Glitter

[shanmonster]

This is weird, but after over a decade, I can't deny it anymore. My migraine hallucinations are always worse in a lit bathroom. Particularly when I'm standing over a bathroom counter, and especially when I'm leaning a bit, like when I'm looking in the mirror more closely, or spitting in the sink.

If I've been sitting in a dim room, the flickering lights may be all but gone. But once I'm in the lit bathroom, the intensity goes waaaaaaaay up, and the flickering becomes strobe-like.

Why the bathroom? I just don't get it. It might have something to do with all the white in there, and the bright lights. Holy crap, that's weird.

I am currently on day eleven of a new glitter migraine. I believe it was brought on by the asthma attack I had caused by a fog machine at the Dangerous Liaisons play. I sure hope it goes away. This is the first longterm migraine I've had in about four years.

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[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Yeah, fluorescent lights give me headaches. Thankfully the compact bulbs don't seem to do that. But like you say, regular strobes don't trigger anything. The driving through light and shadow doesn't seem to trigger a migraine, but it is really difficult for me to deal with. I find it really unpleasant. Thankfully there is only one stretch where that happens on the way into town!