I'm glad you have someone that can drive! I have astigmatism too. And omg yess the rain is like a Quadruple whammy

Seconded! Get my partner to drive or I just do not drive. Astigmatism makes things bad too. Forget it if it’s rained and headlights are reflecting in standing water.

That's fair!! I'm glad you have someone that can.

I'm usually alone when driving at night

Yep! Tons of places do. Maybe your usual glasses place even makes them. 

Here's on I found online: 

https://www.sportrx.com/shopby/best_sports-driving.html

I have some that just clip on over my regular glasses.

Do you know if they make prescription lenses like that?

You're welcome, but I hope it makes your night (hah).

Yesssss this is my best tool at night!! It works wonders

These are lifesavers. No more coming home with a headache because the other side of the road was to busy... I always have them with me in the car and even wear them when my boyfriend drives.

Try night glasses. They reduce the glare.

https://www.amazon.com/night-driving-glasses/s?k=night+driving+glasses

Yes I hate that so much! Honestly my main way of coping with that is making my bf be the one to drive at night most of the time.

I used to work in glasses and night driving glasses is what I came here to recommend. (good to note, I do not have a pair but that's the task avoidant side of me) they just slightly take the hues/contrast out of the night.

Yes, that is the one! It has this little lip in the middle that you can push.   
I'm following your post, I'm very curious if there are more tips and if night driving glasses might be the solution.

You can find fit overs, too. They're bulkier but cover your peripheral vision too.

Thanks for the tips! I'll have to look into night driving glasses (maybe they make some I can put over my glasses) .

For the mirror, are you talking about the rear view mirror?

Yes, and I'm usually the passenger. Haven't tried nor researched, but have heard of night driving glasses.  
Also, the mirror in the car can click back when you push it at the bottom, made just for those pesky high cars that just brighten up the complete interior of your car.

I'm glad I'm not alone. Uggg so annoying, right! I have an astigmatism too, so I'm sure that makes it even worse 😩

Same here! The lights of other cars are painful and cause me soooooo much anxiety! I also have astigmatism which def doesn’t help the situation 🥲

Same for me. I refuse to drive in the dark because it’s not safe. I have additional eye issues that make light sensitivity even worse. It’s difficult though because I live in a place where we just have a few hours of daylight in the winter, and I have to plan all travel into those hours. In the summer though I can drive at midnight with no problem since the sun won’t set.

I’ve just stopped driving at night if I can help it. It’s basically a dangerous situation at this point, especially with an astigmatism.

There's lots of clip on options for less than $20 or you can order prescription ones for $100

The websites online make it easier in my opinion. I've ordered glasses just fine online through Zenni before. 

I actually haven't added any additions other than the scratch protector before, so I might not be aware of hassles of other types of additions.

I wear prescription lenses and am American. Getting prescription glasses with any addition is a nightmare.

YESSSSSS and I eventually got to the point where I planned my days around not driving at night lol

I pull over and have my husband drive.

I won't drive at night, in the rain, or in construction zones in areas I'm not familiar with.

Yes, and I drive for a living. People with bright headlights or who literally drive with their brights on no matter what, they all give me really bad headaches. My eyes are pretty sensitive to light. I haven't really looked into too many solutions, but the main one I have is for the rear-view mirro. It has a little tab on the bottom. When you adjust your mirror, make sure that tab is flipped forward. At night, when someone's lights are too bright, gently push that tab back, and it will change the position of the mirror so that you can still see behind you, but it is significantly dimmed. It helps me a lot, combined with my willingness to adjust the side mirrors so they no longer serve their purpose just until whoever behind me is gone. But I don't suggest doing that second one, it's not very safe. 

I hope other people have better suggestions. Beyond all else, if you are having a big struggle, please do not be afraid to pull off the road, turn your flashers on if you need to or just pu

This 👆. I have astigmatisms and something called monocular diplopia which causes double vision that took a bunch of eye doctors to even realize to ask me the right questions (my brain did not process that I was seeing double, only that driving made me very tired). My sensory sensitivity definitely makes my ability to cope with the impact on my vision especially difficult with increased sensory overload that happens driving sometimes. Eye doctor regularly is a must for sure to say the least.

