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Facial Twitching - Is it a Seizure?

Has anyone experienced facial and eye twitches around fast blinking lights, police lights, strobes, or light peaking through trees? I become tired and weak too.
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BRIGHT LIGHTS WHETHER BLINKING STROBES OR JUST YOUR EVERDAY  PLAIN BRIGHT SUNSHINE CAN TRIGGER SEIZURES. THE HEADACHES MAY BE THE BEGINNING OF SEIZURES. SOMETIMES I SUFFER FROM HEADACHES WHICH LEAD TO OTHER THINGS LIKE SEIZURES. I WOULD GET A NEUROLOGIST'S OPINION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND BE SURE TO MENTION THE HEADACHES TO HIM.
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Thank you for your response, Junebug68. I do have both seizures and PNS. I never had the twitching from lights happen to me before so I will see my neurologist and ask him. I appreciate your response!
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I SUFFER FROM THIS. I'VE HAD SEIZURES AT THAT TIME AS WELL. IT WAS DETERMINED HOWEVER DURING A FIVE DAY VIDEO EEG THAT MY SEIZURES ARE ACTUALLY PSUEDO SEIZURES (STRESS SEIZURES). I BELIEVE THAT THE BEST WAY TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE SEIZURES IS TO TALK TO A NUEROLOGIST AND HAVE THIS TEST DONE TO SEE IF THEY REALLY ARE SEIZURES.
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