Feeling dizzy or nausea after using iPad

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.

One more thing to mention, i use my blackberry (Curve 9360) for many hours every day with no headache at all. The screen is TFT,480 x 360 pixels. But the iphone 3gs, with TFT 320 x 480 pixels causes me severe headache within 10 mins of use. Do you know anything about the active screen playing a role to this? iphone 3gs does not have a led backlite screen but still creates the problem. Any idea?

It is inded the screen that flickers. Some people can see the flicker, such as me. Both LED-screens and fluorescent-tube backlights flicker, but at completely different rates. Some fluorescent have a more disturbing refreshrate which is around 300-600 times per second while the more comfortable ones are probably 2000+ per second. But what I've noticed is that those screens that have only one backlight strip of fluorescent tubes in mobile phones are far more comfortable than those that have two. Reason being that the two may flicker at a slightly different rate causing oscillations that can cause nausea.

LEDs can be really good, or way, way way worse than fluorescents. So in that sence fluorescents are safer. This is an article created in 1996 including several testaments from different users: http://www.cloanto.com/users/mcb/19960719lcd.html What you want to concentrate is on flicker, because everything else can be mitigated and tested - and it does not solve the problem! + as per the testaments, there are several who can attest to the fact that it is indeed the flicker. Whether it is LED or fluorescent flicker is of no importance - what matters is the flicker frequency rate and possible pulsating/oscillating light, as with for example flashes of light causing epileptic seizures.

I have owned in the past 5 years approximately 15 different monitors. Some I've sold since they flicker, some I've taken to work. I have five screens here at work, of which two are my main work displays. I've bought the least flicker models (fluorescent) on ebay fearing I won't find them in the future. At home I have a modest two, in addition to my laptop screens.

As for the phone, I don't think iphones are as bad as the ipads - they probably have a slightly different refreshrates. Oled screens ARE better by definition because different colour intensities flicker at a different rate. Thus if you read on an OLED screen against a white background you may feel queazy, but if you choose a light coloured colourful background picture for your background while having black text you will find the reading experience much smoother. Funnily I've noticed that the cheaper the screen, the less flicker. The worst are power efficient Lenovos and Sonys, ipads etc. I suspect that power efficiency and the negative effects of flicker are closely tied together.

I upgraded myself to samsung galaxy note to replace my phone and my ipad all in one.. It flickers very little, still easily perceivable, but I have never had a headache from it. There are definitely better out there, but it's good enough for me and for once I'm happy. A shame really, I love ipad apps.. reading the economist etc. was a breeze. eInk displays are always the best, whether they have wifi or not - airplane mode will not help with this issue. The amount of radiation is miniscule and you would have a fit each time you walk past feet away a wifi-basestation which are far more powerful than what an ipad sends out. Plus if your laptop /w wifi doesn't bother you but ipad does, there's another clue. If you're still wondering whether it's any radiation etc. just turn the ipad backside up. You'll feel instantly better while getting MORE radiation from the antenna which is on the back side of the ipad.

Besides, your health comes first. If you can't use your ipad, don't force yourself. Sell it. Many (like my friend whom I sold mine to) will be happy to use it and will never have problems with it. At least I slept better, without headaches.