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What do flickering/flashing lights do to you?

Sat, 05/16/2009 - 19:24

Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Adults

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

Has anyone started taking

Submitted by beyondyonder@yahoo.com on Sun, 2015-08-02 - 20:00

Has anyone started taking medications to help their photosensitive seizures? If so what helped you?

I'm a welder and my hood

Submitted by Davec1977 on Thu, 2017-09-21 - 18:57

I'm a welder and my hood flashes from tint to dark in time with the fork lift strobe lights...and suddenly, my immediate short term memory flies right out the window....is this normal?

I have epilepsy caused by a

Submitted by scotty5678 on Sat, 2018-05-26 - 22:32

I have epilepsy caused by a benine brain tumour the size of an orange which I have only 1cm left ... but I also have photosensitive epilepsy too ... I found that out at my first techno festival when the strobes were lowered I had a seizure ... my last one watching terminator 3 Arnie was shooting his gun and the mussel flash on an old style tv was enough to have me dancing but not in the good way ... Well I'm going to Amsterdam with my good mate Davina.. but I have photosentive epilepsy but would love to be able to go clubbing with her ... so does anyone have any ideas about getting around this... surely there must be photo sensitive epileptic ravers out there... any help would be greatly appreciated ... Michael

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