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What Causes Brain Zaps While On Androgel?

I have electrical shocks going through my head. They don t stop. I have been to a pain medicine Doctor and a nuerologist and have had 4 blocks for the obsipical nerve. They don t help. I recently just went off Cymbalta 90 mg because my doctor and I didn t feel it was needed for depression. I slowly went off it and I am on Androgel for low testosterone.Please help
Mon, 4 Apr 2016
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Electrical shocks may be neuralgia which is nerve related pain. Neuralgia is due to neuropathy which is abnormal structure or function of the nerves.

Causes of neuropathy include: (a) vitamin b12 or folate deficiency
(b)diabetes
((c)trauma to the nerves
(d) liver or kidney disease
(e)side effect of medication
(f)hormonal or autoimmune disease
(g)infection such as shingles
(h)exposure to toxins

In some cases the cause is not known.

Though cymbalta may not be helpful for your depression , it is sometimes used for nerve related pain.
If it was not helpful for this, other medications to be considered would be amitriptyline, nortriptyline, tegretol, lyrica, gabapentin

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What Causes Brain Zaps While On Androgel?

HI, thanks for using healthcare magic Electrical shocks may be neuralgia which is nerve related pain. Neuralgia is due to neuropathy which is abnormal structure or function of the nerves. Causes of neuropathy include: (a) vitamin b12 or folate deficiency (b)diabetes ((c)trauma to the nerves (d) liver or kidney disease (e)side effect of medication (f)hormonal or autoimmune disease (g)infection such as shingles (h)exposure to toxins In some cases the cause is not known. Though cymbalta may not be helpful for your depression , it is sometimes used for nerve related pain. If it was not helpful for this, other medications to be considered would be amitriptyline, nortriptyline, tegretol, lyrica, gabapentin I hope this helps