Vertigo after Cruise??

[Jmmdls1]

Anyone develop vertigo after their cruise? I have been on several cruises but after our last one a few weeks ago, I felt like everything was still moving for about two weeks after. It caused me to be dizzy and even faint on one occasion. It has cleared up now, but I’m bummed thinking that it could happen again and that I might not want to cruise again. Has anyone dealt with this and found a fix for the next cruise?!!

 

[Shanti]

Anyone develop vertigo after their cruise? I have been on several cruises but after our last one a few weeks ago, I felt like everything was still moving for about two weeks after. It caused me to be dizzy and even faint on one occasion. It has cleared up now, but I’m bummed thinking that it could happen again and that I might not want to cruise again. Has anyone dealt with this and found a fix for the next cruise?!!

Perhaps you had an ear infection or other physical issue that caused the dizziness?

 

[DisneyWishes14]

Yes, this has happened to me but not to the point of passing out! I think I have had more motion sickness coming off of a cruise than actually being on one.

 

[mmmears]

Yes, this has happened to me but not to the point of passing out! I think I have had more motion sickness coming off of a cruise than actually being on one.

Same here. It was tough for the first few days, and then it lingered but wasn't too bad. And then it finally just went away. The funny thing is that for those few days I felt so much better on a boat (the little boat that goes from the MK to the Poly and the GF) than I did on land.

 

[Racer X]

YES! The recommendation is to continue your motion/seasick medicine a couple days after you get home. It's weird when you lay down and it still feels like your moving. (haven't felt that way since college... lol)

 

[Maggie'sMom]

It happened to me after my first cruise, but I didn't notice it as much after my subsequent cruises. One difference may be that I went back to work the day after disembarking from my first cruise. I really noticed it while I was sitting at my desk. But all my subsequent cruises, I've had a couple days after disembarking before going back to work. I think it helps if I'm out and active rather than just sitting at a desk.

 

[MSPeeler]

Yes, initially it was an issue (first day off). I was told to continue my Zofran for a few days and then it was not a problem.

 

[cmph]

That happened to DH on our most recent cruise. It actually lasted nearly a month. He talked to his doctor about it, b/c it just wasn't going away. He didn't take or need meds on the ship until we went to bed at like 1am before disembarkation and were really moving... and he had kept it up for a few days on land without it helping at all. It was strange! It's never happened to him before, so there must be something else to it. We're hoping it was a one-off. Guess we'll find out in June!

 

[YawningDodo]

Yes, but I noticed the feeling of motion most when I was fatigued the first day or two, and then it got worse when I got sick shortly after arriving home (pushed myself too hard in the post-cruise WDW stop and had a cold afterward). I actually went in to the urgent care because I was worried it was an ear infection but nope, just a cold. Being sick and/or being tired can make it worse, I think, going off of my experience -- in future I'm going to arrange to give myself an easier transition back to real life to give my body recovery time. Continuing the ginger tablets did seem to help.

 

[GPaLarry]

We are fortunate in not being affected by motion sickness after eight cruises...puts us to sleep. It does feel a bit different getting off the boat, however.
When I joined the Army, in late 1959, I was sent on a WWII troop ship (USNS Alexander Patch) from Fort Dix to Bremerhaven, Germany over eight days. We were chased by a storm across the Atlantic and it was no cruise. There were no stabilization wings on the side of the ship, I had to keep an elbow on the side of my metal mess plate to keep it on the table and I slept in a hammock, located in one of many rows six deep way down below. Showers were next to the hull with barely room for your feet and as the ship rocked fore and aft you held onto the wall as the showers would squirt full on or full off...it was a challenge. Many were, shall we say, not well. We had no seasickness medication. I had a new transistor radio I bought before we cast off that I listened to on guard duty each evening on the Promenade Deck. Even in the middle of the ocean, which I grew to love to watch, I could pick up a station or two from Spain or Great Britain while keeping dependents from going below and the soldiers from going up top. All were in no mood to walk the decks or explore...and we sure didn't have a pool, simulated golf, a spa or a basketball court. We had a "movie theater" with a bed sheet stretched over a wall (no "Tangled" show) next to the aromatic mess kitchen. My copy of "1984" disappeared in three days, so no reading. We didn't have Remy's, but we did have a couple of resident rats. It is a cruise I will not forget. Seasickness is not fun. Just be glad we have numerous treatments today that can help. Best of luck!!

 

[DSNYDREAMER]

Yes, after every cruise! Feels like a bad flu really, I have never passed out but could see how one would get to that point. I also get it (although not as bad) after a flight or long car ride.

 

[ladyofthetramp]

After every cruise. Yet I am never sick or motion sick on the cruise. Takes about a week to go away. Keeping active seems to work for me.

 

[Barbydoll8]

If you wear a patch, it could be with drawl. I read and experienced it myself. Most people get the sea leg thing for a few days after depending on how long your cruise is will sometimes determine how long you feel it. I felt horrible for 2 days after my 5 day and found out that it's from my patch removal. If you wear the patch longer than 3 days straight, you can experience with drawl symptoms after it wears of. It cleared up in a day or two but it really made me dizzy and sick.

 

[quickcat]

Yes, I definitely had it! Take motion pills- sounds odd for after but really makes a huge difference. I usually take them for 4-5 days after and am fine then. Without it, I almost cannot even drive a car it’s so bad! I definitely would not cruise if the motion pills didn’t help after because that is such a terrible feeling.

 

[emilymad]

I have this every cruise. I am completely fine on the ship but after getting off it is bad. I start taking Dramamine the day we get off the ship. It helps it go away after a few days.

 

[WeLoveDisneyAlways]

It happened to me after my first cruise, but I didn't notice it as much after my subsequent cruises. One difference may be that I went back to work the day after disembarking from my first cruise. I really noticed it while I was sitting at my desk. But all my subsequent cruises, I've had a couple days after disembarking before going back to work. I think it helps if I'm out and active rather than just sitting at a desk.

I agree, it’s when I was still I noticed it. Washing dishes etc felt like I was going to fall over. We got off magic Jan 31st and didn’t think about it til now I feel better but it did go on for days.

 

[mmmears]

If you wear a patch, it could be with drawl. I read and experienced it myself. Most people get the sea leg thing for a few days after depending on how long your cruise is will sometimes determine how long you feel it. I felt horrible for 2 days after my 5 day and found out that it's from my patch removal. If you wear the patch longer than 3 days straight, you can experience with drawl symptoms after it wears of. It cleared up in a day or two but it really made me dizzy and sick.

Interesting. That's not it for me, though. I kept the patch on and still had the same symptoms this last cruise (which was only a 4-night), so I finally just removed it since it wasn't helping. I think it's the transition from the movement of the ship to being on land. And oddly enough, I didn't feel it at all after Alaska, and I wore 7 days worth of patches for that one.

 

[kiford]

I get this after every cruise. The longer the cruise, the longer it lasts. I'm never seasick and never need to take anything when on the cruise but regaining my land legs takes a bit of time. I just find that it helps to kind of go with it when you get back on land in the sense that you just kind of rock or sway from side to side a little bit if you feel like you're dizzy (sometimes I do it totally unconsciously). It helps to trick my brain into thinking it's still at sea and everything is OK. Eventually it goes away. The worst part was when my trainer was making me do push-ups and feeling like the floor was rushing up to me. It can certainly be worse if you get sick because your illness may already be throwing off your balance or affecting your inner ear but it's not in the least unusual for even sailors to take a bit of time readjusting to land.

 

[bumbershoot]

Two cruises ago it was baaaad. Lasted for ages. Yoga was so wobbly.

I don’t get seasick (nor do I take seasickness drugs) so it came out of the blue.

Didn’t happen the last cruise though.

 

[lbus42]

I had it for almost a month after my Apt 2016 cruise. Someone on here (Princess Schmoo I believe) called it land sickness. It seemed to happen mostly when I turned my head too quickly or when I moved my head in more than one axis, such as looking down while turning it. It would also feel like the ground was moving when I walked. But I realized that I was constantly looking around while walking. I started making it a point to concentrate on one place and then another till I got to my destination. This seemed to lessen the dizziness.