@krstjb Bless you, I lost my mum a few years ago so I know how that feels and now most of my family are those I chose. My best friend and her son are my closest family not forgetting my partner. Her son calls me his second mum as I've been there since the day he was born.
I thought you were describing me as I definitely fit that description well too. My eyes are light sensitive so I use those modes too and my specs have brown tints as my vision is a bit...unusual. And I have cluster migraines.
Have you try carrying a voice recorder with you so if those awesome ideas hit when you are out and about or doing shopping you can talk into the little gadget and type it out later? I like the sound of your boss. My ex boss was a lazy sod. When I quit his bosses realised the quality in his "work" had dropped and fired him. Should have figured it out when his quality of work went up not down! Glad your resting a bit hun.