Ask HN: Do your eyes bug you even though your prescription is "correct"?

Taking pain meds daily for life doesn't seem like a good plan.

Maybe try e-ink? There are e-ink monitors on the market if that works, if the problem's the light. You can also try software like Redshift[1] for regular monitors.

If it's your neck, at least put some books under your monitor stand, if you're not able to get better monitor mounts. Or lower your chair. You should be looking straight ahead for your monitor, so your neck muscles shouldn't have to do much work.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshift_(software)

If it's posture related, here's more free advise: try sitting on stools rather than on chairs with a back, and sit up straight and keep your arms actively powered while typing (not laying on a surface). Also, when you need to think for a minute get up and walk around.

E-ink isn't possible for either my work or home solutions. I cannot replace any of the work monitors. I do use f.lux while at home, though that only triggers later at night.

My monitor is at the appropriate height (eyes are roughly even with top of the screen) and distance (about arms-length), so I'm looking straight ahead.

A stool without a back would be very uncomfortable, but I do have ergonomic chairs (Herman Miller Aeron) which should do a decent job from what I understand.

The rest I'll consider though, thanks.

>Taking pain meds daily for life doesn't seem like a good plan.

Definitely not a good plan, especially Ibuprofen. My mother took Ibuprofen for years to manage her arthritis and that absolutely wrecked her kidneys. Not to mention Ibuprofen can also cause internal bleeding. It's a quick short term fix but not a good long term solution.

The point of sitting on a stool is that you have to use your core strength to sit up straight, and using that core strength reduces all sorts of pain in back and neck.

I didn't start doing that (sitting on stools) till I had been meditating for a long time, so it wasn't that different than sitting on the floor in half lotus position, which I had extensive practice doing.

I've been doing it for >10 years now; I will confess that when I have a meeting in a meeting room with proper chairs, I do really enjoy the chair back. It's all about using your body in a variety of ways.

> especially ibuprofen [...] wrecked her kidneys

As opposed to what? It's all metabolised by something, choose what you wreck. Take paracetamol routinely instead and you'll wreck your liver instead.

IMO neither is good for chronic pain management. Ibuprofen reduces blood flow to the kidneys which causes (chronically) cell death. Weirdly paracetamol is bad for the liver as you mention… unless you already have a bad liver, in which case it’s somehow the recommended pain medicine? (For responses I’ve unfortunately forgotten).

It’s much harder to address the root issue (speaking as someone who’s taken their fair share of pain meds themselves), but it’s infinitely better in the long term.

Certainly didn't mean to suggest they are, especially not without professional medical advice. (Not just to check the dose or have a different one prescribed, but for a PPI to protect stomach lining from taking a lot of ibuprofen for example.) The non-prescription doses on the packaging are suitable short-term, for a one-off headache or to manage a fever, but continued use (a bad injury meaning your taking it several days even) should be with advice, that might differ.

Paracetamol is world standard for long chronic treatment. It starts tu hurt your liver only on big dosis. Source: FORTA List https://forta.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/