Ouch.. headache.

[flashlight_widow]

I get migraines and I've found the only thing that works on them is Advil Migraine. Also, lying down in a dark, quiet room is generally helpful.

 

[Sigman]

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TheBeam said:Start playing with ya flashlights. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

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...Yeah, or buy another one...enjoy the shopping process! You may as well get something for your suffering!

 

[Jack_Crow]

L,
Couple of non helpful ideas.

First is a Devo song about the condition. It's called SIB or Swelling Itching Brain. As you may have guessed it's about a rough headache.

You also reminded me an old project.

Single use ammo. Ammo you only need one of.

Some time ago I noticed that a TicTac mint measured out to .250 on the dial vernier. I also had a 45acp round that had a huge hollow point in the front. A little bit of time with the drill plus some instant glue I was able to made the mint to the bullet. The end result is self inflicted brain trauma with an after taste. That will cure the headache as well.

Life here is different. Had our first rain in months early this am. A sprits for about 10 min. Nice change of pace.

Down to 49 days!

Later kids
Jack Crow with poor attitude

 

[KevinL]

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Some time ago I noticed that a TicTac mint measured out to .250 on the dial vernier. I also had a 45acp round that had a huge hollow point in the front. A little bit of time with the drill plus some instant glue I was able to made the mint to the bullet. The end result is self inflicted brain trauma with an after taste. That will cure the headache as well.


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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/faint.gif I hope you were not planning on using any of that stuff... regardless of whether it tastes good /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

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Edit: One more question. It seems like I can't change the refresh rate on my LCD. Is this something you can do only with CRT's?

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Side note for those who have computer-related headaches: CRT monitors redraw the screen at a default rate of 60 times a second (Hz). This causes headaches because the human brain/eye combination perceives it as flicker and tries to compensate. TV's are notoriously guilty of this too. VESA recommends adjusting the refresh rate to a minimum of 72Hz (75 if available) to combat this because the screen is then redrawn too fast to cause fatigue. I operate my CRTs at 85 or higher - I can tell at 75 though it doesn't hurt as bad as 60.

LCDs on the other hand have longer persistence, ie. each pixel does not decay as fast as CRT phosphor and remains lit longer. LCDs are also directly addressed, so they don't scan like CRTs do and thus don't flicker. For those who don't like the tech mumbo jumbo, 60Hz on LCDs is fine and does not cause eyestrain because of the different display tech.

Those who swear that LCDs improved their headaches are benefiting from it - though it might have been simpler to just try 85Hz on a CRT and see if it solved it without hurting their wallet /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Xrunner]

Kevin, thanks for the tip. I just reset my monitor to to 75Hz and don't need to consider buying a LCD now... well, at least not to solve the flickering. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

-Mike

 

[James S]

Why is it that windows still defaults to a 60hz refresh rate when there hasn't been a monitor sold in 10 years that doesn't support 75 or even better. And then you have to ask why IT departments in offices lock the machines down so hard that even if you knew to change that setting you are not allowed to. I've walked through offices and seen hundreds of monitors all flickering horribly in front of unhappy people popping aspirin.

This is just one of my pet peeves /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif As you can plainly see...

I'm glad your monitor is working not so hard against you anymore... It's really amazing what an extra 15 refreshes per second will do to the perception of flickering!

 

[Lurker]

I work in front of a monitor all day, too, and used to get daily headaches. Increasing the refresh rate is a big improvement, but the headaches still bothered me. I felt they were related to eye strain. My perfect vision was becoming nearsighted, too. I went to an optometrist who fitted me with negative diopter glasses to correct the nearsightedness. I still had the headaches. I did some research and determined that I really needed positive diopter computer glasses to ease the eye strain. Common cheap reading glasses solved the problem and my nearsightedness has gone away along with the headaches.

The source of the problem is that the human eye is adapted to focus most easily at distances greater than 6 feet away. Forcing a closer focus for extended periods of time causes eye strain and can result in nearsightedness (not to mention headaches). Wearing reading glasses at the computer allows the eye to relax as though it is focusing at a distance, thus reducing the eye strain.

The most ironic thing is that even though I went to an opthamologist and two optometrists, they only made the problem worse.

 

[flashlite]

I used to get bad headaches because of my addiction to caffeine. I would drink two cups of coffee every morning and if I didn't drink coffee for one or two days (usually weekends), my head would just pound. I finally bit the bullet and gave up caffeine all together and I haven't had a headache since.

 

[lymph]

I have an LCD monitor here at work and think my headaches would be worse if I had a slow CRT.

I think I get caffeine headaches, too, because I don't often drink coffee on the weekends and that's when I get those headaches. During the week I drink one cup a day. Not too much, but my body's apparently used to it.

 

[James S]

I actually drink more coffee on the weekends as we lounge around rather than run out to work and I still get more headaches on weekends. I read something about that a few years ago and it is much more common to get headaches on the weekend. Nobody knows completely why, but they did try to correct for coffee drinking in the morning.

When I worked in a regular office with a coffee machine I used to drink it all day long. I definitely was addicted then as when I stopped I had headaches for a few days. Now I make a pot in the morning and have about 2 cups over the first 2 hours of the work at home day. I make whatever we have on hand, sometimes it's decaf and sometimes regular, sometimes I drink none at all and suffer no ill effects. we had no coffee in the house for 3 days last week and while my routine suffered, my head did not. I don't think that a cup or 2 a day is really going to make a big impact on your headaches. But like anything else we're all different and you might have the effect of it at a much lower dose than I do. I do make pretty strong coffee though /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Working at my laptop with it's excellent LCD is definitely easier on my eyes than even my old fancy high refresh rate monitor was. But still, a rapid refresh rate is better than an old 60hz refresh rate anyday!

 

[greenLED]

Lurker, you actually reminded me of poor position as a source of headaches. A labmate of mine gets horrible headaches and neck pain from sitting too long at the microscope or weighing tiny samples (to 0.001 mg accuracy). I try to get up and stretch/walk once in a while; ergonomics do matter.

Back to the PC monitor issue, after seeing my friend ruining her neck, I now have my monitor on a raised stand so that it's level with my eyes. Helps a lot with position!