Description

It was 1989, the beginning of the computer infusion into business. The marvelous invention of the computer turned out to be a mixed blessing. Here was a miracle machine that could save a lot of work, organize, and cut the clutter of paper in your office. But a lot of people started to experience a lot of negative consequences as they sat in started to feel bad front of a computer for a few hours. More and more people were feeling tired, irritable, unfocused, headachy and just a little more depressed. Initially no one saw any connection to our new computer age.

I had a patient who loved her job and was really good at it. But, after working as a computer programmer for about 18 months, she started having terrible headaches, pressure in her ears (she constantly felt like she was coming in for a landing, but never quite landed) and was extremely exhausted. At first this only happened in the afternoons, but now the pain started first thing in the morning and by noon she was practically incapacitated. Every day was an increasing struggle for survival.