Bonnine or sea bands for motion sickness?

[hbr03]

Bioband is the best! It's a Velcro band that fits the individual rather than the elastic seaband that can move around. Always wear mine when traveling, reading in the car, amusement parks, etc. I believe they may be only sold online through their website. Good luck!

 

[bytheblood]

Seabands used to work well for my daughter, but they are no longer effective. Dramamine or Bonine works for me, but that is because they put me to sleep.

 

[PamelaKay]

Another vote for Bonine. I use it every trip and it does not make me drowsy.

 

[Cherinva]

I went to my doctor and she gave me some patches that I wore behind my ear....worked like charm with NO side-effects. Good Luck.

 

[Micca]

Try some Bonine before you go as a test. It helps me and I don't feel any side effects.

You can get it almost anywhere--Wal-Mart, Walgreens, CVS, maybe even your neighborhood grocery store. I never noticed it being especially expensive. You take just one a day so you don't need a whole bunch of 'em. You chew them up and they actually even taste pretty good--Cherry flavor if I recall.

 

[softballmom3]

I used Bonine on a cruise and let me tell you, there were times I felt like I could barely keep my eyes open. So....it does make some people drowsy, doesn't matter what the package says LOL. I will definitely try something else next time! Different things affect people differently.....

 

[bytheblood]

I used Bonine on a cruise and let me tell you, there were times I felt like I could barely keep my eyes open. So....it does make some people drowsy, doesn't matter what the package says LOL. I will definitely try something else next time! Different things affect people differently.....

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Nyquil keeps me up at night as does any form of a rx pain med....most people are out. Bonine and Dramamine kick my tail though and I am struggling to keep up with my slow family. LOL

 

[DakotaRose]

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.

Ah! We're in the same club! That's why I decided to make a solo trip. I just thought it would be fun to experience WDW in my own way once.

 

[pmanko]

Ask your doctor for a prescription sea sickness patch ( Scopolamine ). They are around 60.00 for 4

Oh i just called my DR to phone this prescription in for me- I get drowsy on the OTC stuff - hoping this works because I know we are doing Astro Orbiter, star tours, tea cups and Tower of Terror!!

 

[Deb & Bill]

Ask your doctor for a prescription sea sickness patch ( Scopolamine ). They are around 60.00 for 4

Oh i just called my DR to phone this prescription in for me- I get drowsy on the OTC stuff - hoping this works because I know we are doing Astro Orbiter, star tours, tea cups and Tower of Terror!!

The patch did not work for me on Space Mountain at all. They worked on the DCL, but not the attractions.

 

[princessSunshine]

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

Hey - the pepto is probably a GREAT idea - fights nausea and has no drowsy side effect. Thanks for the wonderful idea, I'm going to use this next time I fly .....btw OP, I like the acupunture bands for nausea I find they help me

 

[Arielle22]

I swear by Bonine. I take one each night and sleep through any initial drowsiness. The first trip I used them on, we went on the teacups. Prior to that I couldn't do the teacups due to nausea. DH spun the cup so hard it made him sick but I was fine.

 

[FirstTimeDisneyVisit]

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 am the same way i get sick just about doing anything. I had my DR prescribe me pills i could take when i went to Disney and they helped a lot !!
i was able to do the rides and just be a tad woozy afterwards which is a lot better then i use to be after rides. I don't have the pills on me but i will reply back later when i get home.

 

[pmanko]

The patch did not work for me on Space Mountain at all. They worked on the DCL, but not the attractions.

oh no! well I am do not get motion sickness horribly - I was OK on tea cups last time. but, we didn't do Astro Orbitor or Star tours - so I am leery...

 

[laceemouse]

oh no! well I am do not get motion sickness horribly - I was OK on tea cups last time. but, we didn't do Astro Orbitor or Star tours - so I am leery...

It depends on how severe your motion sickness is and what types of motion bother you. I cannot ride in the car more than 30 minutes without getting sick. I do not get sick if I am driving, most people don't, but I need dramamine to ride in the car, plane, boats, etc.

Bonine has a bad side effect on me. Tried it once, never again. I felt like I was drugged. So I take dramamine in the car and sleep.

If you can do cars, planes, boats and not get sick, and only get sick on some amusement park rides you have MILD motion sickness. The drugs will most likely work for you.

I need drugs for a smooth car, plane, or boat ride. They barely make me tolerate those things. I would never try crazy rides with them.

 

[MOQu]

Bonine (meclizine) is meant to be taken ahead of time to build up in your bloodstream. It works the best if you start taking it 2 days before you travel.

I get sea sick, but not car sick or sick on rides. My kids get car sick, but not sea sick. Must be different types of motion trigger different types of reactions.

I could not go on cruises without meclizine. Sea bands were worthless for me.

 

[Herfnerd]

I easily get motion sickness and swear by Bonine (generic is Meclizine)

Meclizine and dimenhydrinate, the active ingredient in Dramamine, are antihistamines - they think it works by reducing stimuli to the inner ear. Dimenhydrinate does make most people sleepy, meclizine dramatically less so and it will work up to 24 hours versus dimenhydrinate's 6-8 hours.

Some people will say to take Benadryl (diphenhydramine) and for good reason - dimenhydrinate actually breaks down into diphendyramine in the body.

Sea bands will work for some but its psychosomatic. Back in the 80's, the British Royal Navy and the USN did big studies on their effectiveness and discovered they are as effective as placebos. If they work for you - great!

Scopalamine is an anticholerginic and works differently than the antihistamines - it blocks the nerve impulses that makes you sick. I can't stand them as it knocks me out for the first day or so, gives me wicked dry mouth and I'm loopy the whole time. Some people have cut them in half and say the side effects aren't as bad but be careful touching your eyes afterwards! Its a transdermal patch and only available with an Rx.

Ginger pills don't really stop motion sickness as much as it treats the nausea you get from it. Works pretty well for me in that respect.

As for Bonine/meclizine, you can get the generic in a 100ct, 25 mg cheweable tablet bottle from your local pharmacist OTC - might take a day or so to get it in. I bought a bottle for my cruises at Target Pharmacy for under $5. Much cheaper than paying $6 for 8 tablets of the brand name Bonine

 

[DeaverTex]

I get motion sickness riding in a car (not driving), particularly the back seat. It's even worse if I try to read. For that, I found that chewing a couple of pieces of ginger gum just before I get into the car it lasts for several hours and I can read without any problem. So there's a vote for ginger, at least for low-impact motion. It also seemed to work perfectly for pure up and down motion, like Tower of Terror, and for pretty much any sort of coaster drops.

The Disney coasters, though, seem to depend a lot on high-acceleration, side to side changes of direction and changes of rotation (those cause the jerkiness you hear about) for the "thrill" rides, and ginger doesn't do much for that except help me recover. A half Dramamine, taken right at rope drop, helped some with rides, but mostly to keep the nausea under control. I'm still looking for something that'll let me really enjoy the coasters, because if I I'm not trying to hold down my breakfast, they're fun.

As far as the teacups, well, I think that everyone within about six feet of me would very much appreciate my avoiding them. Multi-axis spins, particularly when several of those axes are parallel, is my absolute and ultimate downfall. (Maybe it was the ear infections I used to get as a kid?) Fortunately, they just don't appeal.