u/Different_Bottle1164

First time it happened a few months ago I had no idea what it was. It happens usually either when I’m in the process of falling asleep or waking up. It feels like my brain is shrinking and a wave of hard pressure or electricity goes from the top of my brain down to the base over and over like whoosh whoosh whoosh. It’s such a hard thing to explain. It’s not painful per se but it is not enjoyable whatsoever it’s a really bad and uncomfortable feeling and I feel like I’m dying every time. I also cannot move my body or talk when it happens except I am able to kick my feet around sometimes. But I always thought they were just brain zaps bc I didn’t know what those were. Then the other night I had a really bad one. Every time I breathed out the wave sensation got worse than when I was breathing in. My jaw was forward a bit and my teeth were biting and I couldn’t move again. I was like aware of what was going on but also very woozy and out of it. It was almost like I was just rlly rlly tired while it was happening. But then as soon as it was over I wasn’t tired at all anymore I was able to open my eyes sit up and walk around. I asked my brother about his brain zaps because he takes SSRIs so he sometimes has them then when he said it’s more of like a split second reboot in his head I started freaking out bc that’s not what’s been happening to me whatsoever. My things usually last minutes and it’s a complete different sensation. I looked up some stuff and I think it’s been seizures but I don’t know how this could happen. I haven’t been to a doctor yet but I have never been diagnosed with epilepsy. This has happened probably 4-5 times in the past few months I can’t remember exactly how many times. I’m getting bloodwork tomorrow to check medication stuff and see if that’s the problem. But does this sound familiar to anyone?