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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:17 PM Original message |
Low-energy bulbs 'cause migraine' (BBC) {Maybe--ambiguous} |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. explains my recent probs |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Fluorescent bulbs have long been associated with migraines |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Thanks for that link, very informative. |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. I never use them for reading and close work--the light is not full spectrum-- |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. You can certainly get full spectrum fluorescents, even CFL's, for $$$. |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. We used to use full-spectrum 4' tubes in an office I worked in, but I haven't gotten them |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. The light is similar to a GE Reveal incandescent. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't believe this problem exists with LED's but I could be wrong. nt |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The LED's I know also flash |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. After doing some research on the net... |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Thank you, Javaman. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. speak of the Devil ... new BBC story on this ... |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Again,Thank you |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. showing my age |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. That's because the digits are 'multiplexed', that is, only one lights at a time. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. I get migraines, but I have noticed a link to MSG and Equal and hormone cycles. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. MSG is a killer. Once I eliminated that from my diet, poof! headaches gone :) nt |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Well, I disagree that it's a killer, but I woke up to my sensitivity to it |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. well, not really a "killer" just a metaphoric killer brain wise... |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. My EEG's |
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patch1234 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. 'pulsing', will be worse in Europe with their 50 cycle power |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Use LEDs then. |
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