Holiday Gifts for Migraineurs
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Black Electrical Tape for covering up useless LEDs. If you use masking tape, the light still shines through.
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Static Cling Window Tinting for dimming the brightness of digital clocks (does anyone still use clocks) and necessary LEDs. You can order a swatch from Decorative Film.
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Flicker-free Computer Monitor. It is entirely possible that caring about PWM makes you a crazy person on par with worrying about other fringe techno-medical concerns, but the flicker-free (PWM-free) monitors tend to be the nicer ones, and anyone can appreciate a nice monitor. And yet there is an article on PubMed that says, “An abnormal alpha band synchronization under visual stimuli was confirmed in migraine; this phenomenon was reversed by levetiracetam preventive treatment.”
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Shade 5 Welding Goggles. These are, like, the world’s darkest sunglasses.