Epilepsy drugs

[Ricardo1969918]

I have been taking epilepsy drugs since I was two years old Starting on fenobarbital, gardinal and rivotril. Now I am on Diplexil.  I haven´t been experiencing any seizure or loss of consciosness since I was 30. But sometimes I have pen lights on my right eye for a few minutes. Can I consider that as photosensitive epilepsy? My biggest problem is my sex drive. I lost it completely. I lost the interest in sex. I don´t have any excitment. Does it have to do with the drugs I have been taking? Or Is it the beginning of my andropause?

[Ricardo1969918]

Thank you very much for your comment. I must have expressed wgongly.They are not pen lights but flashing lights as if you are at the disco. I hven´t had any seizures since the 90s. Just flashing lights. Th reason why I have been wearing sunglasses th whole day. I live in a tropical country and it is sunny almost everyday and I feel bad without the gasses.
Thanks

[theasian]

photosensitive epilepsy is when flashing lights are a trigger for your seizures so i don't think that the pen lights are epilepsy. you should maybe go check it out with your doctor or an optometrist. the loss of sex drive can definately be a caused by antiepileptics, it is one of the side effects of alot of them
take care