I think we could help each other or find a solution if we post our stories !!!
Here's my story guys.
I imigrated to Canada in 2013 ( from eastern Europe). In 2015 i started my IT courses at college : spending a lot of time in front of monitors to code ( about 10 hrs a day of coding ). In 6 months, suddenly, I felt pain in my right eye and i didn't know what it is. I visited many doctors and all my tests were " okay ". But the pain still existed and slowly, but gradually, it extended to my left eye too. I even started to have some flashes or stars in my eyes while exercising ( I've been playing soccer/football for all my life at semi-professional level )
Then i decided to go to an eye clinic which has all the necessary technology to test for dry eye ( including the schirmer test). At the end the doctor said that my right eye is producing very few- less tears than my left eye ( everytime i cut onions, i have tears in both eyes : confusing) !!!
I stopped my IT courses and I stopped using my PC/TV and phone for 2 or 3 months. Started to use eyedrops ( the cheap ones ) and it seemed to help at beginning, but after some weeks it was worse and worse and worse…
Then i decided to stop all eye drops and to use warm compresses ( sometimes tea bags ) before sleep. Idk how or what happened but after 2-3-4 months of not using PC/Tv/phone had no pain in my eyes anymore. After 5 or 6 months or so, i was able again to moderately use my phone, Laptop and PlayStation 4 ( 2-3 hours a day without pain ). It was all good till 2021 when i decided to buy a new Smart TV ( Toshiba Fire tv c350 ) . Since day one i felt a strange sensation in my forehead while looking on it. I thought i just have to accomodate and everything will be fine. Then i decided to build a new PC too as my old laptop which worked nice for me before ( Acer Spin NP515) was a bit old.
My built is : i5 12400 / AMD 6500XT / Uperfect portable monitor with touchscreen/ win 10 & 11
After using it for a week, my eyes, my head, my neck started again to hurt. Now i can't even use my phone properly after that. I did consult an ophthalmologist last week and he said that my eyes are better than 4 years ago when i did the last test.
At this point, i don't know what's the problem. It can be dry eyes, migraine, some retina problems ( inside the eye) or some neurological problems.
The only relief i get is not using at all PC/TV etc.. for a few weeks. Then my pain is gone. As soon as I spend some hours on my PC, the pain returms the next day.
I really don't know what's causing this. The biggest confusion in this story is that i could use all my builds ( laptop, ps4 , phone ) normally till i bought the new TV in 2021 !!!
Really desperate and totally confused. Doctors can't do much for now…