Motion sickness help?

Question

Hey guys! I really need help because I'm going on a flight from Houston to LA to Taipei to Malaysia. All flights just to get me to Malaysia. Now this'll be one h**l of a long flight so I need to prepare for what will happen. Every plane trip I've taken since after I turned 4 (Before that I never was sick) I've been vomiting every couple of hours or so. Turbulence just makes it worse. When there is no turbulence, I'm just sitting on my seat, drooling, and cursing the existence of motion-sickness. It is torture. How do I prevent this? My mom says it's a psychological thing and I believe that's half true. Even when the plane has no turbulence, I still vommit because of the air. I hate breathing air plane air and that makes me feel sick too. It upsets my stomach. What do I do to STOP this? Thanks.

Answer 1

A good friend of mine suffers like you, he even threw up on a huge ferry boat whilst it was still in port.  We went to Borneo together on a long flight.  I advised him to take Valium if you can get it, and also not sure if they are still on the market, but, wear an elasticated band the size of a medium wrist watch, which will have in the middle a half sized ball inserted in it,(about the size of a small bead).  Not sure if you can find them now, but easy enough to make your self.  Wear two on both of your wrists, so that the half ball part is gently pressing on the middle of your wrist.  My friend did this, and even managed to eat the airline food, without any repercussions.

Good luck

Answer 2

I think you are mistaking this turbulence anxiety for motion sickness. Motion sickness is usually from rocking of a boat or spinning, which is usually treated with capsules filled with ginger. Ginger is sometimes a good remedy to IMPROVE motion sickness, but not cure it.

Sounds like a long flight from Houston to wherever. I'm assuming you will be going with somebody. My best suggestion is to take a sleeping pill before you get on the plane, and sleep through the flight. If you are going with somebody, have them help you with your bags and such.

Good luck!

Answer 3

I always say I get seasick in the bathtub, but we love to travel, so I've never let it stop me!  I've tried a number of things depending on how we're traveling and what we're doing.  Here's our page on motion sickness.... http://www.mousetourstravels.com/travel-...  you can see some of the options.

Read what the  US Center for Disease Control has to say here:  http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh6...

Happy travels... even if you don't travel the world... just remember that life is a journey... embrace and enjoy it!  http://www.mousetourstravels.com

Answer 4

I used to have the same problem until I was about 16 - I think it really was a psychological thing.  What I found was to relax and go with the motion of the plane.  If you don't fight it the 'oogy' sensation in your tummy won't be as bad.  Take a good book, an ipod, whatever but don't use the table from the seat in front of you - that makes it wobble and will make the problem worse.  Just hold it in your hands.  Nothing you can do about the airplane air so you'll have to get over that.  Don't look out of the window much either, that doesn't help.  Try to sleep as much as possible.  Good luck.