Electric/Energy surge to brain when trying to fall asleep.

I an going through the same thing. It gets extreme. I thought it was the prazosin or my Seratraline medication but its both. What i try do is when i know it comes I try to focus and zone out for it to go away almost like I'm squeezing my muscles tight. (That's what it feels like) and it goes away. I also try to cut down on caffeine/ sugar and eating before bed and that works. You know when you have hiccups and you know its coming and you try super hard not to hiccup because you know its coming? its kind of like that. The zaps comes when you over think. I sometimes have background noise when I sleep or maybe try relaxing music or white noise. That will help and be careful of what you watch on Tv and cut down screen time. i cut back a little on scary movies, violent shows as well. Even negative things i read and it has helped. Try those and see

same issues...for me its like an exponential increase in 'electric shock' when trying to fall asleep with a total time of each one of about 0.25 seconds. my feeling is its related to overworking, but i dont necessarily see it as a negative. actually can be quite pleasant to experience. that said i can imagine that it could be a side effect of negative conditions. just my experience, and i am no pro!

So this is my very first post.

I have been reading all the forum posts on here thinking why are doctors not more aware of this issue.

My nightmare started just last Friday, i had woken up with a weird surge but thought it must be sleep apnea.

i went for a sleep study and they said it was one of the worst cases they had seen.

Having sat down and spoken to the doctor she told me i need to wear oral device and cpap.

Since that friday i have been having huge anxiety over sleeping, because she told me the issues i have involved 69 issues in 1 minute.

Fast forward to today Sunday May 30th 10 days have gone by since i slept.

As the days have passed the shocks have quadrupled, not sure if being 11 days sleep deprived is making it worse?

I dont drink, and have never smoked, i have gained 30 pounds in the last 8 months because im stuck in a chair with 3 bad herniated disks, one of which is hitting the root nerve.

I have tried to go to bed every night for the past 10 days and i wake up the moment im dropping off to sleep, with huge rush from my head to my chest, it takes me a few mins to catch my breath.

I have been pacing my home night after night drinking 4 huge cups of strong coffee, but after 10 days of no sleep my health is starting to drop, vision is blurred and i lost all interest in food.

I spent 1 hr last night trying to fall asleep and i think i counted 130 zaps, same this morning just non stop, and i have yet to find a way to make these stop for a second.

I sit here and wonder will i ever be able to sleep again, because i have major spine surgery in 3 weeks ans if i cant go to sleep then A/wont be well enough, 2.How could they put me under if i cant be put under.

i sure hope mine slow down, i have decided to quit coffee,and ordered some anti anxiety meds just incase, but i cant actually fall asleep at all!!!

Hi All,

I'm a 40 year old Muslim male. I had the same symptoms as everyone has been mentioning.

Zaps when i lay down, dizziness bloating, anxiety.. Had all the test and thank God all good. (i was given depression medication, anxiety tablets didn't take them)

What I was able to find out after extensive reading and through trial and error.

The zap is a migraine. Migraines have triggers. I experimented with a number of different diets i found the problem was WHEAT. I'm not allergic to wheat that made it hard to diagnose through a celiac test. But I'm sensitive to wheat. Once i eat bread, pasta or anything containing wheat the zaps will come when i lay down. After cutting wheat completely for 1 week the zaps disappeared. Couldn't believe it.

Now the test.

After one week no wheat; bloating down, dizziness gone, brain fog gone and zaps gone. I decided to test it.

I Ordered a large pizza and had it for dinner. Then I laid down.

ZAP, ZAP, ZAP. The next day stomach bloated, dizzy awful feelings.

Back on the diet.

The zaps stayed for three days. Then disappeared. I haven't had them since. Been 6 months and thank God nothing yet.

Look into bone broth once you get of wheat its amazing for repairing the damage wheat has done to the stomach.

Hopefully this helps someone.

God cure us all.

Say Ameen,

i have been suffering from this for 23 years now. it started after i got the 1st bout of the shingles at age 20. then I got the second bout of shingles at age 36 I'm 43 now it's definitely due to the damage the my nerves. i wouldn't say i am all that stressed at all I'm quite a laid back person.

i do have chronic nerve pain down the left side of my body. i get the surges at the point of nodding off to sleep they range from a few muscle spasms to a full on neck crack or heart jolt that lifts you out of bed. blood pressure and heart rate shoots up for a few minutes.

I also get the foggy head dizzy spells while sitting up sometimes almost like a sense of vertigo with a jolt. I sometimes get tinnitus in my right ear too.

I wish doctors would take the condition more seriously and do some proper research into it.

But from reading here I at take some comfort in knowing I'm not the only person who suffers from this.

to any medical professionals reading this please do some research in to it please. I'd start with looking at the nerves.

i have these sometimes, never spoke to anyone about it because i thought they would think i am mad? Its quite scary, had one today and i have chest pain. I was feeling really tired but since the episode i feel wide awake! Thanks for sharing folks its good to know i am not alone

Greeting All. I'm a victim of this disorder as well. I'm 72, very poor condition, very large and have many other conditions as well. However, I also have severe tinnitus which I noticed mentioned by others. I have only had 5 or 6 zaps so far; when I'm going to sleep; accompanied by the sound of lightening (not thunder, the actual sound you hear if you are close enough to a lightening stroke. Kind of "ZZZZTH." It feels like lightening going from ear to ear or so. I also get an odor sensation of something burning. I am diabetic and have peripheral neuropathy with balance issues. I will see my doctor on July 1st and let you know if there have been any breakthroughs in "brain zap syndrome."

I've had this for 2 years. All fine during the day but sometimes get an overwhelming feeling to move my legs when I'm relaxing in the evening, almost to pre-empt an involuntary spasm. its worse when I'm tired.

Then at night, at the moment of falling asleep (stress free) I'm jolted awake with fluttering in my chest and a feeling of doom and fear. Then as others say, you just have to wait half an hour for it (adrenaline?) to subside so you can try again. Its a really unpleasant feeling, but not a panic attack.

Research led me to a post by a man who had had every test and seen every doctor. The last one said that although he was not diabetic, his pancreas wasn't coping with processing sugar and advised him to cut it out from midday onwards. Now- I like my puddings and always had sugar in tea but I like s good sleep even more and this is a truly horrible feeling. So I completely followed the advice and have not had a single episode for a week!! its early days but I think Ive cracked it. Thank you so much to the man who posted that explanation.

Penny

These symptoms have been effecting me

since 2017 on and off. I started getting the twitching after a year of IVF procedurs.. the more sleep i lacked the more the symptoms progressed over 7 months. they went away for 2 years and would occasionaly persist with a extra stress or whenever i was cominn down with a cold or getting sick..but then this year after Covid hell and working stress, they came back and new symptoms

came with it. Vertigo, both spinning and rocking, nerve sensations, major brain fog and disorientation and anxiety.

I took ashwaganda in the past and it did help, im strting up that regimen again as well as benedryl. its helping but its a still battle each night and when i wake up in the middle of the night, its a battle all over again.

ive had an MRI and other testing, nothing has come back with any concern.. Hoping to get answers from a Ear Doctor in September.. keep you all posted and PLEASE do the same. we need to figure this out!