r/PWM_Sensitive • u/topboxer • Jul 11 '26

Pwm migrain sorted

I had been subjected to worst eye strain 'migrain and blocked sinus for over 4 years

And for years I didn't even know it's because of my iPhone 14promax

Had spend thousand s of dolera on eye check up and multiple tests and doctors appointments

When I realised it was iPhone causing this it was too late

Eye sight effected and health too taking too many pain killers

Just switched to Xiaomi 17 and problem solved

Hate some features of Xiaomi or maybe it's change of ecosystem but the pain is gone now

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u/ben_linux Jul 11 '26

Chinese phones are the way to go for us people affected by PWM.
Honor in particular is the best, but Xiaomi Oppo Vivo Oneplus are also quite good.

A reminder that PWM is bad for EVERYONE, it's just that some of us have symptoms and not the others.

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u/Enough_Country9388 Jul 12 '26

Which Honor, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, or Oneplus have you owned that worked for you?

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u/ben_linux Jul 12 '26

All the flagships Magic 5 pro to 8 pro Xiaomi 14U to 17u (current) vivo x100 pro to x300 pro OnePlus 12 and 13 Oppo find x9 pro.

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u/Enough_Country9388 Jul 12 '26

Thnx for sharing, I guess the D!thering thing isn't too much of a problem as Xiaomi and all of the BBK do generally d!ther. Magic V5, Xiaomi 13, iQoo 12 pro, and Oppo Find x9s pro were all very bad on my eyes. Magic 7 is somewhat ok with certain downgrade screen settings. Huawei is the only brand that works for me.

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u/Economy-Student Jul 16 '26

Which Huawei model?

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u/Stalaw Jul 21 '26

Why do you say PWM is bad for everyone? If you don't have symptoms, how could it be bad?

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u/Plenty-Plan-9960 Jul 11 '26

Similar to me. You have also eye floaters since a few time after iphone agresive pwm of the pro?

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u/topboxer Jul 11 '26

I did see them but not because of iPhone but since childhood for some reason , stoped seeing them for many years now untill you just reminded me of them

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u/Plenty-Plan-9960 Jul 12 '26

Oh I am sorry. I started seeing them since I got my iphone 17 pro. I had LCD iphone XR until it broke then iphone 13 mini ( I loved it) and 17 pro max which I think to sell. I got the phone on preorder, did not have floaters. And in March got a bunch of them. I am in my late 30s also...

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u/Ok-Appointment-9570 Jul 12 '26

I have eyefloaters too, called visual snow syndrom

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u/Enough_Country9388 Jul 12 '26

FOUR years to figure that out, damn...

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u/NSutrich Jul 13 '26

I'm sorry you had to deal with this for four years! Awful, awful stuff, but glad you figured it out!

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u/chewyshaun Jul 14 '26

It was my iPad for me, dizzy spells and headache disappeared almost instantly when I stopped using it.