it's electrifyin' !!!

[madison]

hello all~
  in recent weeks i have had a strange thing happen about 3 times so far when i am starting to fall asleep... i am laying on my side (my sleep position)-eyes closed, just getting drowsy.. when all of a sudden i feel kind of an elecric shock in my head that makes me jump wide awake. what the heck??? it only happens once and then i'm fine and go back to falling asleep. Has anyone experienced anything similar to this at all? thanks in advance for your input.

[CHD63]

Madison ....

Where in your head do you feel these shocks?  If they are in your face (jaw, cheek, and/or forehead) on one side, it could be trigeminal nerve pain.

Clarice

[Jim Scott]

Madison ~

I have no idea as to what you're feeling but Clarice ('CHD63') made a reasonable suggestion: that it might be trigeminal nerve pain.  I doubt it's anything to be concerned about but a call to your doctor to ask his (or her) opinion might help answer your very reasonable question.   

Jim 

[EJTampa]

I get a similar thing, although not really pain, and not always at night.  I get a sudden "jolt", and then my tinnitus gives me 3 strange loud chirps, then it's gone.  I just figure it's part of the package deal.
 
I do have a new symptom that started a couple of days ago though.  I feel like a bug is crawling on my forehead just above my right eye (AN side).  You can't imagine how many times I slapped my forehead trying to squash the dang thing! .  Finally, this morning, I got up and looked in the mirror.  I was getting the "tickle", but there was nothing there .
 
Ernie

[stoneaxe]

Strange...i've had those all my life. Not pain but occasionally just as i'm falling asleep i get a sudden jolt or spasm. Mine is kind of a flash in my mind and a spasm of all my muscles...wakes me up for a bit and then i'm back to sleep. i always thought it was normal.

[cindyj]

Yep, I get what I assume is what you're talking about.  It sometimes happens at night when I'm watching tv, but more often it's when I'm in bed getting ready to go to sleep.  It is the weirdest thing...think I remember someone else mentioning this phenomenon on here.  It doesn't hurt, though, right?  Mine doesn't - it's just loud, strange feeling, and makes me jump out of my skin.  I just chalk it up to odd post-op stuff that comes with the territory, so to speak

If you do find that it's something I should have been concerned w/ all along, do let me know! 

Cindy

[madison]

thanks to those of you who responded- i feel better now. in answer to your question- no, it doesn't hurt, it's just an unexpected jolt. i thought maybe i would become psychic or at least get some free premium cable channels, but nothing yet!i am so glad i found this forum. happy mother's day to those of you out there and to people who have pets as their babies, like me.ttys