martin ive been sick for 6 years now and was diagnosed based on cdc criteria, but if you do more tesearch younwill find a lot more things i recomend the documentary “unrest” by jen brea and the phoenixeising forums to learn all about cfs/me and other related conditions. Brain mri eeg fine. But also dx with mutiple chemical sensitivities and emf sensitivity due to past mold exposure , ehlers danlos syndrome and mast cell activation disorder. Im pretty much bedbound and totally housebound since becoming sick.

I am really sensitive to fluorescent lughts and esp led lightbulbs.

      Seefree Im really sorry to hear this. Is there any hope for a treatment? I recommended in another thread about desensitization the wim hof method, maybe it could help you. There is also a facebook support group. All can be researched and done for free (as I did), but you can also pay for courses. You can try the breathing exercises and not the cold exposure, if youre already in an exhausted state.

          martin thanks for your concern but ive seen the worlds top specialist, over 70 doctors, specialist, naturopaths, functional medicine docs every subspecialty and over $100,000 in treatments and doctors bills , but im still looking and hoping. Will Hoff i remember early in my disease but tje ice water would a death snetamce for me if i were to try that now lol.

          Which acer notebook do you use?

              Seefree Man I am really sorry to hear that. Its weird and also interesting you have the same or very similar symptoms, but so much more pronounced. I use acer 5820tg with dual Intel and ATI radeon graphics, its 2010 and I have original win 7 home premium on it.
              Generally people shared here that Dell xps 15 9560 with win 10 pre anniversary vesion (before 1703, ideally 1511) was the best they ever use, but you might try a few as they might have slightly different displays.
              Please where are you from, USA?

                  Anyone else? How is the dell xps 13 dithering does ditherig get rid of it?

                    Seefree There are two known causes of dithering on that laptop:
                    1. Intel Graphics drivers
                    2. Windows 10 Anniversary Build and up

                    2 is not confirmed, but I think at least one on here is confident it's true. ditherig.exe can get rid of dithering, it helped some people on here, but does not help me.

                    I hope you can find a laptop that works for you.

                    Some people have had success using Linux with modesetting (non Intel) drivers on some laptops.

                        ryans ATI/AMD GPU's dither as well. It's very hit and miss.

                        Some Nvidia 900 and 1000 series cards appear to do dithering on the GPU output, even in the BIOS, and there is currently no way to disable it.

                        The above isn't really applicable to laptops as the vast marjority of laptops run their display outputs through the Intel GPU even when the Nvidia card is actually rendering frames.

                          I can use a Win 10 Pro Dell Inspiron 15 3000 with AMD Radeon Graphics R5 M430 v17.1.1 and Intel Core i5 7th Gen, but i need to have brightness at 100%, night mode always on (middle of the bar), in Dell Display settings the Blue Light at minus 31 and finally Crizal glasses on.
                          With this combination i can work all day without any real problems.

                          Furthermore, If I take regular breaks (as everyone should do) the laptop is causing no issues at all.

                            Peter Whats the version of windows pro youre using?

                                I see that most of your computers are using newer versions of Windows 10. Do yourself a favor and get an older version installed, and then block updates. You'll be so glad you did.

                                Dell XPS 13 with the matte screen, and Dell XPS 15 with the matte screen (not touch, not glossy, just the 1080p matte) and windows 10 1511 or 1589 are pretty much the safest screens on the market today that we know of.

                                  Yeah 1709 has you hating life. That's the "creator's update". You're literally 2 years too new.

                                    Gurm its been said somewhere, but once again, how do you block updates on non pro versikn? Ive seen some hack file here available, but im afraid of it to be a trojan.

                                      Gurm Are you concerned about security risks with blocking updates?

                                          ryans I'd personally be concermed too about blocking updates but Microsoft should fix the underlying issue that causes the eyestrain in newer Windows 10 builds.

                                            ryans im not. Scanning with malware/antivirus every second day is better than headaches.

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                                                martin antivirus alone won't save you. I'd personally use Windows 7 or 8.1 in your position.

                                                I still think Microsoft should figure out what's wrong and solve the root cause. It should be doable.

                                                    JTL Did anyone start a thread there or did we write them a petition? If not lets do it.

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                                                        martin I think @Gurm would be the best suited to do such a thing, as he is the most technical person who has first hand expereince of this issue.

                                                        I'd be willing to proofread any posts and/or letters before he sends them too.

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