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Originally Posted by birdbrainbb
This is seriously annoying. I think it's because of the screen-- the contrast is a problem, you know? Anyway, what I wanted to know is: does anyone else get headaches from their reader? Am I doing something wrong on mine that it's giving me headaches? I've increased the font size (to medium) and flipped the orientation to landscape, which helped. But I'm still getting headaches (and feeling foolish).
Also, is there anything I can do to maybe tweak the screen settings besides what I've done so it's easier on my head? Besides get a new reader, because I can't afford that, lol.  |
I have read hours on end without any difficulty. I only have a 505 so my experience is different. I don't think what your experiencing is related to the ereader so a different reader most likely won't help.
I googled
tension headache from reading and
headache from reading, look through this material there are many good articles on this problem.
An extract from
one site stated that
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Certain physical postures that tense head and neck muscles - such as holding one's chin down while reading - can lead to tension headaches.
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One article was
10 Tips For Headache Remedies While Reading which had some good ideas. I hope you find the source of your headaches.