iOS 26.1 causing vestibular migraine. Any accessibility solutions or rollback options?

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iOS 26.1 causing vestibular migraine. Any accessibility solutions or rollback options?

I recently updated to iOS 26.1 on my iPhone 15, and I’m experiencing severe visual accessibility issues connected to a medical condition (vestibular migraine).

The update is causing:

text size changing by itself
text thickness switching (thin ↔ bold)
keyboard letters enlarging
sudden color shifts
visual motion even with Reduce Motion on
distortion/stretching in images

I have turned on all possible Accessibility settings (Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency, Bold Text, Increase Contrast, etc.), but these issues are still triggering symptoms (dizziness, nausea, difficulty looking at the screen).

It’s been less than 24 hours and I am struggling.

Is there any accessibility related way, exception, or workaround to return to a previous iOS version (such as iOS 18) due to a medical accessibility issue? Or any hidden settings that fully disable motion, text changes, or keyboard animations?

I’ve contacted support already and they advised to keep on leaving feedback and spread the words.

but I wanted to ask here in case someone has experience with accessibility, medical accommodations, or alternative solutions.

Thank you

Posted on Dec 9, 2025 4:44 PM

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Dec 14, 2025 12:50 PM in response to nina1133

I had the exact same issue. After trying all the accessibility settings and still not even being able to look at my phone without intense pain, my solution was to go out and buy an Android phone and warn everyone in my circles with migraine to prevent their phone from doing the update. I was also unable to rollback the update. I emailed the Apple accessibility team but don't expect to hear back.

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