Hi all. First a brief history:
As a kid I work at Magic Mountain a park full of rollercoasters. Never had a problem riding all day long. I also grew up around and on boats, sailboats mainly. Never had a problem above deck, but did have issues going below while under way.
OK, fast forward to 12 years ago. Crashed a motorcycle bad..real bad. Bad enough to break bones and crack my helmet. After a long recovery, I found that rollercoasters were now out. The first time I tried was just a very small one at a fair and I was sick for 3 days.
At that time I talked to my Dr., who (if my now failing memory serves) mentioned it was likely small bubbles on my middle ear.
On to the diving part . I have owned several small boats since my accident. Never a problem with sea sickness., but on dive boats ..you get the point. I get sick (lightheadedness, dizziness, nausea but not to the point of vomiting). Interestingly, it all goes away once I am under the water. There have been 2 underwater issues as well. One a few days ago and one several months ago. The more recent was off a dive boat, my first dive after feeling ill. The other was a shore dive, feeling fine. The effects were the same however. After descending to about 30 feet I got slightly confused, a little dizzy and disoriented. I had to stop and regain my wits. I remember trying to look at my depth gauge to see if I was deep enough to be narked (never been nark, so I dont know if it is the same feeling). I stopped, concentrated on breathing and both times it passed in 5 to 10 seconds. Both times I had no further issues during the dive.
These may or may not be related issues, but I thought I would post and get some thoughts from the dive community. YES YES YES, I do plan on seeing my doctor about it all.
Thank you in advance.
As a kid I work at Magic Mountain a park full of rollercoasters. Never had a problem riding all day long. I also grew up around and on boats, sailboats mainly. Never had a problem above deck, but did have issues going below while under way.
OK, fast forward to 12 years ago. Crashed a motorcycle bad..real bad. Bad enough to break bones and crack my helmet. After a long recovery, I found that rollercoasters were now out. The first time I tried was just a very small one at a fair and I was sick for 3 days.
At that time I talked to my Dr., who (if my now failing memory serves) mentioned it was likely small bubbles on my middle ear.
On to the diving part . I have owned several small boats since my accident. Never a problem with sea sickness., but on dive boats ..you get the point. I get sick (lightheadedness, dizziness, nausea but not to the point of vomiting). Interestingly, it all goes away once I am under the water. There have been 2 underwater issues as well. One a few days ago and one several months ago. The more recent was off a dive boat, my first dive after feeling ill. The other was a shore dive, feeling fine. The effects were the same however. After descending to about 30 feet I got slightly confused, a little dizzy and disoriented. I had to stop and regain my wits. I remember trying to look at my depth gauge to see if I was deep enough to be narked (never been nark, so I dont know if it is the same feeling). I stopped, concentrated on breathing and both times it passed in 5 to 10 seconds. Both times I had no further issues during the dive.
These may or may not be related issues, but I thought I would post and get some thoughts from the dive community. YES YES YES, I do plan on seeing my doctor about it all.
Thank you in advance.
