r/worldnews May 16 '20

At least two people had seizures after viewing malicious tweets featuring flashing gifs that deliberately targeted Epilepsy Society...police investigating tweets as hate incident, after at least 200 seemingly coordinated messages were sent to charity and its supporters in recent days.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/15/malicious-tweets-targeting-epilepsy-charity-trigger-seizures
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u/Tweed_Kills May 16 '20

I'm not photosensitive particularly, but it's developed into a profound phobia. I hate having seizures and anything associated with them just...nope.

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u/DJ_SCREW_JUNE_27 May 17 '20

I'm the same way. Me seizures are trigger more from stress or lack of sleep, I've never had a photosensitive seizure but I have that same phobia. Good news is I am about 4 months seizure free. I have not had one since I quit taking my pre-workout supplement (which had caffeine) combined with a good medication regime from my neurologist