Workarounds for People Who Have Migraines

Dude can I add you to my friends list Strike?

Wow, sunglasses. What an awesome idea! Now to put my Advil back in the medicine cabinet where it belongs. Thanks, OP.

Not only good for motion sickness and migraines but for your eyes too. I get hellacious eye strain unless I play in a well lit room.

They locked my last one, but I re-worded the thread so they don't lock it again. I received assurance that it won't be locked again via PM from a mod. Thankfully.

Nice post. As a person who suffers from migraines, I appreciate you posting these suggestions to help people who do not experience migraines regularly. All of those suggestions are very good and will help people minimize the impact of the UI. In particular, I recommend the sun glasses option. You don't need a really dark set of sun glasses. I use a set of amber lenses to mute bright lights when I'm having issues. The most important thing is to have good anti-glare protection so it softens the sudden brightness of the GCD.

Another suggestion is to play a character with less reliance on procs. Right now, I can't play my Telekinetic Sage because I would spend too much time staring at the buffs for my procs. I'm playing a Guardian right now and the more predictable rotation allows me to keep the bottom icons in my peripheral vision while I'm in combat.

As an undergraduate neuroscience student, if a game of this magnitude is causing you headaches or migraines, you simply shouldn't be playing at all.

Protect the long term health of your brain. Plain and simple.

Edit: Person edited post to be nicer. I have edited this post to reflect that. Thank you.

Dude I never said that. Friends list?

It is because of some recent changes they made. It will only be a problem for another 11 days. We were all fine before, and when the changes get here in about two weeks, this will all be cleared up.

I'm fine. Thank you for your concern.

Just FYI to everyone truly interested in this topic. I just got back from a recent eye exam. They bumped my contact prescription up from -7.5 to -8.0. The doctor asked me what I do for a living, and I told him I am an office admin, I sit at a desk and work on a computer all day, and added I play on my computer as a hobby after work.

He told me that is why my eyesight is getting progressively more nearsighted, I'm never giving my eyes a chance to relax. He strongly recommended that every 15 minutes or so I should take my eyes off the monitor and try to focus on something off in the distance out a window for a few minutes.

I figure that advice would benefit everyone, not just those with poor eyesight.