Now I kinda Understand the Pokemon Link

[niceguyVZ]

Some time ago there was a story about Pokemon causing seizures. Something like 200 japan kids reported seizures after watching a certain episode that had flashing lights.

Also some Video game systems like Nintendo or some game thing i see somewhere continue to have warnings about "May Cause Seizures."

At first i didn't understand it. But recently that i got my EEG test I kind of understand it. In my exam they flashed lights at me(closed eyes) and everytime they did I would have some very weird twitching.


So anyone with no prior history of SEizures can get SEizures from those games and Animations OR does it only happen to people who were predispodsed to seizures?

 

[kirsten]

Those who are photosensitive will have seizures from flashing lights. I believe some even have seizures from bright lights. I'm photosensitive and used to have seizures in front of my PC but a tech friend put together a computer that reduced the odds of that, so these days I can at least play what I like on PC, as long as major flashing is not involved. I do get annoyed with films that have flashing lights. I wish that they'd come with a warning. Not offering one is akin to refusing to add a 'contains nuts' label on food.

 

[Bernard]

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So anyone with no prior history of SEizures can get SEizures from those games and Animations OR does it only happen to people who were predispodsed to seizures?

See previous discussion on this question:
http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f23/can-photosensitivity-cause-epilepsy-1873/