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Travel Sickness Remedies
For as long as i can remember, i've always been travel sick, cars, buses, coaches, boats etc (but not on trains)
when i was a child my mum used to get some tablets off the doctor for me called 'avomine' and they used to work for me i went to Darwen on the bus the other day and i felt really sick by the time i got there, my sister said i went that white she thought i was going to pass out, now i dont get sick everytime i go on a bus, just sometimes...anyway, we went into Boots in Darwen and i asked if they had anything for travel sickness, the nice lady behind the counter gave me something called 'travel calm'....so i read the leaflet and took one....OH MY GOD...within 10 minutes i felt like i was stoned, this lasted for about 3 hours, my mouth went dry and my eyes went funny, but i didnt feel ill on the bus journey home, i'm not sure which effect i liked the most, the sickness or the stoned feeling anyway, i wont be taking them again can anyone please tell me if there is anything out there that can prevent my travel sickness? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE :D |
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Ginger is meant to be very good, nibble ginger biscuits(i'd have said nuts but you know what Neil is liek :D )
Some people swear by magnets on wrist bands ( for travel and morning sickness) It usually also helps to focus on the horizon outside the vehicle i.e.on something known to be 'static' so your brain can work out what motion is actually being applied to your body. If all you can see is the already moving vehicle your brain gets confused as your eyes tell you you aren't moving but your balance says you are. |
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thats the thing Ian, i HAVE TO look infront whenever i travel, cant be doing with people yapping on in my ear, i have to concentrate, can't read or send texts on the bus either, Reece knows that if he sits behind me on the bus not to talk to me, bless him
i'll get some of those wrist thingies, and stock up on ginger biscuits |
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Travel remedy.... Dont travel! :D
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i cant NOT travel Derek, it would drive me mad staying in Blackburn all the time
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That, I can understand lol, I wouldnt like to be stuck in Blackburn all the time either, mind you, was stuck in Darwen all day Saturday, and again today, due to showroom staff being off!
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You can still get Avomine, just ask in a pharmacy and they will order it in for you, it's not usual stock but still available.
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ive introduced quite a few of my friends who are travel sick to the easyness of the travel bands..& they love um shaz i can lend you a pair to try if you want. pm me hun .
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Is there a herbal / homeopathic remedy you can try (seem to think that on the members daughter is studying that kind of thing and may be able to guide you as to what works - may be wrong though)
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Golden Wonder Cheese & Onion crisps always did it for me when i was a kid..............:rolleyes: Strange i know
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just had another accywebber here saying to use those Mary, i'll buy some, not bothered how much they cost, i know you lent yours to Slinky when she went to Spain and she said they where excellent, they work on pressure points dont they? |
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can anyone please tell me if there is anything out there that can prevent my travel sickness? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE :D[/quote]
Its mostly caused by looking out of the window at your side, the images are flashing past to fast for your brain to register them properly. I had it as a kid, told to sit at the front and look straight ahead, sickness gone. I also had the same sitution fishing off a boat from Fleetwood, when I looked down to bait my hooks, felt queasy, looked at the horizon and it went away. Retlaw. |
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The most effective tablets I've tried are called 'JoyRides', they don't make you feel drowsy & can be taken either before the journey or if & when you start to feel queasy.
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can you get them over the counter?
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They have them for sale here so I would of thought ya could get em in a chemist |
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cheers Chelle, just off on the bus to Accy with my sis, so i'll have a look, i just hope she doesnt witter away in my ear like she did last week or i'm likely to throw up all over her
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lol tell her to wait til the trip home... the ya can try the tabs out:D
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might just take mi mp3 wi mi and ignore her lol
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Ya still going?
It's absolutely throwing it down!! |
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Tis me that 's the student homeopath.... there is a remedy called "cocculus" it is very effective for any kind of nausea.... travel, pregnancy and good too for jet lag.... If you would like any information or would like to give it a go I could pop some in the post for you just PM me any questions or your address.... Always happy to help.. Nicola x |
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in the end i bought some travel bands, cant figure out if they work or not yet though, i probably had them on wrong
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:eek: whaddya meeeeeean? :eek: *snigger* |
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you put the blob thingy to the inside of your wrist shaz its to go on the pressure point in the middle . im glad you got some instead of having to take more pills .....mez
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Have you tryed polo mint,s my dad had them all the time,for that sort of thing.
