Light Sesitivity

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Has anyone had any luck with blue light blocking glasses or Irlen lenses to help reduce the anxiety this causes? I am trying to find something that works the best, if I need to wear sunglasses all the time I might as well get something that has a therapeutic benefit beyond hiding my eyes. Lights in stores make it feel as the world is closing in on me.

I use blue-blocker sunglasses while driving and outside in the sun. They dramatically reduce visual overload for me. I don't get anxiety so much when exposed to bright light as I get really tired and irritable. I have a pair of clip-on blue-blockers that can go over prescription glasses too. I tend to get visually fatigued if I look at or read off of a white screen (like the background of this page) too long and I've wondered if Irlen lenses could help, but there's a whole process you go through to be evaluated for visual acuity with different shades of such lenses and they can be expensive. Fluorescent lights in stores can get to me because of their rapid flickering (I guess most people don't notice it), but I don't know if lenses can reduce such flickering.

I have a blue blocking computer prescription that I like but I don't know whether it is the blue blocking on having a prescription that is well suited to what I need at that distance. I'm old enough that my eyes don't focus as well as they did when I was young.

I have gradient purple (lavender) tinted script lenses. I love them.
They reduce my discomfort substantially.

Prescription sunglasses might have been one of my top ten purchases in life.
Basically, until I bought those at age 32, I hated going outside, and I wasn't even sure why.

I have two pairs of prescription sunglasses. One is a permanent dark tint and the other is a transition lens for wearing all the time.

I’m sensitive to light, it different for me. When I turned on lights, they can really make me very warm, they can hurt my eyes too.

This thread reminds me of all the times someone walked into a room I was in as a kid and asked "why are you sitting in there with the lights off?" and then turned the light on making me feel uncomfortable.

I wear KD's Biker Shades which come in a variety of lense colors. I also have a pair of Randolph Engineering aviator sunglasses that have a progressive grey lense.