I have a severe case of fluorescent and flickering light sensitivity
(movies, strobe lights, crowded malls or amusement parks) that Irlen
helped me ameliorate. I required a very dark red tint and tried
wearing the glasses for 2 months at my restaurant. Due to light
getting in through the sides, the glasses provided about 50% benefit
while causing a large amount of social anxiety and teasing. Customers
had strange reactions everyday and I had trouble getting my bearings
because the tint was so dark. I eventually got my contacts which
covered my entire eye with no peripheral light getting in. While the
contacts provided more benefit than the glasses 75-80%, I had a
different set of tension headaches because of the tint itself and
trying to see through red lenses all day. My depth and detail
perception were very restricted through red lenses. Also, the tint
was visible to other people who were seeing a guy serving with red
eyes. This caused me a great deal of self-consciousness and
embarrasment. While I recommend wearing tinted contacts for the
lights, it doesn't work with a dark color for too long. Lighter
colors will work really well though. Also, seeing red all day was
affecting my moods...irritability, depression, loneliness, isolated
feelings. Finally, the disequilibrium from the darker conditions
affected my speech and social interactions which I wasn't expecting.
It's as if my vision was directly connected to my speech and other
neurological functions. Today, I'm back to wearing a hat and using a
nitro-glycerin ointment (Nitro-Bid). This is in correlation to
vasospasm (constricted blood vessels...restricted blood and oxygen
flow throughout body) which was diagnosed by Dr. Hammesfahr in
Clearwater Florida. www.hnionline.com He treats conditions relating
to epilepsy, autism, and other neurological impairments. He won a
nobel prize nomination for his work and has helped me greatly. This
is the only treatment that has really worked for my fluorescent light
problems. Feel free to call or email me to talk.

somers252@...
609-902-4655

Mike


--- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, "mlcbrandon"
<brandonmelanie@...> wrote:
>
> elisabeth,
> Hello, my son is in Elementary an planning to attend "Middle
> School" (6-8) next year. As far as I know (he usually open) he hasn't
> had any problems with teasing, questions but nothing else. He only
> seems to need his glasses at school (due to the lighting). He hasn't
> mention the colored contacts, with his coloration being very dark and
> only needing them in Florescent light I don't think they would work
> for him anyway. (Not to mention he is lucky not to have vision
> problems, per say just the perception)
> We applied for him to attend a Charter School for next year
> that is in an old Factory building. One thing I notice on tour was
> the lighting. To keep with the age of the building they used not only
> a lot of natural lighting, but very soft lighting when needed. Along
> with colored walls, it seem to be very 'easy on the eye' (soft and
> rich yellows and reds, along with red bricks). He was so excited, he
> could tell a difference when he walked into the class rooms. He
> wasn't sure how to put it into words, but that "my eye are working
> different". Irlen's is a new concept around here , and even though I
> get help from the educators, not much from administration.
> I'm not sure that I replied with what you where looking for :o), but
> it gave me chance to jump in and share, I think it's been about a year
> since I posted.
> Hope all of you are doing well and finding things so much visually
> better :o)!
>
> --- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, "lisibeth2003"
> <lisibeth2003@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Val,
> >
> > I, too, do not particularly appreciate how people ask about my
> > "sunglasses" or call me 'Hollywood'...or "Steevey" or Ray Charles...i
> > have a super dark tint and would LOVE to have contacts as well.
> >
> > I also worry about job interviews, especially once i graduate and go
> > for teaching interviews, i don't want to look disrespectful in front
> > of the principal or whoever is conducting the interview.
> >
> > I am getting my re-evaluation the second week of march, but since i am
> > lightening up my color, i don't know if i should go for the tinted
> > contacts just yet. I will just go up to having 4 pairs of glasses to
> > keep track of! lol
> >
> > Is anyone in this group still in school, either elementary, secondary
> > or the college/university level? how is it working for you?
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> > elisabeth
> >
> >
> > --- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, "Val"
> > <poetic_pets@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone here tried them?
> > >
> > > I got my postcard reminder that it's time for my reevaluation,
and it
> > > says Tinted Contacts Now Available on it.
> > >
> > > I hate wearing glasses, and I hate how people think they are
> > > sunglasses. I was thinking maybe contacts would be a good thing
for
> > > me. Next year I'm hopefully going on tons of interviews for
schools,
> > > and I'm hoping not to get singled out and have them not want me
> > > because I wear glasses or something.
> > >
> > > Do the contacts work as well as the glasses?
> > >
> > > I'm hoping I'll be able to get them. If not now, eventually. I'm
> > > kind of hoping this next time to get colors that are a bit
better. I
> > > still read with the overlay and it would be nice to not have to.
> > >
> >
>