Hi All,
I suffer from light sensitivity to artifical light which one of my main migraine triggers., luckily I do much better with natural light. Fluorescent lights, computer screens, mobile phones being the worst with my headache pain intensifying rapidly.
I have headaches nausea and light sensitivity everyday but it does fluctuate so on the better days i can get away with a bit of light exposure.
I currently take 100mg nortriptyline a day as preventative, zolmitriptan 5mg and am following a low histamine diet. The combination of these plus the long summer days has reduced my worst migraine attacks to approx once every couple of weeks from 2-3 a week.
But in the last few weeks these seem to be increasing in frequency again 
I’m debating changing medication but as current combo is helping. Is it hoping for too much?
I wondered if anyone else experiences this and whether they found a medication/ treatment that significantly helped?
Things I have tried:
- reducing brightness on screens and using f.lux or different coloured filters ( makes slight improvement but still unable to use screens for more than 20 mins on a good day)
Antiglare filters on screens
Wearing a hat and sunglasses in fluorescent lit areas
vision checked by optician
Rosey red tinted lenses, yellow glasses/ migralense overspecs
Medications - pregabalin and gabapentin
Low histamine, gluten and dairy free diet ( my threshold for triggers drops a lot if I ignore my diet)
Supplements Magnesium, coq10, vitd3, probiotic, ester c, multivitamin ( as recommended by nutritionist)
HI. I also am sensitive to fluorescent lighting. My company were very generous and paid for specialist filter glasses from Axon Optics from USA (they have offers periodically).
With the import tax from memory they cost about £230. They have really helped me, without them I wouldn't be able to cope in the office.
I also take pregabalin 300mg x 2 a day and velafaxine 37.5mg x 2 a day. My migraine symptoms haven't totally gone, but I am able to function well on most days. I am considering replacing venlafaxine with nortriptyline based on advice from the Migrane Consultant.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for replying. I’ll have a look at axon optics and show them to my optician too. Unfortunately due to screens and lighting at my work I wasnt able to stay in the office for more than 5-10 mins or wfh. I only just managed to avoid being dismissed by negotiating a non paid sabbatical, unfortunately means I’ll have to foot the bill! Do you wear prescription lenses?
I have high myopia (-12) so sometimes it costs another fortune to have lenses thinned out