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Computer monitors:

What computer monitors would you recommend for me? I'm quite light-sensitive, especially to fluorscent light (it gives me a lot of issues, and they don't all have to do with my eyes). I tend to prefer IPS over other technologies, but it's not a definite must, if the picture is good and not washed out. An LED backlight would be fine, but a lightless display would be even better (should an affordable one miraculously exist). I'd prefer a monitor with a maximum size of 24" (smaller is great, as long as it's not a battery powered, portable one). Touch screen is a plus, but not required. I'm thinking a higher refresh rate would be more beneficial for prolonged use (programming, writing, etc.) It should cost less than $200 (ideally much less). the ability to hook up a Fire Stick or Roku player to it is a definite plus (but not required). I'd prefer it not to have built-in speakers unless it's a TV (but if it has them, it should be easy to make sure they stay off). If it has blue light filtration, that's excellent.

What do you all like to use for desktop computers?

Introduction to my ES:

I don't think I have sensitivities to electronics generally, nor microwaves, x-ray scans, nor cell phone towers—but I do have sensitivities to all visible light (if there's enough of it), and to Wi-Fi radio waves. Fluorescent bothers me most, followed by incandescent, followed by LED, followed by halogen (halogen is my favorite for indoor lighting, but even it can give me issues). Sunlight bothers me if it's filtered through a window (not sure why, but it does), or if it's extremely bright and combined with residual forest fire smoke (that fatigues me a lot). UV doesn't seem to bother me, particularly. Turning the Wi-Fi off seems to reduce my sensitivity to fluorescent lights, as does going outside in the sun (to a greater or lesser degree, depending).

I take vitamin D3, white mulberries, and I sometimes wear Dewalt red laser glasses to help with my sensitivities and such; I've found that sleeping when it's dark helps, too, although going to bed before I'm tired can contribute to other issues, sometimes—I have trouble getting to bed at a decent time. Also, eating thoroughly baked sweet potatoes with butter (a couple large ones), and taking niacin helps me recover from fatigue caused by using Hulda Clark Zappers: I try not to use those on myself, these days, which is just as well, because I might have epilepsy (I might not, but I have a lot of symptoms of gelastic epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy, and some of ecstatic epilepsy, as well as symptoms of Tourette Syndrome, which seem to combine with the other symptoms for an interesting result; my light sensitivity, especially with regard to fluorescent light, provokes pulsed intelligent involuntary movements, accompanied by euphoria and other things; it also provokes an inability to move, at times, and an impaired ability to move at other times).

Recently, I began experimenting with larger doses of kelp than I had tried before (I read that kelp helps some people with their electrical sensitivities—plus, iodine has a lot of other benefits, and kelp has a lot of minerals). I notice positive results from the kelp with regard to clarity and feelings of well-being, but I'm still figuring out its affect on light-sensitivity. I'm thinking it does impact it, however. The light just makes me feel tired, today, fortunately (but I should be tired).