My smartphone was giving me migraine, so I made these 5 changes

Around 2022, I found out chronic migraine. Unlike normal headaches, migraine comes with a variety of neurological symptoms above pain, such as nausea, light and sound sensitivity, and difficulty focusing.

As I took time to find out what my migraine triggers were, some criminals were standing outside, including the time spent on my smartphone. The bright screen often triggers migraine or spoils my existing symptoms – so I had to make some changes to reduce that effect.

Most of these changes also help reduce eye stress, so you can try them, even if you do not have migraine or headache from screen use. Since changing these settings and features, I feel that my eyes do not get twitch after using my screen for a long time. But the biggest impact was on my migraine symptoms, the use of the screen with me experienced low migraine triggered and ensure that I can still use my phone during light migraine.

While maybe The reason you want to avoid dark modeFacility is necessary for me. I used to use dark mode only at night when I was preparing for the bed, but I have now made sure that dark mode is default mode on all my equipment.

In many ways, dark mode has become an accessibility feature for me. Without it, I will not be able to use my device without the risk of triggering migraine or making the existing migraine worse.

On my Oppo Reno 10 Pro+, I also have the option to set a dark mode style: extended, medium or gentle. Since the enhanced contains the most darkness, with a black background, I opted for this style.

Switching on dark mode on my phone also means that most of my apps are also in this mode. For some that did not automatically switch, I manually legally togle dark mode within the app settings.

Eye comfort, also known as eye protection or nightlight (you are using the exact OS), a blue light filter is available Android smartphoneI used a blue light filter app on my phone, but since Android introduced the ability to customize the filter settings, I can use the feature directly through my smartphone software.

Instead of limiting to a few hours, I ensured to toggle eye comfort in the default setting. Meanwhile, I always heat the temperature as much as possible to improve my comfort when experiencing light sensitivity.

Since my eyes are adjusted in this filter, it is not as distracted as it may look. However, the defect is that it can affect the color accuracy of the images that you are seeing. But I like this warning on the option of my phone’s headache and eye stress.

I have been meaning to remove switch from chrome for some time because I want to be less dependent on Google Apps. But Chrome’s Android app was the last push for the lack of ability to use my dark mode extensions that I needed to prevent the app from using the app as my default mobile browser.

Instead, I switch BraveWhich allows me to force dark mode on web pages that use a light theme by default. While many websites support dark mode, there are some that have only a light theme. I saw it the most while reading news or watching cuisine.

The facility to force dark mode is available in the presence of the brave, where you can choose to enable night mode. “So far, I have not faced any issue with obtaining sites to give a black background and white lesson, which has made a change in a separate browser worthwhile.

Whereas Adaptive glow on Android Useful, I found that my mild sensitivity often meant that my phone was very brightly installed shine. This is especially a problem at night when I set my screen on 0% shine when I am in bed.

Its main defect is a slight loss of convenience. When I go out, my phone screen does not automatically adjust, and I have to use muscle memory to turn back on the brightness. But the main advantage is that my phone automatically does not return the brightness, when I have turned down it.

Sometimes I used to use my phone when I started feeling familiar pain behind my eyes, and I find out that my screen was very bright – but by this time it was already too late, migraine cascade had started. Therefore, adjusting the brightness manually is worth trading.

While most of my changes generally benefit eye stress, it is slightly more specific for migraine. Motion sensitivity in migraine is a common symptom, and I think my nausea can be worse than some of my movements on my smartphone.

So I always make sure that my performance Recent rate My phone is set to maximum (120Hz). This reduces stuttering on my screen when scrolling high fresh rates, which in turn helps me not feel ill at irritable speeds.

Of course, the increase in the refresh rate of my screen does nothing when it comes to watching videos that trigger my speed sensitivity – such as videos recorded with a unstable camera. But at least I can easily scroll through my phone’s settings and redit threads, without issues (until I scroll very fast).

By doing these changes, not only reduced my eyes stress and mild sensitivity, but made my phone much less than my migraine. When a migraine hits, these changes still allow me to use my device when I get stuck in bed and need to catch messages.

If you have a similar experience or experience eye stress using screen, I also suggest that you try different ways to reduce the effects of screen use on your smartphone and your computer.