Thanks for your responses so far to my forum posting.

Yes, tinted (Irlen) glasses have indeed helped reduce the negative impact of my light sensitivity and lessened the migraines. However they are not a solution as my light sensitivity continues to have a significant negative and restrictive impact in many ways on my life and well-being. However, this is not the end of the road, and I do believe there are other light-based therapies out there that can help to a much greater degree and provide a better solution (in addition to or without Irlen tinted lenses).

I have tried the food allergy root for many years, eliminating various foods from my diet. I started on this right in the beginning when my problem was only to do with frequent relatively mild headaches, and then more recently when it turned into full blown migraines and extreme light sensitivity. Nothing in this area has helped. The only "environmental" allergy I have is to those blasted flourescent tube and compact flourescent light bulbs that people are putting up everywhere, ... even more so now than ever due to the badly thought out ban on incandescent light bulbs.

I am not on any medications, so no impact there.

I tried boosting my omega 3 levels through fish oil capsules, and then tried, as an alternative, ground flaxseed. Both of these, even at quite low levels, induced chronic insomnia and actually increased my light sensitivity. So no solution there either.

With regards to using a computer screen, having the background set to black, together with a light-coloured text helps. Also, using a screen with the newer LED type of backlighting makes a significant increase in visual comfort. Something some people might not realise is that the main technology for lighting flat panel computer monitors and laptop screens up till now has been flourescent lighting! - so that would explain why so many people with light sensitivity to fluorescent tube lighting have a hard time with computer screens as well.

Anyhow, I believe that since the brain is "plastic" and is capable of rewiring itself, there must be a way to train the brain to desensitise itself and cope better with processing light and interpreting visual information. When one injures the muscular or skeletal systems then physiotherapy is used to exercise and retrain the body to cope and heal. I'm sure occupational therapy can do the same for the brain for light sensitivity.

There are treatments for light sensitivity offered by the Sound Learning Centre and the National Light and Sound Therapy Centre, but they are prohibitively expensive and I'm sure that if these treatments do indeed work. then there must be cheaper and well proven alternatives.