Jay-ledforum we came up with a specific green/yellow tint for glasses I currently wear, which help a great deal.
Jay-ledforum tint filters worked for a few weeks then stopped
Can you explain more about the tint glasses/filters, do they work or not?
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Yes the glasses work well, we looked into the colours that help different eye issues, I found a chart on the internet that showed green, blue and yellow for example were good colours for eye strain and vdu work. My Optometrist has a 'tint bath' he dipped the standard prescription glasses lenses into the green tint bath, then in yellow bath, the longer the lense stays in the bath, the stronger the tint. We experimented with different shades for a year or so, once we got the best combination, he sent off the glasses to a specialist who noted the precise colour for future reference, as we had to do it via trial and error. Hope that makes sense.
Do you have a way to share the tint details? Like an order number, or a tint color code? I'd be interested in trying it.
Im afraid I don't, the optician has these details. We simply agreed green and yellow based on yellow is good for VDU use, green for light, if you can find an optician who has a tint bath and is willing to try it with you great.
If it helps this all came about after I did a colorimetry test, which tests for lenses for reading difficulties, although i didnt think that would work for me, it took me down this path, I went off a chart similar to this one, to give you an idea:-
Tints do make a lot of difference for me too, these days all prescription glasses I'm buying from Gunnars cause of the Amber tint (also it costs half price than buying from the optometrists I visit in US).
I have 2 prescription pairs (both have blue light blocking and anti reflex), one of them is even from BVD doctor with vertical prism. I had re-made them by Gunnars (same prescription, different tint) and they are lot better than the non tinted ones.
I do not think blue light matters to me tho. Flux does not help at all. FL41 glasses did not help either
I've tried different colors like green, purple and clear blue light blockers, they did not make any difference for me
orange/uvex, yellow/amber or polarized sunglasses do make a difference
I'm not affected by flicker.
I can't tolerate any glare at this point, even on a book.
I'm not affected by night driving, nor using the computer in dark room, I even feel like on a cloudy days or evenings the computer became easier to use, as there is less glare.
I also have lot of floaters in one eye, but had them before my problem started.
So just saying I think tints help me as they decrease glare + not noticing the floaters in case that might matter too
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I wonder if part of our issues is visual vertigo: https://dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/visual/visual_vertigo.html.
I found a possible treatment here called "optokinetic stimulation", with more details here.
They claim that:
Continually repeating the actions that bring on the symptoms of dizziness or vertigo will eventually accustom the body to those actions and strengthen neural pathways.
Thanks for the info, I'll look into the colorimetry test 
Just bear in mind, the colorimetry test, in theory is only for things like dyslexia, I didn't agree with the testing method, (of reading text on a lit background, not testing for sensitivity to light or flicker), the result showed I should try a combo of grey and pink or grey and orange tints, (forgot the exact colours, it was a while ago). I didnt go for this option as a result of my pessimism and the potential total cost.
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I haven't read the thread, but i'll share my 2 cents.
My screen strain was caused 2 years ago by a combination of:
- Huge doses of Aripiprazole and Escitalopram
- 5 days of taking Pregabalin
- Withdrawing too quickly from Aripiprazole (antipsychotic), Paroxetine (antidepressant), Biperiden (antiparkinsonian), Baclofen (muscle relaxant), Pregabalin (antiseizure) all at the same time. I didn't stop them cold turkey, but reduced the doses by like 90% down.
Only later did i learn that the medication withdrawal syndrome was the issue. See survivingantidepressants.org. That site has changed my life.
What helps my screen strain a lot:
- Vitamin C liquid form, drug grade, 1000mg
- Magnesium in any form. Currently am taking a mix of magnesium forms totalling about 550mg/day. I find that it's key to make the dose big, and to make sure it's a highly-bioavailable form (I take this one by Doctor's Best - 2 pills at breakfast and 2 at lunch)
- gently washing my closed eyes with running water, without touching them with my fingers
- A supplement called Acomodin
What makes my screen strain worse:
- The baclofen that i'm currently taking
- Wearing glasses that are too strong (-3.75D) for my eyes.
The best diagnoses I've been given are Spasm of Accomodation, and Dystonia.
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I am wondering if anyone else has had reduction of their flicker symptoms by using SSRIs?
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Hi @GregAtkinson -- wondering how you are doing nowadays? Is the Paxil still helping?
ryans I was having daytime sleepiness issues so my doctor switched me to a combination of Trazodone (25mg) and Prozac (30 mg). (And I'll add the usual warning that I'm not giving medical advice.) My best guess is that this combination is "only" resolving my issues 80% (vs. Paxil helping 90%). But that's pretty subjective, so it's possible that they're equally effective.
Based on the good experience I've had with Paxil, Fluoxetine and Trazodone, wish I had tried migraine medication years ago. One of my doctors said I was having migraines, but I didn't believe him because I didn't have the usual symptoms (aura, sensitivity to light, headache in one side of the brain, etc.).
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GregAtkinson Got it. Is the Prozac still working well?
ryans Yeah, I'd still say about an 80% improvement.
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If it helps, I am on escitalopram 20mg and only had to go back on the meds when this display mess started happening. When I bought the LG OLED CX and couldn't watch it without feeling dizzy, I thought all new screens were like this. I tried a high end Samsung after that and felt the same way. Since I coldn't find any answers, my Anxiety went to places it had never been before. Panic attacks and all. Now that I am hopefully starting to figure out what the issue(s) are, I am gaining small parts of my life back. So far a year wasted of my life because of screens and not being able to find answers…
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Any recommendations for dry eye syndrome? Interestingly that all started in April last year, after using for about a month a pixel 4 which has pwm starting from around 176 Hz which is extremely low. In the past year I had 2 eye checks. Eye doctor said I have perfect vision, but dry eye. I wake up with reddish eyes, feels like burn/sand in them. The other interesting thing is it just debuted for both eyes on the same time. I find it hard to accept that I have dry eye just out of nowhere. I've used amole phones in the past like Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S1, Note 3 with no issues. But after finding about PWM I can't exclude also some symptoms because "I know I should have them" 
I've started taking Vitamin A and Omega 3 supplements. Symptoms seem to be more noticeably when I do stuff which involves moving the eyes a lot (watching tv, computer). This makes sense as the eyes being irritated moves a lot. I have a computer with flicker free display, I take 5 mins after each 25 minutes. I carefully set brightness on the low side and high contrast, turn night shift in windows. Used F.Lux for a few months. Some artificial tears seems to have some effect, but not much. I do not feel that my eye sight has degraded in any way, however there's the discomfort.
We know that is hard to keep a schedule, so my solution for this was to use workrave app on windows. It allows me to set break intervals with the important feature of BLOCKING the display (yeah, no Ctrl+Alt+Delete, no Taskbar, no TaskManager ) .