Exploding head syndrome

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I developed this a few years ago and I was a bit worried until I figured out what it was. I don’t know anyone else who has this but it is apparently not rare. It also has the best name for a benign phenomenon. Does anyone here experience this and if so what form does it take?

I haven't had it since taking b12 injections, but I used to get it all the time.

I get this a few times a year. It’s either a loud bang, or it will be someone calling my name.

I have this when I am stressed. Yes usually a loud bang like a slammed door, or a gun shot. I have also had a glass shattering noise and at one point it was accompanied by lightning flashes within my head. Sounds nonsensical when I write it down....

Very occasionally, a bang, my name being said, or one ring of a phone. Very co fusing but haven't followed it up.

wow I have this, the noises and the flashes of light behind the eyes, didnt know it was a thing

I occasionally hear someone banging on the door in the middle of the night or calling my name

most horrible one was someone whispering in my ear!

Yes I get this. It is like a loud bang/explosion. It seems to be completely random, at least I haven't identified any triggers.

I get this every now and again but it's so normal to me now that it doesn't bother me.

Is this linked to migraines?
Does it have anything to do with migraines?
Asking as this might explain it with me.

Oh I didn't know it was 'a thing' or had a name!!

but yes, I get this. Mostly a loud nouse I can't explain. Sometimes someone calling my name.

I used to get this when I went into peri menopause.
Scared the crap out of me.
Since starting HRT, it's stopped. Thankfully!

I've had this all my life, usually either a gunshot or a door slamming hard. Strangely it's been a lot less the last few years (now coming up to 47) maybe a handful of times a year at the most now!

Yep, me too. Mine started off as a dog barking. My dog sleeps in my room, but it's not him, he's practically comatose all night.
I've had a very frightened "Mum!" before, that made me leap out bed. Various other imaginary sounds have woken me up.
I also have tinnitus.

I have had this before, probably around 20 years ago I was sat at work eating my sandwich when a massive bang went off in my head, it was so strong I actually saw stars. It also hurt a bit.

I have only had 2 or 3 since then and none have been as big as the first one
but I do sometimes hear a door being knocked on, usually when I am trying to sleep.

personally I don’t think they are related to migraines as I have never had a migraine. Might be different for others.

I got it after my mum died. I was obviously incredibly stressed, it went away on its own over time. It was either a sound like a car backfiring or my mum shouting my name. I was glad when I googled it and saw it was an actual thing as initially it was very disconcerting!

I hear the doorbell. Is this what it is?
(It's never anyone at the door)

I think that was the trigger for me too. I have never had a migraine, mercifully.

I usually hear a loud bang accompanied by a sort of fuzzing noise. It is like the auditory equivalent of a hypnic jerk.

I’ve had it for decades. It’s usually a volley of knocks (like someone hammering angrily on a door to be let in), someone screaming or someone shouting my name.

I have a lot of sleep-related issues - I also get visual hallucinations when I’m waking or falling asleep. It’s usually someone standing in the corner of my room or a demon-type creature crouching on the top of my wardrobe. I also get night terrors.

I sometimes get it when I'm drifting off to sleep. It seems to be connected to some kind of eyelid twitch too.

I used to get it a couple of times a week but it stopped about 5 years ago. I just read above about someone saying it stopped when they started B12 Injections. It may be a coincidence but I also started B12 5 years ago. I never put the two together before.

I had it when I was recovering from surgery and my calcium levels were too low. It was exactly like the sound of a woodblock in an orchestra. Still get it now and then.

I hear the doorbell too. It’s so real, but never anyone there. I googled it and found auditory hallucinations as an explanation. It’s very disorienting!

It happens to me very occasionally. But the first time I noticed it and researched it was about 3 years ago when there was a loud bang in the small hours of the morning, jolting me awake. It seemed so loud, that I got up and went straight to the window, fully expecting to see smoke and flames, either from an explosion, or from a car accident.
It last happened about 6 months ago when it sounded like a large picture had fallen off the wall with a crash. There is a large framed print on the wall in our hallway downstairs, and I actually got up and went downstairs, expecting to see it lying on the floor. But of course it was still on the wall.
I sometimes hear the doorbell, or a single shriek of the fire alarm. It's so strange!

That’s interesting. I think I will look into this

I have never had migraines either so dont think it is linked