How To Combat Seasickness?
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Well, A couple of posts up, I offered something not drug related. I only know that I watched this work with my own eyes. She put that plain earplug in her left ear before she got to the dock, and it worked! Took it out to enter the water, and up the ladder she put it back. She has not had any seasickness since doing this. I don't claim understanding, just stating what I has seen work. Can't hurt to try...
You can get rid of seasickness. I did, as did my father-in-law, as well as half a dozen other guys I know. All of us agree on the cure. When I was in the Marine Corps, I was assigned sea duty. For the first three days at sea I was violently ill. On the morning of the fourth day, my gunny told me to eat some dry toast. I did, and have never been seasick since. The trick is three days at sea, non-stop. After that, the body acclimatizes. I haven't been sea sick in thirty years.
It reads that she is advanced now. What about the Rescue course? Now, if you have the advanced course, you can go right into rescue, and you can actually begin the DM course with less than 60 dives, but you cannot get certified until you have a minimun of 60 logged dives. This number may fluctuate a little depending on teh agency, but that is about right for all.
Maybe they plan an intensive zero to hero program. The definitely have those there.....
Hey OP, clarification for the curious?
There are several references to the information in wikipedia on seasickness now.
I would suggest chapter 35 by Benson on Motion Sickness in Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments, Volume 2 for a great review.
I would suggest chapter 35 by Benson on Motion Sickness in Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments, Volume 2 for a great review.
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Thanks for your continuing responses, everyone! I'll try the ginger capsules, the earplug, and the toast.
Yeah, I'm going to be taking the Rescue course and right afterwards I will be starting the divemaster training internship. By the time I'm done I will probably have well over 60 logged dives.
aMc10
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I'm normally the worst traveler ever - whether on land or sea. On a liveaboard a few months back, I used a combination of pressure point bracelets and a sea-sickness medication called Kwells. I'd take one tablet in the morning and wear the bracelets pretty much for the rest of the time. It did the trick for me. Arguably, I might have gotten away with using the bracelets on their own, but i didn't want to risk a day's diving. Other things I'd recommend are getting a good night's sleep, always eating breakfast and never reading while inside.
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Did you order the bracelets online? If so a link would be great. So you would recommend always eating breakfast in the morning? Other have said to avoid it, but I'm probably going to be on the dive boat all morning every day, so I'd like to have some calories to burn. Thanks for your input!
ryshannon
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I also suffer from motion sickness and recently was on a Charter in Tobermory, I purchased wristbands from a dive shop and tried them out, worked alright for myself and another diver on the boat had the same bands & she said they seem to work the brand name is " the original SEABAND " beats doing drugs and ruining a dive.
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