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i used to get zaps when my body tried to feel good on normal occasions after 'fucking with my seratonin levels'. I remember i used to get them when I was readin

i used to get zaps when my body tried to feel good on normal occasions after 'fucking with my seratonin levels'. I remember i used to get them when I was reading something i found clever or funny, chugging cold water, biking etc.

jamiek88 2y ago
Finally! Someone else with this. Reading Crime and Punishment gives me this feeling, I get zaps and it kinda hurts my brain to read. Only happened with that novel and some Shakespeare.
- selimthegrim 2y ago
  So far only a certain episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm have given me this
  - JoeyJoJoJr 2y ago
    If you are describing what I think you are describing, I get the same thing when I smell a very specific smell from my childhood. It has happened a few times walking past a house and the smell brings this kind of nostalgic zap in my head.
carlmr 2y ago
>I remember i used to get them when I was reading something i found clever or funny I have to ask do these zaps feel good, bad, do they hurt, do they tickle. I can't quite imagine what zap is supposed to mean. Without any history of SSRI use, when I read something funny or clever, I've often experienced a weird feeling which could be described as electric, but also tickly and kind of good feeling. Mostly in my brain and upper spine. I also get this listening to ASMR audio. Not sure if that's the same thing we're referring to though.
- habinero 2y ago
  No, it's different. Brain zaps feel like a little unpleasant jolt of static electricity in your brain. They're hard to describe. It's not exactly painful but it's not pleasant. For all the doom and gloom of SSRIs, I haven't had any real side effects and they've helped a lot
- asimovfan 2y ago
  No these are like literal electric zaps in your brain and they are somewhat painful. Also scary... Its not just a weird feeling and definitely a response to altered brain chemistry, as they diminish and disappear after weaning off.
- wruza 2y ago
  Similar to a shudder that wakes you up before you fall asleep, but only in the head. Pretty annoying but not terrible. Unless it happens every minute, which it sometimes does. excitement / ASMR moment No, absolutely not like that.

jamiek88 2y ago

Finally! Someone else with this. Reading Crime and Punishment gives me this feeling, I get zaps and it kinda hurts my brain to read. Only happened with that novel and some Shakespeare.

selimthegrim 2y ago
So far only a certain episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm have given me this
- JoeyJoJoJr 2y ago
  If you are describing what I think you are describing, I get the same thing when I smell a very specific smell from my childhood. It has happened a few times walking past a house and the smell brings this kind of nostalgic zap in my head.

carlmr 2y ago

>I remember i used to get them when I was reading something i found clever or funny I have to ask do these zaps feel good, bad, do they hurt, do they tickle. I can't quite imagine what zap is supposed to mean. Without any history of SSRI use, when I read something funny or clever, I've often experienced a weird feeling which could be described as electric, but also tickly and kind of good feeling. Mostly in my brain and upper spine. I also get this listening to ASMR audio. Not sure if that's the same thing we're referring to though.

habinero 2y ago
No, it's different. Brain zaps feel like a little unpleasant jolt of static electricity in your brain. They're hard to describe. It's not exactly painful but it's not pleasant. For all the doom and gloom of SSRIs, I haven't had any real side effects and they've helped a lot
asimovfan 2y ago
No these are like literal electric zaps in your brain and they are somewhat painful. Also scary... Its not just a weird feeling and definitely a response to altered brain chemistry, as they diminish and disappear after weaning off.
wruza 2y ago
Similar to a shudder that wakes you up before you fall asleep, but only in the head. Pretty annoying but not terrible. Unless it happens every minute, which it sometimes does. excitement / ASMR moment No, absolutely not like that.