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11 Feb 2021, 3:02 pm

I like the old song by the Temptations:

"For it was just my imagination....running away from me..."

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11 Feb 2021, 4:50 pm

Dear_one wrote:

I don't get seizures either, but I won't watch rapid scene changes, a lot of head-mount cam output, or many of the in-car cameras. Even driving past an evenly-spaced line of trees shading a sunlit road can be problematic.

I recognize that evenly spaced trees against the sunlight issue too .

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11 Feb 2021, 4:57 pm

Jakki wrote:

Dear_one wrote:

I recognize that evenly spaced trees against the sunlight issue too .

Yes. And me. Why is it the evenly spaced trees. Why not odd spaced trees?

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11 Feb 2021, 4:58 pm

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Yes. And me. Why is it the evenly spaced trees. Why not odd spaced trees?

Rhythm.

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11 Feb 2021, 5:35 pm

Yeah. To much flickering light can trigger a bad migraine for me. I took my nephew to see like the 3rd transformers movie yrs ago. I could barely drive us home and I was in bed for 3 days afterwards. With vomiting, disorientation, time lapses, numbness on my left side etc. It was horrible.

Dr said "so yeah we've learned what triggers seizures can often trigger the type of migraines you have". I was like thanks for informing me now, after a few bad episodes, which I didn't realize the trigger till this incident.

I avoid movies with lots of gun fire, bombs, car chases etc now, and yes if there's a seizure warning at the beginning I turn it off or leave the room if others are watching it.

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11 Feb 2021, 5:39 pm

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Hard learned lesson, but better you are aware of these issues . Sorry you had to go through it .

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11 Feb 2021, 5:48 pm

That reminds me - the first time a friend of mine had a colour monitor, the frame rate would make my eyes close, preparing for sleep after just five minutes.

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11 Feb 2021, 5:58 pm

Dear_one wrote:

That reminds me - the first time a friend of mine had a colour monitor, the frame rate would make my eyes close, preparing for sleep after just five minutes.

Nothing like flicker rate !

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12 Feb 2021, 9:34 am

HeroOfHyrule wrote:

Jakki wrote:

Flickery lights are no friend to me , even if the TV shows use a lot of flickering lights or the commercials change a flicker all white very bright screens . Makes my head feel wonky .... I try just closing my eyes inbetween programs and adverts . It only helps alittle . I have tried turning the brightness way down , but the all white flickering on and off , closing my eyes barely help.

That's how seeing flickering lights feels to me. I don't have seizures, but I can just tell that my brain is reacting weird. It gives me this overall feeling that my brain isn't taking it well and has done that since I was a kid. I used to be terrified I'd have a seizure but I haven't developed any, thankfully. lol

Me too. Just feels... weird. There was a tunnel I couldn't stand driving through because of the lights. Bright, close together, and it made for a flicker rhythm that really made me full-on terrified I was about to have a seizure. I've never had one but I've seen many. They don't scare me, beyond being scared that one might happen as I was driving (and having too good an imagination, knowing what that look like driving 60 in a narrow tunnel...)
I'm going with "flicker vertigo" from now on, it's a good descriptor, but it always really felt like if I didn't get out of the situation, my brain was gonna melt or explode or something. I found a way around that tunnel, never drove through it again.

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12 Feb 2021, 12:55 pm

One night, I was driving a VW bug at night on a newly-paved road. The dotted white line was very bright against the fresh asphalt, and there was nothing else even light-coloured around. The repeated flash of the white line, not hidden by a big car hood, had me really struggling to stay awake.

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12 Feb 2021, 4:21 pm

Road hypnosis ....? Longer drives over a hour on the highway was difficult not to pull over and try to sleep , but once stopped dealing with the effects of lights and road hypnosis and fatigue . Was not sleepy anymore , Was very strange, never managed to sleep just rested

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