"I f’ing hate these new bulbs. They feel like they suck your soul out of your body."
It's not your imagination.
The CFC bulbs emit a strobe like flicker
that can cause all kinds of serious adverse health reactions.
Three years ago our house was rebuilt after a fire. All the fixtures were "modernized." I started almost immediately to get headaches and nervous irritability.
After switching out the bulbs where possible and replacing the "modern" fixtures with some antiques, it's all better now.
I'm buying every 40 & 60 watt bulb I can get my hands on.
Be wary if you decide to stock up. When California made 100W. bulbs illegal to sell a couple of years ago I went on-line and found a supplier for the 100W. globe bulbs our fixtures are designed for.
What I received are marked 100W. but they don’t put out nearly as many lumens of light as the ones I’d been using (1,600 lumens.) They’re roughly equivalent to 60W. bulbs (800 lumens.)