i know the lights don't brother me but can't speak for the rest of
the group and I am glad keppra works on yours mirgaines but it goes
to show you that everyone system is different and I also have
seizures as well so feel great but I will pray for you one of the
things I always do for people keep us posted on your process I really
want to know Mary owner

--- In migraineswithepilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "lorrif" <lorrif@y...>
wrote:
> 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