Air sick, Sea sick, Car sick,, a solution

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I ran my Party boat, (50 passenger fishing boat), for several years, and had seen many passengers laying on the deck so sick they could not lift their heads.

I discovered a fix that almost always got them up and fishing in about 15 minutes, and found out later a College in New York did a study on this and had the same results.

Canada Dry soda.

If the sick ness was really bad, they got a Pecid AC with the Canada Dry drink.

The Canada Dry settles the stomach, the head might be sea sick, but the stomach will not know it. I never give this to anyone that it did not work on, it is good for air sick or car sick.

It might not work on every body, but it never failed for me on my boat.

If you have tried other things and it did not work, a can of Canada Dry soda is cheap enough to try. Just my two cents
 
Ginger. In its different forms, does very well in settling an upset tummy.
 
Ginger is great for motion sickness and many other tummy problems.

Sea-Band wrist straps also work amazingly well for motion sickness. But I've found that they only work when the little bump is placed on the palm side of the wrist, between the flexor carpi radialis and the palmaris longus. Put the bump on the wrong side, and the device does nothing.

-Rich
 
Unfortunately, your sure-fire wouldn't work on me.
 
Smiling while I'm thinking, that must have been one popular marine vessel, with "many passengers laying on the deck." Also confusing would be whether, if used, a low fly reference would pertain to an on-deck motivation, or an aviation maneuver conducted over and above said vessel. It would be a lie if I didn't wish to lay a blanket on my deck chair to observe the many who were lying on the deck, sick or otherwise.

HR
 
Motion sickness is a wicked, evil condition for those who suffer from it. There are actually documented cases of people dying from motion sickness. I started flying at age 3, I worked on a family deep sea fish vessel as a kid, and I have never been carsick, seasick or airsick.

Until I took my first ride in a Redbird Flight Simulator.

After 40 minutes, shooting simulated IFR landings, I had to hit the panic button and get out. Oddly enough, my instructor in the Redbird had to get out after 20 minutes. In the entire flight school only 1 instructor and 1 student seem to be unaffected by the motion.

I'll take a can of Canada Dry with me next time I use it.
 
Yep, I always try to keep a can of ginger ale if I bring passengers in case they get sick
 
We keep ginger ale in the plane along with ginger cookies. Back when I did serious acro, I would have to work on my tolerance level for aggressive maneuvers each year after knocking off for the winter. Serious motion sickness can be very debilitating and miserable. My wife takes Dramamine when we do long cross country trips and she sleeps most of the way. She may still be sick, but doesn't realize it because she is out cold. Dramamine gives her really weird dreams. Some day she will write a book called Dramamine Dreams about her memories of flying cross country with me. After a few days of flying, she gets her flying legs again and can rely solely on the ginger ale again.
 
I've tried sea bands, ginger, motioneze, the shocking $100 wrist band...none of it works. I now fly a jet. You know what works? Altitude and air conditioning.
 
Tristar said:
I've tried sea bands, ginger, motioneze, the shocking $100 wrist band...none of it works. I now fly a jet. You know what works? Altitude and air conditioning.
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Tristar said:
You know what works? Altitude and air conditioning.
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- - - and concentration(if crew member). One time I was up with my CFI, when conditions turned rather unpleasant. At some point he said, "Are you OK?"
""Well, yeah, why?" "I'm feeling a bit queezy; just checking for you."
""You're just sitting there without much to do. I have my mind on flying this bird. Don't interrupt my concentration."" When we got on the ground he had quite a laugh about it.

HR
 
Ginger tablets, chew some gum and lots of fresh air. Nothing worse than feeling motion sick.
 
I have two trademarked words for those who suffer from motion sickness: ReliefBand Voyager. Sure, it's pricey, and I was skeptical, too. Until I took my partner flying this weekend, after having gotten this for her as a gift. She had tried EVERYTHING previously, and nothing worked. We had pretty much given up on flying together. So off we went for a test, from KSFZ to KIJD, a 20-minute flight or so. It was an afternoon flight, and the thermals were kicking in, so it was a pretty good test. Plus after lunch in Connecticut, we had to fly back. I kept asking during both flights, "How are you feeling?" because under the conditions, on previous flights she would have been looking pretty green by then. Her answer kept being "Great!" She was a happy camper at the end of our two flights, and keeps talking about how she's looking forward to the next one!

So, that's just my/our experience. YMMV
 
Eagle I said:
I have two trademarked words for those who suffer from motion sickness: ReliefBand Voyager. Sure, it's pricey, and I was skeptical, too. Until I took my partner flying this weekend, after having gotten this for her as a gift. She had tried EVERYTHING previously, and nothing worked. We had pretty much given up on flying together. So off we went for a test, from KSFZ to KIJD, a 20-minute flight or so. It was an afternoon flight, and the thermals were kicking in, so it was a pretty good test. Plus after lunch in Connecticut, we had to fly back. I kept asking during both flights, "How are you feeling?" because under the conditions, on previous flights she would have been looking pretty green by then. Her answer kept being "Great!" She was a happy camper at the end of our two flights, and keeps talking about how she's looking forward to the next one!

So, that's just my/our experience. YMMV
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I agree those work well. I learned something interesting with one on a rough, rainy deep sea fishing trip. If you're soaking wet and holding on to the stainless tower, they will definitely get your attention when it grounds just right and zaps your arm. But in normal circumstances you can't really feel it.

