[daycaremom55]

just wondering what is good besides fishing on land for sea sickness my spouse gets sick every time we go out on boat. He has tried almost everything .

[1st Mate]

Have you tried one of those prescription patches that you put behind your ear that will not prevent sea sickness??? Try some of the patches. But of course it is a prescription, so check to make sure before buying any of the patches. They really do work, a while back when I first went offshore I put one on and didn't feel sick at all and the sea's were 4-5ft that day. You put the patch on before you go to sleep and you leave it on that next day you go fishing. You shouldn't have a problem unless you have already tried that. Hope I could help.

1st mate

-Chris

[daycaremom55]

Thank you no he has not tried the patch we will check with his doctor :action-smiley-033:

[Captn Fatbeard]

Just tell him to puke ! Dramamine makes you sleepy, and is usually the first thing to come up. If you feel sick.... let it fly, you feel better and then you start drinking again. Tell him to keep his eye on the horizon and try to look forward. the more time he spends on the boat the better he will get.

[simonsteele]

I'm with Jeff, he needs to keep looking at the horizon. Also have found eating ginger snaps or drinking ginger ale helps. Something in the ginger aspect that settles the stomach.

[fordbjr]

Different remidies work for different people. My brother gets sea sick, the only times he doesn't is when he takes Triptone. Triptone is hard to find, sometimes you have to order it. Dramamine, the patch, the wrist bands don't work for him, ginger pills don't work either. You need to find out what works and what doesn't, it might be trial and error but eventually it will work.

[Gwynn Island]

Potassium. Eat 2 bananas before leaving the dock. Don't carry on board if superstitious. Cruise lines feed banana soup in rough seas. It works every time The ginger thing is good after leaving the dock if some nausea sets in.

[daycaremom55]

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Just tell him to puke ! Dramamine makes you sleepy, and is usually the first thing to come up. If you feel sick.... let it fly, you feel better and then you start drinking again. Tell him to keep his eye on the horizon and try to look forward. the more time he spends on the boat the better he will get. :food-smiley-015:

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thanks he tried that it did not work he could not lift his head up :sad-smiley-038:

[daycaremom55]

Potassium. Eat 2 bananas before leaving the dock. Don't carry on board if superstitious. Cruise lines feed banana soup in rough seas. It works every time The ginger thing is good after leaving the dock if some nausea sets in.

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thank you maybe he will try he is so sick of being sick .

[daycaremom55]

Different remidies work for different people. My brother gets sea sick, the only times he doesn't is when he takes Triptone. Triptone is hard to find, sometimes you have to order it. Dramamine, the patch, the wrist bands don't work for him, ginger pills don't work either. You need to find out what works and what doesn't, it might be trial and error but eventually it will work.

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you are so right he has tried everything but what is triptone ?

[Knot Too Fast]

Just tell him to puke ! Dramamine makes you sleepy, and is usually the first thing to come up. If you feel sick.... let it fly, you feel better and then you start drinking again. Tell him to keep his eye on the horizon and try to look forward. the more time he spends on the boat the better he will get.

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Jeff, I am with you. To toughen the body against the rigors of the sea, drink like a pirate the night before, go out and puke your guts out, down a few beers and the world will be right.

Daycaremom, Just keep trying different things from the above suggestions.

--Brett

[Mega Bite]

Let him Drive the boat,and put an eye patch on one eye like Capt. Fat Beard does.If that doesent work look through some Binoculars and get it over with.

[earlybird]

just wondering what is good besides fishing on land for sea sickness my spouse gets sick every time we go out on boat. He has tried almost everything .

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Doctors often prescribe "antivert" for vertigo, which is what causes seasickness. The over the counter name, generic is meclazine hydorchloride, (I think the spelling is correct) and is a lot cheaper to purchase under that name. It is the same as Bonine. The secret is to take one pill at night before bed, and one first thing in the morning when you get up. It helps not to load up on food and alcohol the night before!

[m.t. pockets]

25 mg meclizine the night before and 25 mg an hour before you leave the dock. the drug is designed for vertigo, inner ear/ balance issues. it will not cause drowseyness and you can go i hte cabin and unclog the toilet is 4 to 6 foot slop and not get sick.


George

[Mega Bite]

Dearn that is some powerful stuff.

[fordbjr]

[quote=daycaremom55,Jul 13 2006, 10:17 AM][quote=fordbjr,Jul 13 2006, 08:00 AM]Different remidies work for different people. My brother gets sea sick, the only times he doesn't is when he takes Triptone. Triptone is hard to find, sometimes you have to order it. Dramamine, the patch, the wrist bands don't work for him, ginger pills don't work either. You need to find out what works and what doesn't, it might be trial and error but eventually it will work.

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you are so right he has tried everything but what is triptone ?

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Triptone is a pill like Dramamine, but less drowsy and works better in my opinion even though i've never been sick, just watching others.

[fishist]

Eat sardines and then go cobia fishing. You'll have a great chum slick going in no time.

[oldbull]

Beer and cheese nabs!

[peejcj8]

Croaker Sushi

Works everytime.

Actually Ive never been sea sick, I get sleepy if Im tossing around for a few days, but sleep like a baby.

I had a special forces guy on my boat a few weeks ago, he was letting it rip.

Eric

[Captn Fatbeard]

I like to drink cold beer as soon as i get underway, eat liverwurst sandwiches and swallow chewing tobacco.