My experience with those light bulbs is similar to yours. I tried one for a few weeks in a lamp that sits next to my computer, and finally had to remove it because my eyes were itching and burning pretty much all of the time. Since returning to an incandescent bulb, my eyes feel fine.
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.