I don't know if it has anything to do with vitamin D but when I got to about the 6th grade I had a P.E. class and my coaches all thought I was a lazy liar because every day we would go outside to the track or the parking lot and almost immediately I would get headaches. They sent me to the office the first few times but after the headaches went away when I went inside they concluded that I was lying to get out of having to exercise. I have to say it made me mad even at that young age because I wanted to go play with the other children but with my head hurting I had to stay in the shade. I guess because they had so many kids to look after they couldn't see how much it bothered me, but my mom did. She took me to the doctor thinking there was something really wrong with me and the doctor looked at my eyes. He told us that since I had a light eye color (a light greenish yellow then) my eyes weren't filtering out as much sun light as they should be. He said too much light was getting into my eyes and over-stimulating the receptors. He said to try sun glasses and that I would probably grow out of it.
My mom got me some sun glasses but they caused headaches too. I believe it has something to do with the refraction of the light through the lenses but I'm not sure.
I am 18 now and I don't get sun headaches much anymore, but I still get them every once in a while or when it's excessively bright outside. I keep my room dark and I think that helps some but as soon as I walk out into the light it blinds me for a few seconds. So I concluded that my eyes simply don't a adjust as well as they need to in order to block out the correct amount of sun light. I also get headaches sometimes when I'm around strobe lights. I figure this is also a part of the sensitivity issue.
My boyfriend recently got a pair a high definition sun glasses and said the next sunny day we have he will let me try them and see if they give me headaches too. He thinks that since he forgets they are on because everything is so clear that maybe it won't hurt my head.
This may be a solution for some people to try if they have that as an option. I'm not sure if it would help but for people who don't like sun glasses maybe darker colored contacts could help to block some extra light. I will try to post again after I try the high def sun glasses to see if they help.
To restate what many have already said, for most cases, It has NOTHING to do with how hot it is outside. It is purely the intensity of the sun light itself.
Hope this helps you all and good luck finding a good solution to those who have worse cases.
~~Catz~~
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I don't know if it has anything to do with vitamin D but when I got to about the 6th grade I had a P.E. class and my coaches all thought I was a lazy liar because every day we would go outside to the track or the parking lot and almost immediately I would get headaches. They sent me to the office the first few times but after the headaches went away when I went inside they concluded that I was lying to get out of having to exercise. I have to say it made me mad even at that young age because I wanted to go play with the other children but with my head hurting I had to stay in the shade. I guess because they had so many kids to look after they couldn't see how much it bothered me, but my mom did. She took me to the doctor thinking there was something really wrong with me and the doctor looked at my eyes. He told us that since I had a light eye color (a light greenish yellow then) my eyes weren't filtering out as much sun light as they should be. He said too much light was getting into my eyes and over-stimulating the receptors. He said to try sun glasses and that I would probably grow out of it.
My mom got me some sun glasses but they caused headaches too. I believe it has something to do with the refraction of the light through the lenses but I'm not sure.
I am 18 now and I don't get sun headaches much anymore, but I still get them every once in a while or when it's excessively bright outside. I keep my room dark and I think that helps some but as soon as I walk out into the light it blinds me for a few seconds. So I concluded that my eyes simply don't a adjust as well as they need to in order to block out the correct amount of sun light. I also get headaches sometimes when I'm around strobe lights. I figure this is also a part of the sensitivity issue.
My boyfriend recently got a pair a high definition sun glasses and said the next sunny day we have he will let me try them and see if they give me headaches too. He thinks that since he forgets they are on because everything is so clear that maybe it won't hurt my head.
This may be a solution for some people to try if they have that as an option. I'm not sure if it would help but for people who don't like sun glasses maybe darker colored contacts could help to block some extra light. I will try to post again after I try the high def sun glasses to see if they help.
To restate what many have already said, for most cases, It has NOTHING to do with how hot it is outside. It is purely the intensity of the sun light itself.
Hope this helps you all and good luck finding a good solution to those who have worse cases.
November 2, 2010 - 9:35am~~Catz~~
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