Spasms in head????

[popcornn]

I wrote yesterday about headahces. Today, I'm not experiancing any, BUT I'm having constant weird sensations in my head, my like muscles are spasing in my head. I dunno what they are. Has anyone else had these? Is it a responce to aprin or something? They dont hurt...they just feel weird and are annoying. Is this something serious?

[popcornn]

Rarely I get those, but I do. These feel more like movements and spasms/twitches.

[utahmomma]

Okay, this sounds strange but does it feel like your head is bigger than it actually is (like a blown-up balloon) and your scalp is moving in waves?  I know this sounds weird but this is the sensation I get right before I get one of my crushing migraines.

[popcornn]

Only when I feel a lot of pressure on my forhead. But these spams/twitches dont hurt. They're just little ticks throughout my head.

[Pussywillow]

This is too weird all these are symptoms of mercury on the brain. So many people on this site have symptoms of mercury toxicity. I too had all those symptoms, it reached to the point where I could no longer keep my head up.  Please check your mouths if you have silver fillings there is your answer.  I have removed the silver fillings 3 big ones and going through chelation treatment to remove the mercury from my brain.  I was in a wheelchair for almost 4 years and unable to speak due to piosoning from mercury from silver fillings. With removal of the fillings and chelation I am now out of the wheelcahir and able to speak again. Google"Dental Amalgam Mercury syndrome" if you have silver fillings.
Good luck.

[singing-soul]

i feel those weird spasms too...i've been experiencing them for about a month now and i have no idea what it could be..my doctor told me i have tension headaches but i'm still not sure..he didnt run any tests on me or anything..i'm really worried..i've read many things about these spasms and most of the things i've read say that it could be from stess..but i never feel stressed..i mean, i'm only 18..what kind of stress could it possibly mean??anyways..any advice would be nice:)

[medco]

i had those spasms in the back of my head. it was because i put my head in an awkard position. it went away after 3-4 weeks.

[shepark]

I have been experiencing what I can only describe as an electrical shock in my head. At first It only happened while falling to sleep, now it's happening more frequently. I do not have headaches. Another way I can try to describe it it's as though something burst.

[jewlypoo]

A couple of years ago, I has some stress related problems and had tremendous pulls-spasms-wormlike-horrible painful creepy crawley feelings in my head...My Doctor sent me for MRI/MRA, this showed a possible aneurysm and led to me having even more horrific spasms...Ended up thinking I was having a heart attack, went to ER where tests for my heart were fine, but film of my heart showed spots on lung....Went to lung doctor, CT scan confirmed spots on lung..led to even more head spasms, hair even hurt.....Could not even go to grocery store without having a panic attack....Dealt with Doctors/Appointments/tests/pain for about 8 months....In the meantime went to routind dental appt.... when he asked how I had been, boy did I have a story...I mentioned the never ending head spasms/worm pulls/squirrells/pain and how even my hair hurt.....He asked if I grinded my teeth, I said I didn't know, well he made me a temporary mouth guard to see if that helped...I went home thinking that with all the doctors/test/medication I had had, that it would be impossible for something so simple to help,,I wore it anyway that night and the next morning to my total amazement THE SPASMS WERE ALMOST NON EXISTENT!!!!..I was so thrilled, I called my dentist and thanked him for the first good night sleep I had had in months....When I told my doctor of this , it was like he almost blew it off, it was such a common sense fix (stress and more stress causing teeth to grind, hence nerves in the head going crazy and overworked causing all those horrible spasms)..that I do not think he wanted to realize that he had and the other doctors I had seen had missed the obvious!!!!  As to the possible aneurysm, the follow-up (1 year later) tests could not even find it.....As to the spots on lung, the follow-up scan showed the spots were getting smaller and nothing to really worry about........I do not know if this will help you, but I hope it helps someone, even if you just try the mouth guard sold at some stores...Good luck!!!!!

[penguin123]

Im 22 years old and im experiencing head spasms or possible neck spasms, I really cant tell.  I have pressure in my head and then my head ticks.  Its been doing this for about 4 days and is not going away.  Did your spasms end up going away or do you still have them?  Im kind of nervous and dont know what to do.  Any advice would be very helpful.  

