Comments on: Fluorescent Lights and Anxiety

By: Ana

Ana — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:54:13 +0000

I also have this problem with fluorescent lights and I suffer anxiety attacks.
Like “nervous in boston” said, I cannot go shopping to a mega market full of those lights, or going to a pharmacy… When I have to go to a mega market, I wear in there some sunglasses to avoid the lights, although when I am there I get very nervous as soon as I step inside the place.
I’m under medication for about 14 years, sometimes I get better and I’m able to reduce the medication and sometime I get worse and I have to raise it.
I don’t believe that I’ll be OK some day in the future

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By: Tika

Tika — Sun, 29 May 2011 18:28:30 +0000

So relieved to find this article. I can NOT stand fluorescent lights and yes they do trigger my attacks!! I thought I was going crazy and of course people just didn’t understand why I wore my sunglasses all the time, even at work. However, if you have true anxiety attacks, you will do anything to NOT to have them again!!! So I do what makes me comfortable and who cares what others really think. I also have really bad astigmatism and I have often wondered if the two correlate to one another. Who knows?!? For any of those that have the same problem, you’re not alone. Best wishes to you all!

By: Flourescent

Flourescent — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:51:38 +0000

Yes these lights are a killer for me. I feel as though I am a space cadet when I am under these lights. Then the anxiety kicks in and it makes it worse 10 fold. The best medicine is to just accept the fact you are feeling the way you are. Eventually your body will adjust. It might take weeks, or even months for this to occur. I still have full blown symptoms after 5 months, but there is a mix of my good days as well. It is great to see that I am making progress. There is hope for all you sufferers out there. You just have to learn to accept and get the job done.

By: nervous in boston

nervous in boston — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:12:51 +0000

I’m glad I’m not alone. I have anxiety/panic disorder anyway, but when I got into a supermarket, I just can’t stay for more than a few minutes. Especially in the big ones. I get very disoriented, and I start feeling dizzy and weird. it makes me, well….panicky. It’s a real problem in any large store with this kind of lighting. I try to keep in mind that it’s not in my head – it’s a physical response to a lighting type that does not agree with me. Like an allergy. Hard to explain to non-sufferers though, why I can’t shop in the mega markets.

By: Sought

Sought — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:49:58 +0000

I’m a shy guy and I have started uni and we have some lectures in a very large room with annoying white lights and many people there (around 40 or 60). When I was in that room at daytime I did not care but now that I have lectures there at 16:00 (dark outside) I feel more sensitive to the white lights along with the presence of that amount of people. My face becomes into a sad-like face and my eyes get wet, I don’t breath faster or something like that but it’s not a good time.