motion sickness

Have any of you noticed that heavy physical exertion increases motion sickness when you already have a bit of that feeling? When I start to get the feeling I head for shore. If I start pedaling hard to get in quick the feeling increases significantly. If I ease up on the pace and take occasional breaks of a few seconds then the feeling decreases.

The water was rough Sat at Monterey but I was doing OK. Andy's yak flipped over while we were all diving and I was the only one that saw it happen. I swam as fast as I could to the yak and dove fast several times to recover gear that was heading for Davie Jones locker. I was sick as soon as we finished gathering the gear.

Has anyone used Marinol for motion sickness? The Scop Patch helps but I would love to find something that works better. Are there any pharmacists on the board? 

I've heard from several friends that eating/chewing ginger candy help them with motion sickness!

Send Tote a PM. I have dove with him and he needs a motion sickness preventative for diving. But you know that extreme physical exertion under stress can cause queasiness and  regurgitation also.

I get sick sometimes, the more i go out, the less it happens. At the beginning of the season i feel it more, i go out a lot and each trip gets easier. The giner chunks help, i eat them the night before and during the trip. I also take non drowsey dramamine. One pill the night before at bedtime, and one an hour befor i go out. Avoid coffee if possible and i drink a lot of water while fishing. Breakfast is key, no acidic fruit or juice and no greasy foods. Trail mix and such is great. I really noticed a change when i ate properly the night before and morning of. Last season i went out on coffee and a egg breakfast, it was rough that day, i puked all over myself, i was with stoggie that day. I moved into the kelp and was better but exhausted by then. I find movement helps if its a nice even paddle. I aspirated some puke that day and started to choke as well, scared the crap out of me cause it was bad and felt like i might pass out and fall in the water. I did get it under control, but i was beat down. From then on i followed the above plan and didnt get sick again. Did the HMB tourney last year, it was bumby and i normally would have got sick but did not. Good luck, getin sick sucks.  

I've averted the final stage  almost every time by doing some paddling, unzipping my jacket, drink some water, taking off my hat, etc.  I usually start feeling ill if im working on tying a leader, or doing anything that keeps me looking down into my lap.  So once it starts I try and put down what im doing and get some air, and start moving again.  But I know it can be a mental thing too, and its really best to try not to focus on it.

I am going to try the scopus patch this year, and see if it works better than dramamine for me (kicks in to hard on the way home...) and if not, i'll try the pill form which I hear works like a charm.  Oh, and I second the ginger thing too!  At least one time when I was feeling the ick, someone gave me a ginger candy and about 30 mins later I felt much better! 

For some reason, don't seem to ever get sick if its foggy... Anyone else feel that way?

I get sick every single time I take the yak on the ocean. When I say sick, I end up vomiting more often than not, multiple times. Some things help a lot (and I've tried everything). Here are my top tips for avoiding rampant vomiting, in order of importance.

1. Do not drink the night before. If I get this wrong, the rest is pointless.

2. Get as much sleep as possible the night before. This can be helped by (3)

3. Take a travel sickness pill before you go to bed. Take another in the morning >2h before launch if poss. I use non-drowsy drammamine, but it's definitely not non-drowsy for me. Funnily enough tho I don't actually feel drowsy until I'm off the water.

4. EAT. Have a decent breakfast and take lots of snacks out with you, ginger-based if possible. Whenever you feel queasy, start eating.

5. Avoid looking down. Tie rigs on shore. When retying or unhooking fish, look up at the horizon as often as possible.

6. If you feel really sick, just let it out if you can do so safely. You'll feel better for 20 mins at least. I've caught some of my biggest fish while "chumming".

7. Paddling is better than drifting which is better than being anchored. If you keep feeling ill, try trolling lures for a bit.

Obviously if you end up chumming, keep hydrated!

Merv; I actually find exertion makes me feel better, tho' I think that might just be bcos doing something takes my mind off the nausea.

Yeah, I think I feel better if I open my jacket and pedal lightly. It's when I hurry for shore that it gets worse. Sat I forgot to put my patch on until right before launch time. Normally I would put it on before I go to sleep.

AbMan is not a doctor but he gave me a medical diagnosis when we were diving Ocean Cove. He said it was because my p%$$y hurt. That may be true. I've done a lot of dangerous stuff in my life but nothing scares me like motion sickness or food poisoning.

I have tried numerous motion sickness pill including the Scopace patch and nothing worked. Then I get the PM from FisHunter to try the Scopace pill and
that was it. I works great. Still though if you don't get enough rest and not
eat properly before the trip. I don't think there is such a med out there that would prevent you from getting sick.

Jedmo

For some reason, don't seem to ever get sick if its foggy... Anyone else feel that way?

That's the worst for me. I discovered that if there is no horizon in the fog, just white, I get the queezies pretty quickly. If I paddle in enough to see the shoreline things improve pretty fast.

The best cure for seasickness, however, is hooking a fish 

Ben

Bonnie is the best thing availbe for motion sickness. I used to get sea sick everytime out on a boat even in calm water. now i can go out anytime without a problem...and even eat lunch!

For me the scopace makes me drowsey after a short time.
I used to get sick every trip untill a friend turned me on to Mechlazine? (I think that is how it's spelled)
You have to get it from the pharmicest but don't need a perscription.
I have now used it for 5 years without seasickness and have enjoyed a 6day longrange trip every year as well as my regular yak trips to the coast.
Extra bonus is you get a bottle of 100 pills for only $13.00

I have tried numerous motion sickness pill including the Scopace patch and nothing worked. Then I get the PM from FisHunter to try the Scopace pill and
that was it. I works great. Still though if you don't get enough rest and not
eat properly before the trip. I don't think there is such a med out there that would prevent you from getting sick.

Jedmo

I've had the exact same experience. The Scopace patch made me feel even worse than being seasick, but the Scopace pill keeps me feeling just fine. 

i think there is some genetics involved. when i was in the navy, i knew guys who got sick as soon as we untied from the pier. they stayed that way till we got home 7mos later. some of them had been in for over 20years. i never could figure out why they didn't join the army. i believe abman borrowed his diagnostic phraseolgy from me. he is referring to a condition called L.p.s. aka:leaking  p#ssy syndrome. my research shows that it affects one in five american men.

i think there is some genetics involved. when i was in the navy, i knew guys who got sick as soon as we untied from the pier. they stayed that way till we got home 7mos later. some of them had been in for over 20years. i never could figure out why they didn't join the army. i believe abman borrowed his diagnostic phraseolgy from me. he is referring to a condition called L.p.s. aka:leaking  p#ssy syndrome. my research shows that it affects one in five american men.

I was in the Marine Corps and spent more than 2 years living at sea. I never got sea sick when I was in, even when I was p!ss-drunk, jammed into a hot and humid liberty boat, getting tossed around by the wave action, with guys puking all over the place. (How's that for a visual?  ) But as I'm getting older I've developed sea sickness. I have no idea why. My gynecologist says there is nothing wrong with my vagina.

i get sick fairly consistently on the ocean, even with scopace.

i think you're onto something with that LPS thing..seems to be affecting me fairly seriously.

the one day i didn't get sick last year i took scopace and gum with me.  whenever i started to feel queasy, i chewed on the gum faster and faster..seemed to work.  that piece of gum stuck with me for 6 or 7 hours with no issue