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Old Dec 22, 2011, 01:29 PM
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...Also blinking and flashing or glaring lights set off over stimulation, which adds to my night driving problems at night. ... I keep wanting to put a note on their car saying "The person who lives next door has terrible depth perception. It would be in your best interest not to park too close." LOL
"In your best interest". Lol.
Ahhh, didn't even think of flashing lights. They are overwhelming for me too (at night). Not as bad as strobe (which I can't handle at all), but still. If they are far away, it's fairly tolerable, but close up? I have to put my hand up by my eyes to block the worst of it (and still get very uncomfortable and agitated). About a week ago, we were stop and go by tiny increments up to a light (everything had been backed up because of an accident) and there was a police car with lights flashing parked in the next lane. It felt like forever to be able to get away from it.

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Old Dec 22, 2011, 01:39 PM
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I have a terrible driving record... For starters my license is suspended. The first phase of me driving I got into three wrecks in the first month. Got 12 points on my licence before I turned 20. Still (4 years later) have 12 points for other traffic violations. I always fell asleep while driving and always blacked out while driving. Not to mention always hallucinated while driving as well. Can't count how many times I fell asleep in the Mc Donalds drive through.

So I had a seizure back in August and they suspended my license for 3 years. I see that as a sign I don't need to drive, I guess there weren't enough signs for me to quit before lol

My driving is terrible because of the mix of problems in my mind, bipolar being one of them lol. When I'm raging I'm flying down the road slamming my brakes flying around turns and such... I just guessed it was my lack of "maturity" with vehicles as someone would call it, but really it's my mind being on over drive non stop
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Old Dec 22, 2011, 02:13 PM
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Yes, well sorta...about a year before diagnosis, my licence got suspended for not paying speeding tickets...well that didn't stop me from driving, so now I have $16000 in fines for driving while suspended and no insurance...thank gawd I was never searched since at that time I was dealing and always had ALOT of "stuff" in my possession... I shudder to think what could've happened!
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Old Dec 23, 2011, 10:37 AM
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Me, like others have a very difficult time seeing at night when I drive.

And the lights drive me batty. I can't even see where I am going.

I now wear my sunglasses while I drive at night and it helps with the lights.
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Old Dec 23, 2011, 01:06 PM
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"In your best interest". Lol.
Ahhh, didn't even think of flashing lights. They are overwhelming for me too (at night). Not as bad as strobe (which I can't handle at all), but still. If they are far away, it's fairly tolerable, but close up? I have to put my hand up by my eyes to block the worst of it (and still get very uncomfortable and agitated). About a week ago, we were stop and go by tiny increments up to a light (everything had been backed up because of an accident) and there was a police car with lights flashing parked in the next lane. It felt like forever to be able to get away from it.
Oh yeah, no strobe lights for me! Not even on the t.v. or anything. And I've been in that situation with an accident and a cop car before. Trying to drive passed the accident but the cop car lights are right in your face!

And SunAngel, yes, me too. Can't see where I'm going! It is so scary sometimes!
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