Strobe light headache

As I had to drive afterwards, I only had half a glass of wine and then drank tap water, so plenty water with it this time . I think it must have been the flashing lights.

I like the sunglasses as the cinema idea. I nearly always wear sunglasses when driving in daylight, even if it's not sunny. I find the glare from low cloud and off road surfaces just as bad as strong sunshine.

Here's a tip galen - I wear sunglasses in the cinema. Everyone thinks I am nuts but it does the job by reducing the contrast.

Cinema and thunderstorms give me headaches?

Tegan

I guess you could be asking me after my post. Fair point to raise.

I haven't got a clue. They aren't as bright though are they, perhaps that is the difference or not. He moved to Cyprus 6 years ago not sure what they do there for lighting. He initially worked in a warehouse which was terrible for him and the company moved him to a drivers poition which was very good of them.

Me too ga - strobe lights, high contrast TV and computer screens, subtitles in front of a moving background, moving news threads written along the bottom of TV screen, films of moving cars (most documentaries have scenes from the inside of cars I find!) etc. I spend a lot of my TV watching time with my hands over my eyes, peeping through a crack in my fingers till it is "safe" to watch again.

Don't low energy light bulbs work on the same principle as strip lights [which were found to make people depressed/give them headaches etc]?

Having suffered with migraine for most of my life I've never been able to go to a disco or anywhere else that uses strobe or flashing lights. You have my sympathy Bags.

I remember going to a disco in my twenties and the combination of the heat, sound volume and strobe lighting made me violently sick. I had never felt so awful in my life and in all honesty I hadn't touched a drop of alcohol [halo emoticon]

My nephew was prone to severe headaches after being in areas with 'strip lights'. Funny thing is he was a part time DJ and strobe lights didn't affect him.

As you say disco days over Bags or 'take more water with it'.

I used to get headaches when I went to gigs where DD was playing, a combination of lights and the volume from the speakers. You have my sympathy Bags.

A sure sign of ageing, Bags.