Feeling dizzy or nausea after using iPad

Depending on how you feel tonight, you may want to run a TV episode on Netflix but not watch it - put the iPad down. This will allow you to rule out if it is either the radiation or the screen transitions from the iPad is making you ill. I reacted within 5 minutes of setting up a client's iPad a couple of years ago - dizzy, nausea, headache - I am sensitive to all forms of wireless radiation - Wi-Fi, cordless phones, cell towers etc.

Try turning the airplane mode in settings, which shuts off all the data signals (GPS, wireless, etc). If you still get a headache or other symptoms, at least you will know that it is probably the screen and/or backlighting (LED's) and not the signals coming from the device!

Unfortunately not. Half an hour is the most i have used it and during this time i do get some of the symptoms but definitely not to the degree i get them with the iphone. I have given up iphone, i get a headache even if playing with it for five minutes. Pitty cause i loved the thing!

I have purchased a blackberry with no touch screen to do my job and i am ok. My health comes first, and from my perspective feeling these symptoms is not a good sign.

I hope Apple figures a solution for people like us, even if we are a minority.

No problems falling asleep. Might get up once or twice during the might, and then might feel like reading or iPad-ing for awhile, then fall back asleep. It was because of those times that I suspected maybe the iPad might be behind the headaches, dizziness and nausea.

seems like some ppl have worse than others. Personally i have it about as worst as you can have it. I even think about my iPad and im wanting to throw up. At first everything was totally fine. Could play whatever i liked. Once i downloaded Fruit Ninja then i couldnt even be on for more than 5 min before feeling so sick to my stomach that i had to take Dramamine. And that doesn't even help enough. At first i thought it was the NOS Energy drinks im drinking but stopped drinking them and the motion sickness continued. I have numerous apple devices and havent had this kind of issue. My 3 year old son even plays on the ipad no problem. It really ***** because the new ipad supposedly comes out next month. But oh well Apple is still better than Android

I managed to use the Galaxy SII for a little more than two hours. I also tested HTC HD7. HD7 gave me almost the same symptoms as the iphone did, in less than half a hour of use. On the other hand with the Galaxy the symptoms were somehow there but definitely they are much more tolerable. I felt i could use it for much longer without feeling uncomfortable.

I tested both phones in flight mode, so it is not radiation that is causing the symptoms. You may be right with the led backlite screen. This may be the problem. I hear a lot of people complaining after replacing their old laptops and buying new ones with led screens.

Is the OLED screen the solution to our problem?

"It looks like LCD displays have been around for a while."

Approximately 25 years.

"Backlit LCDs using colored LEDs..."

LCDs backlit by LEDs use "white", not "colored" LEDs. Even before then, when LCD displays were new, the screens were backlit using CCFTs (cold cathode flourescent tubes)

I have tried using airplane mode on my iPad and I'm hoping that will help. I'm getting not only nausea but also lower GI problems. I switched to a tethered wireless modem rather than using wifi; that and not using the iPad at all for a while did make a big difference. However, I'd like to be able to use the iPad; it's a bit expensive for a doorstop.

Same here I got the New Ipad and was using it for a few hours the first night looking at ebay and i was nausea and dizzy, thinking i had the start of the flu then i started to feel better so i thought i would look at my New Ipad again and the nausea came back. i hope this doesn't happen over and over again, i do have tubes in my inner ears and thought they were pluged up thats why i was getting dizzy but it wasn't . Apple should put a bigger warning as the new screen has so many pixels maybe its harder for the brain to comprehend all those pixels. i hope it gets better :-(

Is this your first use of the iPad or have you used earlier versions without problems? And have you tried turning Airplane Mode on to see whether it's the emissions that are bothering you rather than issues with the screen?

i have used other tablets before like the Galaxy tablet android and just sold the book tablet to get the latest Ipad, I have looked at other people's picture slide shows on older versions of the iPad. But never had this dizzy and nausea feeling while using iPad for more then 5 minutes its kind of sad. I guess my internet use will have to be limited. But I mainly bought it for using the iphoto and imovie as ilove to make slide shows and movies for family. Its strange maybe its the flu going around but as soon as I use the iPad I feel horrible. If I use the airplane mode I won't be able to look at new email its kind of frustrating I will give it a try to see if I feel better. Thanks for the reply :-)

I was suggesting that you try airplane mode to rule out sensitivity to electronic emissions. If you can tolerate the iPad in that mode, at least you'll know that you can use it for other purposes and just change out of airplane mode for specific activities. Right now I have mine in airplane mode and I just switch if I need to download something or check the web. I mostly use my iPad for reading or sharing photos with people, or to occupy my toddler granddaughter with games. None of those require connectivity.

Actually that is a real smart idea, I haven't had time to check that out but will in the next couple of days and see if it helps. As I use my kindle reader for my reader. I Have the book app for my cousins children's books she wrote and illustrated the books come in great. I mainly using it for email and do all my online banking and pay bills. And to take photos and edit them and make slide shows and to use movie to put my family movies together and transfer it to my computer and burn to a DVD disc. When I don't need the WiFi I will try shuting it off and see how I feel.Thanks for your help its much appreciated :-)

I tried Galaxy SII for around 2 days. Although the first day the symptoms were moderate, the second day it caused me a severe headache (like with the iphone). I guess the Amoled screen does not make any difference in our problem.

I hope Apple will come up with a solution in the future. Until then, no touch screen phone for me.

Exandas wrote:

I tried Galaxy SII for around 2 days. Although the first day the symptoms were moderate, the second day it caused me a severe headache (like with the iphone). I guess the Amoled screen does not make any difference in our problem.

I hope Apple will come up with a solution in the future. Until then, no touch screen phone for me.

I have heard of other people having the same symptons while using the NOOK Color. No one seems to have those peoblems with the NOOK Simple Touch or the 1st Edition NOOK, both of which use e-ink display.

Perhaps looking away at intervals of time, like they suggest while using a computer monitor for extended periods, would help? Just guessing, of course, since I have not encountered this problem.