# Sunglasses **URL:** https://mvertigo.org/t/sunglasses/3567 **Category:** Exercise, Lifestyle & Travel 🧘‍♀️ **Tags:** glasses, visual-vertigo, migraine, community **Created:** [December 14, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/sunglasses/3567 "2011-12-14T06:09:06Z") **Posts on this page:** 9 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![shezian](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@shezian](https://mvertigo.org/u/shezian) #### Post date: [December 14, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/sunglasses/3567/1 "2011-12-14T06:09:06Z")
Hi My nuero suggested l buy sunglasses with a red or brown lenses to only allow blue light coming through. Does anyone know if this helps, and where can l purchase them? I live in Noosa australia. Thanks sue ---
### Author: ![david\_shapiro](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/david_shapiro/32/13_2.png) [@david\_shapiro](https://mvertigo.org/u/david_shapiro) #### Post date: [December 14, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/sunglasses/3567/2 "2011-12-14T23:18:40Z")
I tried it, found it helped a little, then found sometimes taking them off was what helped. I’m less sure than I was at first that the color matters much. ---
### Author: ![Wexan](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/wexan/32/47_2.png) [@Wexan](https://mvertigo.org/u/Wexan) #### Post date: [December 14, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/sunglasses/3567/3 "2011-12-14T23:21:05Z")
I sometimes use a dark brown pair of prescription sunglasses and they really do help. I think the reduced light is one reason but another reason seems to be the bigger lenses which mean I don’t get a lot of unfocussed vision as I would do with my normal glasses. I sometimes wear them on cloudy days and also indoors. In addition to helping with Visual Vertigo, tinted glasses are said to help with migraine and epilepsy. I get the impression that the exact choice of colour varies from person to person but I imagine (justguessing) that colour is not a great deal. Some specialist opticians use “colorimetry” to help match the right colour tint to you but this is relatively expensive. (A few hundred pounds here in the UK.) Take a look at the VV case described on this page. [Visual Vertigo Syndrome (Journal Article Review) | The VisionHelp Blog](http://visionhelp.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/visual-vertigo-syndrome-journal-article-review/) I also notice Scott has posted about when he was suggested to try green glasses! > [@According to GP I should wear green glasses – double LOL](https://mvertigo.org/t/according-to-gp-i-should-wear-green-glasses-double-lol/1865): > > I wasn’t able to see my usual GP today (she’s booked out for one week) and seeing as I’m in a real mess with symptoms spiralling out of control (so it seems anyway) I went to a new guy to at least score more valium and ask what he thought about Wellbutrin. He was about 163 years old so I thought, “here we go”. I laid down the law in brief bullet points for him: I’ve got a dreaded condition called MAV … did myself in over the weekend by not sleeping correctly for two nights in a row … hate SSRIs… -Wexan ---
### Author: ![caglenn](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@caglenn](https://mvertigo.org/u/caglenn) #### Post date: [December 15, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/sunglasses/3567/4 "2011-12-15T01:30:38Z")
I went to a neuro-optometrist on the suggestion of Dr Hain and she tested many different colors of glasses for me. She ended up giving me blue glasses. I have regular glasses with a slight blue tint and darker blue sunglasses that I often wear indoors if I am somewhere with fluorescent lighting. They help a great deal. Occasionally, if the sun is quite bright, I have large brown sunglasses that will fit over the blue sunglasses! I am very photophobic. Claudia ---
### Author: ![shezian](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@shezian](https://mvertigo.org/u/shezian) #### Post date: [December 15, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/sunglasses/3567/5 "2011-12-15T23:53:03Z")
Thanks so much for the article and your thoughts, will go to optomertrists and get some new glasses. Sue ---
### Author: ![longshort](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/longshort/32/32_2.png) [@longshort](https://mvertigo.org/u/longshort) #### Post date: [December 16, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/sunglasses/3567/6 "2011-12-16T17:38:48Z")
I bought two pairs that were specially treated with the anti-migraine lenses from the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah. You send them the glasses and they coat them with the special coating and send it back to you. It’s $40. It helped me a lot when I was first suffering from MAV. Once I started on the medication, I don’t wear the glasses so much. They looked pretty cool and I could wear them indoors, basically I wore them all day. You can search my posts for a longer description, you will find the details on it. ---
### Author: ![shezian](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@shezian](https://mvertigo.org/u/shezian) #### Post date: [December 17, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/sunglasses/3567/7 "2011-12-17T02:05:37Z")
Thanks heaps Sue 😃 ---
### Author: ![waspcharmer](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@waspcharmer](https://mvertigo.org/u/waspcharmer) #### Post date: [December 19, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/sunglasses/3567/8 "2012-12-19T02:18:50Z")
I need to get me some glasses, quick ---
### Author: ![turnitaround](https://mvertigo.org/user_avatar/mvertigo.org/turnitaround/32/4441_2.png) [@turnitaround](https://mvertigo.org/u/turnitaround) #### Post date: [March 24, 2026, 9:59am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/sunglasses/3567/9 "2026-03-24T09:59:58Z")
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