Why Do I Feel Dizzy All the Time?

Do you feel dizzy sometimes? For no apparent reason?

There is an important factor most overlook. EMF pollution in your environment.

There’s a real, physiological basis for why electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and radiofrequency (RF) emissions can make people feel dizzy, disoriented, or experience ringing in the ears (tinnitus).

Some doctors call it Meniere's disease, an disorder of the inner ear that causes episodes of vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus. They said no cure and we don’t know what causes it.

How EMFs Cause Dizziness

There are a few ways EMFs can cause dizziness.

—Vestibular and Neurological Interaction

The inner ear’s vestibular system controls balance and spatial orientation. EMFs can interact with this system in two main ways:

  1. Magneto-hydrodynamic effects. Strong electromagnetic fields can subtly move ions in the fluid of the inner ear (endolymph). They electrically conduct fluids. This can trick your brain into thinking your head is turning, causing dizziness or a sense of tilting.

  2. Electrical interference with neural firing: Neurons communicate through tiny electrical impulses (millivolt range). High-frequency or pulsed EMFs can induce microcurrents in nearby tissue, interfering with those signals—especially in areas like the cerebellum or vestibular nuclei that control equilibrium.

This is why people sometimes feel unsteady or lightheaded near powerful radar, antennas, or high-voltage installations—even without measurable heating effects.

—Cardiac and Autonomic Nervous System Response

EMFs cause tremendous amounts of oxidative stress, which is directly linked to cardiovascular disease. The autonomic nervous system (which controls involuntary functions like heart rate and blood pressure) can be affected.

EMFs can modulate vagus nerve activity, leading to momentary changes in heart rhythm, blood pressure, and respiration. This can trigger orthostatic-like symptoms—faintness, nausea, or dizziness. Your experience of your heart reacting near the array fits this category: your body’s electromagnetic control system (the heart’s sinoatrial node and vagus nerve) is incredibly sensitive to outside fields.

—Tinnitus and Microwave Auditory Effect

Some people hear a ringing or clicking sound (tinnitus-like tones).

This is an effect known as the microwave auditory or "Frey effect". Brief but intense pulses of radiofrequency (RF) energy can elicit auditory sensations when absorbed in the head of an individual. Even though the effect doesn’t involve air vibration (like normal sound), it’s perceived inside the head—exactly as many people describe when near high-powered transmitters or radar installations.

Why? Because pulse microwave radiation can cause tiny thermoelastic expansions in brain tissue, creating pressure waves that the cochlea interprets as sound. It’s been documented in military and biomedical research since the 1960s.

—Individual Sensitivity

Some people appear more electromagnetically sensitive due to genetics, pre-existing neurological patterns, or prior exposure.

The thing to understand is that biological systems have natural resonance frequencies. For example, the human brain’s EEG (electroencephalogram) rhythms range from 1–40 Hz. (It can go from delta (0-4 Hz), theta (4-8 Hz), alpha (8-13 Hz), and beta (13-30 Hz), which is a discussion for another article.)

The heart and cell membranes operate around low-frequency electrical potentials (tens to hundreds of millivolts).

If an external electromagnetic source happens to pulse or modulate within these ranges, it can cause entrainment or dissonance effects.

You feel it as fatigue, anxiety, confusion, or vertigo.

Arrays (e.g., long-range radar, ELF/VLF transmitters) emit wide-spectrum energy that can overlap these biological bands, especially during active experiments.

In countries such as the USA, Russia and China, they have ionospheric heaters. These powerful HF transmitter (2.8 to 10 MHz) induces controlled temporary modification to the electron temperature at desired altitude.

The U.S. operates the HAARP facility in Alaska, while Russia has the Sura Ionospheric Heating Facility, and China is reportedly building an advanced ionosphere heater in Hainan.

Other Symptoms of EHS (Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity)

Dizziness symptoms seldom come alone. More people suffer with some form of EHS (Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity).

At the same time, there is no strict standard regulating EMF pollution.

