My findings so far are that Im getting all tests done (mri, checking for chronic sinusitis, thyrodid, tmj) and then I tried the exercises for seesicksyndrome. They seem to be doing something, as in the beginning they were very difficult, I had headaches ad nausea and that subsided. However they dont serm to be connected to this issue. It gives me faith however that maybe this issue could also be trained for, Im not successful so far though. Ive found one person that says they fotten used to it after 14 days and now the pain is gone.
Treatments, desensitization, pills, exercises - solutions
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I have been diagnosed with chronic rhinitis, which is nonallergic in my case although there are foods e.g. chocolate that worsen the condition. The main symptom is stuffy nose, especially when in the inclined position. Due to this i very often sleep with my mount open which affects my throat, especially in colder environments i may even wake up ill (e.g. when sleeping in planes).
Up to now I have not found a permanent solution. When in crisis i inhale various sprays, and this really provides comfort in the whole face, eyes and even body.
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martin
I am using DEXA-RHINASPRAY Ν from Boehringer Ingelheim. And yes it helps with display headaches, i feel that i can tolerate more easily the modern displays. Unfortunately i cannot use it on a daily basis due to side effects. Only in periods of crisis.
The thing is that as long as i use the spray (and it has a cumulative effect) the better i am with the displays, although i never felt totally cured.
What puzzles me is that i have this medical condition for as long as i remember, yet in the past i had no issues with older displays no matter the time spend on the display. When i was younger i used to play video games for many hours non stop with no issue in any display, even CRTs.
I have done an mri that shows nothing out of the ordinary.
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Peter Thats good. Im waiting doe MRI, in the meantime getting all blood, cavity, thyroid etc. checked. I also do wim hof method, its great in general but doesnt seem to help with this. However deep breathing or a session of such helps to lessen the migraine pain, as some migrns are described as lack of oxygen and subsequent dilation of the vessels in the cranium, and this helps supply the oxygen. I also plan to dip my head in freezing water next time I have migraine. If I could only have then while working on trigger devices and not the lingering pain after, it would be a small victory.
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martin I have been doing the cold showers for 3 months. I find it can kill a migraine pretty quickly or eye pain to almost no pain. I don't think it helps when you go into a flickering environment.
jasonpicard Been a long time since I've seen you
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jasonpicard Im happy to hear that! Did you try the breathing of wim hof method as well? It works well with cold and also great on anxiety and depression, which might be case of a lot of people due to our problems with tech. I am researching desensitization a lot now, as I think i wont be able to control all the tech thats gonna be around me.
I went to a physiotherapist. She found out that when I stretch my sternocleidomastoid muscle as much as I can and turn my eyes a certain way, it produces similar migraine like pain. I even had this migraine for an hour after the treatment. I try stretching it all the time and it seems to do something, but not enough yet. It definately takes a lot of the pressure away before or even during a migraine.
I am also not sure whether I want to call this problem migraine. I am not sure, but I think once migraine is triggered, it doesnt go away for at least 4 hours. My problem however is that the longer I spent on problematic devices, the longer the pain lasts after. If I do 10 minutes on new iphone, the pain will fade in another 30 mins or so. If I do an hour or more, well, you know how that goes yourself.
Tension headaches however fall under a certain kind of migraine, so maybe its a better name.
Sternocleidomastoid is also a muscle that is brutally neglected and shortened in people who use computers a lot.
I think our condition must be tretable, as some people already reported complete healing with orthoptic visual therapy. Also when all common medical tests and MRI show 100% health, all that makes sense then is physiotherapy and alternative medicine anyway.
martin interesting. I will look at that muscle you have mentioned. I don't do the breathing techniques because I discovered the cold from Jack Kruse and Rhonda Patrick. I have since watched Wim Hof videos. I was already doing the cold showers because they are incredible for being anti inflammatory.
JTL I guess I wasn't using the internet that much. I have been using my phone and computer alot more lately.
martin I looked up that muscle and that makes sense it would help with our condition. I have been thinking it is posture related for awhile now. I have been doing posture exercises for about two months now. I have heard that the cell phone posture and computer posture can lead to all sorts of problems
Peter
I have had similar experience. If I use an LCD, the next morning I almost always have a sinus headache. If I use Loratadine before using the LCD I am far better off the next day. Looking at the sun makes me sneeze which 23andme have found to be linked to photo sensitive epilepsy. there may be some histamine relationship in the mix?
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Look at the symptoms http://www.triggerpointtherapist.com/blog/sternocleidomastoid-pain-scm/sternocleidomastoid-trigger-points-migraine/
All sound way too familiar. Maybe if the sensitivity in the muscle is treated, our sensitivity can disappear.
Ive noticed I can handle my digital camera display for longer periods of time when I do the stretching throughout the day.
Personally I endorse this claim. Whenever i release the sternocleidomastoid (I am doing Alexander Technique and Feldenkrais for a couple of years) my breathing is more free, this improves my chronic rhinitis issue and in turn my tolerance to some of the new led displays.
This has not "cured" me, but it does improve things which is of course important. In fact there are devices that whatever i do they keep causing me headaches.
From the Alexander lessons i have understood that for some people when the neck carries excessive tension the eyes under-perform. Below some articles that explain the connection of proper body use and eye sight.
https://www.alexandertechnique.com/articles/eyesight/
https://www.alexandertechnique.com/resources/BatesandAT.pdf
Intuitively I believe that my eyes are not flexible enough to accommodate this strange flicker of led displays / new graphics cards and this is may have as the root cause the excess neck tension. There are signs that this maybe the case since for me there is an increase in tolerance to the new displays when i release neck tension.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHRpaBzaLrc
When I do the exercises I feel a pain in my right eye
Interesting