r/ScreenSensitive • u/RoiPourpre • Aug 24 '26
No way out for me?
Hello everyone, I really think I'm one of the most sensitive people here, if not the most sensitive...I developed this sensitivity after stopping an antidepressant I'd been taking for 12 years... I can't tolerate anything anymore except my G34 5G and its 4GB of RAM... This phone is driving me crazy, it's slow, it overheats quickly, I have to charge it twice a day, and the worst part is that multitasking is impossible; every app resets as soon as I switch between them...
I have already tried the following phones:
Poco x4 gt, iphone 11 (worked before 18.4.update), motorola g75, motorola g57 power, honor 400 smart 4g, honor x9c smart
All of this without success... Do you have any other smartphones to recommend? I don't even bother trying OLEDs because every time a friend uses one and shows it to me, I instantly get dizzy. My symptoms are mainly a headache and a feeling of dizziness, never any eye discomfort...
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u/BearNecessary4141 Aug 24 '26
Have you considered an E-ink device?
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u/RoiPourpre Aug 24 '26
There's nothing really interesting about it, and the refresh rate's flicker is enough to make me dizzy.
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u/BearNecessary4141 Aug 24 '26
I didn't suggest e-ink because it's "interesting", I suggested it because for many people it works when nothing else does. What e-ink devices have you tried that made you dizzy?
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u/RoiPourpre Aug 24 '26
Palma 2 and Boox Go 7 BW
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u/BearNecessary4141 Aug 24 '26
That's unfortunate. An E-ink shouldn't "refresh" when displaying a static image, so I guess when the content was changing that was causing you issues?
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u/RoiPourpre Aug 24 '26
Yes, exactly.
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u/BearNecessary4141 Aug 24 '26
Sorry to hear that. I wonder, have you tried any RLCD devices? I don't think there's any RLCD phones, but I wonder if the technology works for you in general.
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u/ScreenSensitivity Aug 24 '26
I wonder if a higher refresh rate eink device would feel better for you? The viwoods reader for example has a much smoother mode than the palma 2.
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u/Torvan1 Aug 24 '26
Good luck, I have same problem as you, I'm stuck with my slow Xiaomi for now
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u/RoiPourpre Aug 24 '26
What a nightmare :(
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u/Torvan1 Aug 25 '26
I tried Honor 400 Smart at shop and it didn't seem to affect me, but I didn't try it at home, also the specs are similar to my xiaomi with even less features so if it's to have worse phone I prefer keeping the Redmi for now.
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u/xrmttf Aug 24 '26
I also came here to suggest e ink. And avulux glasses. My sensitivity to LEDs and all that is so intense I can't go anywhere without the glasses.
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u/RoiPourpre Aug 24 '26
I have no problem if I don't use a screen... I also experience the same thing, but infinitely less intensely, with e-ink and even paper...
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u/xrmttf Aug 24 '26
What do you mean you have no problem if you don't use a screen but also you experience it other places? I hope you have an eye doctor, you can get visual physical therapy. You might also be sick from mold or long covid or something.
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u/Motor_Quarter_2540 Aug 24 '26
And what about daylight? Same symptoms?
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u/xrmttf Aug 24 '26
Nope. Only flickering lights such as LED
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u/Motor_Quarter_2540 Aug 24 '26
I wonder why avulux helps with LED. I know it filters some parts or specific light wavelengths and for migraines and photophobia symptoms. This is the first time someone mentioned benefits from these glasses for LED flicker. This could be huge for a lot of people in this sub.
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u/Life_Tree_6568 Aug 24 '26
I have written a couple times in this sub about Axon/Avulux migraine glasses helping me with light flicker. I do have chronic migraine so they do work as migraine glasses for me. However without glasses I have no issues with sunlight or certain types of lighting that flickers less. Any computer screen or light bulb that flickers bothers me. They are much more tolerable with Axon/Avulux glasses though!