Many countries have chosen to adopt stricter exposure limits based on scientific research. Their limits are many times lower than the international standards.

Symptoms include:

  • Head pressure, dizziness, nausea

  • Ear ringing, inner vibration sensations

  • Heart palpitations or skipped beats

  • Cognitive fog or short-term confusion.

My Story

One thing that clued me in was my crazy ear ringing when I sit in my home (or my workplace) for an entire day.

When I’m out in crowded places, my hearing becomes little more than hearing my own heart beat and breathing (basically, inner ear sensations and flow). It increases when I am pregnant. These cease when I leave the location.

But when I’m out in my garden, specifically the side that faces nothing but a lovely hill, I hear absolute peace and calm.

As mentioned, all the symptoms became most apparent when I was pregnant, which is how I came across building biology. But growing up, I had never not heard a high pitched sound when it's "quiet". I thought it was normal.


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Case Studies: Smartphones and Schwanommas

A 40-year-old Italian man had noticed the painless mass gradually expanding in his left thigh over a period of six months. Turns out it was a schwanomma cancer. It was near where he “habitually” kept his smartphone in a trouser pocket.

Three medical doctors published his diagnosis as a case report in in Radiology Case Reports, a peer-reviewed, open access journal.

This is similar to another case also in Italy.

A woman had grown a lump in her close to a pocket where she put a cell phone while doing sports for about one hour a day, every day for more than ten years.

Fiorella Belpoggi, the former scientific director of the Ramazzini Institute outside Bologna. She retired in 2019 but continues to be one of the institute’s scientific advisors. Belpoggi ran Ramazzini’s long-term RF exposure study, which found schwannoma of the heart among exposed rats.

This Ramazzini study was published in the same year as the US U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP)’s massive 10-year study that saw malignant schwannoma of the heart among its RF–exposed rats. This is what led to the now well-known conclusion that there is “clear evidence” of cancer following RF exposure.

What are Schwannomas?

Schwanommas are extremely rare and a cancer of the nervous system.

Schwann cells form the myelin sheath that insulates nerves and helps speed the conduction of electrical impulses. They are present in most organs of the body —whether of mice, rats or humans.

They are almost always benign (noncancerous) but can sometimes be malignant (cancerous)

Dr. Robert Becker Showed the Electromagnetic Keys to Health

Robert Otto Becker (May 31, 1923 − May 14, 2008) was a U.S. orthopedic surgeon and researcher in electrophysiology / electromedicine.

His work uncovered a powerful truth: our bodies respond not only chemically but electrically—and these natural electrical processes can be profoundly disrupted by man-made electromagnetic fields (EMFs).

Dr Becker was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work on tissue regeneration.

As a physician, he was committed to understanding the body’s natural mechanisms. Later, he turned his focus to protecting these mechanisms.

Read more on Building Biology Home on Substack.

EMF / RF Exposure Guidelines: Understanding International, National and Regional Exposure Limits for RF-EMF

More people suffer with some form of EHS (Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity).

Federal Governments, Regional Governments and Local Governments need gain awareness and take action to lower acceptable microwave radiation exposure levels.

Most countries follow the guidelines set by the WHO’s International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) for radiofrequency electromagnetic exposure. However, these are based only on thermal effects, and completely neglects the possibility of non-thermal effects.

A growing number of countries have developed their own safety limits to be stricter and err on the side of caution, given growing evidence of harm.

EMF Exposure Guidelines  

EMF Exposure Guidelines in Singapore are under the jurisdiction of Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) who works with the National Environment Agency (NEA) to ensure radio frequency (RF) radiation safety requirements from mobile phone base stations are met in Singapore.

They do not have independently established guidelines for magnetic field or electric field exposure. They take guidance from the WHO’s International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP)’s guidelines1 for RF radiation. They state that EMFs levels in Singapore are “well below the limits specified by international safety standards by the WHO”, which is 830 mG or 83,000 nT (Magnetic Field) or 5000 V/m (Electric Field) for a 24-hr period. Note that these guidelines are based on short-term acute exposure. We still do not have guidelines that protect the public from long-term low level exposure.

