I have a tendency to get sick out on the large waters. I have been deathly ill on Lake Michigan fishing years ago with my Dad. In my more recent years out deep sea fishing, horribly sick. Also on my trip to Punta Cana we took a 4 hour catamaran ride to another island, once again sick, sick, sick. Any suggestions on good drugs to stop this from happening. I will be totally disappointed if I end up sick on my next trip.
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I think that dramamine is the most popular. My sister-in-law wears a bracelet that she swears helps too. Pack a box of saltine crackers in case you can't eat for a while.
If you're on a cruise, my advice is to get above deck and enjoy the fresh air. Keep active and try your best to maintain your normal routine. It'll probably pass once you get used to things.
Good luck--hope you have a great time!
If you're on a cruise, my advice is to get above deck and enjoy the fresh air. Keep active and try your best to maintain your normal routine. It'll probably pass once you get used to things.
Good luck--hope you have a great time!
Bonine and pickled ginger.
Ginger.
I have had great success with a medication called Marzine. I'm not sure if it is available under that name in the US but the active ingredient is cyclizine.
This has worked great without the usual side effects from other motion sickness medications.
This has worked great without the usual side effects from other motion sickness medications.
A patch works the best.
After 15 years in the Navy, here's my advice- take some commercial off the shelf motion sickness pills the day before you go out on the water, keep eating (dry toast seems popular, as there is nothing like an empty stomach to make you feel worse), and if you're feeling really bad, go up on deck and watch the horizon. Always settles me down if it's really rough.
I'm also pretty convinced that a lot of people talk themselves into being seasick, so try not to think about it. For what it's worth, all of the 'alternative' cures like ginger, pressure bands etc have no followers in the Aussie Navy, so I reckon save your cash- they don't work.
Good luck
I'm also pretty convinced that a lot of people talk themselves into being seasick, so try not to think about it. For what it's worth, all of the 'alternative' cures like ginger, pressure bands etc have no followers in the Aussie Navy, so I reckon save your cash- they don't work.
Good luck
Try Bonine instead of Dramamine. A flight attendant recommended it to my wife and me a while back, and we found it didn't make us drowsy like Dramamine.
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Also, go to the center of the ship as it is the most stable point. If you're able, I would first try an interior location with no windows.
If that doesn't work, some fresh air should help, and if it doesn't the local fishermen will be thanking you.
If that doesn't work, some fresh air should help, and if it doesn't the local fishermen will be thanking you.
when I went to Mazatlan 2 years ago I went deep sea fishing with my in-laws and it was the worst experience of my life. I took dramamine just before leaving and it was completely ineffective. I had gotten so sick that I had turned a yellowish color and was dry heaving over the boat. I vowed never to set foot on a boat again, unless it's a small boat on a lake where I can see the shore
I usually turn a very light, pale green. Almost a pastel shade. Some people think it is flattering.
Forget the dramamine, et al. They have to be in your system before you go on the seas to be really effective and will probably make you a zombie.
I swear by ginger capsules which you can get at any health food type store or vitamin place. 3/day (1 w/ each meal) does the trick for me, but you can adjust this as needed with no side effects. Or you can open the capsules and make it into ginger tea if you prefer.
(as a side note, Mythbusters have shown this to be the only successful "home remedy" for motion sickness and nausea. also used with good results for chemo patients, etc.)
edit: motion sickness treatments seem to work best before you feel symptoms, so to be on the safe side, you may want to start the ginger before you set sail as well.
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Every so often our daughter, age 11, is prone to getting motion related sick. In the car, on a boat, plane, anything. Having pills and stuff will work, but at times its just not available.
We got a pair of those wrist bands at the drug store, but they are available almost anywhere, and put them on her. They work like magic. Almost immediately the sick feeling is gone. They work on an accupressure point on the wrist. They come with complete instructions, and she doesn't even know she's wearing them after a few minutes. The bands are not expensive, will last for years, and are easy and quick to put on. They're available for children and adults. We keep a pair in each car, and SWMBO has them with her on any trip.
I've found them to be the best thing going, and even better is the fact that your not using any kind of medicine at all.
We got a pair of those wrist bands at the drug store, but they are available almost anywhere, and put them on her. They work like magic. Almost immediately the sick feeling is gone. They work on an accupressure point on the wrist. They come with complete instructions, and she doesn't even know she's wearing them after a few minutes. The bands are not expensive, will last for years, and are easy and quick to put on. They're available for children and adults. We keep a pair in each car, and SWMBO has them with her on any trip.
I've found them to be the best thing going, and even better is the fact that your not using any kind of medicine at all.
I used to serve on a destroyer in the US Navy. Whenever we would put out to sea after being in port for awhile, most everyone (even the "old salts") would get a sleeve of saltines from the galley and nibble them. Similar idea to the dry toast mentioned by Awoisme. Worked first time and everytime for me.
Your daughter is SO lucky these worked for her. I tried them on a cruise from Pearl Harbor to Bremerton, WA. Oh my god. I was puking as soon as the ship turned towards the mainland and started taking waves from the side. And, man did they irritate me after the first few hours. Having that little half marble thing pressing into my wrist really became tiresome (don't bother asking why I continued to wear them... I just did!).
For me, the only two things that have ever worked are ginger pills (amazingly so cause I was sure they were only a folk myth) and the patch. The patch works extremely well - except after I take it off. I spend the next couple of days feeling woozy and somewhat nauseous.
I was in the navy and am prone to sea sickness. The pills do work just that you need to take them hours before you go on water or they won't work and they have side effects. The patches can have bad side effects. The wrist bands work for some and don't for others. Ginger is very good but you have to keep taking it. The do sell this wrist band but it's electronic and sends these pulses out and it does work.
In the end eventually you get your sea legs and you stop getting sick but as soon as you go on land and then out again it all starts again.
In the end eventually you get your sea legs and you stop getting sick but as soon as you go on land and then out again it all starts again.
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Many good suggestions. I do not think it is actual motion sickness but more in the head. Not being able to see land is supposedly what makes people sick. I have never had problems on lakes etc, where land is visible.
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Is it some sort of receptor blocker? I do not understand how any of this stuff actually works. I will take it all with me : )
Actually, I thought it was seeing (or feeling) yourself rise and fall above the horizon. I used to get deathly sea sick as well. I use the dramamine and sea bands. However, most people forget to take the dramamine twice, about 30 minutes before you go and about another 30-45 minutes later.
Also, if you have a long ride to get to where you are going, try not to look out. Look at the floor or the sky. if you start to see going up and down combined with feeling it, the party will be over before it starts.
Oddly enough, I didn't get sick at all on our honeymoon cruise. The boat is so big, you barely feel the motion. However, if you are going on a cruise, you will probably feel the motion in the bathroom as they are small.
Good luck.
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Bill that gives me hope. I am going on a cruise. Half of my room is windows and doors. Plus a great Verandah and I would love to enjoy it.
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