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Screens and blue light

BeaE

Does anyone have any advice to stop getting sore eyes/headaches from screens and their blue light? 

I recently had my eyes checked, and all is fine, so I think I'm just using screens too much (which is unavoidable) and am also generally not great with light.

I've been wearing blue light glasses for a couple of years, which have really helped. However, recently I have been finding it  irritating to have the glasses touching my face. So, I've been choosing not to wear them, and my eyes are not happy about it!

I don't know if there's maybe a blue light screen cover I could try instead - has anyone tried one of these? Or any other alternatives?

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  • No specific advice I'm afraid other than to bare in mind that you'll probably get more blue light from the sun than you will from a computer screen.

  • in reply to mp500

    Thank you! That's interesting, I hadn't thought about the sun's blue light. It feels like I hardly see the sun at the moment (always inside in front of a screen!) but I suppose sunlight is everywhere!

  • in reply to BeaE

    I don't get as much daylight as I used to unfortunately.

    I've come to the conclusion that the only way to deal with any kind of eye strain from computer screens is to either not use them at all, or get a better one (e.g. get a bigger one if things are too small). But there are software options for reducing blue light which can make things seem a lot more pleasant in the dark. Android has a Night Light" mode and there is a programme for Linux which I used to use called redshift which does a similar thing.

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  • in reply to BeaE

    I don't get as much daylight as I used to unfortunately.

    I've come to the conclusion that the only way to deal with any kind of eye strain from computer screens is to either not use them at all, or get a better one (e.g. get a bigger one if things are too small). But there are software options for reducing blue light which can make things seem a lot more pleasant in the dark. Android has a Night Light" mode and there is a programme for Linux which I used to use called redshift which does a similar thing.

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