Seizures caused by flourecent lights

[burny]

   I get bi-polar vision when I am in a store with bright

   flourecent lights and have had this once or twicw a year,

   for 10 years or so. Recently I did not leave the store,

    and had a seizure. The MRI and Brain wave tests and

    cat scans were normal.

   Could this be caused by my blood pressure medicine?

    I take Atenolol 50 mg,  Lisinopril/hctz 20/12.5,

    and lovostatin 40 mg.

    I have read that this was a side effect of the medicine.

                                        Thank You

                                         Burny

[CCF-Neuro-M.D.-CS]

I would need to take a history and examine you to try and determine what this spell was. A single normal EEG would not exclude the possibility of an epileptic seizure, and the history would determine if other testing is needed. Some people can "pass out" and have seizure like activity from low blood pressure or heart problems. The medications you have mentioned due not cause epileptic seizures. I would recommend discussing this with your neurologist and primary care doctor. If they believe this was from a heart problem you should see a caridologist, otherwise seeing a neurologist who specializes in epilepsy would be reasonable. Good luck.