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What Is The Cause Of Electrical Zaps In My Brain With Difficulty In Breathing?
I am having several issues and am concerned. I have electrical zaps like a short in my brain, a headache behind my left eye that travels over my head to the base of my neck, I am sweating profusely, lightheaded, have difficulty sleeping, fatigued and have difficulty breathing. I am on high blood pressure medications: Metropopol;Lisinopril; Cymbalta; In January the pharmacy switched my Cymbalta to a generic form. These symptoms started about 2 weeks after I switched to the generic. I have heard that other people have had similar problems when withdrawing from Cymbalta. If that is the case how long will it take until I feel normal again? What can I do to stop the electrical surges in my brain? I seitched back to Cymbalta 2 weeks ago thinking it might help.
Tue, 18 Mar 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your complaints and can understand your discomfort on account of these electric-shock like sensations.
If these symptoms are due to sudden withdrawal of cymbalta, then, it should go away in 4-6 weeks.
If these do not decrease or go away soon, then, we should also investigate for alternate causes. This would require doing an MRI scan of brain and EEG.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your complaints and can understand your discomfort on account of these electric-shock like sensations.
If these symptoms are due to sudden withdrawal of cymbalta, then, it should go away in 4-6 weeks.
If these do not decrease or go away soon, then, we should also investigate for alternate causes. This would require doing an MRI scan of brain and EEG.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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