Feeling dizzy or nausea after using iPad

Thanks for the explanations. It seems you have made your research!

I tested a friend's Galaxy SII for a couple of days and although the first hours of use I did not experience any symptoms later on I felt a strong headache and dizziness. I thought the super amoled screen will do for me, but it didn't.

On the other hand I used a sony netbook with a led backlit screen for many working days, and although I felt a little eye strain it did not cause me headache or dizziness.

Furthermore I have never experienced any headache from cell phone radiation for the last 10 years I use cell phones. I have also visited a doctor and all tests showed there is nothing wrong with me. So I am a bit confused as to what causes this problem. As soon as I stop the use of the touch screen phone, everything is fine.

The use of iPhone or similar (in terms of screen size) is somehow useful to me because I receive on a daily basis company reports to which I need to respond while I am on the move. At the moment I use my blackberry, but the screen is small and it is not comfortable to work with. Yet I get no headaches, so I will probably continue to work like this untill a touch screen phone comes up that does not cause me these symptoms.

Thanks again for the comments.

That's certainly a mouthful. Before anyone gets carried away, let's put a few things straight.

If you never have problems when talking on a phone/smartphone against your ear, or when walking past trasmitters etc. but get headaches when reading from your ipad, you don't have EHS.

I know about the cases - or one prominent case in particular. I've studied myself at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). It's a **** shame you can't live in the city nor anywhere near cities or phone masts etc. because of the effects. The effects appear to get worse with more (heavy) exposure, as with the case of a Swedish mobile techonology engineer. In practice you have to move outside of the city with no mobile connectivity, nor electrical devices which emit electrical radiation.

A phone mast was installed in Britain. Suddenly many people were feeling ill and they felt that it was causing problems such as headaches etc. A study was made where the phone mast was turned on and off for periods of weeks, measurements were done and a questioneer was put out. People were suffering equally with or without the mast being on. It had NO correlation with exposure to radiowaves. The only cause that was left ater ruling others out was psychosomatics.

If your problems are limited to an ipad and few odd models, you don't have EHS.

If you claim you have EHS and think this is the cause, then think carefully - because it impacts your life and cause a lot of unneeded stress that may very well be the cause of your ailments. It doesn't, however, mean that any radiation would be the actual cause. If you go posting something like this without reading the symptoms or problem descriptions accurately, with the thought of converting people to the belief that everyone has EHS, and taking no sort of responsibly of what you are saying.. DON'T do it. Self-education is a dangerous thing if you get to choose your sources yourself without objectivity - it only amounts to scaremongering.

Thinking you have/get EHS from an ipad while never having the symptoms before or never having the symptoms of EHS when discontinuing the use of your ipad despite all the emissions around our habitat, you are basically showing disrispect to those who are actually suffering from EHS, always, constantly, no matter how they try to avoid it, and finally resort into moving away from civilisation.

Not of course saying that there couldn't be some on this forum actually suffering from EHS. This, however, is highly unlikely.

Cheers!

Sorry to hear that. 😟

It's not fun regardless of what causes it. it's just really important to pinpoint the cause, so that you can do your best to rectify the situation.

I get dizzy and feel sleepy in certain lighting due to the flicker of lights. Like the classrooms I used to sit in. Not fun. When they turn off the lights and turn on the projector I feel instantly better whilst most of the others begin to doze off in the darkness. Maybe these also contribute to ADD/ADHD, which in my case is very bad. But at least that can largely be fixed with pills.

The reaction to all manner of external stimuli is very individual.

Some of you getting dizziness from looking at computer/ iPad screens may have migraine associated vertigo or MAV. I have this problem and have found that sometimes I can habituate to a new screen over a period of 2-3 weeks or, if the impact is really strong, have to give up completely. I was not able to use the MacBook Air but did adapt to the iPad 2. Not good on the 3rd gen iPad so far. Instant dizziness.

The problem lies in the visual impact on the brain. Obviously the new iPad is brighter and sharper and that coupled with an LED backlit screen will trigger this in susceptible people. There's a discussion on it here as well:

http://www.mvertigo.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3255

I know what you mean. I have the new iPad am doing better now Thank God. I found out it is harder for the brain to detect the extra pixels. Also I have an inner ear problem with having to wear tubes in my ear drum. So when my Equilibrium is off due to my ear problems it makes it worse. The dizziness and headaches.

How long did it take you to get used to the new one? Did you use it for just short periods at first? I tried putting a matte screen over it to reduce the impact but it looked worse and was annoying so I peeled it off.

well i was disapointed at first because i got Nausea and dizzy. So i Let that feeling go away and i came back to the ipad just to look at my email for 5 to 10 minutes and put it down after that and rest my eyes. Now my eyes have gotten use to it and I can use it for about an hour now and put it down and I am doing better with it. I Love my new iPad and its far superior then my old galaxy tablet from Samsung and my nook tablet that i sold. i guess i am a apple fan for life. But a person has to be real careful with getting use to the screen. And if they can't get use to it they should be able to return it as it can be a medical condition. And your health is important more important then having the iPad.

I've been using the old ipad 2 without any problem. LOVED IT.

But I am experiencing the instant dizziness and naseaus with the NEW ipad3 as well.

So far, I tried calling apple support once and the tech guys told me it's out of their domain and transfer me to the sales support.

Was put on hold forever at sales support and I gave up.

I was thinking of exchanging the new ipad 3 for an old ipad2. I want the 3G connection as my current ipad2 is wifi only.

Anyone know who we can talk to regarding this ? I can't find any email contact for apple.

Did you condition yourself with the Note, i.e. did you use it for a few minutes the first days and then add a few mins of use every day?

I used the Galaxy SII that has an AMOLED screen and i felt the same symptoms as with the iphone, but at a lower intensity. Is there an explanation for this? I usually use the phone for many hours during the day for email reading and i wonder if this is the reason Galaxy caused me a headache. I read in the forum of people starting with few minutes of use at first and increasing the time as the eyes adjust. Did you do the same?

I never had any problem with speaking on a cell phone so i assume i am not feeling nausea and headaches due to radiation.

Thanks

Just curious, to those who have electrohypersensitivity (EHS), do you feel sick whenever you are in a Starbucks, Airport, Convention Centers, city downtowns, malls, etc?

Any particular wavelength of electromagnetic waves that are especially problematic? Cell phones wavelengths? wifi? microwave? FM radio? and I really hope not AM radio?

Edit: With such a condition? Shouldn't you be staying away from wireless devices such as ipads and cell phones? and computer screens? pretty sure the monitors emit a hefty amount of electromagnetic radiation :-)

Yes to all. Downtown, convention centers and the airport are particularly bad. Starbucks is not as bad.

AM and FM radio are generally fine.

Wi-Fi and cell towers are the worst.

LCD monitors emit no RF (radio frequency) radiation - only LF (low frequency).

That said, once you are sensitive to RF you are also sensitive to LF. I am aware of people who can't use a computer because they are very sensitive to the LF.

Microwave ovens, which use the same frequency as most Wi-Fi routers are very problematic for those who are very sensitive.

:-( that sounds pretty bad. But it looks like it's mostly the higher frequencies that are problematic.

Anyone ever try to design clothing to shield out the higher frequency em radiation? Higher frequency should be pretty easy to shield. Maybe some sort of fine wire mesh lined into the clothing and hats :-) A very thin layer should do the trick.

I actually feel very strong low frequecies as well.

Could not understand at a client that had no Wi-Fi why I was feeling affected in a certain office. Turns out it was directly over the power room for the building. My gauss meter confirmed this before I found out.