[Annelies]

I really don't know how or where to begin. I am shattered.
You're dentist asked you: do you grind you're teeth??????? And he smiled????
Popcorn, tell me, how many amalgam-fillings do you have?
Do you kwow what amalgam is, Popcorn? Do you know what the contents are in amalgam?
Amalgam consitst 50% mercury, pure mercury. What do you know about mercury?
I know, that mercury is the second most poisening material on earth after plutonium. Even arsenicum is not even as poisenes as mercury!!!
You're dentist smiled? He knew right away what was going on in you're body.
The mercury in you're body, in you're brain, are caused by mercury-intocication!!!!
The amalgam-fillings in you're teeth are vaporazing when you chew, drinking hot or cold drinks and grinding. You breath and swallow this in and it spreads trough you're body. You're kidney's , the liver, the bones and the brain.
You're dentist did'ne remove you're amalgam-fillings ? But he know's whats going on.
Again: Amalgam consitst 50% pure mercury in every filling.
Now, are we going to discus wether mercury is poison?
No, I don't think so, we all know that.
That is what's in you're mouth, Popcorn.
You'll be better for a short time, but I promise you, the spasms will come back.
For the dentist it's amalgam is a very cheep and quick material to use.
Other filling-materials need much more time and skills. Skills most dentits don't have.
Popcorn, search the internet and find out about amalgam.
You're dentist was smiling, he knew exactly what was going wrong.

[Annelies]

how many amalgam-fillings do you have?
And since when?

[anutka]

Yes I get those spasms in the left side of my head too.Sometimes numbness in my face..I also get spasms and weird feeling of numbness in my left leg and sometimes in my left arm..It appears durring stressfull times but not always..Sometimes, it just starts for no reason. I had a head injury in a car accident 15 years ago. I wonder if it could be the cause? These things freak me out...

Anna

[FilthyOstrich]

I am 20 years old and have also started suffering from these brain spasms. They started as irregular occurances, perhaps a spell of it once per day(usually sleepin). This was a week ago. As the week progressed these got more frequent. I've woke up today and they are still there and have been constant all day. Im so worried, I dont know what is wrong with me, my girlfriend tells me I dont grind my teeth in my sleep? Altho could it be something less noticeable? They cause me to get a bit panicy because I sometimes think about it a lot and worry that something extremely dangerous is happening to my brain. Please can someone put my mind at rest. I really am worried sick!

[Kala4200]

I have psychosis and oi smoked lots of weed,,thats where i got my spasms from,,it s like trickling,trembling in the temples,,It s like something is crawling under the skin, they never go away,,they r stress related

[bakersbreck]

i am 29 yrs old, and had a few bad head injuries, most recently in 2006, n sept of 2009 i contracted a "generic" viral infection, symptoms of menengitius but the spinal tap came back negative for meng, anyway, i am stilll suffering from the weird head spasms that started with the viral infection, it feels like my brain rearranges itself in my head, split second, spasm, i have had THE MOST EXTENSIVE workup ever, EEG EKG MRI MRA TEE Evoked potential, the list goes on.......and my neurologist cant find anything....please help, the best i can explain my symptom is just a spasm, my head feels foggy, i get them sometimes once a day, sometimes 50 times a day, feels like u are up at a high elevation, plug your nose and blow ta clear your ears kinda, just a weird disorienting feeling, worse and more frequent when dehydrated and stressed i know i cant b the only person going thru this! anyone?

[rest_but_never_give_up]

You’re not alone. You’ve described the sensations almost to a “t”... did you ever find any relief?

[specialmom]

Hi rest_but_never_give_up.  How long has this been going on?  Have you seen a neurologist? tell us more.  It would be helpful if you started your own thread so we can focus on you.

[vsalonen]

Hi, I get the electrical zap through my brain and my body. I know this may sound crazy but, go to www.captainslady.com, however I knew this was something more spirtual the health problems. I have had that electrical zap for years. to everyone getting the spasms  in your head I started getting those when I moved into this house built in 1887, I believe it to be allergies do to molds, also remember cats, etc hive you allegies and do bad things to you. I am moving out because of the illness of molds here, it can kill you.

[F70s]

I have had these like "electrical zaps" in my head for years; I get them every day' not sure what it is. I have also had many test but to no conclusion. Is a weird feeling...like touching an electrical fence with my head' along with that I also have hearing sensitivity of high and low pitch sounds which irritate me, I've just been dealing with it as no one can explain what this is.

