Shoutbox

Yeah, I'd get a TFT or LCD monitor, they are a lot nicer to look at for long periods, but there are a few things you could try.

When you use your monitor make sure that you have a light on in the background and that the room is well iluminated.

Go into your display settings (on your computer) and turn the refresh (Hz) rate of the monitor up to the highest it will go.

Move Your monitor as far back as possible.

Lower the brightness and contrast of your monitor.

A TFT monitor is a lot easier on the eyes, I found it took me a while to get used to my TFT, whenever I looked away from it for the first few days I saw a few lines for 3 seconds, that seems to have stopped after a day or so...