Travel sickness

[ArlosMumma]

Posting for some tips or remedies.

So my car is in the garage and tomorrow we are going out with son so will need to get the bus or metro.

Partner gets travel sick when he's on the bus or metro or train but he's fine in the car. He's had this since he was a child so he's tried medicine and none works.

I found the wristbands very effective when I had morning sickness.

Boots sell them

www.boots.com/boots-adult-travel-bands-1-pair-12-years-10112488

Will have a look

Has he tried medicine recently or just as a child? They have developed and got a lot more effective.

The pills available when I was a kid were useless. I use Kwells now, which I find very good.

If there's anything to see outside, focus on a point in the distance. If this isn't possible, I find it helpful to sit up straight, facing forwards but with eyes closed. (Can look a bit peculiar on public transport, but better than vomiting over a stranger's shoes.)

And when feeling sick there is nothing worse than other people trying to "distract" you with conversation. You really need to be left alone.

Thanks for the tips

He tried tablets again a couple of months ago. We will be getting the bus as the trams aren't running where we need to go.

He said he definitely will vomit as he always does when he gets the bus.

Definitely try another kind of tablet unless he has tried all the options recently. Also get a seat near the front. If they are occupied he can probably politely ask if someone is able to move as he gets travel sick. He needs to make sure that he doesn’t read or look at his phone during the journey too. Would breaking up the journey help? So get off the bus halfway and go for a walk around in the fresh air or he can sit down somewhere quietly if he prefers. Then get the next bus to finish the journey.

Can you go without him?

Aniseed balls can help a lot.

He doesn't have to come with us but he said he wants to come.

We will split it up as it's an hour long journey.

If the over the counter tablets arnt working would he go to the doctors and see if they will give him a prescription for something?

I'm prone to motion sickness and was very seasick on a cruise. I find Stugeron is very effective. Worth a try?

Also, is it definitely about the motion and not being confined etc? Something like Kalms might work if the latter.

My ds only has to look at a bus / car and vomits.. he's so bad that we could not bring him anywhere. We discovered Stugeron , you take them approximately 2hrs before travelling. So he takes them before we go and a dose before we're heading home. He hasn't vomited taking these. He did say he still had a sick feeling but definitely not as bad without them . We tried EVERYTHING these are the only ones that work for him. We get them over the counter.

Yes it's the motion not being confined as he's fine in the car except if it's a long journey which we don't do very often anyway.

He was ok ish today on the way he said he felt really sick and when we got off he vomited a bit. But the journey was only 30 minutes at some stops were missed out. And on the way back he said he felt sick but he was ok.

I told him to drink his water but not sure if that helps (?).

Could it be he's not used to public transport? I remember my brother always getting motion sickness on public transport but he stopped as he got more used to going on it.

Also agree with pp about going to the doctors

Buses are absolutely awful if you have motion sickness. All that stopping and starting in traffic, the up and down motion of hills, lots of corners. It's hell on the inner ear, and if you can't look dead ahead out of the front window that's a certain recipe for sickness.

I was never as bad on trains because the tracks are straighter and flatter than roads, and there's a lot less stopping and starting.

I really sympathise - it can really ruin a day out. But learning about the cause of motion sickness (signals to the brain from eyes and inner ear giving conflicting information) has helped me a lot. Focusing on something outside the vehicle makes a big difference.

We sat at the front yesterday. He doesn't look out the window as he said it makes him feel sick even more. But he looks out of the front window

He is similar on the train aswell though.

Try a different tablet. I find that only Stugeron works for me.

Would he need to go to the doctors for a prescription of stugeron?

Stugeron is an over the counter medication. You can get it at Boots etc.

Cyclizine on prescription. No side affects like over the counter stuff.

I was suuuuper travel sick as a kid. The pressure point bands were most effective as well as staying near any open windows, focusing on the movement and the fact that I was in motion, and a tactical chunder where possible 😅

I didn't have side effects from Stugeron.

I take Stugeron and find it very effective.