Seasickness

[wineoclock]

37 minutes ago, ldubs said:

 

I thought I had previously responded but I guess I forgot to press the send button.  Too bad, because it was brilliant! 🙂

 

I also am fortunate to not suffer from motion sickness.   I'm out on a boat most weeks we aren't otherwise traveling.  So, I can't really test the ear plug trick.  

 

I did not mean to imply noise causes motion sickness.  What I read was this trick somehow fooled the brain into ignoring the inner ear.  I suspect it might be of questionable value.   If it worked I'm sure at least some folks on these forums would be aware of it.  

I have a destroyed nerve in my inner ear. (Since 1988 & finally diagnosed 1992). I regularly do the Cooksey Cawthorne exercises but doesn’t always help on the sea hence the cinnnarizine. 
 

I also always take lemon and ginger tea with me and ask for a kettle in the room so I can make it myself as needed. 

[ldubs]

19 minutes ago, wineoclock said:

I have a destroyed nerve in my inner ear. (Since 1988 & finally diagnosed 1992). I regularly do the Cooksey Cawthorne exercises but doesn’t always help on the sea hence the cinnnarizine. 
 

I also always take lemon and ginger tea with me and ask for a kettle in the room so I can make it myself as needed. 

 

Hope it works for you.  👍 

[Joebucks]

I've cruised with a handful of people that were deathly worried they would be seasick as they had never cruised before. None were ever sick a day. 

 

I may not be an expert here. It sounds like if you have a condition that would cause this, it may not be exclusive to cruise activities, and you may already have a medication.

[CPT Trips]

Sitting with your feet in the water, ass in the sand, and under a palm tree or on a dock of the bay are sure cures.

If this isn’t an option Meclizine is my  medication of choice. 
Scopolamine patches can have ugly side effects. 
If sea sickness hits, it’s too late to use any oral remedy. They won’t stay where they need to. At that point a good option is phenergan (note: it’s an antihistamine) administered internally. Visit the ship’s doc for that unless you filled a scrip for “silver bullets” from your doc at home.