Cordless phones

[Gmc54]

This makes interesting reading

emfrefugee.blogspot.com/201...

[Parminter]

That is certainly food for thought.

If the world has more and more persons sensitive to electromagnetic radiation to the point that they must leave their homes and live far from cities, then it seems reasonable to think that we are all sensitive, but to a lesser degree.

I await with real fear the roll-out of 5G, which will be inescapable the world over, for all living things.

Brave new world.

[Graham3196 in reply to Parminter]

I understand that your experiment seems to indicate that the phones were effective in RLS. Is there any experimental work to support this? My parents had RLS in 1950 when there were very few electromagnetic radiation sources floating around. So is there evidence that RLS is worse now than it was in 1950?

It would be easy to build a Faraday cage to sleep in. This would greatly reduce the fields that reach us as we sleep - just like driving into a tunnel - when the radio fades out. (Not in modern tunnels where the authorities require local rebroadcast so we don't miss any advertisements)

Where's a PHD student when you need one?

Think of the profits to be made in Whole house radiation shields!!!!!

Graham

[Parminter in reply to Graham3196]

I doubt the implication is that it causes RLS, but that it may exacerbate it, or create something akin to it.

The problem with such theories is that the huge multinationals who make vast sums from this technology have the power to quash research, and buy governments.

Some governments, however, have recognized electromagnetic sensitivity as a real health issue. We await this space with interest and trepidation.

We can do quite a lot to escape 2G and 3G and 4G, but 5G will be all-invasive, there will be no hiding place.

Is this all conspiracy theory? I doubt it.

[Hidden in reply to Parminter]

I’ll have to show this thread to my husband. He’s all for conspiracy theories! Almost all the books he owns talks about different ones.

[Parminter in reply to Hidden]

Hello Sails, good to hear from you.

One way or another, we're cooked. Let us enjoy the moment while we may!

[Eryl]

Where's the scientific research? I had rls since before these things were invented.

[Hidden in reply to Eryl]

Most of us have. And any of our ancestors who passed the gene down through generations.

[Gmc54]

The reason I posted this is because it just might help someone. We all seem to have different triggers, anything is worth a try. Like others who have answered my post my rls started before wifi, cordless phones etc. but it might be a trigger for some. Anything we can find is worth posting as it may be a help to someone.

[Hidden in reply to Gmc54]

Agreed! Thanks for posting!

[restlessstoz in reply to Gmc54]

My very first enquiry to 'Google' was about lap top computers etc triggering a RL episode. That's how I came across this forum!

I have found time and time again that sitting without my laptop I'm quite fine but with my computer on my knee, I start to feel my legs and so have to stand up. Now I don't sit with it on my knees any more and I think more often -though one cannot really say with out proper challenges, that my legs aren't 'obviously' triggered as much.

It may be that with sitting I have 'used up' my RL free time and so when I pick up the PC then they are ready to start. Possibly but it certainly gave me food for thought.

If in doubt, don't do it! Move the phone, use the PC on a table, stool etc. That's what I do now. I also cover the 'blue light' on the landline (an archaic piece of history!) as I know it interferes with sleep patterns.

Like Parminter says 'One way or another, we're cooked. Let us enjoy the moment while we may!' I think that with many things these days and in many ways I'm glad I won't be here to see what the world becomes in 50 years time. I'm certainly doing what I can to leave it as best I can for my grandchildren.

[Eryl in reply to restlessstoz]

I think that the reason rls comes on when you're sitting with your laptop on your knees is that you tend to keep your legs still. That and the pressure of sitting restricts the blood flow to the lower legs slightly, and it is reduced oxygen supply to the nerves in the legs which brings rls on.

[restlessstoz in reply to Eryl]

Very logical and down to earth!

[Lapsedrunner in reply to Eryl]

This isn’t logical, Restless Legs does not have this local mechanism ...I can sit for hours during the day, in a car etc no problem. I can then go to bed, sleep until 2am, completely stretched out...RLS. Nothing to do with nerve hypoxia