Yes. I think it has got a lot to do with the color combination rather than the light text on dark bg. I've personally noticed that the sweet spot for me is having a black to near black background with gray (70/30 or 80/20 white/black mix). Having a full white text feels like someone is etching my eyes with a laser stenciled in the said text.

Sorry -- some people struggle with light-on-dark text. I tend to like it (obviously) but I'll probably switch at some point for this reason. I also want to experiment with just making the text larger.

Would be interested in hearing if other people have experienced this issue and had success solving it.