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This is great news, @tonyde! When you encounter flashing lights (a known trigger for certain types of epilepsy), do you typically experience only an aura, or does it progress to a complex partial seizure or even to tonic-clonic seizure? If the latter, you've likely prevented a more severe seizure by moving to another room, closing your eyes, and resting.
If you have a chance, I recommend watching one of the videos I shared with @jakedduck1 called "Stopping Seizures Before They Occur." It features someone with epilepsy who follows the Andrews-Reiter approach. Flashing lights are also one of his seizure triggers, and in the video, he explains his strategies for managing this trigger to prevent seizures.
Have a restful evening and night!
Chris (@santosha)
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Hi @tonyde
I just came across this article and thought of your sensitivity to flashing lights.
https://www.myepilepsyteam.com/resources/can-too-much-screen-time-cause-seizures
Chris (@santosha)
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Flashing lights are painful for me, especially police vehicles. I've had some issues with flashing lights, no tonic-clonic seizure. I close my eyes, turn away and leave the room whenever there are flashing lights.
I had an incident during a 2 hour EEG done by a technician. My eyes were closed, I was relaxed, almost asleep, then the flashing lights started and ran for half minute or so. My eyes felt like they were vibrating, then my cheeks, electric sparks were going up and down my arms and my leg was felt like it was bouncing against the wall. That's all I remember.
My neurologist reviewed the report and referred me for brain mapping. He said, "You're taking a lot of seizure medications and shouldn't be having these types of issues".