Interesting. I also grind my teeth at night.
your health
41 year old, not in the greatest shape. Migraine sufferer for over 15 years. Other issue is severe, chronic sinusitis.
One thing I have noticed is that there DOES seem to be a sinus connection to all this. It is a general consensus that the Trigeminal nerve is at the base of all our issue. Google it and you can see where the three branchs of the nerve go on your face. The Sphenoid sinnus and frontal sinus's are highly enervated and intersect with several of these branches as well. There is also nerve intersection near the TMJ
It sounds odd, but there does seems to be a connection, when I get a triggered migraine, I also get stuffed up. The nerves around your face, forehead, sinus, and jaw are very interconnected.
Harrison It sounds really wierd, I mean, sinuses and eye strain, WTF do they have to do with each other?
However, the nerves that are actually causing you eye strain also interact with your sinuses, and the nerves in your sinuses also interact with your ears, TMJ, and jaw muscles. The nerves in your face are all very highly interconnected. So when one is irritated it can effect areas you wouldn't think. In my case I was having pretty bad ear, TMJ, and jaw pain for over a year, no one could diagnose it, scans came back fine, doctor after doctor was baffled. I finally found a great ENT who did a different type of scan and found my sphenoid sinus was completely blocked and infected. I had surgery to correct the issue, and after recovering, my ear, TMJ, and jaw pain vanished. And when I get a sinus infection, the pain comes back until the infection clears up.
I have also heard stories of people who have had non related pallete surgery, but as a side effect, it cured their migraines.
I don't think it's really helpful info to have since there's nothing you can really do with it, but it helps remove some of the mystery
This is a bit of a stretch, but have you sinus folk or anyone else for that matter ever been prescribed oral fluoroquinolones? (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, etc?)
MagnuM I have not, but I have had 2 sinus surgeries, and one of them cleared up a TMJ and facial pain issue I was having, even though they were nowhere near that sinus. My ENT surgeon was the one who explain this all to me. If you are near the Philadelphia region, I can't recommend Dr. Edmund Pribitkin at Jefferson University ENT enough.
I also suffer from Hay fever / chronic allergy to dust / dust mites, etc.
JTL I think just a bad card.
However, happy to say the RMA is complete and I have a new replacement one (entirely new computer - not just a new card)
I must say, the different between the IPC Intel HD4400 (with the IPC2 I was using as backup) and nvidia with dithering disabled is a huge difference for me - despite a 8-bit non-PWM monitor.
In case anyone was wondering where I was going with my question, Health Canada just released an updated bulletin last week about the potential for fluoroquinolone toxicity in rare cases:
http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2017/61900a-eng.php
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/medeff/reviews-examens/fluoroquinolones2-eng.php
Now I don't mean to scare anybody! Millions of these Rx's are written out every year. Like I said, rare cases, and any link is a streeeetch!
The mentioning of the potential for delayed side effects for days/weeks was the most interesting to me. I believe I may have read a similar FDA warning in 2013 about it.
I took a two-week round of Ciprofloxacin (500 MG) from Feb 11, 2006 --> Feb 23, 2006, and was also taking an anti-inflammatory called Arthrotec (75 MG) at the same time. On the morning of Sunday, March 12, 2006, I woke up to symptoms of sudden and severe brain fog, head pressure, derealization/depersonalization, and an intoxicated feeling that felt like a drug reaction (and no, I wasn't drinking the night before, lol). I stopped all Rx prescriptions at this point.
It's been almost 11 years since that day with the issue chronic and daily, and the cause never found. Getting such bizarre LED sensitivity starting in December 2011 just added to the mystery. I have no idea if the two issues are linked or not. I just wonder if some sort of CNS toxicity could have happened, but there is no way to prove or disprove that theory.
Like I said, don't get scared, because it could also be completely unrelated!
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I just wonder if some sort of CNS toxicity could have happened, but there is no way to prove or disprove that theory.
It's certainly possible. I was exposed to hydrocarbons from a faulty heating system for a few days, and from that limited exposure years ago am now sensitized to all sorts of hydrocarbons and have an immediate, painful reaction to them, and will for life. From my reading, once a sensitive individual is exposed to a substance and sensitized to it (develops an increased reaction/other effects) it is nearly impossible to "de-sensitize" that person. They just need to live with it.
I'm not saying this has definitely happened to you, and given the extremely small % of people susceptible to this it is extremely likely it has not happened, but there is a non zero chance.
Well I just came home from my tonsillectomy (painful), the nasal septum surgery will take place in 20 days. I'll give you an update shortly after the that.
Jerry
Similar. This all sounds like self-diagnosed WebMD paranoia.
A. Look at one LED monitor - get immediate headaches/migraines/eye strain lasting for a little while to days
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B. Look at another LED monitor - nothing
There's just something wrong with certain LED panels (response/image retention/etc) that affects certain people. I picked a monitor from http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/flicker_free_database.htm and received immediate relief. You may have to select one from that list with the best specs, but you should find relief as as well. This is coming from someone who can't even take a few minutes of certain LED panels before having a 3-4 day headache.
Now if you already have health complications and migraines before, a different monitor will likely not cure that.
train44 There's just something wrong with certain LED panels (response/image retention/etc) that affects certain people. I picked a monitor from http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/flicker_free_database.htm
Thats not a definite. I am using a monitor right now that is certified flicker free on that page and am having troubles with it. It's looking to be much more video hardware/driver dependent than monitor dependent.
Agreed. I purchased a flicker free, low blue light and high refresh screen and had problems when connecting it to a known good PC/video card.
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train44 I think my main problem is caused by "moving objects" on screen. With the new BenQ GW2760HS monitor (supposed to be PWM and FRC free) connected to nvidia card in a Dell xps8910 desktop, I can look at a static screen without any problems. But if there are things moving on the screen and it does not have to move very fast, eg, scrolling up and down at a normal speed, switch screens with alt-tab as we usually do, when loading a webpage, even typing words like what I am doing right now, I will start to get headaches immediately. I have no problems watching things moving in real life although I do get motion sickness on bus if I am tired. I feel like the screen induced symptom gets worse if I don't have a good night of sleep. By the way, my testing results on BenQ monitor and nvidia card are mixed. I will report that when I can make better sense of what is happening.
One more piece of information: I wear a blublocker clip-on whenever I am in front a screen.
KM I was just going to try to turn it off, but it is already set to off by default. My desktop has an integrated intel card, I am not sure if that can make a difference in any way. I ordered an HP desktop with AMD processor and nvidia card just to completely get rid of intel. The HP desktop will arrive by the end of this month.