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cell phones and seizures ... is there a link?
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 22:25I had another seizure while I was on my cell phone the other day. I was out for my bday dinner and I answered the phone and had my aura of flashy lights and had to quickly get off the phone and somewhere safe.... I usually have ten seconds before it turns into a grand mal. This was I guess just a simple partial that lasted a minute but my brain is killing me today.
I don't have seizures regularly... but the last three I've had have all started while I was on my cell phone!
Is this a possible trigger? like the frequency combined with the other factors in my life at the time (i was extra stressed and just wrote an exam earlier that day. but the other times on the phone i was over tired or switching meds. But the phone was a common factor in all cases.
any thoughts?
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Re: cell phones and seizures ... is there a link?
Submitted by phylisfjohnson on Thu, 2011-10-27 - 16:11
According to recent research reported this week in the New York Times, cell phones are not dangerous to your health. But the atttributes of cell phones could certainly trigger a seizure.
Some suggestions: if you are Photosensitive, put the phone on vibrate. If you suffer from Musicogenic Epilepsy, as petty2 suggested, change your ringtone, or again, put it on vibrate.
A Bluetooth may or may not help. (I can just picture someone getting zapped while experimenting with one.)
I'd stick to "vibrate" and charge my cell phone regularly. (The vibration mode eats power!)
Phylis Feiner Johnson
According to recent research reported this week in the New York Times, cell phones are not dangerous to your health. But the atttributes of cell phones could certainly trigger a seizure.
Some suggestions: if you are Photosensitive, put the phone on vibrate. If you suffer from Musicogenic Epilepsy, as petty2 suggested, change your ringtone, or again, put it on vibrate.
A Bluetooth may or may not help. (I can just picture someone getting zapped while experimenting with one.)
I'd stick to "vibrate" and charge my cell phone regularly. (The vibration mode eats power!)
Phylis Feiner Johnson
Re: cell phones and seizures ... is there a link?
Submitted by khentloujohnson on Thu, 2011-10-27 - 08:14
Hi! Like you I am also aware and had experience seizures while in use of mobile phones. When I started to use these gadgets I am having an aura and a feeling of woozy until I collapsed and when I woke up I am on my bedroom looking at my moms worried face. Since then, I tried to minimize the usage of my mobile phones and of course with the help of continuous medication I now have once a month seizure attack or lucky to end the month without suffering from seizures. For further info, based on my readings online that there is no solid evidence that mobile phones are a trigger of seizures. But then, those with worries about the potential of cell phones to cause seizures can always limit their use of a mobile phone or consult their doctors or physicians. Joe Zanotti