there are seizures called photo seizures whiche means they happen
when you spend too much time on the computer and so on or you watch
to much tv and or play to much videio games but there needs to do
more reseach and if that is your problem spend a little less time off
the computer i know people that had to do this less time watching tv
and so on i know it hard but you got to be smart and do what is best
and rember I will pray for you Mary owner

--- In migraineswithepilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "Lamar Morgan"
<lamar@m...> wrote:
> Dear Group:
>
> Every time I ever went for an EEG, I went under strobe lights. I
was
> told this was actually done to make me have a seizure. Then, the
> doctor could pinpoint where the problem was and what was wrong.
That
> was really no surprise to me because I always hated those flashing
> strobe lights. But, I never really gave much thought as to why. I
> just knew the flicking strobe bothered me. But, when I had a neuro-
> physical assessment, I learned the flicker alone was not the
> problem. It was the unchanging pattern of the flicker that was the
> problem. Beleive it or not, my brain could not stand that the
> pattern did not change. Why that is I haven't the slightest idea.
>
> Here's how I learned that truth. When I had my neuro-physical
> assessment, I was asked to put on goggles that had flashing red
> designs in lights. Well, at first, I refused to put the goggle
on.
> I felt certain this was designed to try to induce a seizure and I
> wanted nothing to do with it. However, I was told wearing the
> goggles would instead relax me. How come? Because the pattern of
the
> light beams constrantly changed. Beleive it or not, that's exactly
> what happened.
> The changing pattens of the flashing lights relaxed me. I was
truly
> amazed.
>
> Your computer screen and your TV set is in reality a flashing
light.
> Were those flashing lights not involved in changing patterns, would
> more people be having seizures? I would not be a bit surprised. In
> that respect, I suppose multimedia should be considered more of a
> blessing than a curse. Perhaps it is not too much of a stretch to
> think that multimedia can help facilitate healing - not directly
but
> indirectly. Put it on the same par as reading a book or watching
an
> educational video.
>
> For those who do not know, it is possible to experience this kind
of
> multimedia - both online and off. All you have to do is have the
> right FREE software on your computer - www.scala.com/iplay and
visit
> the Scala Internet Channel Index at
www.scala.com/channels/index.html.
>
> We need all the help we can get, do we not? Mulitmedia is simply
one
> more available resource - thanks in part to the Internet. I just
> hope more and more doctors will start utilizing it to educate the
> public on what their clinics have to offer. In the future, I
believe
> Internet Channels will be commonplace for the showcasing of medical
> services. But, now is the time to learn about them. It's a lot
> easier to download a Channel one time and receive all the updates
> automatically than it is to constantly have to surf the Net looking
> for information.
>
> Lamar Morgan