Travel sickness remedies!

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Hello, my nearly eight year old suffers from horrendous travel sickness on ALL types of transport. Can anyone recommend anything? We've tried acupressure bands, travel sickness pills, breathing exercises etc. Asked doctor and pharmacist for advice and they merely shrugged. Been told to give her chewing gum/mints on journeys.
Any other suggestions?!

Put her in the front seat.

finfintytint tried it!

Ah, ok. If traditional remedies don’t work then try to refocus her mind about travel. Try to convince her that while it’s ok to feel sick she can minimise her reactions. Divert her mind and get her to focus on the horizon and avoid foods that may trigger sickness or bad smells.
I feel for you, my mum is nearly 80 and has terrible motion sickness. It’s more about dealing with the sickness than trying to avoid it. E.g. frequent stops, wet wipes, bags, etc.

I assume she's not drawing, watching screens or reading in the car...

I suffered this as a child and still do as an adult! I’ve got motion sick driving my own car 😂 mints definitely helped me as did chewing pieces of crystallised ginger 👍 I also look out the window into the distance so my eyes are not constantly focusing on movement..if that makes sense!

I always need air - window open on face, air vent (car/plane) blowing on face, sit on boat deck for air. I get ill on EVERYTHING, very hard to travel or go on rides, even ill in lifts. Medication helps - Kwells, Phenergen, Stugeron (my favourite, but she may be too young). Obviously no reading, keep head up, encourage her to focus on scenery far away. Savoury snacks, mints, or water can help.

Have you tried Joy Rides tablets? They were impossible to get for months but seem to be back. They’re the only thing I’ve found that works

My friend gives her daughter a lollipop to suck, works quite well for her apparently.

Sitting on newspapers. No idea how or why, but worked with kids on a school trip.

My son suffers from travel sickness too. He's always worse if he's not eaten before travelling, so I always make sure he has a light meal, than take a joy ride tablet, and he always sits on the front. Still sometimes feels queasy on windy roads, but stops him actually being sick.

Nelsons Travella tablets, they don't make you drowsy and take every 2 hours, chew them so don't have to be able to swallow. Make sure the car is cold, windows open/air con. No reading, writing, screens.

A salty snack, medication, sitting in the front and looking straight out of the window, not looking at things inside the car. My sympathies, my dd and I are the same but Stugeron or kwells work well if taken well before travel.

Windows open for fresh air, indigestion tablets (strangely) and plain biscuits to nibble on, water to sip - eating keeps my stomach the right way round.

My DD gets terrible Travel sickness in cars and buses but not planes or trains. Vomit-a-Rama. None of the behaviour modifying things worked. Cutting all dairy out before travel made the smell better. We were in the USA and the pharmacist told us to give her Dramamine which is available without prescription there and in child doses.

It is a total game changer. It works 95% of the time. Travel was no longer something my DD dreaded. She could go on school trips without being embarrassed. She still packs ziplock bags and the like just in case but it’s the exception now. I’m not sure if you can get a prescription from a doctor in the UK. We get ours from the US if we go there or hear of anyone headed that way. You can also get it online and sent. Friends have found similar in Italian and Spanish chemists for their kids but I have not tried them.

The first few times you use it, it can make your child drowsy but it stops having that effect. I’ve had people tell me they wouldn’t medicate their kids but i figure that I give my DD medication for her asthma so not giving it to her is just causing her distress and cutting my nose off to spite my face. My DD is 15 now, she takes it herself.

Thanks for your help everyone! No, she doesn't read / tablet during travel, so that's never a problem. We currently use Joyride tablets - they tend to be hit or miss. We used to use Kwells but they stopped selling them near us; I'll see if I can find them again.
I'll also try the crystallized ginger thing.
We're actually going to America soon - the thought of a nine hour flight was what inspired me to post lol. I'll see if they have Dramamine - is it something that would be stocked in Walgreens?
The dr said she'd grow out of it. We're still waiting after six years!

I took Dramamine as a kid, over the counter uk, don't know if it still is. It completely knocked me out all day so could never enjoy days out and I couldn't swallow tablets and it tasted disgusting, so as an adult the Travella is better as I can drive if we need to share the driving and still be a passenger although I tend to do most of the driving. Only time I've been sick driving was when pregnant.

The active ingredient in Dramamine is meclizine ... you can get a generic version through ebay in the UK and IME of travel sick relatives it's about the only thing that really works

Once you're in America go to any pharmacy and get the same thing over the counter, or Walmart sell it under the Equate brand. Obviously check the use by date (it's usually pretty long) but try to buy enough for several future trips and you'll be sorted

Kwells had a supply issue, but it seems to have been resolved.

They ate the best we've found.

Have you tried stugeron tablets? They work for me, although I've only ever suffered from mild travel sickness, just feeling queasy rather than being sick

I dont think she 's tried Stugeron - she s tried a few different brands but Kwells and Joyrides are the only ones that come to mind. Has anyone tried any Bach's stuff?

My daughter is the same way and Dramamine (or Gravol in Canada) is the only thing that works. I agree it’s been a life changer. I stock pile when we go across.

I'm in my 50s and still get travel sick, although mostly just horrendous nausea and no actual vomiting. It's a shame your doctor isn't helping. I take cyclizine, which used to be available otc (not sure of right dose for children or even if it's ok for them so check with pharmacist) but might now be prescription only anyway. My dr said it's used a lot in hospitals. I think stugeron is similar though - I used to take that and it worked pretty well too.

On a school residential with a child who threw up on every journey, no matter how long, the solution turned out to be sucking on a lemon.

Not sure if you can buy phenergan in a dose suitable for her age but I’d look into it. Best sickness medication I’ve ever taken (and she’d probably sleep through the flight - it’s the same drug they put into night nurse to make you sleepy)

For adults, you can buy the most brilliant thing. It looks like a watch, but it gives off a pulse (it's like a TENS machine). You position it so the buzzing goes up middle and ring fingers and though it sounds very odd, it works. I am most dreadfully sea sick, but last time out, we were stuck in mountainous waves off Holland for 8 hours (I kid you not) and I ate and drank as normal, no nausea, no vomiting. Honestly, it's magic. It's called a Reliefband, often on sale in chandleries. Expensive but seriously, they work. I can't think that they wouldn't work for a child who could tell you where s/he was feeling the buzzing but I've not tried it on children