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sublimer45er

sublimer45er

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Recently I have been getting what I would call 'brain zaps'. After a hard weekend (possibly one too many pills), I feel awfully sick and dont want to eat. Every time I eat I feel sick in the stomach and need to rest or sit down.

But the thing that is really weird is when I feel that Im working my brain 'hard' that I get this really weird mind zap. It doesnt hurt, just a really weird sound or sort of like a "whoosh" sound in my head. This weird feeling runs from my forehead to right to the back of my head and happens in about a second and goes away. Like for example it happens MOST whenever I am pissed at someone, something, or thinking about someone I dont like or hate. Thats when it most happens and its weird. I also get it every now and then whenever I read something (like text on a web page, book, etc). Its a really really weird thing.

I will admit that I have been taking every weekend for 4 months and i defieantly need a break.
 
DUDE!!!!

I've been getting the same thing since i was a kid. Never was able to explain it well enough to a doctor--i tried once and he just blew it off, basically.


It feels as if a quick electrical current just ran through your brain, yes? I've never had a seizure--but I assumed it may be a mild one. It happens worse (slightly longer) when I'm high (weed).

For me, it happens when i start to think/daydream/wander about things in the future or past---for example, almost always happens when i walk through a vacant house, i start to wonder about how it used to look with furniture etc in it..and zaaap

but yeah, i've rolled 3 times and its never acted up from that----only weed (so far).

really dont know what it is, but it sounds exactly like what happens to me sometimes. no pain, its just a quick....yeah, zap.




how often does it happen to you?
 
Savior,

Sounds very very similar to my problems too and what you describe. I tend to get it a lot when im tired or thinking about stuff. Mainly things that bother me or when my brain is working too hard. Its really weird. But now, I have a constant 'ring' in my head. Not a "grenade just went off near my ear - ring", just a quiet, very mellow and annoying ring happening in my head. My noticable when its quiet.

I havnt seen a doctor yet but Im gonna take a break and see how I go with that. I wont lie that I've been abusing it and even talking to my friend about the same thing were experiencing (just talked to him them), he too also experienced this when he was heavily doing it every weekend. now that he has cut down he does not get this problem. I've heard that its quiet common problem.
 
Effexor is well known for creating those brain zaps.

Its also reported with mdma use.

Check out Electric Shocks in the Directory for heaps of threads and info about this.

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i got that before when i try to sleep on comedown

best for you now is stop and take 5htp for a few days
don't roll ecstasy for a while (at least 12 months in your case)
 
i got this for like a day after i first double-dropped (really good pills, like 100mg MDMA each :D)


as described above - it's like a strange electrical pulse.

My explanation for it was that i went way too hard, so stopped. Now its gone :P
 
they are to a strong degree serotonin related as a friend was on citalopram and used to take double doses then come off it abruptly and would get these (also extreme but funny to watch anger-i'm not being mean she hammed it up for us cos she was a comedian)
 
Yes, I always experience this the worst when trying to sleep. Lately I have been getting to bed WAY to early. Generally I will hit bed late around 11pm or later (even on a week night) but now Im finding going to bed at 7:30 or 9:00 because im just too tired and weak. I feel that if I sleep more, I might recover more, but still wake up feeling the same. I feel great in the mornings, until I eat something (doesn't matter what it is) and then I get that 'sick' feeling again that wont go away all day. I have lost my appetite badly and all I wanna eat is healthy things like fruit and juice (good thing I suppose).

I just hate these brain zaps, yes that's probably the best word to describe them. They are like 'pulses' going through your head. Dont hurt, but its more of a 'frightening' or 'annoying' experience. Im just gonna down litres and litres of Orange juice for the next 3 weeks and see how I go. We dont have those 5-HTP pills here in Australia, might try ordering off eBay or online chemist. Reason for 3 weeks is cause I have another huge rave on in 3 weeks time (wouldnt miss it for the world) and after that, I will start an even longer break. Maybe a few months atleast.
 