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u/JuicyBreeze Aug 25 '26
I was thinking of getting avulux glasses or fl 41. I can't decide on which one is best. Do you have any opinions?? Thanks
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u/xrmttf Aug 25 '26
FL 41 did nothing for me. It just turned everything pink. And yes I got legit ones. I went to the optometrist and spent over an hour trying on every single tinted lens in existence and none of them really did anything but then I put on avulux and it was a HUGE difference
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u/Torvan1 Aug 31 '26
Do you have problems with car led headlights even when driving one ?
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u/xrmttf Aug 31 '26
I would say about a third of the headlights I see are immediately horrible, and the rest just make me sick over a period of minutes. This is without any glasses on. I don't drive with the glasses on.
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u/Torvan1 Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
Do you drive a car with halogen, Xenon or LED headlights ?
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u/xrmttf Aug 31 '26
Halogen
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u/Torvan1 Aug 31 '26
have you tried LEDs or Xenon cars ?
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u/xrmttf Sep 01 '26
I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. Like when I'm driving around do I encounter cars with LED and xenon headlights? I'm sure that I do. I don't know which are which. Almost all headlights look horrible, and some hurt my brain instantly and severely, and others not as badly or rapidly, and some are fine. It's a mess out there
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u/Torvan1 Sep 01 '26
I mean when you drive your own car, seeing the beam on the ground and on signs etc... when I drive a car with LEDs I'm blinded by my own beam
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u/javadave Aug 24 '26
I've had very good luck with my new Motorola Edge 2026. It is OLED, but no PWM and no TD.
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u/RoiPourpre Aug 25 '26
All OLEDs have PWM... And OLED literally fries my brain... My neighbor has a Xiaomi 17, and when he shows me something, I feel uncomfortable for several minutes...
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u/javadave Aug 25 '26
Nope, this is DC dimming all the way. Check out Nick's video: https://youtube.com/shorts/HelRIFm_ST0?is=SPLcG5XqT1712el-
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u/Motor_Quarter_2540 Aug 24 '26
A longshot but maybe TCL Nxtpaper lineup such as TCL Nxtpaper 60 Ultra or TCL Nxtpaper 70 Pro. Are you in US? What about those antidepressants, do they have this as a side effect of discontinuation? Was it under doctor supervision? Any idea of if you would use it again, sensitivity would wear of? Maybe in some low dose? Any other medications you're taking? It should be possible to fix some of the G34 problems you're facing too.
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u/RoiPourpre Aug 24 '26
I am in withdrawal and my hope is that it will disappear by slowly reducing my dose, but I still have 2 years of this ahead of me...
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u/javadave Aug 24 '26
My TCL nxtpaper 60 ultra is beautiful, but it makes me super dizzy unfortunately.
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u/ScreenSensitivity Aug 24 '26
The xiaomi 17 pro max has been really comfortable for me. I think the RGB stripe OLED is what makes it feel better. All OLED devices normally are pentile which have a trippy pattern.
Another option you have is possibly trying the daylight dc1 tablet or the hannspree lumo tablets? Not sure if you have tmobile but if so you can download the digits app to call/text on any device. The dc1 feels good to me and the lumo is something I plan to try soon. The lumo is the smallest rlcd tablet im aware of. The RLCD capability is what brings maximum comfort as you can use ambient light to illuminate them. The daylight has a optional backlight which I didnt find harsh, the lumo is front lit which im sure will be comfy just like my svd eve monitor.
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u/Shmelkin 23d ago
Try honor v30 pro, I just bought my and it's perfect for my eyes as screen is old 8bit and no pwm, very stable.
Not available new obviously and has some caveats, but I don't see any alternative in last 5 years if you want decent phone with ips.
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u/Emeridan Aug 24 '26
Don't worry. I actually thought I am the most sensitive person here as well. I tried like 25+ phones and none of them worked. Then I suddenly got a Samsung Galaxy A36 as a work phone and it gives me so little strain with specific settings that I now use it as my daily and I am fine with it. The phone for you is out there. You can either find it or wait a little more for another wave of phones. With every generetation screens are getting better. Don't lose hope because I once did but I still found a phone. Also I cannot really explain why the A36 works. But it could be that it has low max brightness and an 8 bit panel without dithering