car or motion sickness

[LunaLee_16]

Hi all I don't know if this is the right forum to be posting this in, but it's related to health, so...

I was wondering if anyone knew some good remedies for car sickness. I have to go on a 2+ hour coach-bus trip tomorrow, and we're no allowed to bring anything electrionic (i.e. cd players, Ipods, and other stuff I would usually use to get my mind off of motion sickness)
I don't literally "get sick", just bad nausea and a sick headache.

I'm open to any suggestions, no matter how crazy! I don't care if your great grandma made it up or if you're a doctor, all help is appreciated!!!!

 

[Dagna]

Get Dramamine. It'll take care of any motion sickness, although it will probably make you drowsy. You'll just need one and it'll work the whole trip. Sold over the counter at the drug store or grocery store and it definately works. I take the chewable tablets about 15 minutes before I get on an airplane and don't have a single problem.

 

[LunaLee_16]

Thanks, Dagna, I was wondering about how Dramamine would affect me, and during the trip today I would have liked to slept thru most of it!! I just went without reading the whole time (boooooring) and never felt sick.
Maybe next time I'll just take Dramamine instead

 

[mare61]

I only get sick when I can't look out of the front window. I can't read or watch the scenery out the side of the vehicle. Also, my aunts use a bandaide to keep a penny at their wrist and swear by it. Odd, but true.

Blessings, Mare

 

[kevinwh]

You could try looking out the window and breathing deeply to stay calm. Also, there are a few herbal remedies that have been known to help such as ginger, peppermint and black horehound.

 

[wildlily]

I only get sick when I can't look out of the front window. I can't read or watch the scenery out the side of the vehicle. Also, my aunts use a bandaide to keep a penny at their wrist and swear by it. Odd, but true.

Blessings, Mare

I need to try it because long miles being a passenger make me sick. I can hardly fly either.

 

[miss-a]

Ginger is a great natural remedy for motion sickness.

 

[Paul01]

I need to try it because long miles being a passenger make me sick. I can hardly fly either.

Meclizine is supposed to have less intense side effects than some of the other meds. There are also certain oils that can be applied behind the ears that supposedly help the inner ear. A medical doctor recommended them to my mother recently.

 

[Bobinator]

I know some peppermint essential oil applied on the temples and the back of the neck below the skull works for headaches. I also like putting a dab under each nostril.

Ginger is supposed to be good as well, like brewed in a tea. I would go generous with it if doing so. You could probably find concentrated ginger oil at some health food store or something you could put under your tongue for a quickie.

I recall cranberry tea being good for morning sickness, so that might work too.

Chamomile tea is calming and might be of good use.

 

[wildlily]

All great posts above. I am due to fly January 20th for a reunion. I'm dreading it.

 

[2B4gotN]

I have low blood pressure and I'm wondering if it is a cause of my motion sickness?

I didn't know ginger would help! Thanks!