Sea Sickness

[lls-con]

I spoke with a pharmacist who said that all of the sea sickness medications (i.e. wrist band, patch, meclizine, etc.) are preventative medications only, and that you either need to use them daily, or not use anything. He said that once you get sea sick, nothing will work until it passes through your body. Has anyone had personal experiences with getting sea sick and then using something after the fact?

[TicTac#2]

I cannot take any med's for seasickness. So I take some ginger pills, and use

the wrist thing. At the first sign of discomfort, I head directly to a midship

location, and get a sprite, and look at the horrizon. The casino usually has a midship lower location. (but you cannot see the horrizon).

[TicTac#2]

I cannot take any med's for seasickness. So I take some ginger pills, and use

the wrist thing. At the first sign of discomfort, I head directly to a midship

location, and get a sprite, and look at the horrizon. The casino usually has a midship lower location. (but you cannot see the horrizon).

[Marlissa]

It worked for me. I've taken something (got it from the purser's desk - not sure what it was) after I was sea sick then took a nap. When I woke up, I was much better.

[celticd1]

Never felt seasick on the first 2 cruises, but it hit me on the 3rd. Felt mildly queazy on the 1st night and was worse in the morning. I tried a Dramamine but that made it even worse. Then I remembered reading here on CC that the crew reccomended eating green apples for relief of seasickness. I called room service and after eating about half a green apple and a couple saltine crackers I felt GREAT! Never felt sick again the rest of the cruise.

 

Happy sailing!:)

[cruisingadoptionworker]

I was on the Inspiration in January. WE had very rough seas but I wasn't bothered a bit. In fact, I was walking and getting tossed all over the place and actually laughing at not be able to walk a straight line. However, when I got off the ship...that was a whole different story. I was dizzy for the first few days, and just thought I hadn't gotten my "land legs" yet. Three weeks later I was at my doctors and almost frantic that I was constantly spinning and nauseas. I lived on gravel and it was two months later that the dizziness subsided. I did alot of research on the web and found out that some people are prone to this, and it can actually last for years!! Scary eh?

[buckeye7]

My kids and I are extremely prone to motion sickness. We can hardly drive around the block w/o feeling bad. I keep sickness bags in all our cars!!

 

We took a Disney cruise with my parents a few years ago and my daughter and I became ill at dinner the first night. (I'm not even sure if we had left the dock!) My daughter just went to bed, but I was trying to feel better and just got worse and worse. I was in the bathroom on my knees when my dad brought in this wrist gadget that is electronic and sends pulses through your wrist and up your hands. I wore it for 10 minutes and felt FINE. I was fine the rest of the trip.

 

I ended up buying them for our whole family and we wore them this summer on a driving trip through Yosemite. None of us got sick on those winding, mountain roads. Unbelievable. Now, the kids did say they felt queasy in the back seat, but no one threw up, which is a miracle. We also worer them on the plane and it was the first time none of us have thrown up on a plane trip! (We're pathetic, I know)

 

I know some publication just did a study on sickness cures and they said that this device did nothing, but I have to strongly disagree. They really work for us. I got ours on sharper image.com (pricy---but worth it for us.)

:)

[cmacf1]

cruisinadoptionworker -- you had 'mal de debarquement' which is the opposite of seasickness. I had exactly the same thing -- it hit me after a very rough night on the Zuiderdam when we were in Nassau and then it hit full force the next day when we disembarked. I felt lousy for several weeks before it subsided (and yes, it did scare me when I read online that it can last years!) Fortunately its duration wasn't too long. I'm just worried about the next cruise and whether it will happen again.

 

btw, are you an adoptive parent (or work at an agency? or hope to adopt a cruise ship?) We have 2 girls adopted from Russia. THe older one has cruised before but our upcoming cruise will be the younger one's first.

[samtig]

I'm prone to vertigo so start taking pills or patch the day before the cruise. Usually don't have much problem with it. Got seasick once in 28 ft. seas. DH went to purser's desk & got bonine. I took it and was able to eat in the dining room that night. If you are prone to being seasick my dr. recommends to begin taking medication the day before the cruise.

[Spikesgirl]

Very prone to seasickness and get even get sick watching tv shows with rocking boats. I usually take OTC mecclazine, which, though trial and error, I've found works the best for me. I've gone the other routes with no success and come back to what I know works (for me). My suggestion would be to take a couple of different choices - that way you can try different things and hopefully come up with something that fits your bill

 

Also remember that the lower down in the ship and towards the center is the best place to avoid sea sickness. If you do get seasick, take your meds and head down. Going out on deck might only make it worse as you've got the horzion moving up and down and up and down...excuse me for a minute....

