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What do flickering/flashing lights do to you?

Sat, 05/16/2009 - 19:24

What effect do flickering or flashing lights have on you? Can you describe a bit how you feel when you encounter them and what happens to you?

Does everyone with epilepsy have a reaction to them? Is everyone photosensitive in this way or is photosensitive just one specific type, and there are others who are not bothered by what they see? 

 

Comments

Re: What do flickering/flashing lights do to you?

Submitted by jderry on Sun, 2009-05-17 - 07:56
Watching American idol bothers me

Re: What do flickering/flashing lights do to you?

Submitted by teener on Sun, 2009-05-17 - 10:17

You to?!?!?!

All the best, Christine

You to?!?!?!

All the best, Christine

Re: What do flickering/flashing lights do to you?

Submitted by ginnyire on Sun, 2009-05-17 - 09:49

I have Photosensitive Eplielpsy. I had my first seizure due to a stobe light in a haunted house. Did'nt have another one until 10 years later randomly in a store. When my Dr. told me to have an EEG, they put the strobe lights in front of me, I instantly had a seizure, which is when she diagnosed me with Photosensitive Epliepsy. Two seizures due to strobe lights, and she said theone I had in the store could have possibly been a flickering light that I did'nt realize, although the feeling I had before that seizure was a different feeling then the one I get due to flashing lights. The feeling I get when I have one due to strobe lights in an intenese fear come over me, that's really it for me. I just start to freak out.

 As far as watching movies in the dark, I would'nt recomend that. I remeber reading somewhere to watch tv with the lights on. I also read that if the lights are bothering you, to cover one eye versus closing both of your eyes. Somehow it's more effective.

I have Photosensitive Eplielpsy. I had my first seizure due to a stobe light in a haunted house. Did'nt have another one until 10 years later randomly in a store. When my Dr. told me to have an EEG, they put the strobe lights in front of me, I instantly had a seizure, which is when she diagnosed me with Photosensitive Epliepsy. Two seizures due to strobe lights, and she said theone I had in the store could have possibly been a flickering light that I did'nt realize, although the feeling I had before that seizure was a different feeling then the one I get due to flashing lights. The feeling I get when I have one due to strobe lights in an intenese fear come over me, that's really it for me. I just start to freak out.

 As far as watching movies in the dark, I would'nt recomend that. I remeber reading somewhere to watch tv with the lights on. I also read that if the lights are bothering you, to cover one eye versus closing both of your eyes. Somehow it's more effective.

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