All bulbs replaced with Philips flicker free eyecare stuff, new lamps new setups to reduce contrast which all cost… a lot but i was like really not doing good. Every room now has new bulbs and lamps.
I then remembered night mode on my screens existed which i should have remembered but didn’t somehow, even though i used it on linux with redshift like 12 years ago religiously. All now scheduled to turn on at 3pm on all my devices.
So far im mainly noticing even dark mode text white on black is still really hurting so need to figure out something less contrasty for text reading but otherwise i’ve been feeling a migraine ebbing and flowing all day but it hasnt really commit yet. Might be placebo but it feels better at least the light in my own house doesnt feel offensive to look at.
Hopefully it works out, I do need something to change how text looks on screens in general though, words just look awful to me these days unless the font is massive…
I’ve already been to the eye dentist recently, I have to go every year anyway cos im like really blind and my dork ass eyes need new lenses frequently but doctor is next on the list. Hopefully I can convince the evil nhs doctors to give me some medication.
Other things that have helped ofc closing eyes the second i notice issues and going to rest works but a cold compress on my face, eyes or back of my neck helps tremendously. Dunking my face in cold water brings some relief as well.
Conversely posting gives me migraines which means posting is evil
Absent a hardware solution like epaper display, you could try reducing the color saturation on your monitor or in your OS. Usually it’s in the accessibility settings under a term like “color filters.”
Secondly, if you move all or parts of your computer usage to something like Emacs, then you control the environment entirely and don’t have to rely on third parties to offer good themes.
Third, and this is something I’ve done recently, you can go retro and use the computer just to “print” articles as pdf for later consumption on an epaper device or even on literal paper. So you don’t have to stop using the computer entirely, but you could modify your usage habits and identify ways to defer reading to later in a healthier format.