[lovesdaisies]

I've had these, too.  Three times now in my life.  Just had another big one tonight which is what led me to Google "Head Spasms."  The wormlike / squirrel / electric sensation that some have described is exactly what I have.  Mine are just above the base of my neck INSIDE my head.  It feels like they're somewhere in the middle of my head.  The last time that they happened (which was the second time I experienced them), I was at an event with my husband. Three of our friends were there who are all Harvard-trained physicians.  I thought I was having a seizure.  They said I was having muscle spasms in my head.  To me, they didn't feel like your typical muscle spasm, like the one that would occur in your leg or eye.  It was like an electrical jolt of some sort.  And they kept coming.  30 seconds to a minute apart.  They would make my whole head twitch.  The best way I have found to describe it is like the back of my neck / head was a kinked hose.  The same feeling you feel when you hold a hose, kink it, and then let a tiny bit of water through is what I felt in my head.  It's only happened 3 times, but I've been plagued by other weird head / heart sensations in the past.  I have had NUMEROUS tests: MRI / CT / EKG / EEG / Stress Echo / About 3 heart Echos...you name it.  Nothing was found. A specialist at UCLA concluded that I was having Basilar Migraines, that what I experience is a Migraine Aura.  But even that doesn't seem like a concrete answer.  Seems more like a shot in the dark.  So I'm perplexed.  And freaked out every single time this happens. I just wish there was an exact explanation for what I experience.  Because when it happens, I am scared beyond belief.  It would be great if a neurologist could pipe in here.  

[Citygirl1955]

Mine started yesterday. I do suffer from migraines & get Botox every 3 mos for them.

[laudie446]

Im a 40 year old female an i been having real bad headaches/spasms for about 2 years now. I get that same weird feeling that im reading from all of you on here. Im getting to the point i jus can't take it! I also get tightness in my throat. My spasms come more often when im driving they throws me into a panic attack. At that moment i feel like i wanna just go lay down. I was dating a guy 2yrs ago an was'nt having these problems. He died in a car wreck alone with 3 others. I went to the scene of the accident it was horrible. I somtimes wonder did that trigger all of this. I DON'T KNOW! Yes i've heard it all. I was told i had clusters/TMJ/grinding etc .ALL the numorous test lovesdaisies had gotten i've had. I was even checked for lupus...... Same ol same ol.....IM SOOOOO TIRED OF DEALING WITH THIS! WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS CAUSEING THIS? My next step is to check into Basilar migrains. Im begging an crying out for a miracle.

[laudie446]

After the specialist concluded you were having basilar migrains what did he/she give you to help reduce the migrains/spasams?

[shiningstar30]

about a week ago i got a huge pain on the back of my head. Any little  movement I made with my body would create a huge spasm, something I had never felt ever before. I do not suffer from migraines and I went to the ER and all they could say was it was a head spasm due to a sleeping position or stress related. I can honestly say it is stress but I am worried that they did not run any xrays any further tests especially since the pain is in the back part of my head and would shoot a painful sensation up. They gave me medicine but that only numbs it. Im currently doing ok but I am getting headaches now and still feel some soreness on my head were the spasm would be.

[Penlou]

I get spasms I'm head too. My imagination gets the better of me an feels like a big work wiggling. But I'm almost certain it's just a vain spasming. My skin along the hair line feels sensitive to touch like a lite burning feeling,.on the side that's getting spasms. I also get tremmers in the back of my neck witch cause my head to shake like I'm saying no! Lol I have had a neck injury in my 20 s  now I have arthritis in c4&5. Doctors have yet to diagnose anyone with these symptoms  that I've ever heard of.  Nice to know I'm not crazy and lots of others feel my concern. Hope a doctor figure it all out one day but for now , we live life and take care of ourselves eat right an exercise. I assume.

[Qatada]

I'm a 24 y/o male, and I'm experiencing the same problem for more than a year. My problem started June of last year (2010). It started after I took an antibiotic without having an infection. First, for one whole month, I would feel spasms on my left temporal artery, especially when standing up from sitting or lying position. I knew it was the temporal artery because when I placed my fingers there I could feel the heart beat. Then I started to have pressure on that spot. Went to a neuro and I gave a brain MRI scan that came out normal thank God. I also gave ultrasound (color doppler) of the arteries going into the neck, and the neuro diagnosed me with vertebrobasilar insufficiency. He told me to take gingko biloba for thinning blood but I never took it. My head pressure and spasms became worse and I had other neurological symptoms to like numbness in the little finger of my left hand. I would also get sudden tinnitus for about 2-3 seconds in one of the ears. I would also now get vertigo sometimes, especially when stretching my head forwards.

These symptoms remained for about three weeks (after one month of spams), then they were gone! The head pressure on my left temporal artery was completely gone. I would only occasionally get spasms. The numbness had also gone. The artery has now become stiff and expanded. It is more raised than the right temporal artery.

Until now, I still occasionally have spasms on the artery but now they occur at the base of the artery (near the ear), and they are associated with movement. I still get tinnitus in one of the years. At this time around I was diagnosed with Gilbert's Syndrome (not related).

Eight months ago I also developed something strange. If I keep one hand down and the other one raised up, the lowered hand becomes mottled pink and white while the raised hands becomes very white. Also, if I work with my both hands raised overhead I get dizziness and nausea.

