Motion Sickness After the Cruise?

[Hlitner]

Taking one Bonine (over the counter Meclizine Hcl) per day will help with the symptoms. It is anecdotal, but the problem seems to be more prevalent among those who use the patch (Transderm Scop) while on the cruise.

 

Hank

[KDilly]

The family went on a cruise years back and I was fine but my uncle and cousin were a wreck afterwards. My uncle has vertigo so we think that didn't help at all. He refuses to try again :(

-KD

[Austeneyre]

I didn't know such a thing existed until after I got off my first cruise last Saturday! It has slightly improved, but at moments, it hits with a vengeance (almost 7 days off the ship). I'm hoping I'm not like that woman who had it for 5 years! Bonnie made me so sleepy that I'm reluctant to take it again.

[Crew News]

It takes about one day on a cruise before you start walking with your feet a bit wider apart to control sideways movement. This balance compensation is an internal thing and I think that is why motion sickness goes away after that first day.

 

For a day or two after your cruise your feet will maintain that same width and your non-cruising friends will ask why you are walking funny. You will also have a tendency to hold on to things while you walk for those same two days. I have named this condition "post-cruise gait (PCG)".

 

This is not to be confuse with the acronym "PCG+" (passenger growth plus).