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Reports extensive symptoms after moving into a smart-meter-equipped home, partial stabilization after replacement, and profound dependence and restrictions in daily activities.

  • Smart meters: “ In January 2019 I moved into a house with a broadcasting smart meter. Soon after, I experienced an immediate decline in my health. I ”
  • Neurological symptoms & sleep: “an immediate decline in my health. I noticed headaches, tinnitus, insomnia, exhaustion, sleep problems, leg cramps, chest pains, joint ache”
  • Heart symptoms & implanted devices: “nia, exhaustion, sleep problems, leg cramps, chest pains, joint aches, anxiety, whole body buzzing sensations, rashes, lo”
  • Power lines, wiring & solar: “here are cell phones, smart meters, WiFi, or power lines without experiencing pain, tinnitus, headaches, and aching joint”
  • Wi-Fi & indoor exposure: “e where there are cell phones, smart meters, WiFi, or power lines without experiencing pain, tinnitus, headaches, ”
  • Housing, work & access barriers: “             That's not all I lost. I became dependent on others for help. I can't visit people in their houses. If I see people ”

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I am describing my personal experience:  In January 2019 I moved into a house with a broadcasting smart meter. Soon after, I experienced an immediate decline in my health. I noticed headaches, tinnitus, insomnia, exhaustion, sleep problems, leg cramps, chest pains, joint aches, anxiety, whole body buzzing sensations, rashes, loss of bladder control, tingling in the extremities, irritability, inability to concentrate, and agitation. I was unable to find a doctor who could help me.                      My life has changed in almost uncountable ways since my experience of living in a house with a smart meter. Getting it removed didn't make it be as if it had never been there although the new non-broadcasting opt-out meter's arrival meant that things stopped getting worse.        I used to be able to drive, ride a bicycle, walk on a road with houses on it, take public transportation, and go to places where people are. I can't any more because I can't be where there are cell phones, smart meters, WiFi, or power lines without experiencing pain, tinnitus, headaches, and aching joints. It takes several days to recover if I absolutely have to go into town (for medical appointments).  I used to be able to do all these things, and more. When I say I can't do things I mean the price is too high. I'd rather sit in the dark than turn on the light, for example, not because the small jolt I feel is excruciating but because it takes a while to recover from it and because avoiding these stressors means I might not get worse and I might improve. (Other, larger, devices give more discomfort, sometimes a lot more). I used to be able to use a toaster, a coffee grinder, a waffle iron, a blender, a food processor, an insinkerator, a flashlight, an electric shaver, a vibrator, a computer keyboard, a cordless phone, a cell phone, a laptop, a digital camera, a cook stove, a refrigerator, an electric blanket, a pellet stove, a heating pad, an air conditioner, a television, a DVD player, a ceiling fan, a floor fan, a dishwasher, a laundry machine, an iron, a vacuum cleaner, a lawn mower.  How do I live? I don't do these things at all or I get someone to do them for me or I create Rube Goldberg machines or scenarios to get around it. I turn on a lamp by holding an iced tea spoon with a reacher-grabber device so I can touch the spoon to the capacitive light switch on my battery-powered lamp. For years, if I wanted something from the fridge I'd only get it if someone brought it to me, I couldn't even be in the same room as the refrigerator. Now the fridge has been converted to an icebox and a quarter of the space is taken up by ice. I'm glamping in my home. It's often cold and dark.               That's not all I lost. I became dependent on others for help. I can't visit people in their houses. If I see people they have to come to my home. I couldn't fly to visit my father when he was dying. Or go on trips with my family Or go to a store. Or a movie, or a play or a park, or the sea. Or a museum or a library. or go to a protest, do jury duty or vote. I am so grateful to be able to vote by mail, now. (And get some of my medical care remotely.)                      It's now October 2026 and I still struggle with the sequelae from living with a smart meter for a few months more than seven years ago.