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Hello,

I'm Michelle and I just joined this group. I became electrically sensitive at the end of 2006. I react to power and radio frequency and am homebound due to this situation. I had to discontinue working in May, 2007.

If anyone has an answer as to how to be able to use a computer once again, I am very interested. (I can't enter a room if a computer is on within the room.)

Michelle

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> If anyone has an answer as to how to be able to use a computer once
> again, I am very interested. (I can't enter a room if a computer is on
> within the room.)

Welcome to the group, Michelle.

Yes, we have a variety of people here who have used a variety of means
to tolerate computer use. Sometimes you may just have to switch to
a different computer, and see if it less bothersome than the one you
have been using. Other solutions involve:

-- moving the monitor and the computer as far away from you as
possible. You may need to buy longer cables to your keyboard,
mouse, and monitor to do this.
-- plug equipment into power strips which filter the RF noise
from the electricity
-- experiment with EMF protection devices, either on the incoming
power, on top of the equipment, or on your person
-- experiment with shielding materials, like something in front
of the monitor screen, something around the cables, etc.
-- wear less metal on your person, as it may aggravate the problems.
This may include metal-framed eyeglasses, belt buckles,
metal dental work, etc.
-- experiment with nutritional supplementation, including various
vitamins, minerals, antioxidants you may see mentioned here

My computer tolerance has gone way up by doing some of the above
things, so maybe it will for you as well!

Marc

Hello, Michelle,

Welcome to the Esens Forum!  I am sorry to hear you are homebound; I personally know how hard that can be (I am no longer homebound, but was a decade ago).
 
You wrote:
If anyone has an answer as to how to be able to use a computer once again, I am very interested. (I can't enter a room if a computer is on within the room.)
 
My reply:
We just discussed this subject in some detail recently.  If you are able to access the forum’s archives in the “Esens Files”, you might want to read the posts from Nov. 11, 2009 and there abouts.  And also check the forum’s various documents pages for this specific topic.  (You can get to these areas by clicking on “Visit Your Group” at the end of my post where it says, “Recent Activity”.)
 
Also, it is most important for you to determine exactly what about the computer it is that is bothering you.... if you have wireless internet, it is likely that is at least a large part of it.  If your computer has wireless and broadband cards in it, you can be reacting to those broadcasting frequencies.  You can react to the processor speed and the fan (notmuch you can do about the fan, but you can try to lighten your computer's load so that the processor runs cooler and doesn't work as hard.)  Stewart wrote a good post about various things one might react to on a computer recently and which types of items to use instead.  (This was posted before a week ago, but since Nov. 11th).
This is a copy of a post I wrote at that time to another new member asking for specific computer help.  Some of this might not apply to you rightnow, but I have left it as I originally wrote it. 
 
“You can write and reply to posts in Microsoft Word off-line, and save emails to reply to, online pages, and sites to read off-line there, as well.  (When I am done pasting posts and sites to Word, online, Itotally unplug from DSL and work off-line.)   
 
I personally changed all sorts of settings on my computer, as well—I disabled anything to do with wireless and removed wireless cards (Dell techs talked me thru this).  A lot of little things helped me....  I have a laptop and Stewart here told me that the direction that I plugged it in would make a difference (because it has no polarized plug) and so I marked it with a paint pen so I always know which direction it goes.  Also, I unplug my laptop, the DSL box, the ethernet cable into the computer,and the phone line to the DSL box every time I quit using my computer.  It sounds like a pain, but it takes less than 30 seconds and it makes abig difference for me.  Also, not plugging the laptop into the same outlet as the DSL box makes a difference and keeping all of these--DSL box, puter, and phone/cord 6 feet apart from each other and not plugged in with or near other electronics makes a difference.  (The Dell techs told methat idea.)  I
personally find I can tolerate DSL better than cable internet and found I did not tolerate any type of wireless internet.
 
I personally find it better not to use my laptop on battery (mainly because I react badly to charging the battery and have no good place to do this remotely), so I removed the battery entirely and disabled that.  But a lot of EMS people like laptops especially for the purpose of using themon battery only. 
 
With the help of the Dell techs, I went systematically over my entire computer and addressed settings--anything which pertained to wireless, any settings which made the computer work harder (powered up the processor or made the fan kick on), we simplified the start-up and shut-down menus, made everything I could possibly make manual rather than automatic, so the computer isn't downloading things, etc, all the time while I am on it, removed pop-ups, got rid of as many unnecessary programs as possible (or at least made them not start till I wanted them to).....  All of these are littlethings, and yet the combined effect was great.  I can use my computerwithout reacting to it at all most of the time now.  (I no longer have to remain off-line as much as possible.)
 
If you are involved in detoxing you will need to especially limit your timeonline and on your computer (actually you will need to limit anything involving electricity).  I only react to my computer now when I detox.  I also use supplements, "ground" myself, and do various energy exercises, all of which have helped me physically to tolerate my computer and electricity and emfs in general better.  One of the best things you can do is unplug everything you can in your house and only plug things in when you are actually using them.  Beyond that, shutting off breakers at your electrical panel when you can do so is also very beneficial.  These measures can help your body restabilize, especially if you are able to detox your body successfully and improve your nutrition during this same period.  Everybody is a little different as to why they have EMS, but toxic exposures, amalgam fillings, as well as bad nutrition, and gut damage are all examples of
things we often have to address to get better.”   
 
Hope this helps you,
Diane




     

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Michelle

I too became ES in 2006 and at one point was unable to use the computer at all, could not even have it on in the house... now I can write to you wihtout too much bother, I am still pretty much home-bound but I have improved with the things inside the house and you will too. You must give yourself time to rest and repair, start vitamins, maybe wear a protection device (I wear an Earthcalm Resonator), I use NCD Zeolite, green vegetable juice daily, take probiotics, hormones etc etc.. there is so much to try but you need to take one day at a time.

There is so much great advice on the group, have a look through the posts and try some things and I really think there is a good chance you will use awired computer again... just give it time.

Take care
Alison

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