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Travel sickness
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Whenever I go on long car journeys as a passenger and I have to do something like read a map or get something out of a bag etc., I start to feel nauseous (sp). I went to Bognor today and as I went to get Little Tiggs's bottle of water out of a bag my head started spinning and the nausea began. Same thing happened on the way back. I can't read on a train or bus either.
Does anyone else have the same problem? Apart from taking travel sickness pills is there anything anyone can suggest to alleviate the sickness?
Does anyone else have the same problem? Apart from taking travel sickness pills is there anything anyone can suggest to alleviate the sickness?
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Here's what the NHS website has to say about treatment:
http://www.nhs.uk/Con.../Pages/Treatment.aspx
You'll see that ginger is mentioned there as a possible way to deal with motion sickness. Just like you, I only need to look at a map, when travelling as a passenger in a car, to start feeling queasy. But I've been on a really horrendous cross-channel crossing armed, with a large bag of crystallised ginger, and not felt too bad. (By horrendous', I mean a crossing where the captain had initially refused to sail, where the crew were all being sick, where people were being thrown out of their seats and where two emergency calls for doctors were broadcast during the crossing - with one person dying from a heart attack and another suffering serious fractures).
Chris
Here's what the NHS website has to say about treatment:
http://www.nhs.uk/Con.../Pages/Treatment.aspx
You'll see that ginger is mentioned there as a possible way to deal with motion sickness. Just like you, I only need to look at a map, when travelling as a passenger in a car, to start feeling queasy. But I've been on a really horrendous cross-channel crossing armed, with a large bag of crystallised ginger, and not felt too bad. (By horrendous', I mean a crossing where the captain had initially refused to sail, where the crew were all being sick, where people were being thrown out of their seats and where two emergency calls for doctors were broadcast during the crossing - with one person dying from a heart attack and another suffering serious fractures).
Chris
That does sound horrendous Chris. Do you know if the person with the heart attack survived?
I've never tried one of those bands Tinkerbell. Probably to do with the fact that I hate wearing jewellry. If I do wear any I just spend the whole time fidgetting. But then I'm just weird anyway! Lol
I think I've heard about the tonic water thing Box. I'll give that a go as we're going on another long journey later this week.
I've never tried one of those bands Tinkerbell. Probably to do with the fact that I hate wearing jewellry. If I do wear any I just spend the whole time fidgetting. But then I'm just weird anyway! Lol
I think I've heard about the tonic water thing Box. I'll give that a go as we're going on another long journey later this week.
I have suffered from travel sickness all my life. You must not look down tiggs. Keep your eyes on the road. If you need to consult a map you must get the driver to pull in so that the car is not moving. We have been actually pulling in to the driveway and I have bent down to retrieve my handbag and even that small looking away has made me feel nauseous. It is something to do with balance I believe and should really be called motion sickness, IMO. If I am doing the driving I do not get travel sick. Not that I do any now, but when I was younger. Also, I must sit in the front so that I can see where we are going. In the past it has been so bad I have had to get off a bus and walk the rest of the way.
It is better if you can drive because then you need to focus on the road. It's such a crap feeling though. thankfully although I suffered really badly as a child, I have mostly grown out of it. Similarly, I do still get a bit queasy if I have to read, turn round in the seat or root about on the floor of the car but it's not too bad. My son has those pressure bands but not too sure how good they are as I tend to not trust them and give him a tablet too. The travel sickness pills you get now don't seem to make you drowsy in the way the old fashioned ones did - I slept my way through many school trips! Hope you get something sorted.