I'm not sure if this has been asked before, but has anyone noticed a correlation between their seizures/ brain health and wifi. I'm asking this because I noticed an increase in migraines when I had wifi installed in my home. I started trying to eliminate it where possible. Using ethernet cables, using corded and not cordless keyboards/ mouse, and using corded (and not cordless) phones etc., turning off wifi settings on my computer. It has made a big difference for me.
Brain Health and Wifi
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There seems to be a lot of general debate about this. In theory, the radiation from wifi is too low (lower than a microwave) to cause problems. But enough people report getting headaches or headache relief depending on their exposure/proximity to wifi, so there may be more going on. I haven't had any problems myself (I have a wired computer, but a router as well, cordless phones and lots of wifi in my building).
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I agree with Nakamova. Take a look around you. Radio towers, cellular towers, etc. All of those will put out far more radiation than wifi or similar frequencies. CB and HAM radios can be boosted to much higher power. Often times, FM radio can run 100,000 of watts and AM can fluctuate from day to night. Wifi can do little as compared to those.
While a cellular tower may emit 50 watts, a Wi-Fi router is restricted to 4 Watts or 1 Watt, depending on the frequency band in use. In other words, a modern cell phone will put out more power and that is what counts.
While a cellular tower may emit 50 watts, a Wi-Fi router is restricted to 4 Watts or 1 Watt, depending on the frequency band in use. In other words, a modern cell phone will put out more power and that is what counts.
I understand that that it's probably not possible to totally avoid it, I realize that. But cell phone towers etc. are open air, very different that an enclosed room I think... I use a headset (not bluetooth) with my cell phone.
Maybe it's just my imagination...
Maybe it's just my imagination...
I've been reading a book from the Edge.org site, where the world's leading scientists talk about the ideas they have but can't prove. From the one essay I read, it seems as though there is no consensus and no knowledge of whether or not these sorts of signals do cause medical problems. For what it's worth, though, when fax machines came out, everyone thought they caused cancer. But I'm with Nakamova--I don't sniff at the placebo effect. As one of my doctors said, if it works, carry on doing it. I like that attitude.
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It certainly could be, but it is your experience, not mine. Trust your senses.
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What type of internet did you have before the Wi-Fi? If it's running faster now than it was before then you may be spending more time on the computer. I know I'm doing this since we changed the type of internet we had.
If your spending hours on the computer now going to all sorts of different web sites and doing different things this could be causing the migraines. If your internet was running slower before the Wi Fi then you may not have been spending as much time on it and not staring at it for so long.
If your spending hours on the computer now going to all sorts of different web sites and doing different things this could be causing the migraines. If your internet was running slower before the Wi Fi then you may not have been spending as much time on it and not staring at it for so long.
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There are a couple of really old posts which touch on the relationship between electro-magnetic fields and the brain:
http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f22/cell-phone-signals-excite-brain-745/
If your wifi (or possibly the transformer for the wifi router) are generating a sufficiently strong EMF, it might offer an explanation for the phenomenon observed by the OP. I wouldn't expect the EMF to be that big, but you could always test it if you want (EMF testers can be found on Amazon.com for example).
http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f22/cell-phone-signals-excite-brain-745/
If your wifi (or possibly the transformer for the wifi router) are generating a sufficiently strong EMF, it might offer an explanation for the phenomenon observed by the OP. I wouldn't expect the EMF to be that big, but you could always test it if you want (EMF testers can be found on Amazon.com for example).
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