I forgot to mention that it seems to get worse as the day progresses, worst in the evening. for some strange reason, I think that taking my Lexapro helps it, because about an hour after I take my pill, I notice it's better.

I have gotten these pains as well.Only three times though I took lexpro for about 2 weeks and got off of it becaus it made me shaky. Now I am on prozac and still feel shaky you are most likely ok cause you have had an mri I am getting one this tuesday I will let you know what comes from it.

I have been getting those weird electric shooting feelings in my head too. Not when I'm asleep, but like every time I stand up or bend over. They start in my brain and go through my whole body.

It's pretty unpleasant, but not that painful, and it doesn't seem to affect my performance.

After reading this website, and a few others, I believe it must be related to taking SSRI's and/or SNRI's. I have recently stopped taking Cymbalta and then this started. Come to think about it, it's happened before and I've been taking Cymbalta, Lexapro, Tramadol, and a few others for about five years (not at the same time).

I don't expect the manufacturers of the meds, or the doctors, are going to admit this is going on. My opinion of the entire medical profession is that doctors would do better if they listened to patients instead of to advertisers.

I intend to get off all the meds, and I intend to do it by myself with no help from doctors. All they do is push more pills. I am sick of all the publicized and unpublicized side effects. The legal pills are apparently more dangerous than the illegal ones.

So, in a nutshell, I have become convinced after five years of searching the internet (and a Master's degree in neuropsychology), that the shooting electric sensations and a lot of other weird neurological effects are due to selective serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors; antidepressants. Thank you for posting your experience. Every little bit helps.

I did some more research after posting this, and found some websites that seem to confirm this phenomena. Here are some links.

I don't agree with everything I read on these, but I believe in freedom of information. Please read with a grain of salt, and apply only what you need to yourself. My recommendation is JUST SAY NO TO DRUGS!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_zaps

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/archives/ph armacy_qa/stopping_antidepressant_makes_br ain_shiver.php

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/medication s_depression.htm

http://www.howtodothings.com/health-and-fi tness/a4391-how-to-understand-brain-shiver s.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=-_f8jNs8f DwC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=electric shock in brain antidepressants&source =web&ots=2NmOe73SQ1&sig=HIYlntxWAb RA12ES6VbZkwmb4ZI&hl=en&sa=X&o i=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result

i get electrical shocks in my head that travels through my body

I have the electrical feelings and I am currently withdraling from Cymbalta. I have been taking a lesser dose for over a week and now am not taking any at all. The feeling is starting to make me very paranoid. I can't concentrate and I feel like I am going to throw up.

shock/electric/rev sensations "vibrations" are OBE symptoms, a person feels those and/or similiar just before an Out of Body Experience but most people get jolted out of the experience and never get Out o Body.

doctors will have no clue !

guys LAY OF PROZAC all of that CRAP !!

I sugest getting info on OBE's

Im 30yrs old. I 've been feeling this when I go to bed off and on since I was 11years old. I've been told its sleep apnea, my girlfriend all but called me insane last nite. Here are the syptoms:

-feeling of smothering, yet i am breathing fine
-paralized below the neck
-electric hum/buzz in my head lasting length of episode
-weird visions-like state, as if i can see and hear everything going on around me, but I cant respond and it kinda sounds jumbled
-the only thing that i can move is my head and neck and I try to shake myself out of the episode, but last night was the first time i could not. i was able to call for help...it was like my face would'nt move, but my mouth just happened to be slightly open to i hollared as best as i could and my girlfriend came to the room. I was able to talk and tell her that I could not move. She moved my arm for me... and it was like the paralizing feeling slowly went away. I was able to sit up- but I felt so funny afterward...like how your leg feels when it goes to sleep and you shake it out and try to walk...I felt like that all over for about 15-25 mins..

IF ANYONE CAN TELL ME WHAT THIS IS ...Please write me.Thank You!!