Hey There!!
This side effect was so random i honestly thought something was wrong with me took modaawake 200 during a long gaming plus work night because i needed to stay awake and finish stuff everything felt normal at first then after a while my eyes started feeling super weird not painful exactly just really dry and strained i went to bathroom, looked in the mirror and my eyes looked like i’d been crying or staring at the sun all day that’s when i realised i’d been so locked into my screen for hours that i was barely blinking normally
apparently i’d gone completely silent and was hyperfocused on tiny details in a game while also trying to finish work stuff at the same time later the headache kicked in too and sleep was horrible obviously.
but the eye dryness thing genuinely surprised me because nobody really talks about those smaller weird side effects enough honestly
maybe this vary person to person it depend their consumption and dosage, no negative for this but this was i actually felt
Yeah that actually makes a lot of sense, and it’s more common than people talk about.
When you get that kind of hyperfocus, especially with screens, you genuinely forget to blink properly and your eyes just dry out without you even noticing. Then suddenly you look in the mirror and it feels like something’s seriously off 😅
I’ve had similar moments where I was so locked into something that hours passed and I didn’t even realise how strained my eyes were getting. The headache after that just adds to it.
You’re right though, these smaller side effects don’t get mentioned much, but they’re very real.
And yeah, it definitely varies person to person, but your experience sounds pretty normal for that kind of situation.
At the time I didn't even connect it to the screen time. I just remember rubbing my eyes every few minutes thinking, Why do my eyes feel so weird today Then I looked at the clock and realised I'd been sitting in the same spot for hours I think when you're really focused, you stop noticing basic things like drinking water, blinking properly, or even getting up for a break. By the time I noticed, my eyes felt awful and I had a headache creeping in too Such a random side effect, but definitely one I remember more than most.