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How Many People Has Had To Stop Going To The Movies Or Watch Tv Or Computer Games Due To Epilepsy?
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posted August 29, 2016
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I miss a lot of my old action and war games since my surgeries and other treatments my brain takes too long to process things and have slower reactions I used to be an awesome gamer and would play all the time even had a gamer tag that required no number and domains websites and a company that was starting I used to know vrml which was coding for 3d websites and games a long time ago I had a virtual community with thousands I rarely was involved in interacting with others because certain games and movies cause seizures sometimes because of too much information to handle all at once and even stress does it to usually for the same reason don't remember the name of the community I made it was like my3dlife.com or something similar and my company was snipenut web services I had an online radio station with tons of listeners and I used to design and build websites for people and some companies.vsorry I'm rambling but because of the surgeries I can stay focused or play games usually because it also could trigger seizures and movies in a movie theater would cause migraines and petit mal seizures I usually would try to watch things on TV more than computer because for some reason a lot of computer screens gave me problems but screens from certain companies wouldn't bother me as much so I'm usually very picky about computers and some cell phone screens trying to play games and other things caused problems apple aka mac would give me the most problems I try to avoid their products the most something about either their screens or the way their software runs would cause problems for me too. Lg devices and products I had the least amount of problems but Toshiba isn't too bad still minor issues with headaches and HP worked good too but personally HP too expensive and had issues with their products overheating before. Dell is not bad but worked decently and would sometimes cause petit mal seizures but rarely. Gaming etc I had the best luck with touch screens than regular ones even though I rarely would touch the screens on laptops/computers. So it's different for everyone though so it's kinda a trial basis type thing especially now that things change so often. So just hate to say it but it's on a trial basis might get lucky you might not. So just got to give things a try.

posted August 31, 2016
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Thanks for your answers. Hugs

posted September 3, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Josh, hi, some of the content on TV programmes I have to be extremely careful of, notso much the flickering or the brightness of the screen but stuff that is disturbing such as scenes with human remains archiology programs police dramas, and horror films are a no no without someone being with me. This was how I had my last seizure in 1990, other people are like this about spiders

posted August 31, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I've noticed that with my epilepsy I'm not too much affected by lights. I have had seizures because of too much computer games, but I think it has to do with how you concentrate on the screen and the game that also plays a role, cause I work on a computer screen and I feel fine all day, but if I play games for a weekend with hours of gameplay, I tend to get blackouts and even seizures.

posted August 30, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

When we go to weddings and if they spin that ball with all the lites that are on the wall and ceiling we always leave, my health
is more important than dam wedding

posted August 29, 2016 (edited)

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