A couple of weeks ago I was thrilled to find compact flourescent bulbs that emit white light. I've had incandescent bulbs that emit white light, and I really like the way the colors contrast with these lights.

That night, I put one of the new bulbs in the reading lamp beside my bed and read with it. After a while, my eyes started to hurt. I ended up putting one in the bathroom too, and replaced one of three lights in our bedroom ceiling fan. When I put one in the living room lamp, again, my eyes hurt.

DW said it hurt her eyes too, and asked for them to change them back.

After a while, my eyes didn't hurt any more. I still haven't changed any other bulbs for fear of the eye strain again.

Has anything like this happened to anyone else? Any ideas why it happens?