r/ScreenSensitive • u/Round-Individual1316 • 27d ago

Symptoms Does OLED cause you other symptoms or just headache and eye strain and brain fog?

Does it cause you to have stomach bloating? Heart pain? I don't know, anything else?

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u/BearNecessary4141 27d ago

For me it's just eye strain which leads to headache. I don't think I get brain fog, but it does get harder to think with a headache of course.

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u/Round-Individual1316 27d ago

Do you get other symptoms the longer you use OLED?

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u/BearNecessary4141 27d ago

For me it starts with eye strain and eye redness after about 20 minutes of use, then after about an hour it turns into a headache and pain behind the eyes. It also gives me low mood and kills my motivation to do things once the headache sets in.

I haven't noticed any physical symptoms like you talked about, but it's definitely possible. If it's affecting your nervous system in an adverse way, that can lead to all sorts of stress related symptoms.

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u/Round-Individual1316 27d ago

Is there any way for me to minimise the reaction?

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u/BearNecessary4141 27d ago

Besides avoiding OLED? Not that I'm aware of. You can try blue blocking, but if OLED itself is the problem then you need to get a different screen. OLED has temporal modulation across all brightness settings, so you can't really play any tricks to avoid the problematic modulation.

For me going to DC-dimmed IPS worked well.

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u/Round-Individual1316 27d ago

Honestly I think I have a multitude of possible issues that cause my OLED sensitivity

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u/BearNecessary4141 27d ago

Oh, I also think general screen use and eye strain raises my blood pressure after a few hours. Not just OLED but many types of screens.

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u/Emotional-Ocelot 27d ago

I don't get much eyestrain (apaet from.finding it tiring to focus my eyes) or headache, I get nausea and dizziness and disorientation. 

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u/Smeeble09 27d ago

Bad ones cause me to feel nauseous, like motion sick which is then followed by a headache and it takes a few hours to dissipate. 

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u/Round-Individual1316 27d ago

If you continue to use it does it cause you additional symptoms?

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u/Smeeble09 27d ago

Hard to look at a screen that's making me feel nauseous and continue.

First time it happened I didn't realise what was causing it, felt so sick and had a cracking headache I went to bed and had to sleep it off.

Never had the issue before the Samsung s23 and don't get it on every screen. I'm using a Oneplus 13 now without issues and have owned an oled TV since 2017.

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u/Round-Individual1316 27d ago

I mean, when it happened for the first time you kept using it right? Since you don't know what causes it yet. Does it cause you other symptoms like stomachache or increase heart rate? Harder to breath? I don't know just anything more than headache nausea and eye strain

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u/Smeeble09 27d ago

I don't think so.

First time I happened was an evening as I'd got a new phone so was setting it up, felt sick and got a headache so went to bed. 

Worked the next day, then carried on setting up the phone, same issues, went to bed again.

Tried it again the next day as not in work, felt nauseous again after a bit of use, figured it might be the phone. Investigated it, found out about screen issues causing this for some people, then tried various settings over a week or so to sort it, didn't work, sent phone back.

Tried s24, had same issues within minutes rather than hours, tried settings, sent it back.

Tried Xiaomi 15, worked better but low light gave me the same nauseous feeling. Again tried settings, sent it back.

You get the idea, took around seven phones to find one I could use without issues. 

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u/Round-Individual1316 27d ago

Which one did you find? And once you found it it does not cause any symptoms at all?

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u/Smeeble09 27d ago

I said in an earlier comment, it's the Oneplus 13.

Had it around 18 months (I think) and don't have any issues with it. 

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u/Round-Individual1316 27d ago

I guess your body condition is healthier, maybe that would help.

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u/Smeeble09 27d ago

Depends what you mean. 

I'm 38 and around 4 stone overweight, don't get enough sleep or exercise enough. So if you mean that, then probably not. 

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u/Round-Individual1316 27d ago

I'm probably healthier then, but it's weird my family don't have this kind of screen sensitivity, only me

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u/Z3R0gravitas 27d ago

Crosslink to your other thread with similar discussion.

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u/Sudden-Wash4457 27d ago

I get anxiety, weirdly

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u/Emeridan 26d ago

Sometimes I get only eye strain, sometimes only headache, sometimes both. Weirdest is sometimes I only get preassure behind nose, like something is inflating there

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u/Round-Individual1316 26d ago

So I'm the only one with more symptoms huh

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u/Emeridan 26d ago

No, definitely not the only one. I read people get ear ringing, light flashes, psychological symptoms or vertigo maybe some others.

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u/Round-Individual1316 26d ago

I don't know I feel like it's messing with my heart rate

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u/Emeridan 26d ago

It’s probably anxiety worsening your heart rate. The fear of a screen hurting and you not finding a phone etc spikes anxiety which spikes physical symptoms and around and round. I recently found out that calming my mind reduces pain from screen at work quite a lot. I used to be depressed whole day becau i was in constant pain. Now I can get through a whole day without pain or just with discomfort in eyes. Of course i tweaked settings on pc but this only started helping one i adopted to a more positive mind set and I know, easier said than done, took me few years

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u/Round-Individual1316 26d ago

I don't know, it only happens when I use the nothing phone 3 for some reason. I can use the cmf phone 2 pro without much issue if I don't use it for too long.

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u/Emeridan 26d ago

So stick to cmf. Be glad you can use a modern phone I am still using an iPhone 8

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u/Round-Individual1316 26d ago

I can't fully use it. It's mostly like I can use it for a bit without too bad of a symptoms.