I have trouble when it's dark and the TV is on. The flashing lights really bother me but if there's light on in the room with the TV on it's fine.
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroup
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> I also have troulbe if I stay on the computer to long. Nancy
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> ____________
> From: Tristin Seagraves <tristinspike26@
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:41:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Re: Neurologists
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> Changing the TV channels or even flashing lights has never been a trigger for me, but watching too much TV or staying on the computer too long can cause me to have seizures.
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> Tristin :)
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> --- On Mon, 6/22/09, no_seizures_ since_surgery <stephenpales@ yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: no_seizures_ since_surgery <stephenpales@ yahoo.com>
> Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Neurologists
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com
> Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 5:54 PM
>
> Hey Martha,
>
> Boy can I relate to flipping channels which brought on seizures! In all reality I seized the moment (smile), by flipping out (oh gosh is that bad, smile)! My problem was simply for all my years I was addicted to trying to find something I enjoyed watching (couldn't find much) on TV! And, with so many more stations added and added since cable TV began,I flipped channels that much more! It really made me glassy eyed (complex partials) fipping channels (smile)! Take care, keep a smile on your face!
>
> Steve
>
> --- In epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com, Martha Wilson-Harris <macarimo@ .> wrote:
> >
> > My husband has a bad habit of switching channels when there are commercials
> > of which he can't stand to watch. That I can't handle. So, I just leave the
> > room. And when he sees a program that has a lot of flickering lights or
> > something of that nature, he knows to change it as it triggers a seizures..
> > Martha
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Julie Hope <epilepsyhealth@ ...>wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I find myself closing my eyes or turning my head away when the channel
> > > switcher starts flippin'. That I can't
> > > stand and yes there are some programs I can't handle either.
> > > Sometimes it is strange it can only take one of your triggers to set off a
> > > seizure and other times it needs 2
> > > or 3 of them altogether. It depends on how high or low your seizure
> > > threshold is at the time.
> > > This is what I found.
> > > jh
> > > Julie Hope
> > > epilepsyhealth@ ... <epilepsyhealth% 40sasktel. net>
> > > http://www.2betrhea lth.com
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Tristin Seagraves" <tristinspike26@ ...<tristinspike 26%40yahoo. com>
> > > >
> > > To: <epilepsy@yahoogrou p s.com <epilepsy%40yahoogr oups.com> >
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:07 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Re: Neurologists
> > >
> > > For some people a trigger is watching television or using the computer for
> > > too long. You may have missed a
> > > dose of your meds. Who knows? Trying to figure out "why" you had a seizure
> > > is a very tricky and mindboggling
> > > question. I've learned that with epilepsy, you can't ask yourself "why." We
> > > just have to accept it and keep
> > > moving forward. You said that you're "going crazy" because you don't know
> > > the cause of the seizure(s). Asking
> > > yourself the questions "why" and/or "what if" will drive you "crazy." I
> > > know this from experience. You want to
> > > reduce your stress and anxiety levels as much as possible. Questioning
> > > yourself will just increase those
> > > levels and possibly cause more seizures. I guess my philosophy with
> > > epilepsy is to just "go with the flow."
> > >
> > > God bless you,
> > > Tristin Seagraves
> > >
> > > --- On Sun, 6/14/09, Rodolfo Quinones <rodolfoquinones20@ ...<rodolfoquino nes20%40yahoo. com>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Rodolfo Quinones <rodolfoquinones20@ ...<rodolfoquino nes20%40yahoo. com>
> > > >
> > > Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Re: Neurologists
> > > To: epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com <epilepsy%40yahoogr oups.com>
> > > Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 9:25 PM
> > >
> > > Helpppppp Me,
> > >
> > > This is Rodolfo and all I was doing was watch Tv for awhile and I has a few
> > > of the guys
> > >
> > > there were doing the same thing. Out of no where my attack acurre and I
> > > woke up w/
> > >
> > > one my epilepsy attacks. I was taking to the hospital to my sugar check
> > > out, I stay there
> > >
> > > for a couple of hours make sure it was. The doctor told my was ok so he
> > > send me
> > >
> > > back home. I'm going crazy because I'm not sure what causes theses. Can
> > > someone
> > >
> > > help me pleaseeeeee
> > >
> > > --- On Sun, 6/14/09, Mark <riverat462@ yahoo. com> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Mark <riverat462@ yahoo. com>
> > > Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Neurologists
> > > To: epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com
> > > Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 9:41 PM
> > >
> > > Millie,
> > >
> > > No, I've lived in Missouri my whole life.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > --- In epilepsy@yahoogroup s.com, mylmy@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Mark,
> > > >
> > > > Are you the Mark that used to live in VA?
> > > >
> > > > Millie
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I live in southeast Missouri, and the first neurologist I saw would
> > > > > literally stand in the doorway and ask if I had any seizures. If mom
> > > said
> > > > > no, then he would say ok and walk off. He hardly ever came in the room.
> > > > > When we changed neurologists, the guy I went to was a lot better. He
> > > came
> > > > > in the room, asked a few questions, did a cursory exam (checked
> > > reflexs,
> > > > > peripheral vision, etc.) and worked with us on trying different meds.
> > > He
> > > > > referred me to an epileptologist st St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis,
> > > Dr.
> > > > > William Rosenfeld. Dr. Rosenfeld is a very good doctor and is actively
> > > > > involved with his patients. He sits down with me, examines me, asks
> > > > > questions, and talks about different options and even some small talk.
> > > I
> > > > > think he actually wants to know his patients, not just see them. I'm
> > > > > lucky. So if anyone lives in Missouri, go to him or his wife, Dr. Susan
> > > > > Lippmann. They share the practice.
> > > > >
> > > > > Mark
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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