Yet Another Headache Post

I've read numerous posts on headaches and Quest 3 in this sub and in other places.

I get that often the culprit is the headstrap - I just wish I could be sure!

My story:

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I got a Quest 3 in December 2022 2023 and a week before, I'd got an RTX 3060 12gb card - all good to go.

I suffered what I thought were the usual "settling in" signs, had the default strap - it was a bit uncomfortable, but not desperately so.

I could manage about 30 minutes, got my VR legs - but I kept getting headaches.

This is where it gets confusing.

Those headaches got worse and started manifesting as full on migraines complete with aura, which would make me feel nauseous and headachey for 48 hours after.

I did the usual experimentation and eventually settled for a Bobo halo strap.

This was a revelation - so much more comfortable - but still the headaches.

I gave up and sold the Quest 3, I couldn't deal with it anymore - I was taking sick days off work it got so bad.

A few weeks later, I was still getting them, so I ended up on a mission seeing specialists.
Gave up drinking, gave up vaping, coffee, changed my diet.
Went to see a neurologist - and he said I've just got standard migraines - "take these tablets"
I checked the side effects and thought "screw that, they look worse than the migraines!"

I then bought a new monitor - high quality LG 4k.
Still got migraines.

I then got a seriously bad cold/flu and was out of action for about 10 days - barely used my computer.

No headaches, no migraine!

It then dawned on me - the damn video card, the 3060 RTX I'd got 2 weeks before the Quest 3.

So I fired up some good old HL2 and some RDR2 - and low and behold, I started getting a headache almost immediately.

Got rid of the card and had to settle for a 1080ti instead.

No more headaches from computer use - but I'd sold my Quest 3.

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I recently got a quest 3 on eBay again - worked out I didn't lose any money, mint condition.

But here I am back in a similar boat - set it up yesterday, whilst waiting for a Halo strap to arrive, was in VR for maybe 15 minutes.

That was 7pm last night.

I had a headache from 7.30pm till 10am this morning - it's only just fading now.

What concerns me the most is that I maybe just kidding myself that a Halo strap works.

My PD is 59 (yeah, I'm a freak!), which is right on the edge of the Quest 3 settings.

Thing is, I've found 60 or 61 is "better" - so I reckon my PD is more likely to be around 60.

Those apps aren't perfect.

I wear glasses for close up computer work and also for driving, but my vision at 1.5m is really good.

Optician says I don't need glasses for anything other than computer use, but my driving glasses do sharpen things up a little.

I'm going to try and dip in and out of VR in like 90 second bursts with an hour in-between, to adjust things - I can't be dealing with another 12 hour headache or potentially 2 days after a serious migraine.

I can immediately tell when I'm going to start getting a headache, but I stupidly ignored it last night.

Any tips other than the strap and PD are welcome at this stage.

Any stories or anecdotes that people have, that don't include the strap, would be great.

I'm actually scared to experiment now, the headaches have got so bad in the past - those 2 day sick/headache stints are seriously upsetting.

Thanks.