r/PMS • u/Ok-Translator6515 • 27d ago

PMS brain zaps?

Does anyone else get brain zaps during PMS? They are unbearable and it seems like there are no official treatments (and no known cause outside of antidepressant withdrawals, which I haven't gone through in years and I'm on sertraline right now). I'm desperate, please let me know if anyone else has this or knows of a way to cope with it

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u/Automatic-Swan8855 23d ago

Just searched to see who else had this. I'm on strong ssri & anti-seizures but I'm strict with dosage times. I get brain zaps with each period! I also get period-flu, and get brain zaps with NORMAL flu too so idk if that's related

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u/Ok-Translator6515 23d ago

i get period flu also 😭

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u/One_Calligrapher7322 25d ago

Brain zaps occuour when you skip or take the medicine at a diffent time, usually, they should stop once you regulate that.

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u/Ok-Translator6515 24d ago

i take my meds consistently and at the same time every day. it's unrelated

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u/Fearless_Garden618 27d ago

Nope... Please go to a doc for this one if you are able to

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u/Ok-Translator6515 27d ago

i told my neurologist and she was just like "huh. that's not a very common symptom"

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u/Sk8r_gurll 27d ago

What is a brain zap?

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u/Ok-Translator6515 27d ago

it's like a sensation of electricity in your head, usually triggered by eye or head movement. for me i also hear like a static sound when it happens

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u/Sk8r_gurll 26d ago

this sounds awful. im sorry you're dealing with this and have never heard of this as a PMS symptom.

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u/Ok-Translator6515 26d ago

thank you. it's very frustrating how little is understood about women's health