Seasickness--a whole new world???

[goodfaerie]

I've been on two cruises and not been seasick, but don't want to take any chances. This is our first fwd stateroom, so should I take preventative measures--and what are the best ones? Thanks!

GoodFaerie

 

[jiminy579]

I didn't want to mess around with side effects from medication, especially for my kids so we used Seabands! I thought they worked great! I am also bringing ginger tablets this time since I have read so much about them.
Have a wonderful cruise!!!

 

[goodfaerie]

Thanks, Dee Ann!

GF

 

[ChattyKathy]

I havent heard a thing about ginger tablets?? what good are they?



Kathy

 

[hydster]

If it were me:

I would take alot of different remedies with you and see which ones work the best. The seabands and relief bands did NOTHING for me because apparently the nerve that the button is supposed to hit in your wrist like accupressure was too deep in my wrist. The patch made me sick, ginger tablets helped a little bit but not enough to keep me from getting sick so I ended up on Meclizine. Be flexible and prepared and make sure you know what any type of medication does to you before you go..as in allergic reactions or bad side effects that you cant or dont want to deal with.

Just my 2 cents but we have gone different routes and it has taken us probably 15 cruises to get the correct system down for us!

Heidi

 

[Rence]

Ginger is known for calming the stomach.

Before my prior (and so far only) cruise, I read up on Ginger.

It was recommended that I take one to two tablets four times a day and start a couple of days prior to the cruise.

Keep it up while on the cruise and if your stomach starts to bother you take and extra tablet or two.

It worked great. We had rough seas (one of the non-docking at Castaway Cay cruises) and several other folks got seasick. I am prone to motion sickness but I was fine.

I did not experience any side-effects and I haven't read of any.

From what I read, they said it was important to start taking them ahead of time and to take them regularly to avoid getting sick.

Others have reported that it didn't work for them, but it sure helped me.

 

[goodfaerie]

These are great tips! Thank you!

GF

 

[ChattyKathy]

This thread is making me too nervous, I hope I don't get sick! I'll have to cry, Wahhhhhhh!!!!

 

[MarkRG]

To answer your question the most direct, there really are not any places on the ship (fore, aft, midship) that are more/less seasick prone than others. The higher up you are you might get a little more side-side ship motion, but that's about it.

 

[yourtravelpro]

The more midship you are and the lower you are on the ship the least amount of motion you are going to feel.

Just think of it like a teeter totter, the least amount of motion would be in the middle.

 

[jiminy579]

I forgot to mention that I brought just about every type of seasickness pill known to man kind with us "just in case". (We ended up only using the Seabands, but I figured it wouldn't hurt being prepared.) I just bought "Little Tummys" nausea relief at Walmart. It is a non-medicated relief for nausea, and contains natural ginger extract. I have read so much about wild seas in the past 2 weeks, and wanted to have something extra just in case the Seabands weren't enough. Just a thought!

 

[CRenze]

I along with many others I'm sure were/are obsessing over getting seasick. I recently returned from an 11/01 cruise and on Saturday, our departure day the seas were very rough. I hadn't taken anything, because I was doing the wait and see game. Well about 8:30, just in time for dinner I started to get a little queasy. Luckily I never got sick but I did go to the front desk and get some sea calm. It's free. I didn't really want to take dramine because it makes me sleepy. I also took a ginger pill before I went to the desk. It helped a little. Now if I had started taking the ginger the day before there's no doubt I wouldn't have been effected at all by the seas. Giinger pills help, like ginger ale helps. It also started getting rough again about mid week but by then I think my body was use to "going with the flow" and I didn't even get queasy then.

Cindy

 

[my3kids]

We were in rooms at the front and didn't notice any more motion there than anywhere else on the ship. The whole thing was very stable except for a wild rudder incident, but that was a short and isolated incident. I wouldn't worry about seasickness based on room location if you have sailed on cruise ships before.

 

[goodfaerie]

Thanks to all--I'm relieved--and now better prepared! Yay!

GF

 

[ChattyKathy]

I'm going to have to sleep on the bottomest deck!!

I am headed to the Walmart and get the ginger tablets and 'little tummys' that DeeAnn mentioned. I am doing what she did, take every little seasickness pill known to mankind just to be safe!

I am assuming these 'ginger' tabs are going to be in with health products, huh?


I can't wait til you get back goodfaerie to hear how you did! Keep your chin up and lets not think about it!
(Yea right Kath!! LOL) Easier said than done...




Have a fun time!

Kathy

 

[kmc33]

I looked for ginger tablets once about 5 or 6 years ago when we were going on a cruise and I couldn't find them. I haven't tried again recently, so I wasn't sure if they are hard to find. Where did you get yours?

Thanks!