What is the best approach to treatment for cenestopathies (sensation of electric current in patient's brain) accompanied by anxiety and inability to sleep?
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Thank you for your question. Cenestopathies (referring to the feeling of being ill and this feeling not localized to one region of the body) may not be the correct term for this interesting phenomenon, commonly called "brain zaps". Brain zaps are a poorly understood symptom of antidepressant withdra...
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Thank you for taking the time to answer my questio...
To clarify, are you describing auditory and tactil...
She used to have auditory hallucinations, now only...
More history, including the course of her illness,...
Good evening, Dr. @Schrift, The patient is curren...
Thanks for the additional information. Any informa...
No family history of neuropsychiatric illness. Her...