Bonnine or sea bands for motion sickness?

[phillymummer]

Hello DISers!

Has anyone used either Bonine or the seabands to help with motion sickness/ vertigo?

My hubby and i suffer from motion sickness and vertigo on rides. Hubby suffers more than me. He can get nauseous on a bad car ride or anything that spins even slightly. It also takes him longer to recover.

Anyway, my DD6 loves rides and i can see her asking to go on the teacups, astro orbiter, RnRC and other rides that will induce motion sickness. I am also sure that hubby will want to ride star tours despite the motion sickness! I want to go on these rides but i also don't want to ruin my day. I used to take non-drowsy Dramamine but i stopped several years ago when it stopped working.

Anyone have any recommendations? Should we use both? LOL

 

[ready2vacation]

Bonine! The Sea Bands didn't do much for me. I didn't have any side effects from bonine and felt ok taking it.

 

[nadiakim]

Hello DISers!

Has anyone used either Bonine or the seabands to help with motion sickness/ vertigo?

My hubby and i suffer from motion sickness and vertigo on rides. Hubby suffers more than me. He can get nauseous on a bad car ride or anything that spins even slightly. It also takes him longer to recover.

Anyway, my DD6 loves rides and i can see her asking to go on the teacups, astro orbiter, RnRC and other rides that will induce motion sickness. I am also sure that hubby will want to ride star tours despite the motion sickness! I want to go on these rides but i also don't want to ruin my day. I used to take non-drowsy Dramamine but i stopped several years ago when it stopped working.

Anyone have any recommendations? Should we use both? LOL

I totally feel you. I get motion sickness every time im in a car. I'm okay on roller coasters though cause they move really fast. I have used sea bands on my dd who is 3 for car trips but they didnt seem to help. I have heard others say they do so seems like its hit or miss. I havent tried Bonnie, I used dramamine when I was on the cruise. I have heard that mints work. Maybe he could keep a pack of pepper mints and suck on them its supposed to soother the tummy. Also I did start tours for the first time last year and you couldnt pay me to ride it again I was sooooo sick.

Maybe someone else will have something else to suggest. Motion sickness is just one of those darn things thats hard to kick. Good luck!

 

[FaerieFire]

Bonine — way better than Dramamine. I got some black fabric and Velcro bands when I was pregnant and had morning sickness. They were much better than the Seabands. Much easier to keep the little pressure point where it should be, and better looking. If it wears off, just press the point down for a few seconds.

°o° Lace — Planning our second WDW adventure, 11/1-12 AoA-LM (Sent from my iPad using DISBoards)

 

[minnie mum]

Sea bands were useless for me. As were the ginger capsules. Regular dramamine works, but makes me drowsy. Non-drowsy dramamine uses the same active ingredient as Bonine (meclizine), and works fine for me. However if it doesn't control your motion sickness you may have to ask your doctor about scopolomine patches. There are quite a few side effects possible with this drug, however, hence the need to talk things over with your doctor.

And don't ride Star Tours right after eating lunch!!!

 

[DakotaRose]

For mild situations I use Seabands. I like that I can put them on/off whenever and there are no side effects. They work if I'm riding co-pilot while sis-in-law is driving (Mrs. Pumps The Brakes...And The Gas).

For flying I use regular Dramamine. Makes me foggy-groggy, but that's way better than being sick in turbulence. Have tried Meclizine but it makes me feel strange after a few hours, almost like I've had one cocktail too many.

For Costa Rican backroads - both wristbands and Dramamine. Those roads reminded us alot of the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland, jeep and all.

I hope it goes well for you, and I admire your willingness.

 

[Jennasis]

Sea Bands didn't do squat for me and Bonine makes me fall asleep. What to do when you suffer from BAD motion sickness like me?

Get your doctor to prescribe the Transdermal Scop patch. The patch contains a drug called scopolamine. It's about the size of a dime and goes behind your ear. You put a new one on every 3 days. Hasn't failed me yet! Without it I can't ride a dang thing, but with it I am unstoppable!

 

[phillymummer]

Thanks everyone. Is there a non-drowsy formula of Bonine? i wish i was going to a carnival or amusement park before disney to try it out.

 

[Raenstoirm]

Another vote for Bonine. Dh and I each took one on our first cruise "just in case." Neither on one of us fell ill. Star tours makes me ill, so i used bonine for he first time this past spring. We had no issues.

 

[DizneyNutz]

Hello DISers!

Has anyone used either Bonine or the seabands to help with motion sickness/ vertigo?

My hubby and i suffer from motion sickness and vertigo on rides. Hubby suffers more than me. He can get nauseous on a bad car ride or anything that spins even slightly. It also takes him longer to recover.

