Travel sickness

[tiggerblue10]

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?

[Buenchico]

The symptoms you experience are extremely common.

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

[tinkerbell23]

Get one of the anti sickness bands frok chemis or ebay! Sort of pressure point thing xxx

[boxtops]

Tonic water helps, I can't say why, but the fizzy calms your stomach.

[tiggerblue10]

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.

[Mosaic]

yep, all of my life, after the early phase of throwing up my a-hole within minutes of boarding any petrol-driven vehicle.
It still catches me half a century later - sudden movements turrning my head etc - I think it must be a balance thing as much as anything else.

[tinkerbell23]

theyre not all jewellery though you can get material stretchy ones like i had for my hayfever :0) xx

[tiggerblue10]

My mum used to suffer from it when trying to read on public transport but she seems fine now.

[tiggerblue10]

I think I know the ones you mean Tinkerbell. I suppose trying one wouldn't hurt and at least the fidgetting might take my mind off the sickness feeling.

[tiggerblue10]

Anywhoo, its been nice being back but its way way past my bedtime. Should have been in bed an hour ago.

Thank you all for your help and advice. Night night :o) xxx

[dave50]

If you suffer from car sickness you should avoid reading and always face forward.

[venator]

Another vote for ginger - my daughter has admittedly milder symptoms, but ginger seems to be very effective. A move to a different seat in a car helps, too.

[starone]

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.

[tiggerblue10]

I always try to look forward and stay still but these days there is always something I need to do, mainly to do with Little Tiggs. Imight try taking a bottle of ginger beer with me next time.

[whiskeryron]

I have found Stugeron 15 travel pills extremely good, 1 in morning before travel lasts all day.
Ron.

[annie0000]

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.

[tiggerblue10]

I've used Sturgeron and Sea Legs Ron. They are very good. I'm trying to look for other ways to help with the problem. I'll give anything a go.

Hi Annie x

[annie0000]

Hi tiggs x - does little tiggs suffer too or has he managed to avoid that curse? - My OH was also a travel sickness sufferer and we have one son who is and one who isn't - we always said that he's not ours!!!

[annie0000]

it's Joyrides we use btw

[tiggerblue10]

Little Tiggs seems fine during travels. He plays with his toys.