jordan Do you know the name of the medication? I am using the Fluxarten and allow me to use the MBA 15"!

    Lauda89 that's incredible! I unfortunately don't remember the name but if I see him again I will ask! It's something that stimulates trigeminal nerve. Can't remember if it was oral or a nose spray.

      @arturpanteleev I have almost exactly the same story as you, but now after being "cured" for one year, my symptoms came back.

      So now I'm back to patching. This is really really weird. I've tried to think what could be the trigger, but there seems to be none, or what was the cure. I don't think Paching cured me. My eyes just spontaneously went to the previous state after some 8 moths.

        Maxx did you change the used device or not? Maybe the software was updated?

        Maxx The older you get, the lower your neuroplasticity and the harder it is for you brain to change and adapt to things. It's not surprising that your condition reverted to it's earlier state.

        Just wear the eyepatch when you need to.

        jordan The trigeminal nerve is the "pathway" to trigger the migraine. Nerve blocks, medications, or other external devices (can't say I've heard of a toothbrush) can block signals going through the trigeminal nerve and prevent th migraine from setting it. Important to note you are not actually preventing the problem at it;s source, your brain, you are just interrupting the signal to trigger the response.

        All that said I would never choose to take a lifelong pharmacuetical medication over wearing a dollar eyepatch

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          I haven't looked into how it works but not saying your wrong. I just know my eye doctor said stimulating it helps eye strain with individuals that cannot use screen. One of his parents used the medication but found out the toothbrush method works as good and doesn't cost money. He said some people don't respond to the brush the same as others. People use the toothbrush method for dry eye too I think?

          What worries me about the eye patch is that your training your brain to use one eye and overtime I feel like that would screw up the binocular function of your eyes. Or surpressing one eye over time ? 🤔

            @arturpanteleev no changes in devices nor software. It must be the covid since symptoms started after covid. Also, I'm thinking it was the covid or the covid vax (I'm not anti-vax) the 1st time around.

            Also, during the recovery of the first "tilt" I gained the best aerobic fitness that I've had since 20 years. Now I'm in pretty bad shape after covid, so let's see if it improves when I get adequate weekly Zone 2 and HIIT and Gym.

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            jordan Were you ever able to find out the name of the medication you mentioned? Also, what kind of doctor are you seeing that is treating people with screen symptoms?

              ocean10 hey I haven't went back to him at all. I think he's just a optometrist but he seems to dig around and finds things to help dry eye/eye strain. The other thing he does is gives patients diluted atropine to take at night so by the morning it's either worn off or almost worn off but supposedly the relaxation to the eye still remains. Ive tried this but unfortunately got a reaction to atropine so stopped taking it. Didn't fix anything but made my eyes feel so relaxed. I am sensitive to dithering so I don't think any medication is going to fix that unfortunately

              I tried to patch an eye, I tried but I was very stunned and my vision was dark for at least 5 minutes each time I used it...

              I gave up when I saw that a guy on youtube had tested the thing for 30 days and by the end his eyesight had fall...

                arturpanteleev finding this discussion feels like it’s opened my eyes so much. For the last few years I’ve had so many issues with screens, to the point where I worry so much about buying any new devices. I could never figure out what type of screen caused me issues, since the screens I own and can use all seem to be different so it made no sense.

                Until I read this and figured out the connection was that I’m used to all these screens. It’s amazing but it all makes so much sense now!

                I ordered a steam deck which is due to arrive next week, and I’ve been googling tips to help prevent eye stain on it, which is how I found this site. I’ve used patches before because I have convergence insufficiency which I’m sure is why I have this screen issue too, but I’m going to order a proper one (I had a home made one) to use when my steam deck arrives and pray it works for me.

                I can’t thank you enough for talking about this and sharing your story. I’m so glad it has worked for you and I’ll be hoping it works for me too.

                  nilghias It's one thing to use a patch for web browsing or texting, it's quite another to use it for gaming... You risk tiring your eye very quickly... I'd advise you to go very slowly at first, because I think you'll soon realize that it won't be as easy as you think anyway, and that fatigue and irritation can happen very quickly when playing video games.

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                  jordan What worries me about the eye patch is that your training your brain to use one eye and overtime I feel like that would screw up the binocular function of your eyes. Or surpressing one eye over time ? 🤔

                  I had the same concern and have asked this of multiple neurologists and vision specialists and every single one said there is no risk of any harm from patching long term. The only thing they said was if patching while driving you need to be more aware due to the loss of peripheral vision in the patched eye. They all agreed it was far safer than any sort of medication as well. I asked.

                  and for @ensete, could you please keep out of my discussions. You have had nothing to offer except the fear mongering and "look like a pirate for the rest of your life there are no other options". If you want to stay miserable, stay miserable, but don't offer others the advice of being miserable.

                  No. I will continue to share my opinions and give responses to people based on my experience and the results I get from various treatments. If you don't like it, take a hike.

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