Hi all,
Thank you so much for all the suggestions! I will answer to all of them here.
- First thing to say is that I agree there is some testing to do. The main issue is that when the symptoms get triggered, I can't escape to have them for the rest of the day even if I leave the office, so that makes it tricky or at least means that testing will need to happen on a longer timescale (with a lot of discomfort along the way).
- The chair is different in the new office so I will try to use my old one if possible.
- There are no other lights or power strips for now in that office.
- The side of the window is an interesting idea. At home, I have a similar setup where I work but the window is on the right side, with noise (interstate) coming from that side as well. Sunlight is rarely direct because of the balcony, and my walls are painted beige and orange. At work, there is also noise (construction) from the side of the window (left). Trying my office mate desk that point the other way should be relatively easy.
- In the new office, opening the blinds make this worse. The window doesn't open much, but that's not too different from my old office.
- Adding a light on the other side of the office is an interesting idea as well.
- I don't get dry eye symptoms and don't have any known pollen allergies. I have a fair share of food intolerances, but that's under control for the most part, and hasn't changed recently.
- Stress could play a role, but I don't think it is the culprit here, as the discomfort happened right away when moving into the new office.
- Laptop's windows updates need to happen because of IT, but this has not bothered me in the last several years on this specific laptop.
- Finally, I am not entirely sure it is laptop/screen related. I wonder if it could simply be the office itself (so something to do with the lighting/reflections off the walls), so I need to go do some work in there that doesn't require a screen. But again, it will be at most one test a day as symptoms persist for many hours after they get triggered (and I also need to be able to do some work!!).
Thanks again, all. I will keep you posted!