Hi had some probs getting here after seeing some of the posts about the interest in sensitivity to solar storms on line had a few probs on the way which Bernard kindly sorted for me.
My interest in conditions that are sensitive to solar (geomagnetic) storms began a few years ago when I saw on line an article about Kay's 1994 study of admissions into mental hospitals and solar storms, he found that while the power of the solar storm made no difference there was a statistical increase in admissions about two weeks after any solar storm which may sound confusing -until the two 11 year average time frames of the complete 22 year cycle are looked at more closely and the question is asked:
Because the 22 year cycle has an 11 average increase, followed by an 11 years average decrease, would kay's finding be better understood when looking at the increased number of solar storms, rather than the power of the individual storms? to explore this further I have begun looking at the number of riots in UK and US since WW2 and there does appear to be a greater increase in the total 11 year periods of increasing activity (by area), perhaps any members who have kept diarys can help check out there own episodes? given the recent well publicised solar storm it would be interesting to know if any members can confirm kay's finding hopfully not about a hospital admissions but any increase in any epilepsy symptoms around the last week of this March or early April.
I suspect that humidity levels may also be involved as epilepsy triggers for some people so some variation can be expected depending on local weather conditions. For those interested in how there local weather pattern may irritate there epilepsy may I suggest exploring the mediclim system which is offering a free 3 month trial for new people, they will send you an e mail alert about changes in the local weather conditions for your area 24 Hours before it peaks, if epilepsy is more sensitive to solar storms than it is to local weather changes it would make sence that some people will 'feel' the change even before the email alert arrives.
My own research suggests the migraine alerts are a very useful tool for understanding depression issues or sleep problems that can be associated with epilepsy.
If some patterns can be identified it should be possible to begin locating where a given individual sensitivity to natures triggers is focussed.
Terry
My interest in conditions that are sensitive to solar (geomagnetic) storms began a few years ago when I saw on line an article about Kay's 1994 study of admissions into mental hospitals and solar storms, he found that while the power of the solar storm made no difference there was a statistical increase in admissions about two weeks after any solar storm which may sound confusing -until the two 11 year average time frames of the complete 22 year cycle are looked at more closely and the question is asked:
Because the 22 year cycle has an 11 average increase, followed by an 11 years average decrease, would kay's finding be better understood when looking at the increased number of solar storms, rather than the power of the individual storms? to explore this further I have begun looking at the number of riots in UK and US since WW2 and there does appear to be a greater increase in the total 11 year periods of increasing activity (by area), perhaps any members who have kept diarys can help check out there own episodes? given the recent well publicised solar storm it would be interesting to know if any members can confirm kay's finding hopfully not about a hospital admissions but any increase in any epilepsy symptoms around the last week of this March or early April.
I suspect that humidity levels may also be involved as epilepsy triggers for some people so some variation can be expected depending on local weather conditions. For those interested in how there local weather pattern may irritate there epilepsy may I suggest exploring the mediclim system which is offering a free 3 month trial for new people, they will send you an e mail alert about changes in the local weather conditions for your area 24 Hours before it peaks, if epilepsy is more sensitive to solar storms than it is to local weather changes it would make sence that some people will 'feel' the change even before the email alert arrives.
My own research suggests the migraine alerts are a very useful tool for understanding depression issues or sleep problems that can be associated with epilepsy.
If some patterns can be identified it should be possible to begin locating where a given individual sensitivity to natures triggers is focussed.
Terry