Since I am not the only one which has these problems of seizures and migraines, I post for the enlightenment of all (well, one can hope, right?) We are a supportive group, we really are. I believe that once you know something, you care enough to make compromises to your own choices, in effort to show support. Please consider the following data:

<font color="purple"> PHOTOSENSITIVE SEIZURES
DRS. LIONEL CARMANT AND SHASHI SESHIA,
MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD, EPILEPSY CANADA

Photosensitivity is an abnormal clinical or electroencephalographic (EEG) response to light. Photosensitive seizures are provoked by light stimuli. Seizures triggered by specific stimuli are called reflex seizures.

LIGHT SOURCES AND SEIZURES

Television and electronic games are major factors that evoke seizures. Other light sources include flickering or reflected sunlight, lightning, car headlights, flickering artificial lights, arcade games, discotheque or Christmas lights, sharply contrasting patterns, and, rarely, self-induced exposure to flicking light e.g., waving a hand before the eyes.

Seizures may occur only in response to light stimulation (pure photosensitive epilepsy) or they may occur spontaneously but may be triggered by light stimulation (epilepsies or epileptic syndromes in which photosensitive seizures may occur).

Factors that contribute to TV-induced seizures include: flickering light (especially at the frequency of the electrical supply), flashes or images; high contrast between images, e.g., alternating bright and dark frames; speed of change (lower the speed, the lower the risk, e.g., less than 3 per sec); rapid color changes, e.g., red is a provocative color; faulty vertical or horizontal holds; approaching to adjust the TV set; and sitting too close (60 cm or less). A 100-Hz screen is less provocative than a 50-Hz screen but more expensive.
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Here is a link to an article about seizures being caused by rapid cycling of blue with red (as hapens in a fast chat)
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<font color="purple">This website tells how to create safe webpages, and mentions the seizure causing combinations of red/blue and purple/yellow. web page

<font color="blue">I WON'T BORE YOU with similar links for migraines, as they are just as easy to find, should you wish to study this more.

Many of you have migraines, perhaps you understand the triggers. Many of you have SAD so you do understand the power of certain light waves, with regard to your healing.<font color="purple">

Just as we don't use bold font in chat when it bothers some, and we DO when someone requests it due to vision problems, and how my poetry posted in yellow was near impossible to read and very irksome so I reposted, why is it so horrible a thing to not use red or orange font in chat?

The bottom line here, imo, is community. We ARE a supportive community. We are those with various ills who have come together to be supported, and to support each other, by our own membership, we agree to do this.

Please think about this. Most of us here don't make requests just to be snerty, and it's really pushing the "no need to say if you don't wish to" rule by requiring an explanation of anyone's request.

Be well.