Sea-Bands Review?

[2mickeys1minnie]

Anyone tried SeaBands to help with motion sickness? Do they really work? We are headed to the world in 11 days and all 3 of my kids get motion sickness. I usually use Dramamine but it makes everyone so drowsy. I was thinking of trying the seabands and/or Bonine this time. Can you use the Bonine in conjunction with the sea bands or its one or the other? Thanks for any advice....I'd like to try and get through this trip without the following statement " MOM I've gotta throw up"...just once...it would be nice LOL.

 

[OKW Lover]

Basically, if they work for you they work. Yes, I know that doesn't help. Its just that there is no medical reason that they should work but nonetheless many people report that they do work for them. So, if you don't mind spending the money on them, go ahead and give them a try. They can't hurt.

 

[campingdawgs]

My DD14 has always had motion sickness, although she is fine on theme park rides. We always kept a "barf bag" and change of clothes in the car for her. Rolling the window down helps. I bought her the Sea Bands for a school trip to WDW - by bus, so she couldn't roll down the window. They worked great, and now she uses them for every car trip! I have to say, though, they did not work for her when we went on a dolphin watching excursion. The motion of the boat was too much for her. I wish I had given her the OTC motion sickness meds I brought, but she thought the Sea Bands would work. I think for car trips, they are worth you giving them a try before resorting to medicine.

 

[DisneySJB]

I used Sea Bands on a cruise a few years ago. I think it "took the edge off" but didn't completely get rid of the motion sickness. I don't like the meds because of the drowsiness. FWIW, I get car sick easily, but don't have any trouble at WDW on anything except the Teacups...so I don't ride those.

 

[skelfbsfb]

Didnt work for me on HP ride.

 

[happycamps]

My daughter has used them in the past for nausea due to inner ear infections - they took the edge off for her. I used them when I was pregnant and couldn't keep anything down, they took the edge off then as well.

I will say that it seemed that after keeping them on too long, I would get a headache. My daughter would just keep them on until the her nausea went away.

 

[chabs]

I bought the PSI bands from Amazon when we went to Universal last February and I thought that they worked surprisingly well. I have a hard time with simulator rides and I was able to go on most of the rides without getting sick.

 

[nicki.momof3]

Dramine has a non drowsey formula that works very well. I took it on our disney cruise. Sea bands did not help me.

 

[cindy0519]

Another one that sea bands did not work for. We are avid scuba divers so we frequently find ourselves on and as you point out the drowniness associated with most motion sickness medicine is a HUGE problem!

Try Bonine http://www.bonine.com/index.php. They even make one for kids now! NO drowiness and it can be found in about any drug store. Take one the night before getting on the ride/in the car/on the boat and then once a day as directed. Works like . We were on a sailboat crossing the gulf stream (very rough) and even those with the scopolamine patches were very . We had taken Bonine on the advice of the dive shop and we were good all the way from Miami to Bimini Bahamas!

Here is the MOST important thing...treat for motion sickness BEFORE you get sick. If you wait until you have "symptoms" it will be very hard to feel 100% again.

Good luck!

 

[AliceinMaryland]

This isn't going to help anybody really, sorry! But I wanted to say that 13 yrs ago I rode in a plane for the 1st time. I took dramamine and I had a great flight. So good that on the trip back I didn't think I needed it. The 2 hr flight felt like 10 min. I was hot and dizzy and I believe I passed out in my seat but I don't remember being nauseaus. So from now on I wear these sea-bands and take dramamine or bonine. I never had the issue again. But I'm not totally convinced that the problem was motion sickness cause I was on a school trip and a couple people had gotten sick so I may have had that I don't know.

When we were younger my mom would always give us those patches that you put behind your ears(I don't even know if they use these anymore) when we would go on the ferry. Once I didn't use any aids cause I was a teenager and thought maybe I grew out of it and I was miserable on the ferry! Now I would think being on a ferry is a little different than being in a plane.

My point is, I hate hate hate to feel nauseaus but I want to see if I can fly without using any aids. I'm too scared because just like some others have said you need to prevent so taking something after you feel sick will not work to well.

I'm also afraid that my children may have motion sickness. My 1st son flew when he was 18 months. We gave him benadryl to get him calmed down and relaxed and he did fine on the way down. During the trip my husband contracted something and I've never in my life seen or heard someone be so sick. I thought he was dying. On the flight back we gave my son the benadryl again. But this time he didn't sleep and he threw up towards the end so I don't know if it was the virus his dad had or if it was motion sickness. I'm terrified these kids are going to be sick on this plane cause my youngest hasn't flown yet so we don't have anything to go on for him yet. But that's good to know about the kids dramamine. I wonder if they make that in a liquid, cause I'm pretty sure my kids can't/won't take the pills.

Sorry, I said my post wasn't going to help anyone!! I guess I'm just looking for encouragement that I haven't passed down this syndrome to my children and that I should take the chance and not take anything for motion sickness beforehand and see how it goes

 

[AliceinMaryland]

And have an awesome time!!!! Let us know how it all worked out!!

 

[lovetoscrap]

Sea Bands work by "acupressure" so there is no problem using them in conjunction with motions sickness meds. My daughter and I both have severe motion sickness. She does well with the bands for short trips (around town) and the bands and meds for long ones. I hate the bands-- they don't seem to help at all and they feel so tight on my wrists I can't stand to wear them.

Bonine is the same thing as the Non Drowsy Dramamine and other generic branded products-- check the ingredient labels. They are Meclizine HCL as opposed to Dimenhydrinate, the active ingredient in regular Dramamine. Some are chewable (Bonine) and some are not. I have also seen them in melting strips lately. I buy the generic because I am cheap and it is the same stuff. Some people do still have the sleepy side effects with it, but not as bad.

I have taken it for over 30 years and it only started making me sleepy in the last 10 or so, but only if I am inactive-- riding in a car or plane, or driving, or not doing anything. If I stay active like at WDW I am fine. If I am going to be sedentary I try to take it the night before (or in the middle of the night depending on the timing) so I can sleep for a few hours before I need it to work. At WDW I will often take it before bed and then take another one around lunchtime.

Depending on the age of your kids you can also ask your dr about the scopolamine patch. I absolutely loved it for my cruise when I needed 24 hour coverage. But I think it is for ages 12 and up, so my pediatrician says we have to wait another 2 years to take DD10 on a cruise. My dr won't prescribe it for me for general use-- plane/cars/WDW-- because he feels that it is more likely to cause uncomfortable side effects if you aren't in constant motion like on a ship.

I would really like to try Relief Bands for DD and I but so far I haven't been able to justify the cost! If I new with 100% certainty they would work for us then I would spend the money in a heartbeat because it would absolutely be worth it.