Based on epidemiological studies and cause-effect relationships, which are in turn based on laboratory experiments, suggest that exposure to magnetic fields and electric fields should be thousands of times lower.

In Malaysia, EMF Exposure Guidelines are under the jurisdiction of Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). They follow the WHO’s ICNIRP.

The UK follows the WHO’s ICNIRP. National Radiological Protection Board (now absorbed into PHE) reviewed the EMF literature in 2004, stating “the results of epidemiological studies, taken individually or as collectively reviewed by expert groups cannot be used as a basis for restrictions on exposure to EMFs.”

This paper gives worldwide overview and analysis for the existing limits of human exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields (RF-EMF). Most different national and even regional governments follow the guidelines provided by the recommendations of the World Health Organisation’s International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).

International reference levels and BioInitiative Limit for exposure to RF waves, distinguishing between occupational and general public exposure. (Source: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118124)

However, many countries have chosen to adopt stricter exposure limits based on scientific research. Their limits are many times lower than the international standards.

These countries include: Canada, Austria, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, China, Russia, France, and regions of Belgium (Brussels, Flanders, Wallonia)

India reduced its allowable levels to one-tenth of previous limits based on health and environmental concerns on 1 September 2012. EMF exposure limits is under the jurisdiction of Communications & Information Technology.

In Taiwan, EMF exposure limits is under the jurisdiction of Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan, R.O.C.(Taiwan). The effective dose limit for radiation workers is set at 50 mSv per year, according to the Ionizing Radiation Protection Act. For the general public, exposure limits are generally lower and vary based on specific regulations.

In Austria, the Austrian Medical Association has developed a guideline for differential diagnosis and potential treatment of unspecific stress-related health problems associated with electrosmog.

The EU adopted the WHO-ICNIRP recommendations in its Council Recommendation of 1999 (EU-Ratsempfehlung 1999). In April 2009, a resolution of the European Parliament called for a review of the EMF limits.

Building Biology Standards for EMF / RF Exposure Limits

Building Biology recommendation are based on the precautionary principle.

Note that exposure levels accepted in many countries far exceed these guidelines as well as the recommendations of the Bioinitiative Report (prepared by a group of international scientists).

The Building Biology difference takes into account your personal environment. If several sources of risk with elevated exposure levels are identified for a single or for different standard points, the overall risk should be rated as more severe.

In 2024, Building Biology Evaluation Guidelines for Sleeping Areas underwent a thorough revision, and new tools for assessing additional indoor risk factors were introduced for some Standard points.

Building Biology guidelines: Any risk reduction is worth it. Nature is the ultimate standard.

Do you know your area’s exposure limits? Contact me.

References and Resources:

International, National and Regional exposure limits for RF-EMF. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118124

Flawed assumptions of the WHO ICNIRP RF-EMF Exposure Limits. [Download image.]

Guideline of the Austrian Medical Association for the diagnosis and treatment of EMF-related health problems and illnesses (EMF syndrome) Consensus paper. (Download).

EUROPAEM EMF Guideline 2016 for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of EMF-related health problems and illnesses. (Download.)

The ICBE-EMF 2023 paper published in the journal Environmental Health states, “the current exposure limits set by ICNIRP and FCC are based on invalid assumptions and continue to present harm to public health. (Download.)

The Bioinitiative Report. Section 4: Evidence for Inadequacy of the Standards. (Download.)

Standard of Building Biology Measurement Technology SBM 2024, including the Building Biology Evaluation Guidelines for Sleeping Areas 2024. (Download.)

The Complete Guide: Are You Sensitive to Electromagnetic Fields?

UPDATED 15/4/2026

  • What is Electromagnetic Sensitivity or EHS?

  • My EHS Story

  • What Causes Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity or EHS?

  • Who Is Most Electrosensitive?


What are EMFs?

