Comments on: Exploding head syndrome

By: alex

alex — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:47:11 +0000

I am in my fiftys. I have awoken many times by what I call door slamming noises. I eventually stated having noctunal seizures followed by periods of memory loss. I have had MRI’s and EEG’s all normal. Im on medication now, but this morning i heard much quieter noises like two pipes clanging. weird huh? But I see Im not alone or there are even more intense noises. Im lucky i guess ??

By: AlisonT

AlisonT — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:52:45 +0000

I’ve just come across this site, after googling ‘loud explosion in head’ – and like so many others, I’m relieved to find I’m not alone! I usually get it when I am awake – and up and about, and as it appears to be linked with stress, and the stress in our family is long term, I am now just waiting for the next glass balloon to burst!

By: dan

dan — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:06:28 +0000

omg! i said something about feeling the pressure wave from the blast to my doctor and she said EHS is an imaginary type thingy…glad to know there are others…

By: dan

dan — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:01:06 +0000

I, too, sometimes get that explosion sound..was reluctant to say anything to anybody in fear of being ridiculed or perhaps even a hypochondriac…I am a former Navy Hospital Corpsman and pride myself to be medically informed, but the high pitched ringing in my ears (sounds like insects at night) accompanied with the occasional explosion that you could swear everyone within a mile could hear comes and goes, but the high pitched sounds remains…ya cant win em all

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:53:46 +0000

I have read a lot of these posts and am very interested how this happens. I had never heard of this syndrome before. I find it also interesting that my mother has heard the same thing over the years. So what do I make of that?

By: lmiller

lmiller — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 02:21:16 +0000

I also had this for a few years,it started in my sleep as shotgun sounds literally jolting me off the bed a few times. Then on a couple occasions it happened when i was awake,knocking me to the floor,my husband thought i was having seizures.
A few months later my daughter told me she had taken my mother to the ER because she was also having these!! They told her it was an old age thing and not to worry..anyway over time mine changed from shotgun sounds to my name being yelled VERY loud,large gong sounds,but as the sounds have changed they have also subsided and I now rarely have one.

By: Pauline

Pauline — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:49:31 +0000

Hi Lesley, do you mean you are on Valium daily? What’s the dosage? We need a GPs scrip to get Valium here in Australia, don’t think my GP would be willing to write me one ! And oh, I think my condition is most likely triggered by stress

By: lesleywhippey

lesleywhippey — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:10:47 +0000

EHS has been connected to benign seizures as has fainting that’s why Diazepam works (see my post above)I was experiencing them at least 20 times a night, it felt much like someone was coming into my bedroom and hitting my head with a hammer. Doctors do recognize this condition in most area’s of Britain now but it is still called “Syndrome” because they don’t know how to prove it, i have even offered to go into a sleep clinic and come off the Diazepam for a couple of days so that they could study it but i’m outside the catchment area of any sleep clinic.
That being said, i have told you all the “Cure”
God bless

By: Pauline

Pauline — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:24:12 +0000

Although it happens less frequently now,I have been experiencing this loud bang inside my head on and off for quite a few years. Initially I was very worried that I might have a tumour in my head, epilepsy or onset of a stroke. I mentioned this to my GP and I was told there’s no such medical condition and that its all in my mind! I feel much better now knowing that I am not insane and I am not alone!!

By: Jon Enoch

Jon Enoch — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:00:11 +0000

When i was a little kid growing up in England in the 50′s, it was common to have you ears “boxed” as a form of punishment. It was a very painful experience caused by your mother (usually) clapping your ears with the palm of her open hands. Anyway, this feels just like the head explosions I get about once or twice a month as i am just falling asleep. I always wake up instantly uttering Swear words loudly and waking my wife. I wonder if any of the other folks out there ever had their ears boxed when they were young? Perhaps this could be a delayed form of damage??