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Elsea - 23 Dec 2005 21:30 GMT

How many of you became photosensitive in adulthood? According to this
one excellent website someone recently posted, age of onset is before
adulthood. I was in my mid-forties when I first experienced a problem.
Elsea

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Bewildered - 23 Dec 2005 22:21 GMT

>How many of you became photosensitive in adulthood? According to this
>one excellent website someone recently posted, age of onset is before
>adulthood. I was in my mid-forties when I first experienced a problem.
>Elsea

I had some episodes of photosensitivity as a child but had no idea
what it was. It wasn't until I had my first tonic-clonic seizure at
age 46 (sitting in front of a computer monitor) that I found out.

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Julie - 23 Dec 2005 22:55 GMT

Hi Elsea, I don't recall any problems with photosentivity untill I was in
my 30s. We took our kids to Disneyland and the first thing we went to was
called the Tiki Hut. We sat down to view a presentation that included alot
of flashing lights. I started to get the sick feeling in my stomach and
dejavu. It ruined the rest of our vacation :-(

Take care,
Julie

> How many of you became photosensitive in adulthood? According to this
> one excellent website someone recently posted, age of onset is before
> adulthood. I was in my mid-forties when I first experienced a problem.
> Elsea

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polaris - 12 Jan 2006 19:18 GMT

Howdy, everyone.

I'm late to the photo sensitivity party, but I hope my contribution is
welcomed anyway.

I found I was photosensitive as an adult as well. For the most part,
epilepsy in general was adult-onset for

me. Good to know, Bewildered, that I'm not alone in being
photosensitive in front of a

computer monitor. I had heard of it being a problem for teenagers
playing video games, and for me

it has been a matter of managing the amount of time I can be in front of
a monitor. This has been

and is difficult for me because it involves a career change which is
ongoing.

I also had a strange experience last year with fluorescent lights in a
classroom, which caused at

least one seizure for me. Luckily all of my Ss are relatively mild and
take place only in the middle of the night.

All the best,

clyde

> Hi Elsea, I don't recall any problems with photosentivity untill I was in
> my 30s. We took our kids to Disneyland and the first thing we went to was
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> Take care,
> Julie

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