Do I have photosensitive epilepsy?

Okay, so ever since a young age, I have been avoiding flashing lights as they give me a kind of odd sensation and gives me an urge to shiver. I've only just read on Wikipedia that if you get an odd sensation, it's usually a warning sign that you could get a seizure or something??

I'm 15 years old at the moment, almost 16, and I've never had a seizure. Is it possible that I could have photosensitive epilepsy? Nobody in my family has it.

Comments

  • I have Drop Seizures that are triggered by certain types of lights/lighting

    They progressed to Drop Seizures... it used to be loosely referred to as "a staring disorder" because when it got triggered, my mind would go blank & I would stare... If someone waived their hand in front of me, I knew in my mind it was there, but I could not react for short period of time

    I have a friend who has "marching seizures"... just to give an idea of some of the wacky seizure disorders

    I have never had convulsive seizures

    Strobe Lights are the worst for me

    FlashBulbs on cameras are also common triggers for me

    Flourescent lights (like those commonly found in stores & offices) sometimes affect me & sometimes don't... apparently I am more prone to problems sometimes & not so much other times

    I wouldn't recommend going by what you read on Wiki.... I would suggest you speak with a doctor about these concerns. A doctor can do an EEG & with that find out if you are prone to any kind of seizure activity

  • Photo Epilepsy

  • No. That's not photosensitive epilepsy. If you had epilepsy, regardless of kind, you would of had some kind of seizures.

  • You can have photosensitivity without having epilepsy.

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