Anyway, my DD6 loves rides and i can see her asking to go on the teacups, astro orbiter, RnRC and other rides that will induce motion sickness. I am also sure that hubby will want to ride star tours despite the motion sickness! I want to go on these rides but i also don't want to ruin my day. I used to take non-drowsy Dramamine but i stopped several years ago when it stopped working.

Anyone have any recommendations? Should we use both? LOL

Ask your doctor for a prescription sea sickness patch ( Scopolamine ). They are around 60.00 for 4 (on our insurance) but well worth the experience of your vacation. A friend of mine who deep sea fishes tournaments told me about them and now we dont go on a cruise without them. You can cut them in half and place behind your ear and will last a whole day. A whole one is about the size of your pinky fingernail. You can even shower with it on or go on water rides. No drowsiness at all main side effect is some dry mouth. Vacation saver

 

[mjp12831]

Bonnie will not make you drowsy. Use it and also get ginger chews (candied in natural foods sections of grocery stores). Chew them when you get in line or while riding.

I also find it bette to ride on a full stomach which seems counter intuitive but works for me

 

[whamma]

I am a Bonine fan. I take it before I fly and when I am cruising. Haven't needed it yet for WDW rides--but those days are coming (I find as I get older I have more trouble with motion sickness). I think it does make me a little sleepy--but nothing like Dramamine. I take it at night before I go to bed on the cruise and take it an hour before I fly. For me a half tab is enough to take the edge off. It's a "chewable" tab and scored so it's made so you can cut it in half. I'd recommend starting with a lower dose if you are concerned how you'll react--then you could always increase to the full tab. I figure that taking the 1/2 tab at night helps keep just a little in my system. It could all be in my head but it works for me!!

 

[Straitlover]

I take the generic form of bonine, meclizine. you can get a big bottle at the pharmacy counter for way cheaper than brand name Bonine. If you take it the night before, any drowsiness won't matter.

 

[Deb & Bill]

We took a Disney cruise and I had a patch on from the cruise when we got to WDW (I had put it on the night before). I suffer from bad motion sickness and thought this would be my chance to ride Space Mountain. Boy, was I wrong. The patch did not work for jerky, twisty rides for me. I'd already tried dramamine, bonine, Seaband, meclizine, etc. and none of them worked for me.

So I have resigned myself to not going on any attraction that twists, spins, jerks, etc ever. My husband and son go on these and I meet them at the exit. I do a lot of people watching on my trips.

Now that our son has gone to college and won't be able to join us on our next trip, my husband says he wants to rent a kid to go on these attractions with him because it's more fun for him to go with someone.

OP, it looks like we might be there when your family is there. Can my husband borrow your daughter???

 

[Betty Rohrer]

i have not found anything that works for me. just had to wait until daughters got old enough to ride by selves. most spinners husband can ride but not all. only tride that goes round and round that i can ride is bumper cars but i guess it is same as driving. i can drive in car but can not be a passenger.

 

[phillymummer]

I really don't want to jump straight to the patch. I will try Bonine first. I am lucky in that it usually doesn't take me long to recover from the sickness. Some water, pretzels, and some time on a bench helps. Hubby on the other hand will suffer for hours. I will try to get him to take the Bonine but I don't think he will. He is convinced nothing helps, so those negative thoughts alone will keep it from helping.

OP, it looks like we might be there when your family is there. Can my husband borrow your daughter???

Absolutely! She needs someone to ride the crazy attractions with her!! Meet at the Teacups at 4pm on the 19th?

I will be fine on BTMRR and Space Mt (if she wants to do it). I am really only worried about the teacups or anything else that spins. I don't think she will want to do RnRC (too dark) or Star Tours (not into star wars).

 

[etxmomof2]

I agree that the older I get, the harder motion sickness is on me! I took the Bonine on our cruise in January and it helped alot. My dr. also prescribed some Phenergan, just in case. Thankfully, I didn't have to use it or I would have slept through the cruise!

I'm packing Bonine!!!

 

[ready2vacation]

So, the placebo effect is alive and well. My mother and I were leaving to fly somewhere together and I offered her a Bonine before the flight that I had left over from a recent cruise.

We each ate a pink pill laughing all the while about how much it looked like Pepto. Had a great flight going and coming. Got home and yep, you guessed it, we HAD taked Pepto. I had taken them and the Bonine out of the package and forgot which was which.

Moral of the story: in a pinch try Pepto

 

[TunaSled]

Moral of the story: in a pinch try Pepto

Hahaha! Noted.

 

[Deb & Bill]

....Absolutely! She needs someone to ride the crazy attractions with her!! Meet at the Teacups at 4pm on the 19th? .....

I just told my husband and he says "it's a date!!"