Motion Sickness Remedies?

[eeyore45]

Sorry to make a new post, but I just realized I havent considered that I get motion sickness!! Its been so long since I've been in an amusement park, or traveled by plane, and I tend to get motion sickness...

so anyone have positive experiences for me? I've used dramamine in the past (and it tends to make me sleepy) Are the patches by prescription only? anyone have experience with Bonine?

Thanks...

 

[Celluloidgal]

Don't move.



Seriously, I've used "Seabands" before. They are little bands that go around your wrist and apply pressure to a point on your wrist that is suppose to ease nausea. It may be all in my head, but it worked for me. I found them at WalMart in the pharmacy section.

 

[aprilgail2]

The bands never ever worked for me....I always use Bonine and it works great for me.

 

[Pugdog007]

Bonine is your answer. I have a very weak stomach... works like a charm as long as you take it BEFORE traveling/riding/whatever. Take it in the morning and it works for 24 hrs.

 

[Figment22]

I know that others have said that they don't have luck with them, but I SWEAR by SeaBands. I like that it is a drug-free way to combat motion sickness.

Sea-Bands

Give them a try!

 

[epcotfan]

Dramamine or Bonine is the only way to go (unless you can't take those particular drugs). Seabands are unreliable.

 

[ElizK]

Wish I'd known these remedies before our trip to Maui back in October. I spent 6 hours on a snorkeling cruise to Molokini Island with horrible motion sickness. I had vertigo so bad I couldn't move my head without feeling like I was going to feed the fish!

That was the first time in my life I'd ever been seasick. We owned a boat when I was a kid, and DH and I have been on a cruise in rough seas with no problem! Can't stand the thought of getting on a boat right now.

 

[deirdrefitch]

Bonine works really well for motion sickness. Most things make me sleepy so I had to cut the dose from two pills to just one.
You might try it at home before you go to see how you react to it.
I took dramamine at Six Flags once and got so sleepy I had to go to the car and take a nice long nap!

 

[Jockaroo]

Bonine works best for me and makes me less sleepy. I take it when I first get up with breakfast. It lasts 24 hours. Even with this, I know I still have limits. No tea cups, no Mission Space. No big deal to me. Even with my Bonine, I still felt ill from Body Wars. If you see a ride you question, you might want to skip it though, or make sure your tummy is empty--it isn't worth ruining a trip.

 

[eeyore45]

Thank you SOOOOOoooo MUCH!!

I've not heard of Bonine before!! I had heard about the sea bands, I think I may have had them with my 3rd pregnancy!! I also have heard that ginger helps too, but sometimes its hard to find the crystal ginger candy!!

 

[Figment22]

Hey, you're right about the ginger. I had never heard of that before. I like trying to stick with natural remedies.

Motion Sickness Remedies

 

[Disney Ella]

Dramamine has a less drowsy formula that doesn't make me drowsy at all. (I take 1/2 of one.) Since everyone here loves Bonine, I tried it last summer, but it made me jittery, so I'll stick to my Less Drowsy Dramamine from now on. I also tried eating some ginger root once, as that's supposed to be a natural remedy. I was so sure it was going to work, and was surprised twenty minutes later when I started feeling sick anyway. Motion sickness stinks! Hope you find something that works for you.

 

[Danauk]

I also swear by sea bands. I get really travel sick (can't go for 20 minutes in a car without them!) and always wear my sea bands when travelling and when going on rollercoasters. I have never found them to be unreliable and have used them for about 20 years now and have never once been sick with them on.

 

[crz4mm2]

Meclazine is wonderful. OTC med. Take 25 mg up to 3 times a day. Took it first on a cruise. Now take it almost whenever I travel. Works great for me and is cheap.