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I do struggle with motion sickness when I go below decks but on the one occasion that I was given some tablets to take it resulted in the best 'days' sleep I have ever had. I was good for nothing and just crashed out.

What do other people do/take, any recomendations

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Ian
 
I occasionally use Stugeron, which doesn't seem to make me drowsy, although it puts my wife to sleep! Almost all the over-the-counter travel sickness tablets contain the same drug - cinnarizine.
 
Like antihistamines (which many sea sickness tablets are) differnt ones work for different people. Kwells work for me, stugeron have no effect at all. Scopalamine also works but im not keen on the side effects (for me) of dry mouth and crazy dreams.....
 
Stugeron/cinnarizine is the most likely to help. We always have it on board but with the advent of plotters and my larger boats I don't seem to need it these days.

An alternative is hyoscine, which has been around for ages and was used in the last War. It has a shorter duration of action but almost always leaves a dry mouth. It's disadvantage is that it appears to delay tolerance to sea-sickness, so it might be fine for a cross-channel hop but not for someone setting off round the world. It is available as Kwells tablets and hyoscine patches.
 
Camelia said:
I don't suffer, but lots of friends use ginger - usually in the form of Ginger Snaps.
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Ginger is available in tablet form. I got my last lot on ebay. I once took a seasickness pill (more of a hangover than seasickness :very_drunk:) it certainly helped but ruined any sense of balance I had for the day.
 
Scopaderm / hyoscine patches suit me and work very well for up to three days.

Some people suffer temporary eyesight problems with them but that doesn't seem to affect me.

Expensive, £8.00 for two, but you would pay anything to avoid the mal de mer.
 
Ginger is good. We always have a packet of genuine "Ginger Nuts" available (also a favourite of Helen MacArthur I believe.)
Main thing is to keep warm and stay aloft - preferably at the helm.
Stugeron etc is dangerous in my case because once I have taken it I dont seem to give a damn about anything - cannot be bothered to reef or plot position or think through what is happening.
 
I took Stugeron for the first time this year whilst single handing, only fell asleep at the wheel twice..... followed by lots of hot coffee. Never again!!!

If I stay above decks I'm fine..... so thats what I do.
 
Over the weekend two of our crew members started to get a bit queasy. Sturgeron settled them down without side-effects.
 
SWMBO always uses stugeron for the first 2-3 days of a trip, or if the weather is predicted to be a bit bouncy. No side affects. We also have crystalised ginger, ginger nuts and ginger beer on board, all of which seem to help. Fortunately I don't normally suffer..............
 
Ginger biscuits or stem ginger works for me. Also helps clear the sinuses etc which I think is part of the cure.
 
Alpha22 said:
I took Stugeron for the first time this year whilst single handing, only fell asleep at the wheel twice..... followed by lots of hot coffee. Never again!!!

If I stay above decks I'm fine..... so thats what I do.
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In really iffy conditions I have taken Stugeron the appropriate number of hours before. It works for me . I have heard it zaps some people very effectively. Mega sleeps etc..
Generally nothing needed in average sea conditions, so long as I am on deck, busy. Going below is pretty bad news...
 
I don't take anything, but my wife would get sick on a canal boat without a pill.
She uses Kwells (hyoscine hydrobromide) for day and kwells patches for night (only one I know to get seasick while asleep)

More recently I got a pack of pills for liferafts (but they're aboard so I can't get the name). These last 24 hours per pill and work really well.
 
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