Motion sickness

Prominent_Dawg

Just curious if anyone has any recommendations of dealing with motion sickness, I know it’s no serious illness, and I know what the trigger is, as any time I go on a long journey especially bus or car I get seriously nauseous and a banging headache to the point it takes everything in me to focus on not throwing up, which is not ideal

Raging_Ninja

Prominent_Dawg wrote: »

Just curious if anyone has any recommendations of dealing with motion sickness, I know it’s no serious illness, and I know what the trigger is, as any time I go on a long journey especially bus or car I get seriously nauseous and a banging headache to the point it takes everything in me to focus on not throwing up, which is not ideal

Start driving yourself and you won't get motion sickness. Alternatively make sure you are in the front seat and keep your eye on the road.

buried

If your not doing the driving do you be reading or looking at your phone? Don't do that. The eyes are transfixed on a stationary thing while your brain and body knows you are on something that is moving with you along with it. Listen to music you are into and look out the window

iamtony

buried wrote: »

If your not doing the driving do you be reading or looking at your phone? Don't do that. The eyes are transfixed on a stationary thing while your brain and body knows you are on something that is moving with you along with it. Listen to music you are into and look out the window

Front window. The side winda is the problem as you think your spinning.

_Kaiser_

I hate the seats on buses/trains/luas that face backwards from the direction of travel. I don't feel sick or anything, but would usually stand instead.

Prominent_Dawg

buried wrote: »

If your not doing the driving do you be reading or looking at your phone? Don't do that. The eyes are transfixed on a stationary thing while your brain and body knows you are on something that is moving with you along with it. Listen to music you are into and look out the window

I'm usually on my phone trying to distract myself from feeling so nauseous, which probably isn't helping!

Grayson

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

I hate the seats on buses/trains/luas that face backwards from the direction of travel. I don't feel sick or anything, but would usually stand instead.

There's something about those seats that just feel wrong.

Posy

For long journies, you can get motion sickness bands, or get travel sickness pills called Kwells in the chemist.

I'm grand on planes, buses and boats. But more than 30 minutes as a passenger in a car, I'm sick as a dog. Motion sickness tablets are all that work for me, but they do give you an awful dry mouth. :<

buried

Prominent_Dawg wrote: »

I'm usually on my phone trying to distract myself from feeling so nauseous, which probably isn't helping!

Yeah loose the phone P, try it next time, listen to some music instead for a time out and try not to think about it, but definitely don't be looking or reading on the phone!

Autosport

Posy wrote: »

For long journies, you can get motion sickness bands, or get travel sickness pills called Kwells in the chemist.

I'm grand on planes, buses and boats. But more than 30 minutes as a passenger in a car, I'm sick as a dog. Motion sickness tablets are all that work for me, but they do give you an awful dry mouth. :<

I usually get seasick tablets as I found Kwells didn’t work for me. They make you very drowsy though so no driving after taking them. No reading, focus on a stationery object and listen to music and try not to think of it

Prominent_Dawg

Posy wrote: »

For long journies, you can get motion sickness bands, or get travel sickness pills called Kwells in the chemist.

I'm grand on planes, buses and boats. But more than 30 minutes as a passenger in a car, I'm sick as a dog. Motion sickness tablets are all that work for me, but they do give you an awful dry mouth. :<

Thanks I'll try the motion sickness tablets, hopefully they'll work, didn't know there was such a thing!

prinzeugen

Travel sweets or sucking on crisps is supposed to help. I don't get travel/motion sick but if you can look out the window.

There are artificial horizon things/apps also. Some ships use them to stop sea sickness below decks.

Capt'n Midnight

According to the old arab wisdom the best thing to do is sit under a tree.

mikhail

Posy wrote: »

For long journies, you can get motion sickness bands

I knew someone who swore by those.

heretothere

Looking out the window is all the works for me. On the bus, sit at the front so you can look out the big window and stay off the phone and don't read.

ChikiChiki

Got motion sickness playing Call of Duty for the first time last year with my mate. Never happens me otherwise. Had to make a swift dart for the back door and puke in the middle of our round.

prinzeugen

OP, it could be the environment also. As I said I have never got motion sickness but travelling in Ford cars in the late 80s and on any of the then new Virgin trains in the UK left me feeling unwell.

Might be the materials not the motion.

prinzeugen

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Got motion sickness playing Call of Duty for the first time last year with my mate. Never happens me otherwise. Had to make a swift dart for the back door and puke in the middle of our round.

It can work both ways. Usually the ear detects movement but the eye does not. (Typical travel sickness).

You got it the other way round. The eye detects movement but the ear does not. Same result!

British Rails famous "vomit comet" proved the later. Got the tilt so spot on that nobody could feel any movement, drinks stayed level in glasses etc. But what they eye saw out the window (plus tons of free alcohol) made folks puke.

italodisco

Get a prescription for Stemetil, I use it on boats and I'm aware that it's used for anything from bad vertigo to basic travel sickness.

For me one of the biggest issues is knowing that I'll feel absolutely sh#te when I get on that ferry, it's like a pre event anxiety that in turn amplifies the travel sickness.

Prominent_Dawg

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Got motion sickness playing Call of Duty for the first time last year with my mate. Never happens me otherwise. Had to make a swift dart for the back door and puke in the middle of our round.

Haha, I think it works either way by motion that is felt but not seen, or seen but not felt.

ChikiChiki

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Got motion sickness playing Call of Duty for the first time last year with my mate. Never happens me otherwise. Had to make a swift dart for the back door and puke in the middle of our round.

That’s actually called simulator sickness

the_syco

Posy wrote: »

For long journies, you can get motion sickness bands, or get travel sickness pills called Kwells in the chemist.

I'm grand on planes, buses and boats. But more than 30 minutes as a passenger in a car, I'm sick as a dog. Motion sickness tablets are all that work for me, but they do give you an awful dry mouth. :<

Have tried the bands, but you must put them on about 20-30 minutes before the journey. Have found them not always the best.

Prices vary, but this ReliefBand works wonders (usually around the $100/£120 mark). Can be put on before or during the journey, but YOU MUST FEEL THE VIBRATIONS for it to work correctly. No vibrations, and it's in the wrong place.

It helps with nausea. It can help with debilitating morning sickness, with the effect night and day (going from being unable to do anything, to being able to work & function), and likewise if you suffer from migraines during pregnancy. This is the feedback I got from two mates who were pregnant.

Have used it in cars, subways, trains, buses, planes. The flight home from Toronto was the only enjoyable flight I've had where my stomach wouldn't feel ill.

The only negative aspect is that I found when wearing it on in the car, bus or plane, it made me sleepy. Fine on subways and trains, though.

Can be put on before or during the journey, with affects taking place 10-15 after you put it on.