Symptoms from new DSL modem?

Hello,

I am a 25 year old male with chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple
chemical sensitivities, and various unexplained neurological
problems. I too ill to work except from home. I do all of my work
on a computer.

I recently decided to upgrade from dial-up internet access to Verizon
DSL. They sent me a wireless modem/router. From the moment I turned
it on, I felt sick: an anxious or wired feeling, burning sensation in
the chest, confusion and difficulty concentrating, dizziness and
nausea. The exact same symptoms happened again several times I tried
using the modem. Today I had to use it for 45 minutes, and I
actually ended up vomiting. (I never vomit.)

I disabled wireless on my setup so that the modem is no longer
supposed to have wireless capability, i.e. it presumably won't be
broadcasting microwave radiation anymore. Now when I use it, it
doesn't make me feel as severely sick -- but I still get some of the
same symptoms, just not as intense. I wonder if it is still sending
out a signal of some kind, or if I'm just electrically sensitive to
the modem itself, even without the wireless feature.

Has anybody had a problem with sensitivity to modems, specifically
the newer DSL modems? I know the problems I'm having aren't
psychosomatic. Should I just send the new modem back and go back to
dial-up?

Thanks,
Freebird

> Has anybody had a problem with sensitivity to modems, specifically
> the newer DSL modems? I know the problems I'm having aren't
> psychosomatic. Should I just send the new modem back and go back to
> dial-up?

Hmmmm, I've never noticed anything specific with my DSL modem,
although it does not have any wireless capability. I would think
that you could overcome this problem by putting the modem further
away from you, or using some sort of EMF protection device near
it to make the radiation feel less harmful.

Marc

Hello,

wireless modems are just as bad as wireless house phones.
They both are giving pulsed signals, which go very far (as far as 300
meters).

There are even new computers with build-in wireless, which you only can
shut-off via the motherboard or the BIOS.

Greetings,
Charles Claessens
member Verband Baubiologie
www.milieuziektes.nl
www.hetbitje.nl
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Martin" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 07:41
Subject: Re: [eSens] Symptoms from new DSL modem?

Hi,

My ES husband had very similar reactions to our Airport Base
Station (the Mac version of a wireless router, attached to a
high-speed cable modem rather than DSL). Sudden bad
headache, weakness, nausea, etc., especially when he came
within a few feet of the laptop that was picking up the wireless
signal. We experimented with turning off my Airport card (the card
inside the laptop that allows it to pick up the wireless signal) and
that seemed to help, but it made us very uneasy to think that the
base station (router) was still on, all the time, transmitting its
signal. We finally just decommissioned the whole thing, and
now I surf the Internet through a wire. It's not so bad. We're still
using the cable modem (high speed), not dial-up. I honestly
think this step has helped reduce the ES symptoms a little.

Cara




--- In [hidden email], "freebirdlaughlin"
<freebirdlaughlin@y...> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I am a 25 year old male with chronic fatigue syndrome,
multiple
> chemical sensitivities, and various unexplained neurological
> problems. I too ill to work except from home. I do all of my
work
> on a computer.
>
> I recently decided to upgrade from dial-up internet access to
Verizon
> DSL. They sent me a wireless modem/router. From the
moment I turned
> it on, I felt sick: an anxious or wired feeling, burning sensation
in
> the chest, confusion and difficulty concentrating, dizziness and
> nausea. The exact same symptoms happened again several
times I tried
> using the modem. Today I had to use it for 45 minutes, and I
> actually ended up vomiting. (I never vomit.)
>
> I disabled wireless on my setup so that the modem is no
longer
> supposed to have wireless capability, i.e. it presumably won't
be
> broadcasting microwave radiation anymore. Now when I use
it, it
> doesn't make me feel as severely sick -- but I still get some of
the
> same symptoms, just not as intense. I wonder if it is still
sending
> out a signal of some kind, or if I'm just electrically sensitive to
> the modem itself, even without the wireless feature.
>
> Has anybody had a problem with sensitivity to modems,
specifically
> the newer DSL modems? I know the problems I'm having
aren't
> psychosomatic. Should I just send the new modem back and
go back to
> dial-up?
>
> Thanks,
> Freebird

Thanks to everyone who replied to my question!

Freebird