sea sickness

[auntiem]

I am trying to convince a friend who gets sea sick to go on a cruise. Everyone says it is different on a big boat. Anyone have any experience with that?

 

[pulque]

Unless you meet a hurricane, you will never know you are on water...Unless you look.

 

[brntorng]

Just have your friend ask his/her doctor for a prescription for scopolamine patches. They work great. They're used by NASA astronauts to avoid motion sickness because studies show nothing else comes close to working as well. I've used them on many offshore fishing trips (much worse than a cruise) and they're extremely effective.

 

[voteforhank]

Agree, the patches work, you put them behind your ear, they gave me a cotton mouth, and threw my taste buds off a little, but much better than puking my guts out

 

[UTinBigD]

Those SeaBands (little thing you wear on wrist(s)) seem to work pretty well. My wife gets really dizzy when jogging and actually had to quit running for a while. Those bands cleared it right up.

 

[CalHornGal]

I used to get sea sick on most boats, big and small, but booked a trip in 2004 to be with friends on a chartered 50ft sailboat in Greece for 2 weeks. The captain told me to take Dramamine with Meclizine (the "Less Drowsy" formula) a few hours before boarding - and then continually, as directed, for 1 day. It worked - I never felt seasick and didn't have to take anything after Day 1. Since then I've spent another 12 days on a 60ft catamaran in Southern Thailand and done another 7 day cruise in the Caribbean. Its worked like a charm every time. Happy travels!

 

[Napoleon]

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[CalHornGal]

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[midtown]

I was on a fishing boat in the keys waiting on the rest of our party when a couple walks up with those band aids on their ears. I was sitting up on the top shooting the **** with the captain. Captain turns to me as says. $50 says those two toss. Didn't take more than about 20 mins.

 

[ScoPro]

Sailed across the Pacific twice (1957 & 1959) on an 18,000 ton 600' military transport ship without any kind of stabilizers. The trips were two weeks each way, and I puked up my guts the entire time. Was damn near dehydrated by the time we got to Keelung.

 

[brntorng]

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[ThrowittoRoy]

I worked on a sail boat for a year in Hawaii. Can't begin to count how many pukers I saw.
A big percentage of the reason get sea sick is mental. We would make a subtle bet everyday after looking around at our guests for the day on how many would get sea sick. You can spot those "quiet" and nervous ones from a mile away.
You need to be positive, and tell yourself you're not going to get sea sick.
Dramamine and other stuff works very well too.
Another more natural option is Ginger if you don't have access to pills or patches. Ginger Ale, Ginger Snaps etc...
...and if you do get sick, jump in the water (if on small boat) or in the pool. Suddenly changing the temperature of your body does great things. If you don't have that option, get fresh air, and look out onto the horizon, so you reduce the view of motion as much as possible.
Or, just chum the waters, suck it up, and get on with your life.