electric shocks

[jessycat1]

ive been having these electric shocks in my head,only at night before sleep,last night i had 8 in 40 minites and im getting scared.i dont take drugs but have had a lot of stress in the last 18 months,about the time they first started.

[Dr. A. Srivastava]

Hi, Thank you for your question. For persistent headaches, possibilities like tension, migrainous, cluster headaches, pinched nerve in cervical spine and refractive errors need to be evaluated thoroughly with the help of a neurologist here. Migraine like headache can be throbbing, one sided of face & head and preceded by aura (starts with blurred vision). Cluster headache may appear as burning, explosive in nature and tear appears from eyes. Tension headache originates with stress and anxiety disorder. Please arrange an appointment with a neurologist right away who will evaluate the further underlying disorders by clinically examine you & ordering MRI or CT scan here that may be the main reasons of your headache attacks & other symptoms and can provide you an appropriate treatment. Hope this information proves helpful to you. Take Care & Regards!!!

[Alanac]

Heya, the 'electric shock' like symptoms sounds like you could have neuralgia. Ive got trigemial neuralgia which causes electric shock like pain in my face, where abouts in the head is the shocks?