Lee, When the lights are flickered it messes me up big time. I will try to go to sleep in a dark room and have images, shapes, sparkles of light in with my...
Hi Rich, The strobe effects of flickering lights is a very common trigger for
seizures. If I go into a room that is lit with fluorescent lights, my head...
Hey Craig, I just read want happened to you as a child, that must have been very tramatizing for you to go through something like a seizure by yourself!!! Do...
i've never had a problem with lights. when i first started having seizures i was tested with a strobe light and that didn't give me a seizure either. i've...
Same here when it comes to strobe lights. I was once in a play at my local
church. The play was called 'Heaven's Gates and Hell's Flames'. I played as
an...
Hi Ashley, Wow, that's rough. After my car accident and the seizure, I felt kinda dreamy (not in the good sense of the word) too. It was weird because I think...
And I have to agree with everyone. Don't waste another minute of your precious time dealing with that guy...Use that negative energy toward something positive,...
Hi Crystal, I'm not really out to confront the guy. If I was, I would have done it
years ago. As I was typing and thinking back on the moment, I got a little...
No, not back then. Back then, there weren't as many rights for people with
epilepsy. Later on, he turned students against me, because I have epilepsy.
Due...
I WISH EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY & SAFE 4th!!! Y'all have a good Take care Ashley ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. [Non-text...
Hi craig! Yes being epileptic when you were a child especially back then was a horrific experience and one that takes years to get past. It wasn't til I had a...
Hi Rich, My ex has the same issue, left temporal lobe. He had seizures in his sleep and also partial complex during the day. They were most likely brought on...
My daughter gets dizzy and has nausea...even right after eating protein. I know it's not a blood sugar issue as that's been tested. At 3 yrs. of age she would...
Hi Craig, I can't imagine what you must have gone through and how you felt. I had my first seizure when I was 14 and I was also in a classroom, luckily there ...
hi Stacy, I just figured that by being on dilantin so long it no longer would work as well as when they first put me on it. So could never figure out why they...
Hi, Stacy, I think you are right. It is just as difficult to live with adults when you're an adult as it is when you're a child. Kids learn what they live...
Hi Stacy, I don't know if this information helps but I always was on dilantin with an assortment of different drugs at different times. When I was younger...
... From: Cathy Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 10:38 PM Subject:complaint i filed a complaint today with the disability rights comm. the hospital violated my...
My doctor said the same thing about increasing any med too fast, it will cause seizures. I am on trileptal 1200 and 2 weeks ago my seizure activity started up...
Hi Cathy, I think that was just plain ole rude what they did to Belle, and especially on her B-day. I don't blame you at all for what you did, I probably ...
Hello, I'm not so much worried about having seizures when I'm starting to come off the dilantin, I know that's bound to happen, I'm worried about how I'll be ...
Lee, When I was a child and first started with seizures I used to have to go move my bowels too. All I know it didn't last long, I mean the urge to move...
Hi, If this were 10 yrs ago I'd be concerned too. They have come up with many new drugs in ten years so I think they'll find something that works for you. ...
Hi, Did you ever think of going to you local TV news station and ask them if they would like a story on the discrimination of service animals. I'm sure you...
Janet, I've found this to be true with my other types of seizures I have too. That is why is was so difficult in the beginning, the urge to go to the bathroom...
Craig- I can relate to wanting to blow of some steam. I started having seizures when I was 15, I also have cerebral palsy on my right side of my body. You can...
Lee, I didn't feel like you were writing a book. That's the pont of this forum. If you got something to say we're here to listen and hope you'd listen to us,...
Hi Crystal, Thank you for understanding. I know how hard it can be, explaining a
condition. I have learned to just be blunt about it. We have a home day...