Yeh my Neurologist said flourescent lights, especially bright flashing lights seem to be a trigger for me..and NO night driving!
I know when I did drive at night months ago, many times the red traffic lights, as well as brake lights on cars, just 'did' something to me. I can't explain it yuet felt like I was gonna be sucked in to some kind of vortex and my memory would evade me.
A few visits ago with my Neuro, she suspected absence as well as frontal lobe szs due to the frequent episodes I had.
Now she says "psychomotor Ep" which the Net says is TLE, i.e. temporal lobe szs.
So yeh again - LOL - I am confused, although she ordered Tegretol which I'm gonna begin taking today.
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--- In epilepsy@yahoogroup
>
> Pat,
>
> It sounds like bright flashing lights triggers a sz for you. It's
> good your son was so observant.
>
> Millie
>
>
>
> > Saw my Neurologist this afternoon for my follow up explaining how just
> > before I left for her visit I was playing a CD on my computer and ya know
> > how those skins on that Media Player come up with all the various wild
> > colors and shapes, etc? Well my son and I were clicking thru them when
> > this really cool psychedlic pattern came on and boy oh boy, it was like it
> > snacthed and dragged me in to my PC!
> > My son said to turn it off so I did, but I tell ya - had I continued to
> > watch this almosty strobe-like display of colossal colors, I can only
> > imagine what'd happened.
> >
> > As most of you know, I haven't been officially diagnosed with EP yet altho
> > my Neuro had written in her notes as well as told me she suspects absence
> > and frontal lobe sxs.
> >
> > Today her notes say "psychomot Ep-not intract: uncontrolled - uncertain
> > etiology."
> > Wtf???
> > Hahahaha.
> > I looked it up and seems she's referring to temporal lobe epilepsy, i.e.,
> > TLE?
> >
> > She gave me an Rx for Trileptal but when I got to CVS, it was way too
> > expensive [I am self pay] so they're gonna fax asking her for another med.
> >
> > Since I cannot afford the 24 hour EEG and both my EEGs were normnal, I
> > imagine she's relying on my symptoms and episodes.
> > I wonder because I filed for social security disability last year for
> > other illnesses; and subsequently these seizures surfaced. So if indeed I
> > do have EP, dangit, I want it written clearly so the SSA and my Attorneys
> > can deciper thru the medical jargon - lol. Not only that, I really wanna
> > know what's wrong with me and how to treat it!
> >
> >
>
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