Natural motion sickness remedies?

[lovetoscrap]

I also highly recommend Relief Bands (totally different than seabands/not in same class). It is the only thing that has worked without any side effects. I used to have a hard time flying because of motion sickness, anxiety about flying and now I don't mind sitting in the back of the plane. I was able to ride all of the rides last trip with no problems.
I have recommended Relief band to several people who could not take anything else and they have come back and thanked me very much for telling them about this product. It is well worth the money. I have purchased 3 of them because everyone else in my family wanted the only one I had.
We have found that Relief band has worked for stress/anxiety, migrain headaches and whenever you've overeatten.

Okay, just went to the site and I WANT this! In fact one for me and on for DD. But YIKES! $169???? Is there anywhere to get it cheaper or can you get insurance to cover it?

I have a TENS unit and am a huge believer of the low electrical current to help with pain and this concept for motion sickness sounds wonderful. Especially since currently we have to avoid situations that could make us sick unless we have the lead time to take our meds. So if friend calls and asks if I want to go out to dinner and she will drive I have to say no, and just drive myself (and I am ALWAYS the designated driver because if it!), and if someone calls and invites DD to go somewhere and it is too far away she will say no.

 

[SGMCO]

Okay, just went to the site and I WANT this! In fact one for me and on for DD. But YIKES! $169???? Is there anywhere to get it cheaper or can you get insurance to cover it?

I have a TENS unit and am a huge believer of the low electrical current to help with pain and this concept for motion sickness sounds wonderful. Especially since currently we have to avoid situations that could make us sick unless we have the lead time to take our meds. So if friend calls and asks if I want to go out to dinner and she will drive I have to say no, and just drive myself (and I am ALWAYS the designated driver because if it!), and if someone calls and invites DD to go somewhere and it is too far away she will say no.

Do a search on Ebay. That's how I got mine. The nice thing is that the battery can be replaced (get new batteries from Radio Shack). I have had mine for a little over 2 years now and all three are still working fine.

 

[ShiPooOwner]

I, personally, have had wonderful success with ginger tablets (found in natural foods dept. of grocery store) and acupressure wristbands on cruises when the seas were rocking and rolling.

However.......when we were taking groups of school kids on an exchange to England and Wales, whenever someone was feeling queasy in the bus the teacher in charge would have them sit on a newspaper. It worked every time!!! Probably all psychological because I don't think a newspaper under your bottom would make your tummy calm down, but whatever works, right? It had to be a newspaper and was never a magazine or any other type of paper. The teachers swore by this miracle cure to motion sickness. I had to giggle every time I spotted a newspaper under the teacher's arm or in his/her bag as we boarded the bus.

 

[mommycrawford]

You could also chew on crystalized ginger: coated in cane sugar...like a spicy candy. No side affects, and heathy for your system. I used it all through my pregnancy (at Disney) and it was great for quelling the queasy feelings!!!

 

[lovetoscrap]

See, I don't see how it can be just a psychological reaction because I have had several instances where I thought that I was medicated but got sick because I really wasn't.


The first was when I was on a road trip and had taken my Bonine-- so I thought. I started feeling queasy and ick and couldn't figure out why. DH suggested that maybe I hadn't really taken the pill. A call back to his parents house verified that the pill was sitting on the end table where I had set it down and forgotten to actually take it. I would have sworn that I had.


And on our cruise I was using the patch behind my ear. It was going great and then a day or so in I started feeling sick and it was getting bad fast. I couldn't figure out why until I reached up and the patch was gone! It had fallen off at some point (probably in the pool) and I had no idea.

So in these cases I "knew" that I wasn't going to be sick but started getting all the symptoms until I actually medicated and gave it time to work. I am pretty sure that all that newspaper would be good for with me is to provide a place to get sick into