Is this a Seizure?

[Nadira]

porcelainmaid

Also as some extra info:

You should go to your primary care doctor, and ask to see a neurologist. From there they'll probably make you go under some testing. The ones I go under are called EEGs, very simple, non-painful. Generally you are not allowed to sleep for 24 hours, you can't eat 6-12 hours before the test, then you go in and they attach sticky cords to your skull. Then you lay on a table for an hour and at the end they flash some lights in front of your face. They monitor the brain waves all during this time to see how you react- basically putting you in 'worst situation possible' to almost trigger a seizure in a way. It's in a safe area though and the bed you lay on has guard rails on it. It's nothing to worry about smile

I take kepra personally as far as medications, and I love it. It minimized my grand mal seizures from 2-5/week to 1 every few months if that!

This is a very well thought out reply. I am afraid that I will need to find a neurologist, and inquire about this situation. Thus far, the situation 99% of the time happens when there's a projector being used, and the lights are off in the classroom. I wonder if it's related to the flickering of the projector, and if I can avoid triggering it by not allowing myself to be in that situation. I don't know.

Either way, a neurologist is probably the best bet.

[Alura19]

Epileptic seizures are caused by flashing or dramatic shifts in lighting. I'd see a neurologist as recommended. Most GP doctors aren't well versed enough to diagnose specific types of seizures. Hell it took specialists two years to pinpoint the cause of my nieces seizures, which turned out to be ultra-severe food allergies. Yep, allergies that left her almost catatonic because she was having so many seizures every day.
There are something around three hundred different types of seizures identified, so the only way to be sure is to have the testing done, and be persistent if you're not satisfied with their answers.

[drenchlaka]

Is this some mad dope weed?

[porcelainmaid]

Alura19

Epileptic seizures are caused by flashing or dramatic shifts in lighting. I'd see a neurologist as recommended. Most GP doctors aren't well versed enough to diagnose specific types of seizures. Hell it took specialists two years to pinpoint the cause of my nieces seizures, which turned out to be ultra-severe food allergies. Yep, allergies that left her almost catatonic because she was having so many seizures every day.
There are something around three hundred different types of seizures identified, so the only way to be sure is to have the testing done, and be persistent if you're not satisfied with their answers.

Not always though, mine are not triggered by flashing lights (if they were, as a photographer, I'd be ********!)

They CAN be, and usually are, but not always. Mine are triggered by random s**t we have yet to figure out, but I have never in my life been triggered by flashing lights.

I would definitely avoid the projector, as well as talk to your professor about the problem and make sure your problem is known to your schooling ASAP