Hi,
Does fluorescent lighting have any effect on you guys? Certain
stores seem to have really lousy lighting and I'll know
it...headaches, queasy stomach and just generally feeling *off
balance*.
Also I read what some of you were saying about Topamax. I was on it
a couple years ago but couldn't deal with the side effects. I'm
ordinarily accident prone but was even more clumsy when I was on it
and also it was difficult to concentrate. I work in a bank and
couldn't even balance my checkbook, duh. I felt like my IQ points
rose when the doctor took me off that stuff.
I take Keppra twice a day and that also helps with the migraines.
Occasionally I might take Motrin if a headache finds me anyway.

Lorri

--- In migraineswithepilepsy@yahoogroups.com, denverbroncoselway
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> 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