always happens to me when I'm laying down. It's never painful. I'm either trying to sleep or had been sleeping for some time. ISO have slight anxiety, I've never taken medication for chronic pain or any mental instabilities. I had experimented with weed and alcohol for a few years in my adolescence but not to an addiction level by any means. I am decently healthy, not over weight, I have smoked cigarettes for 10 years though, have two healthy young children, married, have had some depression in the past. I experience chronic headaches from time to time. Never lasts more than a few minutes and mostly they come as sharp stabbing pain in a random part of my brain but the duration is never longer than several seconds. I have not gone to the doctor ever for any pain or discomfort or headaches. I've only ever gone to the doc or taken medication when I was sick or pregnant or that one time when I broke my thumb.

The point is, I've had this sensation for over 10 years and I have gone through mild drug use, alcohol use, cigarettes, headaches, pregnancy, dieting, mild anxiety, mild depression, no serious illnesses or mental issues, no medication use, all these are basically normal for someone's last 10 years of experiences and all while having this whoosh of electricity or whatever flash though my head/body and eyes and it's never caused anything except grief.
So just hoping that helps ease some people's nerves about it being harmful. I'm just saying I've been through it for over 10 years with basic normal life events and things involved and I'm fine. Not to say I don't wish to know what it is or even have them stop, but I stopped being worried about it after about 4 years of this. Sometimes it's several times within an hour and sometimes I can't remember the last time is happened cuz it's been months. I don't see any use going to a neurologist or seeking any cute or relief considering it's not painful and it's been happening for so long that I kind of think of the episodes the same as having a bout of the hiccups or a sneezing fit or having a headache or something that's just normal and it happens.

I hope this helps anyone who is becoming scared or afraid of this occurrence.
Stay strong for those of you who are seeking professional help and trying to get a legitimate diagnosis!!

[teedub1]

Just for your information, take a look at the 3 part on-line post that describes ascension symptoms, and see how many of the symptoms apply to you.  http://goldenageofgaia.com/2013/02/21/ascension-symptoms-or-what-is-happening-to-me-part-13/