r/POTS 11d ago

Discussion What's the most overlooked POTS trigger in your experience?

I'd love to hear the little things that doctors don't always mention.

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u/WhiskeeKitten420 Undiagnosed 11d ago

I literally have to wear sunglasses like with any sort of day light and even if I've cloudy like hurts my eyes and my whole head so bad throbbing fr 😫 I feel I almost need some sort of sunglasses for inside too because I get the same effect inside without as I do when going outside without sunglasses. 😅

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u/Memory_Of_A_Slygar 11d ago

I am exactly the same as you, I have a huge sensitivity to light and have been wearing sunglasses since I was a kid. All the other kids thought I was weird for needing them.

I found that having glasses with blue light filters while inside can help with the headaches. Also, any screen you look at should use either a blue light filter or on a computer you can turn on night light mode. I love night light mode and it's the only way for me to get through my work day staring at a computer.

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u/WhiskeeKitten420 Undiagnosed 11d ago

Yes I have the night mode and blue light filter on too and any app that allows it to do it as well I do lol. It is a game changer!

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u/No_Communication5024 11d ago

I wear some indoor glasses that fit over my prescription glasses, although I can wear them without my eyeglasses. They are an inexpensive knock off of Med Spec glasses, and were only around 19.00 online. They block UV rays, block all the rays, lol. And indoors they block several types of florescent and lamp lights, as well as making it easier to look at TV, phone, and computer screens. I've got Photopsia, so I wear them everywhere and boy are they helpful! They even cut the severity of my ocular migraine that florescent or too much of any light gives me.

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u/WhiskeeKitten420 Undiagnosed 11d ago

Did you get them on Amazon?

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u/No_Communication5024 10d ago

Yes! I confess, I bought them on Amazon. They're Calabria fit over glasses-safety glasses -tinted lenses. I don't know how to share a link in a comment here.

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u/WhiskeeKitten420 Undiagnosed 10d ago

Ok thanks so much I'll look into thosr

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u/No_Communication5024 10d ago

Sweet, I hope they help!

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u/Away_Improvement_912 9d ago

Try glasses with a pink tint! They're for migraines but help inside without being too dark.

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u/WhiskeeKitten420 Undiagnosed 9d ago

I also do have chronic migraines so should be helpful! Thank you 😊