Yeah I get them a fair bit, usually just for a couple of days after the weekend... kinda strange but nothing to worry about really.. I think its related to serotonin levels as I believe the same thing happens during SSRI withdrawal.
 
yeah Im really preparing for a break. Its not that im addicted to them, I just enjoy them too much. And once im on them, its hard to stop and thats where the money waste comes into play.

I really just need a huge rest, re-build my finances, relax, eat right and drink right and just take it easy with E in the future.

Anyone please feel free to add anymore comments on similar experiences, i would like to know :)

Thanks for ya help anyways guys!
 
OMG

Sooooooooooo funny you said that, well not really, ha. But when I was abusing them about 4 months ago, 4 every weekend I would get these brain zaps like 3 days after the weekend. The zzzzzz sound for 2 seconds, you can hear it and then it goes.

And yes, it happens when you think about why something is like that way or something which is confusing, one time it happened so bad like 8 times in a row and i couldn't even stand up.

I'm aussie to and ordered 5hpt over ebay, arrived in like 5 days, really does help. After going on a 4 month detox, I have been going a bit nuts just over the past 3 weeks i have consumed 21 and am getting these brain zaps all over again - lol...

So, I'll try stop popping again until our next good festival being GLOBAL GATHERING...

good luck with it!
 
Im not glad but kind of glad that im not alone of this one.

Actually just tonight it got alittle dangerous when I was struggling at finding a house that I had to deliver something too for my dad, being pitch black and hard to find the house late and night, the zaps were starting. At one point, I had a big zap in my head from being so frustrated confused that I ended up slamming the brakes hard whistle driving. Starting to bother me now but im gonna let it go.

Tomorrow is the 4th day...so lets see how it goes :(

So, I'll try stop popping again until our next good festival being GLOBAL GATHERING...
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Looks awesome! cant wait. I'm holding out for Transmission in 3 weeks and then I will hold out for this :). Looks good!
 
I've had those zaps from pills before. Had em for probably 2-3 weeks to be honest :S Scared the shit out of me till I looked into it.
 
its feels like the sound of a skating needle on a hard drive
 
I had some crazy brain zaps when I did 7 in one day when my tolerance was still low. I heard ringing and it got louder and louder, and then really loud quickly and I jolted, like my muscle spasmed all over. That went on for 3 days and it was so hard trying to get to sleep. It really scared the shit out of me, because the ringing was SO loud, and the jolting was horrible.
 
Sublimer,

just curious---

you say it happens a lot when you're trying to sleep?

do u feel like its right before you drift off into dreamland--that state right between awake/sleep?


that happened to me once, quite badly---after not sleeping for a long time (again, this is before i even tried e) seemed like right before id start dreaming, i'd get zapped for several seconds preventing me from actually falling asleep----i'd start dreaming, and then zap myself awake..very annoying


just wondering
 
do u feel like its right before you drift off into dreamland--that state right between awake/sleep?
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I get the EXACT SAME feeling. But mine is so weird. like when Im dosing off into a sleep, I can hear voices/noises that are loud. Similar noise levels of people yelling and laughing at a theme park or a loud class room full of kids. Sometimes it might cause a slight spasm and I wake up quickly and all dissapears. Its really hard to describe. Weird thing is, I can force it. Like to experiment a bit, I usually dose off and "hold" it right on the borderline of staying awake and sleeping and I can experience all of this.

This is not the primary thing thats happening, mainly just when Im going to bed. Its very strange. And yes I feel I only get these when I have binged, bad batch of pills or just one too many times in a weekend. Lately I have been (I wouldnt say good) but in my terms good, and limiting myself to Friday nights only at a club to 4-5 pills in the night. And Im usually fine for the next few days and week. Back in my binge days, I had these 'zaps' more severely. And now that I have just finished a big weekend (birthday celebrating and rave), have been non stop since Friday till Sunday. And now its happening again. Im just guessing I've had one too many and need to rest for a few weeks.
 
Wow, I've gotten these since I was a kid too. I never knew how to explain it...

I remember the first time I ate shrooms I got like 5 "brain zaps" in a short period of time during my come up. That's the only time I've gotten them from a drug of any kind though.
 
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