Sea Sickness Meds for Diving????????

[RikRaeder]

I use Dramamine non-sleepy formula. Works like a charm. Now I enjoy munching on dried magos, etc and offering them to the green-faced divers who are sitting on the floor of the six pack boat as we bound along. Great day for a boat ride!

 

[wjefferis]

I have heard so much about Bonine I guess I will have to try it and see what happens. It's kinda weird that I have been diving now for four years and I am just now starting to try meds to calm my stomach. I usually feel a little sick every ride out. I have just been such a pansy to take medication that I have just tried to use will power to keep sea sickness from taking over. The only problem is that I still feel a bit crummy later in the day after the dive and even a bit the next morning sometimes if my stomach was starting to turn during the boat ride. :froggy:

 

[jldodd]

I get seasick just LOOKING at the waves... I use Bonine. I'll take one the night before after dinner or so and take one a couple of hours before the dive. I read in a few places that this allows it to be fully in your system. I've tried triptone and dramamine without much effect. Bonine has been a godsend.... but everybody is different. It may take trying a couple of different ones to find the one that works for you.

 

[algulfdiver]

Triptone has my vote.
A new product out called Quese Ease, It is somthing that you smell as you are starting to feel bad. I have given it to about 5 customers and all but one said it eighter stoped there nausa (spelling)all together or helped a lot.

 

[scubagal28]

I had been out on a boat numerous, numerous times diving and had never gotten sick. Until....one day I was diving the Pete Tide with some friends of mine in Pensacola and I got really really sick... Starbucks Chi Tea was coming out my nose and mouth...it was the sickest I've ever been. I don't know if it was just a stomach bug or sea sickness but from that point I have never gotten on a boat without taking the Dramamine non-sleepy formula. It works great for me.

 

[The Surly Mermaid]

I would try some of the above for starters. If you are still having problems I would talk to your Dr. about getting a prescription for Meclizine. It's the only thing that has worked for my husband, and the only reason he's able to still dive.

 

[jagfish]

Another vote for Bonine
Doesn't make me drowsy like Dramamine, and works much better. I've never tried Triptone...

 

[spt29970]

I swear by Scopolamine. It is very effective and nonsedating. I do get a little drymouth, but that just encourages me to hydrate. On other other hand, Bonine knocks me flat. My wife and I tried it once and we were both zombies for most of the trip. YMMV

 

[wjefferis]

I went ahead and bought some Bonine yesterday and took it to see what effects it had. I was a little drowsey and didn't get dry mouth at all. But this morning I woke up dehydrated. I may try Bonine in the future on trips.

 

[Ber Rabbit]

FYI from Drugs.com | Prescription Drugs - Information, Interactions & Side Effects
Generic Name: scopolamine (skoe PAH lah meen)
Brand names: Scopace, Transderm-Scop, Maldemar

Generic Name: meclizine (MEK li zeen)
Brand names: Antivert, Bonine, D-Vert, Dramamine II, Medivert, Driminate II, Meclicot, Ru-Vert-M, Meni-D

Generic Name: dimenhydrinate (dye men HYE dri nate)
Brand names: Dramamine, Driminate, Hydrate, Dramoject, Dymenate, DMH, Triptone

Meclizine is the non-drowsy version of Dramamine aka Dramamine II; dimenhydrinate is the original formula.

Basically Bonine is Dramamine II and Triptone is regular Dramamine. You can get both medications in the same dosage and usually quite a bit cheaper if you buy the generics.

If you're just getting a little bit seasick have you tried saltine crackers? I eat a light non-greasy non acidic breakfast then eat a few saltines before I step on the boat. I eat a few more saltines right after I step on the boat and some more as soon as the boat starts moving. Anytime my stomach feels the least bit questionable you guessed it, more saltines. I have a Lock-n-Lock container that I keep right next to my gear so I can send the DM for crackers as soon as I step on the boat after a dive if it's a little rough. I've literally spit out my reg as I climbed aboard and had the DM shoving crackers in my mouth before I even got to my seat to keep me from getting sick.

I also keep peppermints and candied ginger handy and drink LOTS of water and some Gatorade.

BTW, I get so sick I have to take Meclizine as well. I start taking it the night before I go on a boat so it's already in my system when I take the AM dose.

The combination of watching what I eat starting the day before a boat ride, Meclizine, saltines, peppermints and ginger even lets me enjoy all day fishing trips on Lake Erie in 4 foot waves.

You have to experiment to find what works for you and stick with it once you find it.
Ber :lilbunny: