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Carnival Glory rocked and rolled during our entire cruise, 2/05-12. We all swayed with it and were fine. Unfortunatly, I am still swaying! I've been feeling light headed and slightly dizzy for the last 6 days! The doctor suggested I take a cold decongestant or dramamine for a week and then give her a call if I still feel this way. Has anyone else ever experienced this? Can my equillibrium still be out of whack?

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I tend to get seasick after the cruise- though not while on it. It is perfectly normal and there have been lots of discussions about it on these boards. Some peple take dramamine but I just wait it out. it's a nice reminder of the cruise! Mine lasts 7-10 days.

 

maybe someone else will remember what it's called and why it happens- I was just glad to find out it happens to alot of people.

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No, it's not just you! I "rock" for 3-4 days after a cruise! I can't even blame it on alcohol because the amount I'll drink onboard could never account for even one evening's sloppy walking.

 

Here's what I don't understand: I don't "rock" when I get off the ship at port. It's just when I get home. It makes no sense.

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Carnival Glory rocked and rolled during our entire cruise, 2/05-12. We all swayed with it and were fine. Unfortunatly, I am still swaying! I've been feeling light headed and slightly dizzy for the last 6 days! The doctor suggested I take a cold decongestant or dramamine for a week and then give her a call if I still feel this way. Has anyone else ever experienced this? Can my equillibrium still be out of whack?

 

 

It happens to a lot of us. Shortly after I return home from a cruise, I get up in the morning and feel like I'm still on the ship . . . I have to hold on to my dresser to make it to the bathroom. Usually only lasts about a week or less and . . . as strange as it feels . . . I sort of like it. Makes me feel as if I'm still on the ship. Funny, but it doesn't occur until I get home . . . walking off the ship, I feel fine. Guess it's "delayed reaction." Tee Hee . . . .

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OMG...I thought I was the only one who got dizzy after the cruise....

The last cruise I was on....I was fine and dandy while on the ship....

But....by the time I got home, I was so darned dizzy feeling and walking like a drunken sailor!! LOL

The day after we got home from our cruise...I had to go to the jeweler as I had purchase a tansanite bracelet I wanted to have appraised....

I got into the car...and was so dizzy I backed up into my hubbys truck and smashed the rear bumper in on my new car!!!

I came back in staggering into the house to lay down and the hubby asked me what was wrong...I told him I was sea sick !

Try telling that to your insurance company...that you were sea sick and crashed your car!! LOL ....

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I usually feel dizzy for at least 2 weeks.This especially happens when I am washing my hands or running water in bath.

 

Debbie -

I saw all of the cruises you went on. Which ship was your favorite? We've been on a couple of Royal Caribbean ships and the Carnival Conquest, but thinking about something different next time.

Thanks

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I have a terrible time with "land sickness". Last cruise I was in St. Thomas, in a JEWELRY STORE, with someone who was ready to buy, and I had to leave. I was so nauseated that I couldn't stand it. If I walked, it was much better, but standing still nearly killed me!

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That's a nickname for the ship rocking feeling, Sea Legs....I have it each time I get off a cruise. Also, when I experienced my first "big" earthquake 6 years ago in So California I had that strange "rocking" sensation for a week, after only a minute of shaking. And on a soft, bumpy across country flights I get a flighty feeling.

I wonder if it's anything to do with motion sickness I used to get all the time when I was a child sitting in the back of the car? Maybe my equilibirium is sensitive???

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Debbie -

I saw all of the cruises you went on. Which ship was your favorite? We've been on a couple of Royal Caribbean ships and the Carnival Conquest, but thinking about something different next time.

Thanks

 

I think that I liked the Holland America the best but that could have been because the times we went we had a great time. Those three times we were with a large group and we also got along great with everyone at our table. You might notice that HAL is sometimes known for having an older crowd. Since we were with a large group it didn't matter to us. There were plenty people in our age group. That though is the reason I picked a Carnival for the next one since we are taking our kids this time. How did you like the Conquest? We are going on the Glory in July.

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The first time this happened was the day after a spring break cruise. As a teacher it was considered either a "violation of contract" or a "sin" to be absent the Monday after a spring break. The phones to call-in for a Substitute were turned off!

I woke so dizzy that I thought that I had contracted some wicked flu bug. After suffering for a few hours; I took a Bonine. Within 20 minutes I was fine!

I do love the motion of the ship; I just wish it did not continue in my body after I get off the ship!!

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  • 5 years later...

Just got off my first cruise. It was a 7 day cruise in the Mexican Riviera on Royal's "Mariner of the Seas" and the last 2 day were pretty choppy. All night and today I feel like I am rocking back and forth.

I hope this does not last a week like everyone else is saying!

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This used to happen to me, my past few cruises I have not been bothered with any side effects afterward.

 

After my first cruise, my H picked me up after disembarkation and decided we needed to stop off and test drive a new Yukon. I was driving down a winding road and veered towards the curb, I hit it and almost flipped it. WHAT??? Needless to say, we got in our car and went home. I didn't test drive anything else for weeks until I was sure I was over the feeling.

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  • 2 months later...

I got off a 7 night cruise to the Carribean on May 30th.. it's 9 days later and I still have the slight vertigo/dizzy feeling as if I'm still on the boat! Hope this goes away soon. I almost fell in my shower the next day after getting off the boat. First cruise for me... didn't know I would be feeling this way... It's not THAT bad though.....

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