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thanx Mary....mi sister said i have to put them on my pulse point.....i must have been dead at the time cos i couldnt find it :D |
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I suffer from travel sickness :(, the way i do it is to watch in front of you and dont take ya eyes off the road, otherwise ......:s_sick:
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lol have you read this thread at all panther?
we said that in the first place :D |
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Oh shut up stop picking on me:dummy2: Boo hoo
i dont read from the begining i read the end bits!!:tongueout |
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Rohypnol
you wont even remember teh journey and you may also get lucky ;) |
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pmsfl, you tit ;)
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still suffering badly from this, haven't taken any tablets since i got the ones from Boots that made me feel weird....my mate told me she'd read in a magazine that holding a potato in your hand whilst traveling makes it go away....it didn't, those travel bands aren't working for me either, it's getting a bit ott now...36 and travel sick just aint right
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I had it as a child and just thinking about it now I began to relive the nausea. You have my deepest sympathy.
I tried searching a herbal remedy for you and it came up with ginger and mint, which have been mentioned already. If you have only tried ginger biscuits and polo mints, you haven't given them a fair trial. Try chewing a piece of root ginger for maximum effect. I had to endure some strange rituals, such as wrapping brown paper round my belly next to my skin and sitting on brown paper - didn't work:rolleyes: |
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It's a different kind of nausea though Susie, its very strange, can't really explain it, my dad has just ordered me some avomine tablets off Amazon, i used them as a child so we'll see how they go
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Dramamine, Driminate, Gravol, Gravamin, Vomex, Vertirosan, are all commercially available over the counter anti nausea and motion sickness treatments. Your local naming convention may differ. They are all derivatives of Dimenhydrinate so only take the recommended dose. Good luck and keep traveling.
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Avomine is good and so is Phenergan...they both contain Promethazine( I don't think you would be able to buy Phenergan over the counter you used to be able to, but for some reason now Pharmacists are not keen to dispense without a script from a doctor).
Shaz, if you have to travel why don't you see your doctor...or the nurse at your practice and get them to prescribe something for you? If you have tried all the other home remedies and they haven't worked, then it would make sense to get a script. |
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Thanx Marg, you're a star, it's not a case of having to travel, it's a case of wanting to travel, i'm fine on trains, it's just on the bus and in a car, i don't go to the docs very often, my dad ordered the avomine simply because i have had them before, a long time ago like but it's worth a try
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They should work but they will probably make you sleepy....so I hope someone else is going to be doing the driving :D
As for the sickness bands, if they don't work, then they aren't in the right position(or aren't snug/tight enough). You need to move them up a little bit or down a little bit. One of the anaesthetists that I worked with, was absolutely brilliant at detemining where pressure should be applied to stop nausea and vomiting. We had a lady who had persistent pregnancy sickness and he came along and showeed her where to apply pressure........her nausea and vomiting stopped just like that (click of the fingers).........from then on, she was able to control the probelm herself and go home. It was amazing. Hope you get sorted Shaz. |
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Yikes!!! When have they taken Phenergan off general sale??
I bought some for Sparks a couple of years ago and they have been absolutely invaluable. Fair enough, they do knock him out but believe me, he needs it on flights. I hope he's plenty left.....:cool: |
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I haven't been able to buy them over the counter for at least a couple of years. I now get mine off the internet........I don't use them very often.
I was told it is down to the Pharmacist in the branch of the chemists which makes the decision as to whether they will sell them as OTC meds.....and believe me, most don't. They want you to go and get a script for them. |
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Erm....i got the avomine tablets today, took one at 4pm and now i feel stoned lol.....think i'll only take half next time
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You were never sick in my car when you were younger :D
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When travelling in my parents car, I once threw up on the back of my dad's neck.
Mum said to dad - 'serves you right for saying "it's all thowt" and not stopping when she asked' :D |
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I am prescribed Stugeron by my doc when I have to travel any distance or fly. Looked it up and its "Cinnarizina" -works on blood flow to the brain and stops vertigo -good for arterial schlerosis -should probably take it more often!:D
(I'm never sick when I travel though -just get disorientated and feel ropey.) |
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