Feeling dizzy or nausea after using iPad

Don't forget there are a few different causes for the nausea. For me it's the screen transitions on the ipad. The movement is too smooth and on a large enough screen to affect me.

There is also a case of LED flickering causing it in people too. Google it and you'll find most articles on TVs. I remember long ago when I saw the first 240Hz TV that smoothing tech gave me the same type of nausea. Outside of that I seem to recall something about a problem being the only way to dim LEDs was to flicker them so they weren't constantly on. Dunno the accuracy of all that, I just wanted to pitch back in there are multiple reasons these devices are causing nausea.

Thank for your comment, I don't feel so alone anymore. I experienced the same situation with the iPad. Initially I could use the iPad without much discomfort, but after a few weeks the headaches and dizziness/nausea set in and it was not fun anymore. Funny you should mention the Samsung Galaxy SII because it is on of the few phones that is using a newer LED technology that I have heard does not blink at all (OLED-Organic Light emitting Diode). I have been researching this technology and it look promising for us few who have trouble with the LED's. I think Apple will eventually start using this tech since it offers the capability to make the phone/tablet screen extremely thin and even flexible if needed. By the way, I did write a letter to Apple explaining my situation a few months back but have not received any response. One thing I have tried that seems to make using the iPad more tolerable is placing the tablet in airplane mode which turns of all the data signals (WiFi, GPS, etc...). I will keep experimenting. Keep the post coming everyone! Thanks everyone!

Check out this video describing OLED vs LED! Technology of the future!

http://www.lockergnome.com/media/2011/08/02/which-is-better-led-or-oled/

Based on my research, you are correct- most phones/tablets/computers use a LCD screen that is backlit by LEDs. It looks like LCD displays have been around for a while. Backlit LCDs using colored LEDs are a newer tech while OLEDs, in which the screen is actually the light source as well, is the newest tech. Does anybody agree, or have different knowledge.

Hello and thanks for your respone.

I tested the Galaxy SII for around 30 mins of continuing use and it seems that it does not cause me the headache and nausea my iphone does. It seems the problem is there but definitely not to the degree caused by the iphone. I understand that 30 mins is not a long time for testing but my iphone gives me the headache after 5 mins of use. As you already mentioned, it could be somehow connected to the screen. I noticed the same effect in my sister's Dell laptop that has a backlit led HD screen (my laptop is old and has a TFT). The screen did not cause me the same level of headache but the effect was there alright.

I wonder if this a problem that could be solved by a pair of glasses. I will have my eyes checked, maybe the doctor can suggest a solution.

Thanks again for the responses.

Wow - just out of curiosity I typed "iPad headaches dizziness" in Google and this popped up - thank god! I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me - all 3 things - headache, nausea, dizziness - started occurring in the a.m. I'm on some meds, but there hasn't been any change, so it wasn't that. Dizziness very severe - wondered how I was going to make it 4 feet to bathroom without falling. Then I thought . . . hmmmmm . . . I usually do iPad before going to bed and sometimes in the middle of the morning if I get up and don't feel like falling back to sleep right away - maybe I'll watch a TV episode on Netflix or surf the net for 1/2 hr. or so. I'm doing an experiment tonight - doing iPad after work, then nothing at all before bed or in the middle of the night - we'll see! So thankful for this forum!

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!

Thanks, I was thinking of exploring the Galaxy sII phone myself. Have you tried using it for longer periods of time??

Thanks- I feel fine this morning after no iPad use before bedtime or in the middle of the night, but I will try your suggestion about Netflix to run a TV episode and not watch it.

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.

MollieKaye, how is the quality of your sleep?

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?