Motion sickness

Mikki

Just wanted to make a contribution since I'm usually on the forum with questions and asking for help. I'm proud to say I've never had a problem with altitude, but the serpentine roads in Sikkim were more than I could take. The way up was a nightmarefbut on the way back down to Bagdogra, I used something called Transderm Scop, a patch you stick behind your ear. it's great and I recommend it to anyone with this problem. You need a prescription, but it's worth getting one because this patch works like nothing else does.
Hope I've helped someone with this suggestion.

LuAnnandJawahar

some sort of motion sickness remedy is a must if you are traveling by bus......We like Dramamine and it works as a sleep aid too.....

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Wanderer22

Thought these had been pulled off the market, but guess not. A lot of people I used to work with used the patches at sea. Some swore by them, some at them because side effects! The active ingredient is Scopalamine which can cause dry mouth and blurred vision. If side effects are a problem it's easy to cut the patch in half for a reduced dose. One must be careful not to touch their eyes after handling the patches as rapid dilation of the pupils results.

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edwardseco

Gonna hafta try that one. My boy was embarrassed on the hilly roads down from Mt. Abu by motion sickness. His mood picked up a few miles later when I had to have the car pulled over..

TracyB

I am glad this post came up..I get horrible motion sickness and sometimes it ruins my whole day of travel..So when I go to the doctor, I will mention this to him and see if we get it here in Canada..We are going to South India/Maldives and Dubai in November and I want to take a Desert Safari (in Dubai) but heard that if you suffer from motion sickness then not to take it..I wonder if the patch would work good for this??

indiamike

Thanks for the tip and I hope to try this. In a pinch I have used 'mints' (candy) to combat the queazy stomach but they don't work that great.

SHIMLA

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Nick-H

Ginger is said to be good

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wonderwomanusa

Sitting in the front of the bus helps a great deal!

I'm not prone to motion sickness, but a friend is, and I bought some wristbands for him -- they have a little button that touches an acupuncture point that is supposed to reduce motion sickness. If you suffer from this, you might want to find out about that one point.

Mikki

Hi TracyB,
I'm pretty sure you can get this thing in Canada since my brother sent it to me from the U.S. I had no side effects whatsoever. Motion sickness is really terrible so after going uphill in Sikkim for 4 hours without it, I really wanted the "hard stuff" going back down. I didn't feel sleepy either, so I enjoyed the view, the tapes in the jeep, and was my usual talkative self. Try it!

BangaloreDancer

Hi again !!!

If anybody wants a 100% natural solution (with no side effects): a liter of strong ginger tea with a tablespoon of honey taken 30 minutes before the trip will help A LOT !!!
You can also add peppermint tea to the concotion. If it's not practical to make (or find) the tea while you are traveling, simply take some candied ginger, and you can also have a teaspoon of honey every hour. This even worked at the (in)famous road to Hana in Maui, Hawaii ... talk about curves
Sorry if the english it's not perfect...

TracyB

I've tried the ginger thing and when things get really bad, it does not work for me. I am always concerned about side effects when I take any drugs though..Mikki, I will find out about this patch you are talking about...

A few months ago we were in Amsterdam, and just taking the hotel shuttle bus back to the airport made me sicker than a dog, and it lasted the whole way home. (11 hour flight, yuk!)

It does help me to sit in the front of the bus though..Sometimes it is not possible. High swells and big waves on a boat, and I am gone in a minute

I tried those wrist bands when I was on a cruise once, and they did not work for me.

Bigzero

some tips -

- try looking straight at the road ahead. helps to get a driver's view.
- sit in front
- dont read while traveling!
- avoid boarding the vehicle on an empty stomach or full stomach.
- ginger, lemon can help.
- sniffing a lemon can also help sometimes.

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Nick-H

I heard that NASA had come up with this thing about ginger, and that they had found it as effective as most of the drugs they tested. It might be worth finding out what kind of dosage is needed. There are probably huge differences between a ginger biscuit (probably no real ginger...), fresh ginger, dried ginger, herbal fluid extract, etc.

When I sailed we favoured a drug called (in UK) Stugeron, which we renamed Stagger-on. It has low side efects and does not cause drowsiness. I recommend a low dosage for a day or two before the trip.

I'm glad to say that I have never sufferred in a land vehicle, but then I haven't done the sort of driving ---mountains, deserts--- you guys are talking about. I've had only one nasty moment on a plane, and, at sea I suspect that if it is your day to be sick you will be, whatever! I only vomitted once, but several times got to the extreme lethargy stage (some say that is normal for me anyway ) which can be dangerous when in charge.

Psychological aspects do seem to play a large part. One of the crew turning green? Give them the tiller. After just a few minutes of having to think about wind, sails and course the colour often turns normal again. That one has worked several times for me. Probably a lot of it is having to move with and respond to the boat's movement, having to keep the eyes on something else, etc. Oh! I'm beginning to miss sailing: any yachtsmen in Chennai?

The accupressure bracelets seem to work for some, but these pressure points are specific, and just putting the bump anywhere on the wrist might be useless. I used to know the point to press, and tried it on a sea-sick companion one day. She was immediately violently sick. I said, "Oh, well, so much for that," but she maintained that it had worked and now she felt fine. She was a doctor as well and went assure determined to find out more about Shiatsu!

Hippie at Heart

good to hear you again mikki!!

Just from experience, it helps to take a seat bang in middle of the tyre arches and inside row. That’s where you will feel minimum rolling and pitching. But if you can manage a seat on the roof, nothing like flying for price of bus fare