Even scopolamine? I haven't met anyone that doesn't work for..
Any tips for sea sickness?
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Even scopolamine? I haven't met anyone that doesn't work for..
bdatud4x4
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I get severely seasick even on boats that are at the dock, that said see a chiropractor you may have damage in your neck. As for pills I start taking dramamine 2 days before going out, and continue until my last day of diving is done. It has been 15 years of this and i haven't suffered since.
Minion_Diver
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I put on a scopolamine patch at least a day or two before the charter, that way it is already in my system. Then the night before I take meclizine and zyrtec, then morning of I take another meclizine and zyrtec. If diving multiple days, repeat process and change scopolamine path every 2 day instead of 3. Main thing is to stay hydrated and eat food that won't hurt coming back up if it comes to that. Nothing greasy.
So far over the last 4 charter trips I have taken (10 days on the boat) I have not gotten sick and have been in some sporty conditions (2 to 3ft chop with 5 footers).
All of that diving has been on the Great Lakes.
So far over the last 4 charter trips I have taken (10 days on the boat) I have not gotten sick and have been in some sporty conditions (2 to 3ft chop with 5 footers).
All of that diving has been on the Great Lakes.
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At the first onset: a cold. crisp apple or a cold bottle of Coke. You oughta get a burp followed by instant relief. If not ... Oh, well. (Circa 2000, Key Largo: a young, ~20 y.o. woman refused to stop talking while the crew gave the safety briefing despite repeated requests for her to refrain. 30 minutes later she was sitting on the "floor", staring down at a deck awash with her breakfast and lunch and maybe previous dinner. I enjoyed watching while drinking my ice cold Coke. After the dives I mentally relived it while eating my cold crispy Red Delicious. It was a great day!
ontdiver
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Hypnosis is another option if suggestions in this thread are not providing relief.
GingerDives
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Thx for response! I am going to definitely check out a chiropractor and been considered hypnosis….I’m that desperate. I’ve only started getting sea sick this past year. Nothing has changed with my equipment or diving locations. Unfortunately, Dramamine and Bonine do not work, even when taken days in advance.
GingerDives
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I’ve not tried scopolamine because my doctor refuses to prescribe it. He said that Dramamine should work the same without the side effects of scopolamine. I am trying to find a doctor that understands diving that may be willing to give me an RX.
People that do not have problems with motion sickness don't think it is serious and people with only slight problems thing wristbands will help. Kwells.
My wife gets seasick and the scopolamine does not work for her, if you read the side affects she gets them all. She uses fresh ginger, ginger snaps or ginger chews which all help to some degree. I recently bought her the Relief Band which is pricey but if it works it's money well spent. She has used the Relief Band twice now and it has worked for her so far.
That's wild... I thought it was a cure all. I add the patch the night before, eat a little something the morning of and I feel awesome. I tried without the patch last time and just eating... never hot sick, but I wasn't 100% either..
I think whatever someone does, eating "something" goes a long way. The 2 times I was miserable seasick is the 2 times I didn't eat a thing.
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