dramamine?

[wicked_maleficent]

Will dramamine (sp?) keep a person from getting sick on rides? Anyone here used it?
Thanks!

 

[Feralpeg]

It may stop you from feeling sick, but dramamine makes most people very drowsy. My suggestion would be to not go on rides you think will make you sick. Better that than drag around for the rest of the day because of the dramamine.

 

[Dustmouse]

I take the non-drowsy formula for airline flights and it works well without making me too sleepy. Unfortunately, I've never tried it on ride motion sickness. It would be interesting to find out.

 

[Feralpeg]

I take the non-drowsy formula for airline flights and it works well without making me too sleepy. Unfortunately, I've never tried it on ride motion sickness. It would be interesting to find out.

I guess I'm a lightweight. Even the non-drowsy formula knocks me out. It's funny because most drugs that are supposed to make you drowsy make me wired.

 

[ChickieToo]

Dramamine and Bonine both work for me. I'm prone to motion sickness, but I like rollercoasters and such. To be honest, I don't know if a rollercoaster would make me sick because I always take dramamine. I did take Dramamine before going on Mission Space two years ago, and I didn't feel the spinning at all--I was fine. As for the drowsiness factor, Dramamine makes a "less drowsey" formula, but unless I'm already tired to begin with (like waking up at 3:00 am to make a 6:00 am flight) it doesn't make me tired. However, maybe it's just me. My friend uses those "seasick bands" when they go on a cruise, and she says those work for her and her kids.

I've given Bonine to my neice since it is chewable, and it prevented carsickness and she was fine after taking it, not tired or anything.

 

[TastefullyChris]

I get queasy turning around in the car to yell at my kids!!! I always take Bonine on airplane trips and at theme parks. Last month, my DS12 (has an equally weak tummy) and I took one Bonine each morning and never had a problem with getting sick OR tired. Went on teacups, everest, space mt., test track, soarin'. DS12 went on Mission Space (reg. version) 3x in a row!!! I prefer Bonine to Drammamine because it is chewable (can pop one any time w/o water) and does not make me sleepy.

Have fun!

 

[TSM1993]

My mom gets sick and she swears by ginger pills. There was a discussion started on here awhile ago about using ginger. If I can find it I will post it.

 

[Willow25]

My first trip to Disney I threw up after getting off of Mission Space. I got so sick that I really did not think I would ever get on that thing again. My husband absolutely loved the ride and really wanted to go again (he is not the type to do anything by himself). So I went out that afternoon and got the non-drowsy dramamine. The next morning I took the dramamine and rode mission space. Besides being a bit nervous I was fine and was able to ride it again with my DH. I usually get really tired when I take sudafed or anything that is supposed to make you drowsy but I did not have any issues with this medication.

 

[bsmcneil]

So this is related...does anyone know if dramamine or something similar would help with the feeling you get after a large drop (i.e., big splash mountain)? My DGF has that problem and we're trying to see how riding rides will work

 

[Rella Bella]

Here's the link for the other thread...

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1119461

 

[STEAMBOAT209]

DS uses the non-drowsy ones, works well for him

 

[Jrabbit910]

Last year I took the Dramamine and it didnt do anything for me... I posted something a while ago about motion sickness and I heard that Bonine and Ginger tables work. I plan on buying both this year and hoping something works!

 

[vatmark]

My son gets car sick and we used to give him Dramamine and it would knock him out. Then we heard about Bonine and gave that to him and it prevented car sickness and it didn't make him tired at all. So now that is all we will use.

For what it's worth if anyone is familliar with Myth Busters they did an experiment on different motion sickness preventers and it showed that Ginger pills did work great.

Annie

 

[pplasky]

I don't know what kind of prescription plan you have, but last year my doc prescribed me meclizine and it worked wonderfully. No drowsiness and no dizziness/sickness.

 

[wicked_maleficent]

Thanks everyone. I will add bonine and ginger pills to my list.