Motion sickness

It is a tiny pill, you take 2 and give them about an hour to kick in and wallah, no more loopy landscapes for the balance challenged. Angela is kind of odd though. Spin and spews have no effect on her but 1 coaster of any kind without her Dramamine and she's toast for hours!

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Just a couple of G-force junkies!

I just recently, at 34, started getting sick on rides. I discovered Bonine, similar to Dramamine, works better for me. Just a thought if anyone tried the big D and it didn't work for them.

You know what really works for motion sickness. Ginger tablets! Seriously! I live in south Florida and my dad has a boat. Whenever we take anybody out that gets sea sick, we give them a ginger tablet and 10 minutes later, they're fine! You can get these tablets at a drug store near you in the vitamin supplement isle.

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Beware of the Dragons! - Dueling Dragons
http://www.rollercoasterfreaks.com/

I've never gotten sick on a coaster, but occassionally I feel it in the car or after traveling. My mother has vertigo, I can't think what the medicine she takes is, but Dramamine knocks her completely out. There is the patch, that goes on the wrists like a band or bracelet, and another patch that is for kids, it's pretty mild. I usually after about eleven hours in the car or something, start to feel sick, they sell an anti-naseau liquid at Wal-Mart that's nothing but sugar, it really fights the sickness, but it doesn't get rid of the dizzies.

I'd like to know more about the Ginger Tablets. Do they work as well as Dramamine and Bonine or better??? I used to take Dramamine but couldn't stand being the only one in my group to be "zoned" so I tried Bonine and that was a little better. But even with B or D, if I ride Pendulum (at SFGAdv), if I don't stare at the center pole for the entire ride, I feel horrible. So I KNOW better than to try Evolution!!! Coasters don't bother me as much thank goodness.
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Life is a Great Adventure!!

I forgot to put this in that first post, the braclets have no medicine in them, they are like accupunture or pressure in that they kind of squeeze your wrist a little, and you don't get motion sick. I guess they work, I've heard of thier use in high altitudes and for people doing stunts, and they're med free, no chems.......

There is a a small amount of fluid in very tiny cavities in both of your ears. Whenever yo move your head or body changes direction, this fluid moves around brushes up against these little nerve hairs and these tell your brain where you are at and what you can do (if applicable)to correct it. I guess people with MS have conflicting problems with the nerves and the brain and the brain gets confused and a code red goes off in your body. Pretty amazing that is probably the only thing telling your body where you are (upright, spinning, etc)

Little medical lesson for today :)

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Beeman65
Assistant Webmaster
Kennywood Park Unlimited
www.kpunlimited.com

If you tried Dramamine and take the reccomended dose of 2 tablets and have gotten tired or "loopy" from them, try cutting the dose.

I had actually heard of Dramamine but never wanted to try it because I've heard so many people say it just wipes them out. Finally last year, I got tired of not being able to ride some of my old favorite spin-n-spews and the new wilder contraptions of today, so I decided to try it. I only take 1 tablet instead of 2 and it works great for me. Doesn't make me drowsy or "loopy" and I can ride whatever my heart desires now:)

It's a small white pill that can be bought in a skinny bottle that is the perfect size for throwing in a fanny pack, purse, pocket or whatever.


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Christ how do you kids do it

I think this is one of the best threads I have read and replied to. So thanks to CoasterVince for starting it. I actually feel sheepish for never having even thought about the possibility of Dramamine or Bonine, etc. But then again I never suffered from motion sickness. Only when I got older (and judging from most of your profiles, I am ancient) did any kind of motion affect me and it is those "spin & pukes" that get me, not coasters of any kind (see thread above). So now I will try Bonine or the Ginger tablets discussed above. And then I can accompany my much younger kids on those non-coaster rides instead of watching from the sidelines.
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I know you rider Gonna miss me when I'm gone

I'd still like to hear more about the ginger tablets, like...what do they cost and if they work as good as, or better than Dramamine...because I get really really bad motion sickness. So, if anyone has the ginger scoop (tee hee) please pass it around. I'd rather do the "natural" thing, than the chemical thing, but I don't want to take the chance without hearing how it compares. Thank you SO very much :)

I have never heard of ginger pills--I just buy the dried chunks of ginger. I get them at the health food store--sometimes they are in little packages, sometimes they are sold bulk with the herbs. Anyways, seems to help me :)

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I really can't do Spin and Pukes and I even get a little lightheaded on the Monster/Octopus type rides and feel the need to stare at a certain point in or outside of the vehicle to survive it. Even Scramblers get me a little sometimes. Now, exactly how would I(or just a normal person that has the similar problem) feel once they got on a ride like that? Would I not get dizzy at all and feel like the rest of you or does it just help a little? Please help because this could do me a world of good.

But something else I was wondering, would this decrease my sensitivity to coasters? Or does it just prevent dizziness? Thanks!

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Danny, XPP Staff http://xpp.coasterbuzz.com/

PKI 2002- "The Rollercoast is Toast!" *** This post was edited by Koaster King on 7/22/2001. ***