I've never thought to buy glasses for it specifically. Typically I just dim lights and set screen brightness and contrast so it doesn't bother me. I have used light regular sunglasses a little in the past when I've had to be in bright environments (bright af lab area), I recall that working OK. This is from someone who just has the light hypersensitivity (it's often called snow blindness where I'm from), in case that matters.
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I generally do as well, but right even on the lowest brightness it has been an issue for me and I am planning to visit a friend who lives at high altitude and has a WALL of windows in the living room and avoiding everything is problematic. Just overall seems brighter there and I always have problems there. I am just wondering if those kinds of glasses in red, yellow or some other color would have a better experience than sunglasses would.
Before you spend a lot of money on a pair of medical glasses, try your local hardware store and see if they sell the same coloured glasses as safety glasses. I got a pair of yellow safety glasses, with yellow supposedly being good for astigmatism and car headlights, but only paid about £3 for them. 'Medical' glasses, which were the same colour but in nicer frames, were a lot more expensive.
I've also recently bought a pair of red glasses for about £5. They're not the prettiest glasses I've ever seen, but they work to let me know whether red glasses work for me or not :)
That is a good idea. I will have to try that. I had used some yellow goggles a while back when I was bike riding, but I wasn't have a sensory overload where everything bothers me then. I did notice that while everything seemed brighter, my eyes didn't react as if it was. A quick search at a local store has yellow for under 10. I don't see red, which I am a bit more curious about as I haven't tried them. The advantage of "medical" is I can get them in prescription lenses(and styles), but I only need those for distance as I am nearsighted.