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Hi all, this is my first post here. I need some advice.
I am 42 and started diving with my husband in 2011. I have my advanced open water and have almost 40 dives. A year ago I switched from a wetsuit to a dry and whether it's related to that or not things have been getting worse for me since
in a nutshell, diving has gone from fun and interesting- to making me physically ill over the past year. It seems to be progressively worsening and after my last dive last week, I wonder if I should sell my gear...
We had a manta night dive booked. We went in for the first sunset dive. It was relaxed and ranged from 20-75 foot and we were down maybe 40 minutes. I had a moment when I felt air starved but it passed and finished my dive with 1100 pounds remaining ( others finished with @700 so I think that suggests I am not anxious or hyperventilating). I surfaced not feeling great. On deck it got worse. I laid down on the bow and felt my cheeks and lips 'rippling'. My hands started to clasp like lobster claws and my mouth went dry. Felt sick to my stomach. I started breathing hard/rapid and then blacked out. I came to with the captain giving me oxygen and calling divers alert. After about 45 minutes my hands relaxed again, though I was still sick (and fed the fish 3x). I felt better once I got home and seemed 100% next day. Needless to say I didn't do the night dive and didn't see the mantas.
In retrospect I think I see a pattern. I' was sick to my stomach with a splitting headache after diving Cozumel last year. I have been fighting sensations of being confined and impeded by my cumbersome dry suit and have surfaced feeling queezy a number of times. It seems like the issue is getting worse and worse- though I might be looking for a pattern in unrelated things.
I am fit, athletic and a water dog. I surf, snorkel, swim and grew up on boats. I've waited a lifetime to learn to scuba and now I am disappointed it might not be for me... I'd have sworn my trouble was my gear but after Cozumel and the manta dive (wearing light wetsuits) I was not feeling well either...
Any suggestions on troubleshooting this? I will add I fought off a respiratory infection 2 weeks ago and though I still have mild congestion it didn't affect the 6 km crater hike up and down 400' we just did... And I was completely fine last year at Cozumel.
Thanks for reading this- I hope someone has some suggestions for me
I am 42 and started diving with my husband in 2011. I have my advanced open water and have almost 40 dives. A year ago I switched from a wetsuit to a dry and whether it's related to that or not things have been getting worse for me since
in a nutshell, diving has gone from fun and interesting- to making me physically ill over the past year. It seems to be progressively worsening and after my last dive last week, I wonder if I should sell my gear...
We had a manta night dive booked. We went in for the first sunset dive. It was relaxed and ranged from 20-75 foot and we were down maybe 40 minutes. I had a moment when I felt air starved but it passed and finished my dive with 1100 pounds remaining ( others finished with @700 so I think that suggests I am not anxious or hyperventilating). I surfaced not feeling great. On deck it got worse. I laid down on the bow and felt my cheeks and lips 'rippling'. My hands started to clasp like lobster claws and my mouth went dry. Felt sick to my stomach. I started breathing hard/rapid and then blacked out. I came to with the captain giving me oxygen and calling divers alert. After about 45 minutes my hands relaxed again, though I was still sick (and fed the fish 3x). I felt better once I got home and seemed 100% next day. Needless to say I didn't do the night dive and didn't see the mantas.
In retrospect I think I see a pattern. I' was sick to my stomach with a splitting headache after diving Cozumel last year. I have been fighting sensations of being confined and impeded by my cumbersome dry suit and have surfaced feeling queezy a number of times. It seems like the issue is getting worse and worse- though I might be looking for a pattern in unrelated things.
I am fit, athletic and a water dog. I surf, snorkel, swim and grew up on boats. I've waited a lifetime to learn to scuba and now I am disappointed it might not be for me... I'd have sworn my trouble was my gear but after Cozumel and the manta dive (wearing light wetsuits) I was not feeling well either...
Any suggestions on troubleshooting this? I will add I fought off a respiratory infection 2 weeks ago and though I still have mild congestion it didn't affect the 6 km crater hike up and down 400' we just did... And I was completely fine last year at Cozumel.
Thanks for reading this- I hope someone has some suggestions for me