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Seizures caused by fluorescent lighting?

Mon, 04/30/2007 - 16:09
I recently heard someone mention that fluorescent lighting can cause seizures for some people. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this? If it is true, it would be very hard if fluorescent lights were to replace the incandescent bulbs.

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It is the photons which are

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2014-08-23 - 02:51
It is the photons which are produced by electromagnetic radiation when electrons are excited and drop orbit around the nucleus of an atom. The method used in that type of lighting creates electromagnetic radiation (waves of frequency) which is very close to the 120 frequency of the human brain electric impulse. Likewise, LED lighting will be proven to be more harmful since the photon energy frequency release of the electron orbit is caused by a drop in energy (not electromagnetic frequency of 120 waves per second) but which releases photon energy in the negative frequency. That phenomenon causes the human retna to expell energy to boost the lightwave of photons to 120 waves per second, burning up the maximum lifetime capacity of retinal adjustment for less-than (or more than) 120 waves per second. FL lighting is too much (seizure overload of electromagnetic wave capacity adjustment) while LED lighting is the deprivation of the retinal brainwave capacity. There will evolve an epidemic of blindness due to deprivation LED photon lighting just as there is an epidemic of FL saturation of photon electromagnetic radiation. The only light the human retna can adjust to without deprivation or saturation is natual sunlight.

By the way, incadescent

Submitted by iiiistargateiiii@gmail.com on Sat, 2014-08-23 - 03:21
By the way, incadescent lights are equal in energy input/energy output FROM 120 cycles per second. The energy frequency output of incadescent lighting is from 120 wave output. It matches the closest to brainwave function. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. When FL lighting or LED lighting saves energy yet releases photons (wave energy) ...something has to compensate in order to raise or lower the saturation or depletion of the energy behind that photon wave. Seizures = saturation (overload). Blindness (depravation) = the draining of retnal energy. Something has to give. You can not get something from nothing. Either too much energy or too little. Incadescent lighting COMES directly from 120 waves per second, which is the same frequency of our brains. Equal enegy in, equal enegy out. Nothing demands more or less from our body energy to compensate. I hope you understand this. 

I don't know that I have

Submitted by mhd on Thu, 2017-08-17 - 06:44
I don't know that I have epilepsy, per se, so I don't know if what helps me will help people with epilepsy, but I have a lot of issues with artificial lights (and even some with sunlight), and have a lot of symptoms that match some people's symptoms who have it. I've found lots of things that help, though:1. Taking vitamin D3. It reduces my light sensitivity a lot! Seriously. It's miravulous. That was a typo, but I'll take it. Even just 400iu a day works great, but more can be helpful.2. Eating a few white mulberries every day. (Like three berries in the morning and three in the evening.) This does wonders for my issues (not just with light; in fact, not so much with light as other stuff). Be careful, though, as they may actually cause seizures in some people. They work best for me if I eat them at exactly the same time(s) every day. If I eat too many or if I don't eat them at consistent times, they don't work right and may even cause some issues, although the issues they cause are better than the issues I'd have without them. Eating black mulberries seems to interfere with them.3. If the above fail, wear Dewalt laser glasses. They block blue and green light, and they make fluorescent light so much less agonizing. I can't wear them all the time, though. They don't entirely solve the problem, especially as my issues change. If I'm exposed to one thing too much (including wearing the glasses), I need a break from it, and alternating to and fro a lot can cause issues, too, sometimes. How tired I am makes a difference.4. Don't mix the wrong frequencies. I find that mixing different kinds of light together can give me more issues than just using one kind of light. I'm usually decently fine with LEDs and halogen bulbs alone, but both together give me issues. Too much LED light gives me issues, too. Fluorescent and incandescent lights both give me issues, whether combined with other light or not. It's not just light, though, but also other frequencies, that causes me issues.5. Realize that some light is invisible (e.g. infrared, ultraviolet, radio waves, etc.) I get issues with some wireless signals (especially routers, especially on certain channels; I tolerate channels 9 and 10 best on our router; I lower the signal strength to 6%, too, but even then I'd have big problems without vitamin D; vitamin D makes it almost a non-issue by comparison; outdoor sunlight exposure also helps some against the issues caused by Wi-Fi signals and computer screens). I also have issues with apparently invisible light just before it starts to get visibly light when I'm attempting to sleep. Turning a fan on helps to stop this, though, as there seems to be an audible frequency I can hear when it happens while I'm semi-conscious (maybe it's not light). Wearing an eye mask also seems to help, I think. The Wi-Fi channel seems to affect whether or not the pre-morning invisible light or frequency causes issues, too. Taking too much niacinamide seems to trigger this, too, but if I just take it occasionally, I don't have issues (but rather, it helps me sleep and makes time seem to pass more slowly, and makes me more energetic after sleeping).6. Satying rested, eating properly, etc. seems to help. Taking B12 seems to help. Maybe B6 and folic acid, too.7. Eating lacto-fermented picklesAnyway, fluorescent light can make me feel weak/tired, give me headaches, hurt my eyes, make me feel like my blood has been replaced with glowing, liquid plutonium that I feel the need to vomit out, make me feel full of some kind of toxin *after* exposure, make me tired, make me feel like I'm going to die, make me feel like I might lose consciousness, make it difficult to pay attention/focus and concentrate, make me feel bad generally, etc. No wonder I felt less tired when they turned the lights off in school while people generally thought it made people more tired.Incandescent lights have always given me issues when sick, pretty much, but lately, they give me issues all the time. They used to just hurt my eyes. Now they give me some of the issues I get with fluorescent lights. Halogen lights are awesome, though.LEDs, given over-exposure, give me issues that might sound similar to the aforementioned, but they feel different. I vastly prefer LEDs to fluorescent lights (usually).I've never had big issues with anything outdoors (including while riding in cars at night). I've never had issues with video games. Actually watching movies or playing games lessens my symptoms. I'm not sure why, but I'm grateful. Hmm. I guess boredom can be a trigger for seizures in some, though. I have read that.Stress definitely gives me issues. Being overwhelmed with tasks, especially if it's not clear how to accomplish them, or if I have to keep track of too much stuff causes issues. Stuff that uses too much of my working memory can cause issues. Social drama, arguments, etc. really cause issues.

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