I'm sorry that after 1 seizure they took your license forever 😔. My neurologist says "no driving for 6 months." After a seizure to me my last one was in March stress and flashing lights 😔🚑🚒🚔. But they don't do the paperwork for the DMV. So my son and husband have to drive me everywhere. I live in a small town. No taxi, no Uber, no anything! Without my husband and son I would be lost. My dad will come down if he's not working, on a Friday, and take me. So my husband and son don't have to rotate whose taking off work. It's awful.

Before my surgery, they used to bother me. Now, post-surgery, they do not bother me like that anymore. This August is 10 years seizure-free.

Flashing lights make me very nervous. From what I've read, the flashing has to be 5 to 30 times per second for it to trigger a seizure. Photosensitive epilepsy is supposed to be fairly rare--and more common in children. But I'm not taking any chances! The school where I teach has flashing lights that accompany fire drills. The frequency is pretty low. I requested my doctor to write a letter stipulating that I be out of the building for fire drills. The thing that makes me the most nervous is driving or being in the car in the winter when there are no leaves I the trees. The lights flashing through the trees creates a strobe effect. That really makes me nervous.

Flashing lights for some reason, is a trigger for some of us. Even though we don't have photosensitivity epilepsy. Each individual has their own triggers thanks, MargeryHarrop!

I get a lot of irritation with flashing lights, including police lights, lights in tunnels and lights through the trees, despite not having photosensitive seizures. I close one eye and that seems to help. Read about that trick on this website, I think.