I love mine. I can tell the difference in the (Texas)summer on my electric bill, not having all of those miniature heat sources radiating in my house is a huge plus.
I have heard about folks being affected by the bulbs, I feel sorry for you about that. I haven’t had that problem. The only problem I have had with them is on my nightstand where the lamp interferes with the radio with a flourescent but not an incandescent.
and you can’t use CFL bulbs if you want to use a dimmer switch.