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Char1992

Hi all,

I would just like to ask a question to anyone with AS,

Does anyone else suffer with sensitivity to artificial light? By artificial I mean light that doesnt come from the sky or sun! Especially the yellowy lights. (Am strangely fine around white coloured artificial lighting.

It seems to make me feel anxious at times and if I get anxious around this type of light I see the light becoming brighter until the anxiety has worn off.

Charlie

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  • As a child at school if one of the flourescent tubes was flickering it made me feel nauseouse so I couldn't sit under it. I think sometimes others couldn't even see the flickering. (I think they were tubes that were soon going to stop working). I haven't noticed any problems with modern flourescent energy saving lights, but I do wonder if they are a problem without me realising.  I'd do tests on myself with different types (eg leds as well as flourescents) if I had the resources!  I do have 'daylight' flourescent bulbs in one room for my orchids and I've noticed they feel fresher than the ordinary room lights, but I don't want to put them in all the rooms as I have enough problems sleeping and am worried they'd worsen that!  Maybe you could try a daylight bulb and see if you like it?

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  • As a child at school if one of the flourescent tubes was flickering it made me feel nauseouse so I couldn't sit under it. I think sometimes others couldn't even see the flickering. (I think they were tubes that were soon going to stop working). I haven't noticed any problems with modern flourescent energy saving lights, but I do wonder if they are a problem without me realising.  I'd do tests on myself with different types (eg leds as well as flourescents) if I had the resources!  I do have 'daylight' flourescent bulbs in one room for my orchids and I've noticed they feel fresher than the ordinary room lights, but I don't want to put them in all the rooms as I have enough problems sleeping and am worried they'd worsen that!  Maybe you could try a daylight bulb and see if you like it?

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