Moving/Swaying Feeling, when does it stop?

[vcooley]

We are just back from our 1st cruise late last night and I was just wondering when the moving/swaying feeling goes away? All 4 of us constantly feel like we are moving even when we're sitting still on the couch....when does this go away? I didn't get sea sick but now I'm getting couch sick from this feeling!!! :eek:

 

Help Please!

 

Thanks

[rclcruzer]

We are just back from our 1st cruise late last night and I was just wondering when the moving/swaying feeling goes away? All 4 of us constantly feel like we are moving even when we're sitting still on the couch....when does this go away? I didn't get sea sick but now I'm getting couch sick from this feeling!!! :eek:

 

Help Please!

 

Thanks

Experienced this on a cruise ship once, but when we are on our boat,(lake river etc..) it take me a couple of day's...Give it another day, you will be fine!! :)

 

Go ASU Sun Devils!!! :D

[cruiserbryce]

usually a couple days...when we got off our first cruise we were really not expecting the after cruise swaying, but have gotten used to it...think of it as a couple extra days of cruise memories;)

[cruiserbryce]

oops doublepost

[ClaireP]

This happened to me first cruise, but it went away after a good nights sleep on land - hope you are doing better now!

[Jan_In_Maine]

I've always gotten "land sickness" after our cruises, I find it usually takes almost a week for it to go away ... Jan

[tinaparrotthead]

I never want it to stop!!! It's like having a little bit of "left over" from my cruise...I sleep so good those few days after because of that "swaying"

Don't stop the swaying....:)

[dream2be]

After a cruise I keep the sea sickness patch on for a few days to get thru the "couch sickness" on land. Just makes the vacation last longer. :)

[EastTexans2]

I had that swaying feeling after my first cruise. On the second cruise I continued to take one meclizine (bonine) a day for a couple of days after I got home, and didn't have any problem.

[ckrobyn]

I remember on my first cruise, when I got off in the first port - I felt the swaying......felt like the sidewalk was moving! I also had that swaying feeling when the cruise ended - it lasted a few days.

 

When I got home, I was bowling on a league. Try and roll the ball down the lanes in a straight line when you are "swaying"! Too funny!! :p

[alphakitty]

I usually rock for about 3 days...still rocking here too. :)

[Janice M]

I never want it to stop!!! It's like having a little bit of "left over" from my cruise...I sleep so good those few days after because of that "swaying"

Don't stop the swaying....:)

 

I agree with that. I love it. One time after we got back from a cruise (a few weeks) we went to a buffet for lunch and my sea legs came back. I actually loved it. Buffet was'nt as good as the Windjammer tho. ;)

 

Jan

[robtulipe]

This is why the old expression, those drunken sailer, came into common use in sailing ship times. Those ships had much more movement when at sea than a modern cruise ships. For the sailers, it would take quite a while to get their land legs when on shore and thus were unsteady on their feet giving the appearance that they were drunk. Of course after a long sea voyage, many times the sailer actually were drunk when on shore leave.

We experenced it a few times when we first started cruising, usually for the first day back only. Now I guess we cruise enough than it doesn't bother us amymore.

[MarciaL]

It is kinda strange, because I have never felt that "swaying", and we have been on 23 cruises.... But I know lots of other who have.... Hope you are all better now....

[MrPete]

My last two cruises on the Explorer, I never felt it at all, and felt I was missing something. :(

 

But I've had it worse when the seas were more choppy toward the end of the cruise. It has lasted anywhere from a couple of days, to a week. I've read if it bothers you, you can take the sea sickness remedies and it works.

 

Showers and long halls affected me the most. :eek:

[alittlenauti]

HA HA HA HA brings some hilarious visions to mind ... sorry for those of you suffering this phenomenon but i have never had it myself or even heard of it.......

My first thought was to reply ... Take more water with it ! :D

[LisaGoeke]

When we cruised when I was young, my mom used to always get sick and feel the swaying after we got home and I thought that was the strangest thing. :confused: Now that I'm much older I now get to feel it. I really felt it after we returned from our recent Freedom cruise, after two days I was fine but it really felt weird to have the ground moving. ;)

[eem0924]

I start on the bonine the day before the cruise and stay on it for a couple of days after the cruise. I learned this after my first cruise when I suffered withdrawal symptoms needlessly.

 

This too shall pass!

[Diamond Jim 2]

I have never noticed it. I must be missing something. lol

[Glama]

It lasts about 3-4 days for me. I've read that it's worse for women, especially those between the ages of 30-50.

 

Benedryl helps me, something to do with the fluid in your ears still sloshing around in there. :o

[mcca2]

I have had it on nearly all my cruises and it usually lasts about 2-3 days. I kinda like it cos it feels like I am still on the ship. Funnily enough on my last cruise which was 16 nights I never felt it at all. Perhaps the answer is to take longer cruises or stay on the ship. ;) :p

[kelleigh229]

I always get that feeling when I return from a cruise. For some reason, especially when I'm in the shower. I agree with the others...I like it - reminds me of the cruise when I get back.

[CruiserFromMaine]

I remember sitting at the airport to come home after our first cruise. The whole airport was swaying but nobody else seemed to notice!:eek:

 

Then we began to realize maybe it was just us...:rolleyes:

 

It was over after a couple days.

[Zaphyr]

My parents went on their first cruise on NCL Sun their swayinf feeling lasted a week. on the next cruise I went it was my first cruise. They had the feeling about 3 days ( as did I) but they said it was not near as bad this time (wasn't that bad for me either)... We were on RCCL AOS...It might have something to do about the size of the ship and where you are on the ship that determines how much you sway at home... Sway with the ship on the ship, sway without the land on the land;)

[alphakitty]

Here's some info about the condition:

 

Mal De Debarkment

This is a French word, meaning sickness after disembarking as one might get from coming off a boat. This is just the opposite of motion sickness. When a person first gets off a lengthy boat cruise, they feel as if the ground is swaying. Within a day or so this resolves. They get their "land legs" back. This is due to the brainstem resetting itself. In rare cases, the brainstem does not reset and the result is Mal de Debarkment. A person feels stable when they are in a car, on a boat or a plane moving along, but the moment they step on firm ground, they feel imbalance. This condition usually lasts for a short time but can persist for a few months. Fortunately, there are medicines that usually help this condition quite effectively.