Land Sickness'ish

[kcrane]

Land Sickness\'ish

Picking up on the recent thread on 'land sickness', does anyone else get mildly disorientated the day after being on the boat?

I'm fine when I arrive home, after long or short trips, but the next day I feel disorientated and tired, finding it difficult to concentrate. I'm not wobbly, nore do I feel sick, it even took me a while to twig to the connection between it and time spent sailing.

Perhaps it isn't the boat at all, just being a man of a certain age /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[alan_d]

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Do you take any anti-seasickness medication? If so it could be the after-effects of that.

My family used to complain that I was spaced-out and strange after sailing when I took Kwells (hyoscine), but once I changed to Stugeron the problem went away.

Alan

 

[nyx2k]

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im the other way. when i get off any boat i feel sick for upto an hour later and i still feel as if im bobbing up and down, its very disconcerting when driving the car

 

[oldharry]

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im the other way. when i get off any boat i feel sick for upto an hour later and i still feel as if im bobbing up and down, its very disconcerting when driving the car

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Its called vestibular habituation, and is a known cause of car accidents, so be careful

 

[cliffordpope]

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There's another factor I have just noticed. Boating in any form is addictive, and in the days after sailing one feels especially withdrawn and low. All the worries of the office come piling back on - wouldn't life be so perfect if one could only escape again onto the water?
It passes after a while, as one starts planning ahead again to the next trip.the

 

[nyx2k]

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im very lucky being self employed and less than 5 mins to the sea front. the problem i'll have over winter is ive only a 15ft fishing boat and i cant go out in moderate to big waves. so wont have many days out in the windy thames estuary.

 

[kcrane]

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Ah, good thought. We use Stugeron occasionally. Now I'll see if there is a connection between taking that and the dis-orientation 24hrs later.

 

[MichaelHomsany]

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On a passage from hell (28 foot boat, 42 days, 3100 nm, wx all bad), when I pulled into Hawaii and tried to phone customs, I had to crawl up the dock (tried to stand, fell over) and spewed on the way back.

Not fun, even felt queasy in the harbour!

Best regards,
Michael