Remedies for seasickness?

[Rug]

I love walleye fishing, but it seems that when I get into 1 foot waves I get a bad headache and it takes a couple hours for me to adjust. When I am in anything bigger than 2 foot waves like on erie I spend a quarter of the time looking at the water over the side of the boat puking. What can I do to prevent this? Thanks.

[Ness]

Motion sickness medicine works good or so they tell me. I don't have your problem unless I have an empty stomach. Kind of strange really, if I get queasy and I eat something, I feel better? Try Dramamine, it might end your chumming.

[MD]

Try a patch over one of your eyes - sounds crazy - just try it before using medicine.

[KnottyBuoy]

Ginger Root is a natural preventative.......but you have to take it an hour or so before you hit the water.......no side affects either....

[JKJ]

If you smoke, don't. Keep your head up and always looking at the horizon or shorline. A friend of mine simply whaps a rubber-band around each rist. He swears by it.

The damamine works too.

[RANGER]

Rug,

I LOVE to fish and I have done so all my life! No Joke: I get seasick in an INTERTUBE!! My inter-ear is overly sensitive and, unfortunately, my oldest son suffers like I do. We use Dramamine 12 HOUR. You take it 1/2 hour before getting in the boat. We had used the 4 hour stuff but it made us drowsey the 12 HOUR doesn't.

I heard about a herb (not ginger) this weekend. The guy is supposed to get back to me with the correct name (wife knows) for me to buy 'n try. It is supposed to last 24 hours, so, you can take it the night before. If it works, I'll post here to let everyone know 'cause, if it can control my oversensitive inter-ear, it will probably work for 99% of all you folks out there!


RANGER


"KEEP YOUR LINES WET, YOUR POWDER DRY and THE BEER COLD"

[Mr T]

Rug,
I get seasick worse than most other folks I know. The 2 things I can say work are both prescrtion. One is Scopolomine (which is a patch that goes back behind your ear and works for 3 days). Only side effect I've ever noticed is a dry mouth. Really no big deal.
The other is called Antivert. I don't like it as well but it works. Just get hold of your doctor and he can probably help you out. My one additional suggestion is dont' waste time on "home remedies". I've been there done that. You get so few chances to get out on the water, don't waste the next year messing around with stuff that only sort of works. A least that has been my experience. Good luck.

[Steve(CO)]

There are two formulations of Dramamine. The original is sleep inducing. The newer formulation is supposedly "non-drowsy." The old stuff put me out like a light. I once fell asleep standing-up (that's right) on a trip to Alaska for halibut. I woke up when I hit the deck of the boat I was on. Rather embarrassing! The non-drowsy stuff works pretty well and does not induce sleepiness which is probably best if you are operating or in a small boat.

[chadk66]

I used to get seasick at the drop of a hat. I once had a lake michigan charter boat captain tell me that you have to eat a huge breakfast before you go out. That works for me, and I also added dramamine to it. The weird thing is I have grown out of it I guess. I don't take a thing and it doesn't bother me. So hang in there.

[cisco]

Of the guests I've taken fishing on Lake Michigan over the past 30 some years, the ones MOST likely to get seasick are those who are worried about it before we even got onboard. "What's it like to get seasick?" they would ask, and other similar kinds of questions. I came to believe that the ailment is probably psychological most of the time -- it becomes the self-fulfilling prophesy "I'm going to get sick," and they do.

But, for those who really have a motion sickness problem, the prescription Transderm patches to put behind the ear (which feeds the medication to the inner ear more easily) are spoken of most highly by the medical folks I've talked with.

Believe it or not, the wrist pressure point elastic bracelets also work for some -- again, it may be a psychological cure.

Heed the advice about food. Always eat before going out in the morning, no matter how early. Have snacks on board, too.

[Smitty]

One note on Drammamine (sp?), you have to take it prior to going out (half hour to 1 hour).. From what everyone has told me, once you are seasick, it's WAY too late for medications.

[Gilligan]

Try as earlier suggested the ginger an hour or so before heading out. You can find it as a suppliment at any store selling vitamins. Another thing.. Get the ginger in powder form and sprinkle it on your food just as you would salt or pepper. I also carry a pack of ginger snaps and saltine crackers. If you are already sick try chewing a couple saltines. Either form of the drammine knocks me out and I've gone to the ginger with good results.