EMFs, or electromagnetic fields, are invisible areas of energy. Anything that is electrically charged can generate EMFs, everything from the sun to your cell phone.

But we are talking about manmade EMFs here, often associated with aforementioned cell phone, as well as electrical power.

In my assessments, I cover four specific types of this artificial radiation.

We can also think of EMFs as low frequency and high frequency. The low-frequency EMFs come from electrical sources such as power lines, electrical wiring, and appliances such as your washing machine, air-con, and refrigerator. On the other hand, high-frequency EMFs are emitted by wireless devices, including your cell phone, iPad, and Wi-Fi router.

In this article, I focus on the symptoms of EMF sensitivity. Once we learn more about what EMFs are, their sources (ubiquitous and probably in your own hand right now), and their potential effects, we understand more about our health.

What is Electromagnetic Sensitivity or EHS?

This is the term given to people who report health issues asociated with EMFs, often to debilitating effects.

These Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) created by devices like smartphones, WiFi routers, and home appliances in the form of wireless radiation. They may be other forms of EMFs such as magnetic and electrical fields created by other appliances and structures such as power lines.

These energy fields are invisible and can affect our health in ways we may not immediately recognise.

Symptoms of EHS

To understand By now you might be familiar with the common symptoms of EHS: headaches, fatigue, sleep disturbances, skin irritation, dizziness, and difficulty concentrating.

But aren’t these common health issues anyway?

Here is how to tell if your symptoms are related to EMFs.

1—Headaches

Our brain is a massive energy hog. Even mild thirst or when your body is dehydrated (doesn't get the fluids it needs) can cause headaches.

If your headaches are frequent and/or severe, often worsening with increased EMF exposure, they are likely related to EMFs..

2—Fatigue

If you wake up still feeling tired, you might be sensitive to EMFs, because they disrupt circadian rhythms by interfering with melatonin production and altering sleep patterns.

When you are struggling with EHS, you feel persistent tiredness that does not improve with rest.

3—Sleep Disturbances

Relatedly, you find it difficult to go to sleep, or even stay asleep. You wake at night, even though you’ve the best blackout curtains. Such difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, often linked to the presence of electronic devices.

4—Skin Irritation

The skin is related to our gut, which is why food allergies manifest as eczema, psoriasis, etc. EMFs, too, can trigger the skin directly. Symptoms may include redness, tingling, or burning sensations on the skin.

5—Dizziness

You get a sense of sensation of lightheadedness or imbalance, particularly in environments with high EMF exposure. You might actually get dizzy to the point of fainting.

6—Difficulty Concentrating

You might have trouble focusing or maintaining attention, which can affect daily activities.

We talk about generation brain rot. But it is no coincidence that our youth are the first ones growing up in a digital era.

Gen Z grew up in a screen-saturated world. Compared to Gen Z, many Generation Alpha children (born during 2013) were given iPads around the age of 2 to 4, growing up with a tablet already in front of them.

The science is clear on how screen overuse leads to concentration problems

7—Mood Swings

It is not right to feel your emotions swing. You might feel mood swings with rapid changes in mood, including irritability or anxiety, even anger.

8—Muscle Pain

This is generalized pain or discomfort in muscles, without any other cause. You have not recently hurt yourself. You’ve not been working out too much, etc. Sometimes the pain resembles fibromyalgia.

9—Heart Palpitations

You might feel noticeable changes in heart rhythm, which may occur in high EMF areas.

10—Sensitivity to Noise

You develop a sensitivity to sounds, which you have never had before. This can be any sound, whether crowded malls or people talking normally nearby, which can exacerbate feelings of discomfort.

