Other symptoms than eye strain

Liberator005

I very often experience short term memory deficits in front on my laptop. Like I want to search something for ex and then 5 seconds after, I forget what I wanted to search on the internet. I then need like 30 seconds before recalling again and it requires a conscious effort from myself.
Does it happen to you ?

I don't think it's a general problem with me as I never experience this on my phone or when I'm not using the laptop.

madmozg

Liberator005 happening with me as well. Thought it's just aging xDD Not sure it could be because of our eyes. It's probably could be because of the amount of stress or depression.

Vividblu99

Liberator005

I experience severe body fatigue after using amoled devices. It starts off with my eyes, with a strain/tension developing, and eventually, travels through to other parts of my body.

I also experience brain fog and brain fatigue. My thinking becomes cloudy, hazy (and lazy), and yes, I become forgetful, and my attention span practically drops to zero. It becomes too straining & demanding to even think straight.

It takes a few days for the symptoms to subside - and this entails avoiding any amoled display during that time.

These effects are more pronounced using amoled phones and laptops up close, and not so much on amoled TV's, when viewing at a considerable distance.

Donux

Liberator005 Could be EMF from wifi exposure too.

ocean10

Liberator005 with problematic screens I feel some sort of weird "warmth" come over me. I also get nauseous and foggy feeling. The foggy feeling is also dizziness but not the same kind as what you'd feel if you spun around fast in circles if that make sense. Overall it's almost like a very severe and sudden motion sickness.

I was always a yearly upgrader of iPhones the day I bought my iPhone X I went home and started setting it up. Quickly I felt so bad I almost dialed 911 (didn't realize it was the phone). That was pretty much the start of my issues with screens. I remember getting similar feelings with LED Christmas lights back in the early 2010's. (Not sure if current LED Christmas lights do the same thing since I never bought them again).

Liberator005

madmozg I'm quite certain it's linked to the screen cause I don't get it in other situations.

madmozg

What kind of laptop you have? What kind of display it has ?

Liberator005

madmozg

A lenovo y530 with a regular 1080p led screen. Before I changed the motherboard I had no problem, but somehow eventhough the mobo is the same, I get these annoying little brain fogs sometimes.
It's not that problematic, I still can use the laptop for a good amount of time everyday.

Liberator005

Vividblu99

Yes those symptoms are much probably due to pwm used in amoled devices. I personally can't use them. Did you try maxing the brightness in your phone, and using a third party app to reduce the brightness after. Normally at max brightness, there is no pwm but it's not even always the case.
I even had to sell a newly bought ibiza cause the dashboard screen was making me sick and I highly suspect it had pwm.

KM

If there's flicker, I begin to feel unwell quickly with headaches and a strange feeling around the eyes, and I can't focus anymore on the task at hand. The symptoms have a lasting effect even when I turn the device off immediately. Especially the next morning when waking up my eyes burn, the headaches are stronger, and I feel exhausted.

Liberator005

Donux

I'm actually familiar with emf problems but I don't think it's wifi here since I don't get it when using my smartphone with wifi or 4g.

I do think excessive emf exposure has an overall impact though, it comes to every specific person sensitivity.

LarryNG

Liberator005 I very often experience short term memory deficits in front on my laptop.

Within my own experience, I get a similar reaction with laptops. The solution was easy, to unplug the wireless antenna that runs around the monitor, and to only use hard-wired ethernet. But of course on newer laptops, I've seen that most no longer have an ethernet port (there might be a USB-ethernet connector available though, I don't know.).

My wife and I both have similar effects when going to stores that have too many wireless registers. It takes us at least a full day to revive.

Liberator005

LarryNG

Yes, there are usb-ethernet connector don't worry about that. Either normal usb, or usb type c. You don't have to use wifi in any laptop nowadays if you don't want to. Don't forget to turn down the bluetooth also.

Donux

Liberator005 Yes if you have a chance to use it. But if you are travelling and using 5G or 4G over wifi hotspot, you get three transceivers pumping in EMF in a room. That is something.