Glasses for people who are sensitive to flourescent lights

Kimia

Hi folks,

Not sure where this goes so hope this is ok. I have a sensitivity to fluorescent lights and it makes it very hard for me in work. I squint, my eyes stream and I can't look at anything in particular (including people) for more than a few seconds before my eyes start feeling extremely sore and tired. This as you can imagine makes it very very difficult in meetings etc!!

I've been to the opticians and she has confirmed that it's a sensitivity to fluorescent lights but she didn't really go into detail about what I can do to help it, since at the time I was working in a place where it was easy for me to just turn them off.

HOwever, now I'm working in a new office and there's no way I can turn them off because that would darken the entire floor (I had thought of getting myself a little desk lamp) but I can't expect the entire floor to do that for me!

So I need sunglasses or some type of glasses for inside. Does anyone have any tips on where I could buy something like this? Basically a very very light shade of sunglasses would help and wouldn't look too weird. I know this is probably a long shot but are there any glasses that don't have tinted lenses that help with this?

Please help - it's really starting to affect me and I'm getting so conscious of looking shifty and weird in meetings when I can't keep my eyes open!!

Kimia

Anyone have similar experiences? I've heard an orangy or plummy coloured lens is good.. Also I'm worried about how management might few me, sitting at my desk with tinted glasses.. Should I just suck it up and deal with the migraines and blurry vision and dizziness for the sake of that?

Eviledna

Hi kimia, I recently invested in a pair if red tinted lenses sunglasses as I was at my wits end with migraine.
I had read online how red tinted lenses help a basketball star in the states, and I was ready to try anything! So I popped into tkmaxx and luckily they had a pair! They are great, I work at a computer and they relieve any photosensitivity. I take them off when speaking to people out of respect.
Explain to your coworkers that it's a medical issue and you work at your best with them on.
If you find an optician that sells them please let me know

Kimia

Thanks so much for your reply Evil, I'll try anything at this stage. Yes, I will definitely only wear them at my desk and then take them off for meetings etc out of respect. I'm just at my wits end at this stage. It's gotten so bad that I am finding normal lights at home too bright too and I have to make the lighting inside very low.

ha-ya-said-what

I'm sensitive to fluroescent lights and get very bad headaches if at a computer too long. My glasses have the anti-glare coating on them, so I don't get headaches, just look like normal glasses so at least you'd be able to wear them in meetings.

Go for an eye-test, if you need glasses well then just get them then with the anti-glare on them. I went for an eye test years ago when I couldn't take the blurriness and headaches from lights and pcs..... turned out I needed a very weak strength lens