The standard thing was to turn off the fluorescent lighting back when everybody (tech support, sysops, programmers) was almost entirely looking at a screen.

I got very used to calling "lights" before turning them on or there would be moans and groans.

I had to quit one of my first jobs over it, the combination of cheap fluorescent lighting and no natural light caused me to have constant headaches.

You’re luckier than me, I get headaches from natural light.

If I’m outside on a sunny day without sunglasses I am pretty much done for the day. I have no clue why I am this way or if this is a common issue for folks out there. I should look into this more, and if anything can be done about it to reduce the nausea and headaches I get from being in the sunlight.

One of the things I’m looking forward to seeing is if wearing contact lens is better than wearing glasses.

I was pretty far down the road with a neurologist due to frequent migraines back in the day. Unrelated, I quit my job during that time. Suddenly, when using an LCD in a mostly naturally lit environment, instead of a CRT under fluorescent lights, my migraines completely vanished and haven’t come back once in a decade. Tada!

I thought I was imagining things in my head.