Tbh I just try to limit driving at night unless it's in an area with low levels of traffic during the nighttimes. Since I've moved to the city, I have adamantly preferred to drive during the day as there are always people on the road. Where I used to live, driving at night meant no cars on the road so I loved it. It's circumstantial...sorry you have to struggle with this though it does suck. LED headlights feel like the power of a thousand suns lol. 

Also this may seem weird but any of y'all have any unchecked eye issues or haven't gone for over a year, please go, because eye issues make driving as an autistic person 100% worse. I have very minor astigmatism especially in my left eye and per my optometrist, I am extra sensitive to the impact of very minor astigmatism, and my psychiatrist has suggested that this is likely due to my ASD-related sensory issues. I do programming and UX so spend hours a day on my computer, if you all spend more than 3 hours a day looking at a screen, pleas

From someone who hates night driving but also has a new car (Civic, so not one that shines directly in your cab at least), sorry my lights are so bright, I can't do anything about it and it also turns the brights on/off by itself with no way to manually turn them off 😭

Ive found that this just doesnt cut it with those really bright LED lights cars have now. Especially when its a truck and the lights are higher up and really bright and also its in the side mirror as well. 
My sisters car is newer and it has this extra feature that dims headlights. Idk how to describe it because its not the same thing as the little tab where you flip it. Its some other technology and its so good!!! It actually makes it bearable to drive at night, at least for the lights coming from behind. Doesn’t account for the lights coming from the front.

Someone mentioned it, but I'll say it also: rear view mirrors have a different viewing mode to deal with the bright lights from behind. Just press the tab at the bottom of the mirror until the whole mirror shifts/clicks back

I can't drive at night. My optometrist claims it's because I have light blue eyes until she looks back and realizes they're not blue and very dark lol. I have partner who can thankfully drive then, but I still avoid it, it's painful even as a passenger to see those horrible halogen headlights

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You could flip the bottom of it to put it in a sort of night mode which may help!

Sometimes I cover the rear view mirror with my hand, but that's obviously not a great long term solution (and only partially solves the problem). I don't have much of a light sensitivity during the day, but night driving is THE worst.

If you have automatic adjusting mirrors, I move the mirrors out so the headlights from the car behind me don’t go right into my eyes and then move them back later! And for my review I flip it up, there’s a little lever thing on most cars and it makes it a lot less bright! For on coming traffic, I squint and suffer through 😢

I swear every time i drive at night it literally feels like it should be illegal. Like i feel like im just going around with so few senses because the depth perception is just gone and the lights are so overwhelming and disorienting. It truly feels like it should not be legal to drive at night. I don’t understand how people drive at night all the time and people aren’t just getting in constant accidents.. like dying left and right. It makes no sense to mr and makes me super freaked out. But when im in the car with another person who is driving, they usually say it’s completely fine at night. Like yea some lights are bright, but they don’t feel unsafe. But nope.. for me.. driving at night always feels dangerous.

I had to pick up my folks from the airport about a week ago, and it wasn't a pleasant experience. Where I live the highways aren't lit in most areas, so it's a stark contrast of absolute black and people headed your direction with their brightest beams on. Mom and I discussed that a pair of those yellow sunglasses for nighttime driving might be a good option for me.

I try not to drive at night. If I do, I take the way with less traffic. Also if it's raining? I've had to pull over and wait for rain to stop because it was just too much with lights, etc.

If incoming traffic is infrequent, I find it helps a bit to look towards the curb side of the road, directing my eyes away from the headlights until they pass. However, that's not a solution if there's a constant stream of cars.

Yellow tinted night glasses are a huge lifesaver!!!!

Cannot stand it, i learned to drive in a way that I look at the white line on the floor to guide me so i dont have to be flashed kn constant by incoming cars and if the car is behind i flash him with the rear mirror (push it up and down so they realize that they have lights either too high or the long distance one on)

DAE feel assaulted by the headlights of cars either going the opposite direction or from cars behind you. Which are worsened by the reflection of them in the mirror.

How do you cope?

Sensory issues + night driving