Sensitivity to lights a big problem.

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Some people have it because their eyes are light-colored (often blue).



I lost my sunglasses for a few years. I can't really wear sunglasses of the wrong color because it also causes problems. So I had a lot of migraines until I found them again.

I have blue eyes and I was told by an optometrist they are more sensitive, too.

Interesting. Not heard that before.

Fluorescent lights used to always bother me when i was a child and in school. I would complain to my mother about my eyes bothering me and she'd say it's the Fluorescent lights
I also have light eyes.

I am also sensitive to light, bright lights other then sunlight seem to make me depressed and anxious, and so I wear dark tinted glasses to reduce this.

I turn my computer monitor's brightness down to 7 and the contrast to somewhere in the 20s.

I also work in a supermarket, where the glare from the cashier's display screen, overhead lights, and bright reflective sunlight from the windows make it hard to work more then 15-16 hours a week. They have also bright ceiling lights and highlighter lamps everywhere, which they won't dim because 'the customers won't like it.'

I've tried to ask them several to put me in a different department so I can get away from the lights, but they don't do it. And I can't wear sunglasses, 'because the customers can't see your eyes.'

Edit: I also have light blue eyes.

Fortunately, I now wear transitions glasses. Work fairly well,but full sun is still problematic...

Matthew

Does anyone get really drowsy in bright light?

Yes, pain, drowsiness, uncomfortable.

I can barely keep my head off my desk when I am in bright lights for more than 5 minutes. I was constantly in trouble growing up for "not paying attention" or "sleeping" in class because my head was down. I get so tired that I do uni exams in a separate room with the lights off.

Yes, I do. It's much worse under fluorescents, though.

Like the Blues Brothers I wear sunglases at almost all times outside of home, at work inside and at night I often push them up to my forehead so I can see clear but the glasses block the light/glare from above, looks funny and I get comments but better then a headache. I like big brimm hats like cowboy style hats too. There are light blubs on multi light fixtures I have not fixed at home on purpose and we use old incondisent 40W bulbs, dim the monitor/TV etc.

I permanently have sunglasses on my face or on my head at the ready when needed.
I have taken to wearing sunglasses when I am surfing and it is so much better.
Flurescent lights are difficult.
White concrete on sunny days is particularly hard and has rendered me blind on occasion.
I hate supermarkets and service stations due to the lights.
Lights are very dim or have red light globes on around the house and candlelight at night.

I wonder why some of us get drowsy?

I always assumed it's all apart of over stimulation inherent in us people with autism. Almost as if your brain is processing more light then it needs too, hence you get more tired.

I do have a problem with bright lights however this mainly happens at a supermarket or any retail store.

That's a good explanation - makes sense.

I actually recorded myself doing homework (an experiment, some stuff I am doing with my doc) - anyways, I started off fine and within a few minutes you could see how drowsy I was and I even fell asleep - I was not aware. I was also shaking my head in a strange way - like a tic. I had done some other short recordings and compared - the difference was in this one you can see the glare of bright sunlight on me as I was facing a window. I can't prove this was a causal link, but it is interesting.