Do fluorescent lights ramp up feelings of anxiety, irritability, depression, or decreased concentration? Do you experience sensitivity to sunlight? Does the idea of being in a room with strobing lights make you feel stressed?

That is the case for “You” actress Ambyr Childers. When she visited Amen Clinics for an episode of Scan My Brain, she talked to Daniel Amen, MD, about her ADD/ADHD, depression, and memory issues. During the conversation, she also noted that she has issues with light sensitivity. She’s bothered by sunlight, glare, and headlights. “I get headaches around fluorescent lights,” she says.

Childers says she first began noticing light sensitivity when she would attend concerts or go to nightclubs. “As soon as you have the strobe lights and the loud music,” she says, “it became stressful, and I felt like I had a lot of anxiety.” Childers wishes she could have enjoyed concerts and nightclubs with her friends, but she crossed them off her todo list.

The actress assumed the stress she experienced around strobing lights was simply related to anxiety, but Dr. Amen suggested there might be another cause—Irlen Syndrome.

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Watch Part 2 here:    • The 8Month Check Up with Ambyr Childers  

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