aaaahhh!! my computer screens at work causes me the most trouble!! 
Sorry i know its been talked about in the past but computer screens cause havoc with my MAV
Any ideas or tips?
Any idea why this flares up MAV?
What does it do to your MAV? Can u b more specific as to what happens when u work on the comp?
the only way i can explain it is that it feel like i am getting eye strain.
Also my head hurts and it feels warm. I get blurred vision and neck and shoulders hurt!!
Have you tried computer glasses or even wearing sunglasses?
How is the lighting in the rest of the room?
Hi Rob
I donāt really get the other things you mention but I get terrible neck/shoulder pain and it was one of the reasons I had to leave my job 2.5 years ago along with the dizziness and fatigue which were really bad. I have suffered terribly from neck pain and it was made loads worse after I became dizzy. I have tried physio, osteopathy, heat patches, improved posture, neck exercises, pain killing gel and painkillers and the only thing that has helped me at all is the nortriptyline. Some of these MAV meds are also used for chronic/neuropathic pain and they will help things like neck pain. I donāt know how bad yours is but if it becomes a problem then consider alternative meds to add that could also relieve the pain. It has been a huge problem for me. The nori hasnāt cured it but it has helped to relieve it x
I donāt get pains but my eyes get strained and I get more dizzy so I use the fl-41 tints to help with that
Read this thread:
https://www.mvertigo.org/t/mavers-triggered-by-computer-use-your-advice-needed/3047
The key points:
LED backlit screens set at anything other than 100% brightness are often bad migraine triggers due to their use of Pulse Width Modulation at low frequencies to control brightness.
Your best bet is a good quality LCD monitor with an IPS panel.
All monitors are differentāyou may have to try several to find one that doesnāt bother you or bothers you less.
I get very nauseous and dizzy with compute screens. At work I have a small monitor with a silver surround. Black ones make me worse. I also make sure it is not against a wall. Itās better if there is nothing but space behind it. I also tv,n brightness and contrast right down. I am same with televisions. Better if white surround and not too big. I get so nauseated watching television its just awful. At work I have it just right but still the would behind the screen moves at times and I have to take a break. Lights a big problem too if shining on the screen. Again makes me dizzy and sick. I persevere but sometimes come home very ill.
Hi Jamie,
I am using an HP Compaq LA1951g (19 inch) LCD Monitor
so are you saying that it might be better by putting the brightness up to 100%? I currently have the brightness right down
How about the contrast?
I didnāt think LCD monitors have a flicker rate?
Robert-
This is all getting a bit weird for my likingā¦ not content with having the EXACT same symptoms as me, you have the EXACT same monitor as me?!! LOL how odd.
Anyway, I turn the brightness down massively and put a blue filter over the screen which I buy from here crossboweducation.com/monitor_overlays.htm I have in the past used the pink ones too. My theory was some people get relief from blue or rose tinted glassesā¦ So I thought Iād try it and it works for meā¦ I can function with this. Without it, I cantā work in an office. Its a life saver for me.
No you shouldnāt just turn your monitor to 100%. Not unless you have a LED-backlit monitor.
Flatscreen monitors have different types of backlighting. Most standard LCD monitors are backlit by a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) which (in general) are pretty decent for migraines. However there are differences between the LCD panels and the cheaper LCD panels use technologies such as color-switching that might trigger migraines in people which is why I recommend the more expensive IPS panel type monitors.
LCD monitors that have LED backlighting are a big problem. The monitor itself no longer has a refresh rate, that is correct. However LED lights are instant-on instant-off. And the way most manufacturers have chosen to dim them is by using pulse-width modulation (PWM) at frequencies in the 120-200Hz range. Combined with the instant-on-off properties of LED light, this has created a strobe light that is blasting into your eyeballs continuously. Now, the strobing is at a frequency that is just fast enough that you canāt see it. However studies have proven that those sensitive to migraine can be affected by strobing lighting that is just outside of the visual range. So these LED monitors (when set to any brightness other than 100%) are essentially migraine-induction machines. I have measured this effect with an optical oscilloscopeāthis is very real. I was also extremely sensitive to this when I was at my sickest. A monitor that was doing this would make me sick in about 5 minutes.
The problem with setting the LED monitors to 100% brightness is that some of them still strobe at 100%. And most migrainers are sensitive to bright light too, so staring into a bright monitor isnāt really a great alternative anyway.
This is all why I recommend non-LED backlit LCD monitors with IPS panels set to lower brightness levels. They, IMO, are your best bet for monitors that wonāt trigger migraines. But the real trick is just to actually try monitors and see how they personally affect you.
Thanks jamie
Missmoss what colour did you find best YELLOW, SKY, GRASS, PINK and AQUA ?
Iām working with a sky right now, but in the past Iāve used pink. And also combined the 2.
Are you working right now? My company actually were kind enough to pay for a load of stuff I ordered off that siteā¦ What I did first, was to order one of every colour of the A4 over lays. These were cheaper, and I then put those on to pof white paper and figured out which I felt made my eyes/head feel better when reading against white paper. Blue and pink felt better to me, so I also ordered a load of blue note pads from the site (amazing) and the blue and pink monitor overlays.
By the way, our monitors are a 19".
Let me know how you get on x
thanks you all for the advice
missmoss83 - i am going to try them thanks
my neck and shoulders ache a lot more when i am at the computers and everything feels warm. E.g my neck, shoulder, and ears!! :lol: very strange!!
The computer monitor bothers my MAV. I have to dim the monitor, and I think sunglasses actually help.