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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 Shakey Mom on Wed, 2010-09-22 - 16:41

Sometimes I am affected by them and others I am not.

When I am going to be affected I instantly get a headache.  When the lights give me a headache I know that within a few days I am going to have a seizure...  The headache lasts until I have the seizure and then it goes away.

Road construction at night is the worst!!  :o(

Sometimes I am affected by them and others I am not.

When I am going to be affected I instantly get a headache.  When the lights give me a headache I know that within a few days I am going to have a seizure...  The headache lasts until I have the seizure and then it goes away.

Road construction at night is the worst!!  :o(

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

Submitted by mattshelley on Wed, 2010-09-22 - 16:46
The main reason I am not a media superstar is because I wouldn't be able to handle the paparazzis. Not because I have no talent, look how many very famous people there are who have no talent.

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

Submitted by Rocket33 on Tue, 2010-09-28 - 02:06
My friend is also sensitive to lights. I have been helping her since her seizures started about 2 years ago. The strobes on the EEG tests don't affect her but the new LED lights in the freezer cases at supermarkets cause seizures. We have also had to get ear plugs to combat the noise of the motors in the freezer section. Also, whenever she gets the basic neuro test, whether in the ER or in the Doctor's office she either seizes or passes out cold. The flickering of light and dark while driving has also caused many of her seizures. We have tried several kinds of sun glasses but somehow the light always sneaks in. Camera flashes also make her pass out. Sandy

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