So im struggling pretty hard rn. As summer ends the days are gonna get darker and more overcast and this is where i start to struggle big time with migraines. Something about overcast skies, dark days and artificial lighting makes me feel dizzy and sick pretty much constantly to the point where I cant even read text and just want to hide under covers and close my eyes but unfortunately my day job requires this.
So far I have found i get some comfort from cooler diffuse lighting specifically from my SAD lamp pointed at my wall but these shits are expensive and i cant exactly line every corner of my house with them. Most bulbs are too warm or flicker too much so other than spending hundreds gluing lumie lamps to every surface idk what to do.
Edit: Alright looks like im spending half my savings on Hue bulbs. Thanks Philips
Almost all led bulbs flicker to some degree
Expensive ones don’t because they fully rectify ac and smooth voltage to create a constant dc source, but tons of cheap ones only put a diode to half rectify the signal (50/60hz flicker) or fully rectify and then cheap on filtering (less flicker but still perceptible)
A hue bulb recorded on slow motion setting:
A cheap $2 bulb on same setting:
Hue bulbs can also generally do adaptive lighting, which means you can pick the color temperature and in some cases have it automated. Philips is gross and anti consumer, changing the TOS a decade after release to require a cloud account. Fuck them. Find another vendor ideally that uses zwave/zigbee/matter if you want them to be “smart” but that’s only necessary if you want the adaptive lighting (cree makes non smart led bulbs that can change temperature via a switch on the bulb, for example, but Crees power supplies are mixed. Some flicker, some do better). If you have an incompatible dimmer switch attached to the light this can also introduce flicker, fyi
That all said keep in mind other things could be relevant based on what you’ve said: screen use (more flicker), barometric pressure, viral exposure, humidity shifts, hormonal changes, etc that can all act as migraine triggers. Finding a good medication can be life changing and medications in this domain have shifted drastically in the past decade. Cgrp stuff can either work as abortive (eg cgrp antagonists like ubrelvy) or preventative (eg cgrp monoclonal antibodies like emgality) and don’t have the cardiovascular risks of triptans. Unfortunately these are astoundingly expensive if you don’t have good insurance but they can be life changing
Philips hue’s protocol is actually ZigBee! Same with IKEA Tradfri and most of their current line. I just use all of these things through Home Assistant with Z2M.
There are other manufacturers, but it can be tough to identify which individual products are good or bad. Clearance/sale Hue bulbs are my preference for most things, since they’re really well smoothed.
Yeah hue is quality it’s just my ethics side saying don’t support companies that do anti consumer bullshit, even if they can be used how you want
But tbf that line of thinking is literally impossible as pro consumer company is an oxymoron
Thanks this is really helpful information. I wonder if my lumie lights also are flicker free because they’re the most comfortable lights i have. But like Hue bulbs cost an arm and a leg.
I should also definitely just go to the doctor about this
Depends on model:
https://optimizeyourbiology.com/?s=Lumie
I know that site looks like sketch seo bullshit but it’s not, it’s a lightbulb nerd that has been compiling this data for a couple years now. It does have affiliate links so it makes said nerd money and I assume at some point he had an llm redesign the page bc it used to be far more utilitarian
Wow this is actually really useful thanks! I have the vitamin L which shows as very low flicker so it tracks with my experience.
The domain name is giving curing autism by eating turpentine and brainforce pills though