Motion problems after cruise?

[kbt2]

yep...me too! happens after every cruise. It will go away...until that next cruise :)

[CruisinDawn]

On our first cruise I actually thought that I was having sugar withdrawls from all the rum punch!! :D Lasted a few days, then I was fine.

 

BonVoyage

Dawna

[TryingCruising]

This happens to me after being on any boat. I still feel rockin for about 24 hours...and those are day trips. I do not know what a week on Adventure will do to me! Good thing I have a few extra days off work when I return :)

[whale-watcher]

I get this after every cruise, and I never get any motion sickness on the ship itself. DW, who is prone to motion sickness, never experiences the post-cruise rocking...

The worst part is waking up and feeling the motion...and thinking for a few seconds that you are still at sea...only to then realize that you are back home, and worse yet, have to get up and go to work! I view it as a reminder of happier times!

[Wildroze]

I get that dizzy feeling too. Pharmacist said to start Bonine 2 days before sailing and continue for 2 days after sailing. This helped somewhat but I still had some dizziness.

 

I think we are constantly in motion on vacation and when we get home we just slow down so we really notice it more.

 

I used to use the Patch but I was getting reactions to that which was worse than actual motion sickness. So Bonine is my choice now.

[wrp96]

It appeared for me after my second cruise. Didn't have a problem on ship, we had completely smooth seas. But I had problems for over a month:eek:, couldn't walk straight, had problems sitting up in chairs even, it was more than just an inconvenience. Finally went away taking seasick meds. Now, I take a small dose of seasick pills (half pill of meclizine - don't need a full dose) starting before I get on the ship until a couple of days after, and it clears up within two to three days. Will start taking my meclizine tomorrow evening in fact:D.

[memphiskel]

ah yes, the dreaded "phantom ship" as my DH and I call it. had it for a week after my 5 night last month. seas were choppy. i NEVER notice it on the ship--have never been seasick. but always feel like i am going to tip over once i get home. i also feel it more in the shower or anytime my eyes are closed. i think my inner self just wants to get back on a ship!

[shipknotshore]

I've had the symptoms last for a week after a 4 nite and not at all after our cruise on the Navigator for a 7 nite cruise. Only difference was I took ginger while we were on the Navigator and I continued to it after the cruise for a few days too. Maybe that helped. I'll continue taking the ginger from now on and hope it always works.

[elleluv]

I had this happen last year after Navigator... 2 weeks of feeling really woozy... :( Just when I began to think it would never end, it did.. :p

 

We had got off the ship and immediately hopped on a 12 hour flight home... I decided afterwards that I do better when I don't go directly from ship motion to plane motion. If I can, it's nice to take a day to get my land legs back before going home.

[DAHMAN]

I had this happen to me also and it seemed worse when I was in a confined area like the shower or bathroom...

[Janice M]

We just got home from the Vision. The seas were very calm and I was never queezy or nauseated. When I got home I still had my "sea legs".

 

Jan

[dfoote]

I am glad it wasn't just me small spaces like a shower or the bathroom were the worst!

[dougp26364]

We felt it after our first cruise but since then, I've never had a problem with it. In some ways I kind of miss it. While I might not have been on the ship, at least I felt like I was. :D

[fanofseas]

Our last cruise was a 6 day. The last day we had rough seas. When we got home it took the DW and I about 4-5 days to get our legs back.

[heartofamerica]

OMG! You all have me worried sick now :(

 

I thought maybe a little sea sickness if the seas were rough, but not to suffer when you get off!

 

I honestly never heard of this before, Navigator will be my first cruise and I am so looking forward to it.

 

If any of you have taken the channel tunnel train from the UK to France (it's only about 30 minutes) well i started to feel a little queesey for the last few minutes until we came up into the daylight again.

 

I am worried now that I will have motion sickness over Christmas (we get back Dec 23rd) :eek:

 

I felt the motion when we got back from our first cruise. It lasted about 2 days. Never felt sick....just walked funny. On our Thanksgiving cruise, one family we met had used the patch all week long and had a heckuva time shaking the feeling when they got back. It was suggested that they shouldn't have done that. I took a couple of ginger pills every day on all my cruises and never had any problems (even on rougher rides) and the "sea legs" didn't last more than a couple of days. Anybody else notice that you don't get this sensation at any ports...just when you get back home?

[dfoote]

Anybody else notice that you don't get this sensation at any ports...just when you get back home?

 

Yeap did not notice in any ports and not until we were home for a few hours.

[Twinsmomct]

I wonder how long it takes the Captain or the crew to get rid of this feeling since they are on the ship a lot longer than we are!

[threeofus]

Yup, and after my second cruise I went and got an hour full body massage the day after I got home and the motion of the ocean was gone.

 

oooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh I like that.

[clingandclatter]

I get that too! I don't get seasick, just landsick! Well not even really landsick. I just can't walk straight and I see things like the walls and couches moving up and down when I know they're not! Rather creepy. It usually only comes around after I've been sitting for some hours after. This might be why you don't really feel it in the ports because you're still up and walking around for the most part. But once your home & relaxing then it all hits.

[heartofamerica]

I seem to feel it the most at the airport on the way home. I'm sure I am a target for extra scrutiny at security because I'm walking so funny. But for me, it's not something that makes me sick...in fact it makes me smile because I know where I got the feeling from...and wish I were back there!

[Onessa]

I get vertigo on land while cruising and for about a month afterward. I try to avoid enclosed spaces (bathroom stalls, fitting rooms, etc) because that's where it is the worst. No long term effects though!

[BrendaGard]

I have the same motion sickness on land. Problem is to feel better I eat continuously for the first week home and gain weight....Oh well ---

[kitty1]

Yup, Happens to me after every cruise. After my last one it lasted for almost a week. We had very rough seas the last 2-3 days, so the motion was even worse when we got home.

[mpicard]

Happens to me every time, but for me it takes over two weeks to go away. After my first cruise I saw a doctor after a week of feeling the waves. He said I was just one of those people that experience it that way and it would go away. He was right, it just took two weeks.

 

The second cruise I took Bonnine the whole time on the ship to hopefully avoid the post-cruise waves. All it did was make me sleep through my cruise. The second cruise took two and a half weeks for the motion to go away after we got home.

 

It's now a week after my third cruise and I still feel the waves, but I know it will go away eventually. At least I don't get sick or feel nausia. It's more annoying than anything else right now. Hang in there.