I can’t say I get migraines, but I do get some dissonance with polarized sunglasses that can sometimes put a little uncertainty in my brain and I suppose hurt my eyes. It’s rare and certainly not debilitating for me because ie exclusively wear polarized. I just wonder if it could be related to your issue with them. When surfaces reflect polarized light, the appearance is not exactly identical between my eyes due to offset viewing angles. The rainbow effect isn’t lined up and the color tends to be shifted. The plastic in decent sunglasses usually isn’t varied too much, but it’s somewhat easy to get a tar patch to look green in one eye and purple in the other. This also happens when looking through my car’s tint at other windshields, but there’s usually motion so the mismatch moves out of sight before setting in.
It hurts to wear them anywhere, kinda like trying on a friends prescription glasses and getting an instant headache because you don’t need that prescription.
That is an interesting example because I would say the pain I rarely get (as described above) does resemble the strain pain I get when I try someone’s glasses. I don’t wear any corrective glasses. How many polarized pairs have you tried? I consider myself very aware of warped lensing effects from various sunglasses and they take a bit of adjustment sometimes. I even noticed wavy warp lines once on a rental and had to do a fair amount of driving with one eye closed or else I’d get motion sickness
I’ve tried on a variety… I worked in the action sports industry so I’ve had access to high end glasses and goggles for a long time, even top of the line brands and what not. It’s the polarization. I wear goggles all the time and only wear spherical lenses because the flat shaped ones have too much distortion.
That sounds like you’ve tested this extensively. Ive never heard of this before. I have no further ideas. I wish you luck in avoiding polarized lenses :(
I can’t say I get migraines, but I do get some dissonance with polarized sunglasses that can sometimes put a little uncertainty in my brain and I suppose hurt my eyes. It’s rare and certainly not debilitating for me because ie exclusively wear polarized. I just wonder if it could be related to your issue with them. When surfaces reflect polarized light, the appearance is not exactly identical between my eyes due to offset viewing angles. The rainbow effect isn’t lined up and the color tends to be shifted. The plastic in decent sunglasses usually isn’t varied too much, but it’s somewhat easy to get a tar patch to look green in one eye and purple in the other. This also happens when looking through my car’s tint at other windshields, but there’s usually motion so the mismatch moves out of sight before setting in.
Does it hurt to wear them indoors?
It hurts to wear them anywhere, kinda like trying on a friends prescription glasses and getting an instant headache because you don’t need that prescription.
That is an interesting example because I would say the pain I rarely get (as described above) does resemble the strain pain I get when I try someone’s glasses. I don’t wear any corrective glasses. How many polarized pairs have you tried? I consider myself very aware of warped lensing effects from various sunglasses and they take a bit of adjustment sometimes. I even noticed wavy warp lines once on a rental and had to do a fair amount of driving with one eye closed or else I’d get motion sickness
I’ve tried on a variety… I worked in the action sports industry so I’ve had access to high end glasses and goggles for a long time, even top of the line brands and what not. It’s the polarization. I wear goggles all the time and only wear spherical lenses because the flat shaped ones have too much distortion.
That sounds like you’ve tested this extensively. Ive never heard of this before. I have no further ideas. I wish you luck in avoiding polarized lenses :(