Seasickness remedies?

Question

I'm going on a cruise next weekend. I suffer from motion sickness in cars and planes on occasion. I want to prepare myself as much as possible for the cruise so I can prevent motion sickness. Has anyone tried "Motioneaze" drops behind the ear or the "Sea Bands"? If so, are they effective? I don't want to take anything like Dramamine that will put me to sleep.

Answer 1

wweeellllllllllllll, uuhhhhhhh have you tried looking at the horizon?  Usually most people are ok on cruises because the ship is so big, but, you might want to look into something from your doctor or deal with the drowsiness from the dramamine.  I scuba and the only thing that would work for me besides falling asleep on the bow was the dramamine...the bonine was a little disgusting in taste and made me nauseous.  Sometimes it helps to start taking it the night before to help your body adjust.

Answer 2

GINGER seems to work. out of 4 cruises I got sick once and a crew memeber gave me something that knocked me out. MY boyfriend at the time said one minute I was talking to him and the next I was snoring. So the following cruise I went on I took some ginger altoids and started to feel a bit quezzy one day took them and I was feeling better within minutes.

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

Just eat some candy or eat noodle?

Answer 4

I have been on many cruises and have never gotten sea sick.  and you are not likely to either because the motion of ships is generally no more than a car traveling down a highway.  There are several reasons I don't think you will need to worry.  

(1) All of the new ships now being built have automatic stabilizer that all but eliminate any rocking from side to side. And these newer passenger ships are so long, most 900 feet to almost 1,000 feet, that the front to back motion is also all but eliminated.

(2) Cruise ships generally move from port to port overnight, generally about 6:00 PM. You go to dinner between 6 and 8 PM, maybe go to the evening show and maybe the disco and then go to bed. And when you awake the next morning you are in a new port. So you are busy or sleep a good portion of the time when the ship is moving.  Most of the time you will not even know that the ship is moving.

(3) Cruise ships make every effort to stay away from bad weather that would affect the ship, even changing the order of port stops if weather is bad at one.  They will cruise through a rainstorm but if there is a hurricane or big storm they steer away from it.

I have not tried the "Motioneaze" drops but my wife once tried the patch behind the ear and it worked.  There are some options to combat sea sickness if you are really sensitive to motion. One is a prescription from your Dr for either pills or the patch that is applies behind the ear. Another option is a wrist bracelet that you can purchase at boating stores.

http://www.biobands.com/motionsickness/w...    

And, if  you do not get any of these before your cruise, the ship will have a doctor who can dispense sea sickness pills.

I have also been told that  Ginger is useful in controlling nausea and vomiting.   So, if you can, take along some ginger crackers, cookies, or candy, or other forms of ginger  such as tea, gum, or capsules.

Also, avoid closed in spaces where you cannot see the horizon and stay near the center of the ship and on lower decks whenever you start to feel sick because these places get less motion.

Answer 5

I have been on 2 cruises.  The first one I was Very sick.  The second (this past December) I went to the Doctor and he prescribed me a patch that goes behind my ear.  WONDERFUL.  I got to enjoy this cruise.  ALOT of people on the boat wore them.

Answer 6

they do have a non drowsy Dramamine now... just a FYI

Answer 7

eat candies,sleep, or just listen to the music using earphone.

Answer 8

Dramamine Non-Drowsy formula works really well, and you don't get sleepy at all. I usually take the original version which knocks me out for a few good hours, but I have switched to the non-drowsy one and it works just the same.

Also, ginger is a really good remedy as well. You can pop a few capsules before you board the ship and every few hours during your cruise. Ginger tea might give you a faster response though. If that's not available, you can do the lemon-water thing.

I would also pack a few packs of Big Red gum. It will ease your nausea.

Answer 9

I do not get motion sickness but have friends that do, I have been told by the cruise staff that they have lemon in their ice water with meals and that helps. I have been told the bands are very effective, but there is a patch that your doctor can prescribe I have been told by some who are very affective to sickness that is great. If you think it really needed try this. other wise I would just go with the bands

the ship moves very little to not at all so it is hopefully just a preventive thing, I have been on many cruises and have not gotten sick but the first cruise I did start out eating way too much greasy foods (started with 2 Reubens) and that was not a good thing for the first day.