There are many other symptoms. These are the EHS, Electromagnetic Sensitivity, or EMF exposure are confirmed in the research below:

  • Headaches [6]

  • Lack of Appetite [1]

  • Digestion problems [2]

  • Anxiety [1,5]

  • Sleep Difficulties [1,2,3]

  • Unstable moods and Bursts of anger Due to Poor Sleep [1]

  • Depression [1]

  • Fatigue [1]

  • Lack Of Concentration [1,6]

  • Irritability [1]

  • Memory problems [1,6]

  • Visual problems- blurry vision [1,2]

  • Vertigo or Dizziness [1,2]

  • Tinnitus or Ringin In The Ears [2,3,6]

  • Abdominal Swelling [2]

  • Burning pain in hands, shoulders, legs and feet [2]

  • Itch [4]

  • Edema, swelling, bloating [2,4]

  • Chills [2]

  • Photosensitivity

  • Tachycardia [2,5]

  • Heart Palpitations [2,4,5]

  • Difficulty Breathing [2]

  • Cystitis [2]

  • Skin Rashes [1,4]

  • Heightened sensitivity to touch, smells, chemicals, light, and noise [6]

  • Weakness [6]

These symptoms can occur immediately, minutes or hours later, or over months or years.

When exposure continues, you develop a higher risk of brain and gut issues, reduced cognition, and cancer.

My EHS Story

For example, I lived with near-daily bouts of dizziness, headaches, and even migraines. When I got my first iPad, I developed heart palpitations, although I still did not put two and two together.

When I got pregnant, these symptoms magnified seemingly overnight. Some grew louder over subsequent weeks. Other symptoms emerged: extreme fatigue, difficulty concentrating, digestive issues. The doctors assured me that most pregnant women feel awful.

But my symptoms did not alleviate throughout pregnancy, nor after giving birth. They seemed to increase or decrease inexplicably. Until I connected them to my environment, especially my home and my workspace.

What Causes Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity or EHS?

These sources can be outdoors, but are more often than not found indoors in your own home.

Indoor sources:

  • Cellphones

  • Wi-Fi

  • Smart meters

  • Microwave oven

  • Alarm systems (i.e., motion-detectors)

  • LED lights, dimmers (emit unclean electricity)

  • Cordless phones

  • Washing machines

  • Electric heating located under your floors

  • Plasma TV monitors

  • Any other “Smart” appliances

  • Electric Blanket

  • Wired Clock Radio

Outdoor sources:

  • power lines

  • cellphone towers

Electric vehicles are another source of EMFs. You could argue that they an indoor source since they affect you sitting inside.

Who Is Most Electrosensitive?

Children are more susceptible to the potential effects of EMFs due to their developing bodies and brains. Their skull is thinner, their brain contains more water and fat, and their nervous system is still developing.

In fact, studies have shown that kids can absorb twice as much radiation in the head, and ten times as much in the bone marrow, compared to adults.

Children are also growing up in a wireless radiation soup. Science has shown how EMFs weaken the blood-brain barrier, alter gene expression, and interfere with hormone production.

This is why EMF awareness is crucial to secure our health today and that of future generations. This is why EMF awareness IS protection for children.

Simple strategies are:

  • limiting screen time

  • keeping wireless devices out of bedrooms

  • using wired devices whenever possible

These to help protect your children from some excess EMF exposure.

But children need protection from the environmental stress caused by invisible EMF fields. This means rethinking what’s in your home and what’s near your child 24/7. This is why I include other components of a calm safe home in an EMF-focused consultation; they go hand in hand.

On top of that, EMFs may be invisible but we can talk about it. Educate your children about the potential risks of extended electronics usage and encourage safe technology use.

Given the proliferation of digital infrastructure and the very real ways we are seeing degenerative health in digital lifestyles, I am so glad to more awareness is growing about this topic.

But we can do more and change the one place that we spend our lives and create most of our core memories with—the home.

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References and resources about EHS symptoms:

[1] Gómez-Perretta cell radiation exposure stud
[2] Piras et.al. Fibromyalgia and EHS Study 
[3] Bhat, Kumar Gupta Study of the Effects of Radiations Study of the Effects of Radiations  
[4] Johannson Immune system and electromagnetic fields study             
[5] Magda Havas Wireless Radiation and Autotomic system study 
[6] Gunnar Heuser Functional MRI and EHS Study