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No overhead lighting.
Especially florescent.
Sensitivity to light is an ADHD symptom?
Now that you mention it, that fits my family diagnoses, even those definiely not on the autistic side.
But I have no idea.
Recently diagnosed. Why no overhead lighting?
It’s slightly tongue-in-cheek, there’s some correlation with light sensitivity due to sensory processing issues, but this is not true for everyone of course. There’s a special hate for the “cool white” lighting among those with light sensitivity. Here’s an example of light temps — you can hyperfixate down a heck of a rabbit hole with this stuff. I like a nice 4500k-5700k around the house because it simulates daylight.
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Ah ok. All the LEDs I buy for home lightning are 3000-3500 (or RGB) but for my workshop and some other projects I use 6500-ish.