Hi Everyone

I've been having the strangest of symptoms with complex partial szs. This one in particular I've never had before so I wanted to find out if it is in fact a seizure playing out.

When I look at a computer screen to read info, or if I'm reading a book, magazine, newspaper etc, certain words not all of them have green squiggles behind them. The colour goes from a bright lime green to a pastel green. I get very lazy and just want to sleep (which I do). I hadn't seen this before I started having the auditory szs,

Any ideas on this anyone please?

Thanks,
Rhiannon

I have weird symptoms also-see my new post.When I do what you do the words and pix turn into circles that come toward my face and they back up-I can control their movement with my mind until the bubble burst.Makes my husband irritable because we try to watch our taped shows and he has to continually back it up-my memory is shot.I dont feel tired but fall asleep with no warning

Hi Rhiannon,
What you are having is visual sz. where certain colors are triggering your seizures this is known as being photosensitive. The best thing to do is have your neuro order a special e.e.g. with flashing lights. They will flash different color strobe lights one at a time and by doing this they will be able to find out if certain colors are triggering sz. I found out that florescent green, amber and bright white like the sun shining on the snow can cause sz. for me. Also you are probably having sz. while on the computer because there are strobe lights on the computer monitor but they are flashing so fast that you don't realize it. Try to adjust the brightness of your screen so it isn't so bright and see if that makes a difference for you. Wishing you the best and May God Bless You!

Sue

Hi Sue,

Thanks. I am photosensitive, I didn't link it to that. It is usually bright sunlight flashing thrugh trees, and fluroescent lights that set me off.

But I just said to my partner, it's happening again, and I was fine until I came to the neuro website, then the colour green started happening again and I started yawning..now I want to sleep so I think I will have a little nap then return and alter my screen...

Thanks Again and Goddess Bless you in Return!

Hi guys

While I don't have seizures, i am photosensitive, especially at certain of high migraine susceptibility. and when i have a migraine ongoing, i'm extreeeeeemly photosensitive.
in addition to specific colors or flashing lights, photosensitive reactions can be elicited by geometric patterns - especially with high contrast involved.

during one period i had when i was highly susceptible, if i saw brightly contrasted stripes, or certain brick-lay patterns, again illuminated, i would get a "flow aura" - not sure if a SPS or a silent migraine in my case. what i'm calling a "flow aura" is that the whole thing would start moving in the way and appear to have water flowing over the top... as though i were looking through a shallow stream with currents in it.

Rhiannon, it sounds like printed letters may contribute in your case... it could vary with the size of print and also what illumination you are using to read (creates more or less contrast).

Hope this helps - it did me.

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p.s. i started a thread on photosensitivity, citing these and some other issues all related to photosensitivity.
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