Re: [MDOsprey] Motion Sickness remedies for Fran!

Larry Line (Lscrap@erols.com)
Tue, 01 Jun 1999 09:05:51 -0400 

lovewhales@ccconline.net wrote:
> 
> Fran Saunders wrote:
> >
> > Mark, thanks for the additional info on the early summer
> > pelagics.  I've mapped out a bit of a study outline for the next
> > two weeks so that I can get the full benefit from the trip.  I find
> > pelagics a bit challenging on the ID scene.
> >
> > Anyone out there with experience using Phenergan
> > (Promethazine) vice Bonine and other over the counter anti-
> > motion sickness pills, please chirp in.....
> >
> > Belated response due to a Mem Day trip out to the E. Shore
> > to work on State and county birds.  I'm sure Norm will leave a
> > note, so I won't repeat.
> >
> > Fran
> >
> >Hi Fran
> 
> I have tried many motion sickness remedies since I do whale research and
> am
> on the seas quite often in the summer.  Maybe some of these will help.
> 
> Bonine and Dramamine(sp) both make me quite sleepy, even the non-drowsy
> kind.
> I use wrist bands which are based on pressure point techniques.
> Available in
> most marine stores and camping stores.
> I also eat ginger snaps, and pretzels.  You can buy ginger tablets at a
> health
> food store and take these.  Plus you can chew on ginger root purchased
> at grocery
> stores.   Make sure you board the boat with a full stomach.  EAT!  Munch
> on pretzels
> during the trip along with ginger snaps.  Pretzels with the salt seem to
> settle
> the stomach.
> Also, I have taken lemons and when I fell upset, put the lemon under
> your nose
> and sniff.  Seems to settle the stomach.
> I try to stay away from the prescription stuff.  Have tried the behind
> the ear
> patch but that blurs the vision and cannot see through binocs (so what's
> the
> use of the trip)
> Hope this helps.  Let me know if I can be of any other help. Good luck
> :-) and
> keep your eyes above the horizon.  Don't go below deck!
> 
> Janelle Dietrich
> Bowie, MD
> lovewhales@ccconline.net

Hi Fran,
	I am an ex-scuba diver and a present offshore fisherman.  As a
fisherman 80 to 100 miles offshore, I usually get slightly sick
depending on the swells/wave action, so the least affecting remedy is to
take only 1/2 of a Dramamine and you will not get so sleepy but still
not get seasick.  I just came back from Lake Ontario, NY and I used 1
Dramamine pill.  It made me sleepy-but I took it 4 hours before leaving
the shore and once onboard no side effects at all.  So if you take take
the D pill 4 hours prior to leaving you will be fine.
	The patch is nasty for me.  I get anxious and also DRY mouth.  I also
do not eat any food that contains any fat before going on board.  Once
on board if I were to get ill I will not eat at all.
	The funny thing if I run my own boat I NEVER get seasick!
Larry Line, Clarksville, MD