Feeling dizzy or nausea after using iPad

I am so thankful for finding this thread! I have not been able to find much in my searches about this problem. I have the same issues of dizzyness/vertigo that last for a few days whenever using the iPhone or iPad for more than 15 mins. I had to return my iPhone after a week, and switch back to Blackerry for this reason. The blackberry is an inferior device, but the 'clean' transition screens make it usable.

I am convinced that the transitions/animations are the cause of this problem, for those of us with the vertigo symptoms. Hopefully our voices can become loud enough to cause the folks at Apple to build in an option to turn these off on the iPad/iPhone. Thanks everyone for your helpful input on this.

I just got my Iphone at christmas and was able to use for normal lengths of time however now I immediately feel nauseous and the feelings last for quite some time. I am so sad as I love my iphone but I might have to get rid of it.

It is due to the backlight LED flickering. This will cause foremost heachache, dizziness, and nausea. No amount of bad eyesight will cause dizziness or nausea in such a short time - if ever. My Ipad 2 flickers a lot, I can't use it. It's strange that very few can see the flicker. You can google "led flicker mac headache" and you'll find dozens if not hundreds of people complaining about mac (or any other) laptops with LED-screens. ALL LED-screens flicker since this is the method they use for dimming. No other solution than to bin the ipad.

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Here's something to try - have someone else manipulate your iPhone for a few minutes (scrolling webpages) while you keep your eyes with you at the same distance from the phone if you were using it. Do you still get nauseated?

Wibin As far as i know LED screens dont flicker, hence why Apple moved away from LCD which does.

Read the manual. Listen to your bodies.

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Try reading the text with one eye covered (do this to both eyes). If one eye cannot see well, than it may be the cause of the dizzy or nauseating feeling.

This is exactly what happen to me! Thank you for this comment. I purchased an IPhone 4s a while back and was able to use it for about a week or two without much discomfort. After that, I had to take it back due to headache and dizziness. Bummer because I loved the phone. I still have an IPad but can't use it much. I have been experimenting with turning off the GPS and WIFI, and that seem to help some. Not completely sure what causes the problems (LEDs, screen flicker, screen transitions, EMF, RF, etc..). Wish I knew. There is some hope maybe if apple changes to OLEDs, which, I've heard, do not flicker at all. What did you end up doing with your iPhone??? Do you own an IPad, and can you use it??

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have someone else manipulate your iPhone for a few minutes (scrolling webpages) while you keep your eyes with you at the same distance from the phone

How would one do this while not keeping their eyes with them?

Oops. That was a mistake. I meant to keep their eyes closed so they can rule out the the microwave radiation from the device is the cause of their symptoms. I got very nauseated when setting up a client's iPad two years ago.

No worries.

I figured you meant something else but I couldn't get it.

Nausea and dizziness when looking at an LED screen is not unusual at all. Happens to me, too–not just on iPad but also PCs. Definitely make sure to breathe, take breaks, remember to blink, and watch your posture. Those things all have an effect.

LED does not flicker. LCD does.

If you turn off Bluetooth, wifi, GSM. you wont get dizzy, Nausea. Try it.

Data transfer is the proplem. ie wireless

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It is my understanding (substantiated by some online research) that a comparison of LCD vs. LED is a flawed comparison. LCD describes the monitor/screen technology, while LED describes how the monitor/screen is lit. The screen on the iPad is an LCD that is backlit by LED.

If anyone who really knows what they're talking about wants to refute this, please do, but I believe this is correct.

Thanks, I will explore this further. I do think that it makes a difference, but I can't be sure until I use the iPad for an extended period of time (reading, watching video, typing). Has turning off these various data components help you and to what extent? What about the iPhone??? I think I may be getting closer to a solution! Thanks everyone for your posts!

Same problem here. I am glad i am not alone. I bought an iphone and after a few days of use i got a terrible headache and felt nausea. Now i get these symptoms after a few minutes of use. Terrible, cause i love my iphone.

A friend of mine owns Samsung Galaxy SII. When i use it it seems i do not get these symptoms, at least not in the degree with the iphone. But i haven't used this device for a long time so the comparison may not be valid. Is the screen causing these symptoms? Has someone from Apple responded? I see there are other people that get the same from their iphone / ipad. I would like to know what causes this and maybe work this out somehow.