best car/sea/rollercoaster sickness medicine

[terrordactyl]

i'm looking for the best over the counter car/sea/rollercoaster medicine you have tried that works it doesnt have to me natural...

[JessicaS]

I don't get car/rollercoaster/sea sick but those I know who do take Dramamine.

[rhianna813]

People recommend Sea Bands which are special bands worn on your wrists. Supposedly help quite a bit and no side effects.

http://www.sea-band.com/seaband.htm

I've heard of something similar people wear as a patch behind their ear. A friend wore that when she went on a cruise and she loved it!

Rhianna

[terrordactyl]

the link you have me was a virus

[grahamsmom98]

Well, it's pretty easy to simply avoid rollercoasters!!

As for air sickness, Dramamine has always worked for me. However, it does make me very sleepy and out of it. I cannot drive after I have taken Dramamine. The effect of 1 children's strength lasts me about 6 hours (mainly, I sleep the entire time). But, it has saved me on multiple trans-Atlantic flights and I would never travel without it.

There's another product (I think it's called Bonine?), but that doesn't work for me.

That being said, I used SeaBands, years ago, when I was in my first trimester of pregnancy when dh & I had to fly to NY for fil's heart surgery. Since I couldn't use Dramamine, the doc suggested the SeaBands. I bought them at a chain drug store. We had pretty bumpy flights (it was December) on top of my morning sickness. I was still nauseous but I never did throw-up. I ate a LOT of crackers on those flights!

I can't use the patches as they make me even more nauseous and very woozy. I've had them as part of pre-surgery anesthesia (supposedly to keep me from throwing-up when I awake. Never worked and I threw-up, felt woozier than without the patch and waaaaaaaaaay more nauseous!! I always refuse the patches and tell the anesthesiologist "NO WAY"

That being said, I know people that love the patches. You have to get them from a doctor (they're by RX only).

Crystalized ginger is a wonderful anti-nausea treatment. No side effects, tastes good and really helps with the icky feelings. I always take it when we go out on the lake. I keep a can in the car for emergency use.

[terrordactyl]

i mostly want it for rollercoasters i only get kinda car sick but were planning a family trip an since i've never been on one i'd really like to go... they have non drowsy dramamine have u tried that?

[iris777888]

I sail and recently dealt with sea sickness my first time out on a large body of water. I did some research and found that there are basically two things at play with motion sickness - the vestibular system/inner ear issue and the nausea/stomach issue. Then there's also the psychogenic affect that makes it seem worse because you're thinking about it.

Ginger will take care of your stomach, but doesn't help with the actual
inner ear type of stuff. For that you need something that is a histamine
suppressor. I didn't try it out yet, but one suggestion I read was to take
Benadryl, since that is an anti-histamine. Dramamine also falls into this category I think, but I was hesitant to take it (even the non-drowsy version) since I didn't know how my body would react.

You also want to make sure you're well hydrated and have not been eating any spicy food or stuff that might upset your stomach.

Sugared ginger on its own was enough to keep the nausea at bay for me the next couple times out (I started it 24 hours in advance as I had read to do). Worth giving that a try if nothing else because it's fairly inexpensive and not that unhealthy.

[KMK_Mama]

I Bonine. I get carsick if I bend down to tie my shoe or if I turn around to look at the kids (if I'm a passenger) but when I take Bonine I can READ in the car. It's amazing stuff. It says it can't be used for anyone under 12 though. They used to have a kids formula but when I went to get some the other day before a road trip I couldn't find it. The pharmacist said it was taken off the market but he wasn't sure why. I ended up getting Bonine for me and Dramamine for the kids.

[terrordactyl]

is bonine over the counter?

[KMK_Mama]

Originally Posted by Shaina

is bonine over the counter?

Yes