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Could "seeking" lights be related to seizures?

Tue, 06/21/2016 - 01:44
Hello everyone, My son is 11. He does not have a dx of seizures, but I may be talking to our ped at his next appointment. He has adhd, and with the way his attention comes and goes, I have questioned possible absence seizures from time to time. He also has significant sleep issues, including waking frequently through the night. I understand my question is going to sound ignorant and possibly very strange. Please forgive me; I'm really just trying to figure things out and decide what is relevant and what is not. One "quirk" he has, which I just can't understand is a fixation on lights. As an infant, he wasn't just interested in lights, but mesmerized to the point he would crane his neck to stare. At night, he will often turn on a light and stare at it - even seeking toys that flicker or flash. Sometimes I will find him having fallen asleep with his eyes open, staring at these lights. He reacts extremely negatively to screen time (meltdowns, moodiness), but he will go out of his way to stare at a screen - any screen that is on. I have read that lights pulsating at particular frequencies can trigger seizures in some people. But might a person "seek" lights if they were triggering seizures, or would his fixation be completely unrelated to anything seizure-like?

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