Strobe lights; family history

I have this one memory pertaining to strobe lights. When I was 8 or 9 years old (I'm now 20), I remember feeling confused and, for lack of better words, seeing things in slow motion. My vision was also coming and going. I recall my sister asking if I was okay (probably because I looked as confused as a felt); kind of like feeling drunk in a way. We were standing right next to the strobes, too. That was not the first time I had ever been around stobe lights, but it was the first time I had ever felt that way around them. I don't recall ever feeling that way around strobes since that time. I do feel nauseous and occasionally dizzy when exposed to flickering lights or strobes. My eyes are also light sensitivite. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it. My mother was diagnosed with epilepsy within a year or so of my conception. She had 2-3 grand mal seizures and she's been on medication for 20+ years. She even had smaller ones (I can't remember the proper name) involving a blank stare and/or slurred speech. Those happened during a change in medication, and I remember when those happened. There was never a determined reason behind why the seizures started happening. Is my past experience with the strobe lights as well as the nausea I feel from flickering lights something I should be somewhat concerned with? Should children with an epileptic parent be sort of cautious so to speak? I'm probably thinking too much into it, but then again I don't know.