 

I'm back. The only time I got land sick with after taking a cruise with the patch. The druggist in Sydney had my husband ply me with Dramamine and that afternoon we were climbing the Sydney Harbor Bridge. The druggist said that they consider the patches so dangerous that they have forbidden their use...kinda makes you wonder.

 

Charlie

[Cruise Raider]

I find the wrist bands, any color apples and the ginger tablets work well. Take the ginger as a preventative measure, same with the wrist bands. The apples help after you have already gotten a touch of queeziness. The crew told me about all these, but one important thing that wasn't mentioned, do NOT fill your stomach with any liquids in rough seas....not even ginger ale unless you want to see how this comes back out.

Going outside and letting the breeze hit you and lying down with eyes closed really help once you feel ill.

Don't know if this works for anyone else, but have found that sherbert can help...just a little dish...not ice cream...but sherbert or sorbet. :rolleyes:

[maofthree]

:eek: i get sealegs after my cruise it usually lasts 7-9 days... i just sway and im dizzy... doesn't stop me from doin anything but its anoying.. only one in aor party that gets this way... is there anything i can do before or after the cruise... i don't take anything for it.... been on 6 cruises and its the same after each... gone on 7 in april any suggestions?:eek:

[fllady]

HI for sea legs I have to take Bonine (meclizine) it works the same way. I have vertigo problems and it works every time. Also had a few times with sea legs after a rough seas cruise.

[cruisingadoptionworker]

Sorry it took so long to reply. I am an adoption counselor- mostly older children. I am going to my doctor to see about the transderm patch, or any other way I can prevent. You hit the nail on the head with themalde debarquement. I will let you know if my preventions work (God willing) so that you can try the same thing if necessay.

 

 

 

 

cruisinadoptionworker -- you had 'mal de debarquement' which is the opposite of seasickness. I had exactly the same thing -- it hit me after a very rough night on the Zuiderdam when we were in Nassau and then it hit full force the next day when we disembarked. I felt lousy for several weeks before it subsided (and yes, it did scare me when I read online that it can last years!) Fortunately its duration wasn't too long. I'm just worried about the next cruise and whether it will happen again.

 

btw, are you an adoptive parent (or work at an agency? or hope to adopt a cruise ship?) We have 2 girls adopted from Russia. THe older one has cruised before but our upcoming cruise will be the younger one's first.

[aqhacruiser]

I spoke with a pharmacist who said that all of the sea sickness medications (i.e. wrist band, patch, meclizine, etc.) are preventative medications only, and that you either need to use them daily, or not use anything. He said that once you get sea sick, nothing will work until it passes through your body. Has anyone had personal experiences with getting sea sick and then using something after the fact?

 

Just off the Explorer. I took Bonine before boarding just to be sure I'd have no problem. The captain informed us before we left Bayonne we would be in 26ft seas and 65MPH winds and we would be rocking and rolling out there. So DH and I took another Bonine each and never had any problems at all. We also took one before bed as we knew we'd be rocking pretty bad until late the next day so we wouldn't wake up with any problem and again we were fine. We did see some green looking people that night at dinner and a young couple we sat with was having problems so went to medical facility when they gave them pills and sold them a wrist band thing but didn't work. The next morning I gave them Bonine and they were fine after that as we still had rough seas to late afternoon the next day. So I would suggest taking Bonine before you even board if you can just in case as it worked great for us. :)

[aqhacruiser]

Very prone to seasickness and get even get sick watching tv shows with rocking boats. I usually take OTC mecclazine, which, though trial and error, I've found works the best for me. I've gone the other routes with no success and come back to what I know works (for me). My suggestion would be to take a couple of different choices - that way you can try different things and hopefully come up with something that fits your bill

 

Also remember that the lower down in the ship and towards the center is the best place to avoid sea sickness. If you do get seasick, take your meds and head down. Going out on deck might only make it worse as you've got the horzion moving up and down and up and down...excuse me for a minute....

 

I'm back. The only time I got land sick with after taking a cruise with the patch. The druggist in Sydney had my husband ply me with Dramamine and that afternoon we were climbing the Sydney Harbor Bridge. The druggist said that they consider the patches so dangerous that they have forbidden their use...kinda makes you wonder.

 

Charlie

 

I have to tell you I always heard the same thing about location on a ship but it proved not to be the case for us on the Explorer. We were on deck 10 near hump toward middle and we could feel it just as much on deck 3 in our diningroom and deck 4 in casino and anywhere on that ship that night. I was surprised and glad we had taken the Bonine and had no problem. But for us and many other people, location did not seem to make any difference that night. We were rocking and rolling! :) I would still book only on deck 10 and near the hump because we like that location.