Hi JCD,

I have used Irlens contact lenses which were only tinted in the
centre, and also have problems with headaches under flourescent
lights. I also have other light sensitivities.

The contact lenses were tinted over an area large enough to cover
the entire pupil area, even when the pupil is large, in dimmer
lights. As light only passes through the pupil in to the eye this
meant all the light was filtered by the lenses. If your getting
contacts and your sensitive to U.V., bear in mind that U.V. filters
can not be added by Irlens, but Irlens can tint contact lenses which
already have U.V. filters in them. That's what they did for me. I
had to first send of for contacts with U.V. filters from a company
in california, and then send these on to Irlens.

I've tried Irlens regular glasses, contacts and wrap around glasses.
I found wrap arounds the best. Flat glasses were the worst (too much
light crept in from all around). Contacts were ok but didn't seem to
bring as much relief as wrap arounds. Also when my eyes got tired
they'd feel itchy, plus you can't sleep in them and it was a faf as
I need to rest regularly.

Hope some of this is helpful, All the best,

Tim

--- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, "zoot381"
<zoot381@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This will be my first post here. I have suspected for a while that
> Irlen Syndrome has been the cause for my burning, stinging, tired
> eyes, and occasional headaches when I'm in a fluorescent lit
> environment. Last October, my suspicions were confirmed.
>
> My Irlen glasses have helped reduce my eye pain a lot, but I think
> tinted contacts will help me more since it would filter more or
all of
> the poison fluorescent entering my eye. I have pain whether I'm
> reading or not under fluorescent. Unfortunately, I work in a
> fluorescent environment, and my goal is to be as comfortable as
possible.
>
> I'm trying to understand something about the options for contact
> lenses before I get lenses tinted. I've searched the Internet.
For
> some reason, I don't think my diagnostician understands what I'm
> asking. I've even been emailing with someone at irlen.com, but
I've
> been getting pretty generic answers.
>
> There's a choice to have the whole contact lens tinted, or to have
> the pupil area only tinted. I am told that a pupil-only tint will
> work for me, but I don't understand how. The small tinted area
would
> only cover part of the cornea, so wouldn't some unfiltered light
be
> entering my eye through the unfiltered area of the contact lens?
It
> seems like the whole area that covers the cornea would have to be
> filtered, not just the center.
>
> My contact lenses cover a little of the white of my eye, so having
> the whole lens tinted gray would look rather strange. But I don't
> want to have the pupil-only tint done only to find that it doesn't
> help enough. I'm so tired of the fluorescent caused pain, I think
> I'd rather have odd looking contacts tinted all the way to the
edge if
> pupil-only tint isn't enough for me. I don't feel comfortable
> ordering pupil-only tint until I understand how that small tint
area
> can be enough.
>
> Does someone else out there have pain/discomfort whether reading or
> not, and have pupil-only tinted contacts provided enough
protection?
>
> Can you see where the tint stops while you're wearing pupil-only
> tinted contacts?
>
> How can a small area of tint be enough to be a relief from the bad
> wavelengths?
>
> Thanks so much,
> JCD
>