ARGH! My Eyes!

No really...

At work lately, I can't look at a monitor screen for more than 5 minutes without my eyes bugging out and feeling twitchy and like I just need to close them for a while. I've adjusted monitor brightness, seating position, change focus for a few minutes, etc. Nothing is working.

When working on my laptop at home, I don't really run into the issue much.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

it sounds like a workmens comp claim to me. at least 6 months off i would say with full pay

Weird...

CRT or LCD?

I can't think of anything else except for differences in ambient lighting that would differentiate the two locations

Quit? I have been looking for an excuse like that

Do you wear contact lenses? I get that every now and then, and it will go away after a few days.

J

I wear glasses.

I have two screens. Laptop and LCD monitor.

I wish I could quit.

Workman's comp...hmm....it is racing season...

Florescent lights at work? A faulty ballast will cause high frequency, headache inducing strobe effect

Migraines?

Look off in the distance every so often. Or so I have heard

In reply to Appleseed:

Occasionally. They run in the family.

iceracer: I do. I even get out of the cube farm for a few minutes. In less than 5 minutes it comes back.

Assuming your work machine is the CRT:

Have any settings changed on the work machine? You might check (or have the IT department check) the refresh rate on the display.

Try it at different rates: I see flicker at the 60hz refresh rate, but 85hz or higher is OK. Others aren't as affected. Maybe you've become sensitized to the current rate (or it was changed).

As Peter mentioned, check the refresh rate.

I noticed a few years back that I couldn't read signs on the way home at night. My vision was good (I had recently had it checked), but I was stumped. I mentioned it to a co-worker and her husband was having the same issue. He went to the doctor and his doctor asked him what he did for a living (he was a computer programmer). The doctor then asked him for his setting on his monitors (brightness 100%, contrast 100%). He told him to turn them down until they were the same brightness level as the rest of his surroundings. I took the same advice and it's been night and day since. At first it doesn't seem like your eyes will adjust, but they do.

Makes the drive home much better!