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Eagle I said:
I have two trademarked words for those who suffer from motion sickness: ReliefBand Voyager. Sure, it's pricey, and I was skeptical, too. Until I took my partner flying this weekend, after having gotten this for her as a gift. She had tried EVERYTHING previously, and nothing worked. We had pretty much given up on flying together. So off we went for a test, from KSFZ to KIJD, a 20-minute flight or so. It was an afternoon flight, and the thermals were kicking in, so it was a pretty good test. Plus after lunch in Connecticut, we had to fly back. I kept asking during both flights, "How are you feeling?" because under the conditions, on previous flights she would have been looking pretty green by then. Her answer kept being "Great!" She was a happy camper at the end of our two flights, and keeps talking about how she's looking forward to the next one!

So, that's just my/our experience. YMMV
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I've heard good things about those. I looked into them a couple years ago and I got the impression they weren't on the market anymore. Maybe I mis-remembered, but I'm glad to see them available.

My daughter gets queasy on long car trips, and we have a long one coming up. I might check into one for her.

Thanks for the pirep.
 
Matthew said:
I've heard good things about those. I looked into them a couple years ago and I got the impression they weren't on the market anymore. Maybe I mis-remembered, but I'm glad to see them available.

My daughter gets queasy on long car trips, and we have a long one coming up. I might check into one for her.

Thanks for the pirep.
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I have one and it's helped me when I occasionally fly acro (it takes me several flights before I'm able to stand more than half an hour). I've also found it to help friends who otherwise would get airsick in my Bonanza and I think mine may be the very one that Tristan used unsuccessfully.
 
Marazine works well for my wife and was the only thing I ever found that would keep me from getting seasick as a mate on a charter boat. Worked for me for years. Does not make you sleepy like dramamine. Your local pharmacy can order it for you but most do not stock it. Since my wife started using it she has not thrown up in the plane a single time, much to my relief.
 
Re: Air sick, Sea sick, Car sick

My saving angel was Scopolamine patches. usually cut them in half - good for several days.

I don't need them for regular flying - just soaring primarily on blue days... and boats on rough water.
 
Matthew said:
I've heard good things about those. I looked into them a couple years ago and I got the impression they weren't on the market anymore. Maybe I mis-remembered, but I'm glad to see them available.

My daughter gets queasy on long car trips, and we have a long one coming up. I might check into one for her.

Thanks for the pirep.
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I think you might be right about them disappearing for a while. And then they came back with the current model, whose battery is not replaceable. I got the impression that turned a lot of people off, but supposedly they're good for about 120 hours of use, or two years, whichever comes first.

Anyway, if you get one, I hope it works for your daughter!
 
Eagle I said:
I think you might be right about them disappearing for a while. And then they came back with the current model, whose battery is not replaceable. I got the impression that turned a lot of people off, but supposedly they're good for about 120 hours of use, or two years, whichever comes first.

Anyway, if you get one, I hope it works for your daughter!
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I wish it did have replaceable batteries. I can see why they'd want you to buy a new one (at $120 a pop) instead of a couple dollars worth of batteries.

She gets queasy when she's in the back seat, so she normally gets some Dramamine or equivalent, then sleeps all day back there. This time, we'll be taking 2 cars, one will be hers, so she'll have to do some driving and won't be able to take that Dramamine. She doesn't seem affected when she's driving, just as a pax. A band like this would be great for the times she's swapping driving with someone else. But $120 for a single 12 hr trip doesn't make this an easy choice. If the batteries were replaceable, I'd probably do it and then have that band for other times and situations.

Hmmm.
 
Matthew said:
I wish it did have replaceable batteries. I can see why they'd want you to buy a new one (at $120 a pop) instead of a couple dollars worth of batteries.

She gets queasy when she's in the back seat, so she normally gets some Dramamine or equivalent, then sleeps all day back there. This time, we'll be taking 2 cars, one will be hers, so she'll have to do some driving and won't be able to take that Dramamine. She doesn't seem affected when she's driving, just as a pax. A band like this would be great for the times she's swapping driving with someone else. But $120 for a single 12 hr trip doesn't make this an easy choice. If the batteries were replaceable, I'd probably do it and then have that band for other times and situations.

Hmmm.
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Yeah, for a single trip, it makes no sense at all. That's too bad. Well, good luck, and safe travels!
 
Shepherd said:
Motion sickness is a wicked, evil condition for those who suffer from it. There are actually documented cases of people dying from motion sickness. I started flying at age 3, I worked on a family deep sea fish vessel as a kid, and I have never been carsick, seasick or airsick.

Until I took my first ride in a Redbird Flight Simulator.

After 40 minutes, shooting simulated IFR landings, I had to hit the panic button and get out. Oddly enough, my instructor in the Redbird had to get out after 20 minutes. In the entire flight school only 1 instructor and 1 student seem to be unaffected by the motion.

I'll take a can of Canada Dry with me next time I use it.
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We had a Redbird. Redbird told us that about 20% of people would get woozy in it, but I found it was worse than that. The problem is that those sims use various tricks to simulate certain forces on your body, and the inner ear and eye detect conflicting motions. The brain gets confused and you get nauseated.

It starts on taxi. If you turn right, the machine tilts left to simulate being pulled sideways in your seat. The inner ear detects a roll to the left, but the horizon on the screens doesn't tilt, and nausea starts. It goes downhill from there. Acceleration is simulated by tilting back. If you slip, the machine tilts and pitches appropriately, but it doesn't yaw. Confusion. Vertigo.

It's better to just shut off the motion function as you get into the machine.

Dan
 
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