Anyway, last month I went to another neuro who ordered brain MRI and MRA scan (without contrast). That came out normal. But he prescribed Sibelium to me, which is for treating basilar migranes. But since I've never had headaches I never took it. I went to yet another neuro who ordered a ABR (Auditory brainstem response) for tinnitus, but that came out normal too. I also gave vitamin B-12, vitamin D, and thyroid tests--all came out normal except for vitamin D which was low. He said there was nothing wrong with me and he prescribed Cipralex for anxiety!! I never took it.

Speaking of Cipralex, two years ago I suffered from panic attacks for which I took Paxil for 6 months. This is why I want to ask all of you: Had there been any stressful period in your lives before your problem started? Could it really be related to stress?

It has been only one year with this disease and I'm looking for answers. I tell you all that these spams could be in the arteries or veins in the head. There are no muscles in the head. As I said my spams have gone but now I only sometimes feel them when walking and turning my head. I still sometimes have sudden tinnitus in one of the ears for 2-3 seconds (lessens gradually).

Has anyone thought of blood related disorders, such as antiphospholipid antibodies syndrome (Hughes syndrome)? Please keep this thread updated with doctor visits, test results, etc. At this thread to your watch list.

I also posted all this here:

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Neurology/HEAD-PRESSURE/show/496650

[Ladytigress]

Absolutely Stress!

[StarLuna3]

I have just been researching APS for almost exactly what you described so took note of your post. I haven't officially been diagnosed with APS, but had 1 positive test and had HELLP syndrome, pre-eclampsia & IUGR when I was pregnant 4 years ago, so they suspect APS but not official.

More recently a couple months ago, I had this random unsettling jolt in my brain, it didn't really hurt, just felt like electricity or pressure. Along with it, there was a bright flash of white light then my vision went black for about 30 seconds. But then came the extreme vertigo. I had to hold onto the floor because I felt like I was going to be flung across the room. That lasted for about 5 minutes then went away.

Over the day it happened another 3 times until the last time the vertigo was so severe I couldn't lift my head from the ground. Then my face started tingling, then my neck and eventually my entire left side was tingling. Not necessarily numb, but that pins & needles feeling after your leg has fallen asleep and is regaining feeling.

I went to the ER and they did a CT, MRI, lumbar puncture and ruled out everything. They said I did show non-consistent eye movements but everything else came back normal. They said it seemed like positional vertigo but they didn't know what the electric impulse was and dismissed it then sent me home.

The following 2 weeks the vertigo remained constant and severe. Even moving my head a mm would cause the spinning. I am normally near-sighted but during this period anything closer than arms length was blurry. I had an extremely intense headache while in the hospital but that was following the lumbar puncture and eventually resolved so I think it is unrelated? My throat was hoarse and I don't really know why but it seemed related. I feel like my neck is stiff & swollen which started just before all of these symptoms did. I don't have hearing loss but I have a constant ringing in my ears.

The original episode & the subsequent episodes that same day all happened when I was in a position or doing something where my head was tilted backward. I also noticed the spot at the base of my head where my head connects to my neck was extremely tender and if I pushed on it would give a similar sensation to the electric shock feeling.

I researched vertigo and found an article on Bow Hunter's, a cause of vertebrobasilar insufficiency which is caused by cutting off the blood flow to your brain when the head is turned. This seemed to fit and I noticed many people in this thread with similar symptoms noted they had been diagnosed with vertebrobasilar insufficiency as well. However, when looking into that, I came across articles for Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) related to vertigo symptoms that rang true...and that's when I landed on this thread.

These events started two months ago and since got mostly better for about a week and have come back again full force. So any answers or suggestions are appreciated!

[lopez409]

i understand i have those ,  well not as often as i did .but they were about to drive me crazy..doctors done test.i had to ware this stupied cone on my head for 24 hours ,i look like a cone head but, he said it  was brain spasms i take xanax to come them down .still dont know why i have them.or why it happens .really wish i did ..does anyone know

[lopez409]

i understand i have those ,  well not as often as i did .but they were about to drive me crazy..doctors done test.i had to ware this stupied cone on my head for 24 hours ,i look like a cone head but, he said it  was brain spaum i take xanax to come them down .still dont know why i have them.or why it happens .

[Madhatter21]

Same symptoms here. My next step was to get tested for lupus, or another autoimmune-type disease. Doesn't help that I have a bad case of TMJ and grind my teeth while I sleep. I went to two different dentists. Both told me they would not remove the fillings because it could compromise the surrounding teeth that is healthy. I'm at my wit's end. I am suffering from so many symptoms... Real, concerning illnesses with no explanation.