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[snowbutter123]

Hi

I got diagnosed with sleep apnea 2 years back and have beeing using cpap. This was started after a neuropsych diagnosed with mild cognitive disorder and adhd. I had been ok for the last 2 years with ability to do complex tasks. I had been taking piracetam 1600mg and alpha-GPC.

However starting 7 months back I started getting increasingly common tingling sensation in my head, between the forehead and the top of the head, which increases when I need to concentrate more. The sensation is like someone is pricking mildly with 100 needles. The tingling is not painful but increases in intensity when I am under work stress. Along with this my ability to do complex cognitive tasks (planning, problem solving) has gone done a lot. When this sensation is there, it overtakes everything else and I cannot do normal work at all. I find that doing mental work has direct correlation with this headache and is related to the cognitive issues.

After going to the a psychiatrist, he diagnosed me with depression for which I am now taking bupoprion. But I think the depression is due to the struggle in the last 7 months. I feel better with that mood-wise after taking it however my tingling/pricking headache when concentrating has not gone away. I have also gone to a neurologist and taken MRIs which didn't yield anything. The only thing that dulls the sensation is ibuprofen.

I have run out of ideas on figuring out what is happening and is causing a lot of anxiety.

Has anybody experienced this tingling/pricking along with cognitive issues. What should I do? Is this some rare disease.

[renfr]

Sounds like you have brain zaps or something like that. Were you put on an SSRI before this occured?

[snowbutter123]

Thanks for responding. No, when the sensation started 6 months back I was not on any medication other than piracetam and alpha-gpc.

[Luminosity]

Try going without MSG or artificial sweetener just in case they are doing it. MSG is in a lot of things under a lot of different names so be careful.

[snowbutter123]

I avoid MSG and sweeteners. Also I forgot to mention, I am in my 30s.

[Valor5]

Sounds like a type of neuropathy which could stem from a vascular condition (blood vessels, small capillaries) or an autoimmune issue due to allergic reaction or genetic. Tests to determine etiology are usually done by the neurologists, there are nerve conduction tests, collection of cerebrospinal fluid, c-reactive protein, rheumatoid factor, erythrocyte sedimentation rate etc. Since ibuprofen worked that is a sign that it may be an inflammatory response towards something. Do you have diabetes? This causes neuropathy. Does rheumatoid arthritis or MS run in your family? It could be the stress in your life. So for that you would have to deal with the stress somehow. And since I am not a doctor I can't really tell you that. In addition there is plenty that has been said about stress. Lastly, Ibuprofen is not a long term solution because it has been linked to hearing loss and other things [1][2].

Edited by valory5, 07 January 2013 - 02:33 PM.