The other day, coming up on 4-AcO-DMT I suddenly started, fairly rapidly, getting this feeling that I would sometimes get in my head, like a sudden jolt, followed by almost lightheadedness. I'd never known the name of it, until at the point, in questioning what it was I thought to myself "is that a brain zap?"
I never thought they were brain zaps because I've never thought of it as an electrical feeling, more like something's snapping or clicking suddenly into place. So, after a bit of googling it appears it probably was. This interests me a lot, also worries me a bit, of course.
I've always gotten them, since I was young (not to any extreme frequency, or anything, but enough that I recognise the feeling). No one I ever spoke to about them was able to understand what I meant, though, so I just ignored them.
I'd usually get them whenever I go to a place I'd never been to before, or sometimes, if I return to a place I hadn't been to in a long time, as an example, a musty old room in my Grandfather's house, where lots of things are stored.
On to my point anyway, have many of you experienced brain zaps, that aren't drug related?
Just seems a bit odd that I can recall experiencing the occasional one from a young age, when they're normally caused by discontinuation of SSRIs.
Even more oddly, whenever I discontinued SSRIs, about a year or more ago, they didn't happen more often.
Didn't really think this deserved it's own thread, so I'm posting here, haha.