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Motion Sickness
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Travelnsj
, Nov 22 2004 08:33 PM
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Posted 24 November 2004 - 09:11 AM
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Posted 24 November 2004 - 08:04 PM
It gets better...I was off the boat and parasailing when I actually got sickI've puked all over the relief band.
terrible image, but hilarious none-the-less!
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Posted 01 December 2004 - 03:05 PM
I also have suffered with seasickness most of my diving career. The patch used to work, but it always seemed to be overkill with the side affects being worse than the seasickness. None of the other medications or remedies seemed to work. However, I recently started taking the tablet form of Scopolamine (the medicine in the patch, available by prescription only) and have had great success with it. You can vary the dosage to match the conditions or your personal reactions to the medicine. I know folks who are helped with half a pill, while others (like me) will take two pills if the conditions appear to be rough. The other nice thing about it for me is that I don't have to take it the night before, I only need to take it at least 30 minutes before departing. I still do most of the other things talked about in this thread (stay above, look at the horizon, avoid fumes, light diet, etc.), but in my case the Scop pills have been a blessing.
Edited by jeadiver, 01 December 2004 - 03:06 PM.
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Posted 01 December 2004 - 03:14 PM
Did not know that was available in pill form. On the phone to my doctor!
Thanks, Scott
Thanks, Scott
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Posted 01 December 2004 - 05:44 PM
Hey Scott, It's called Scopace in the pill form. There was an article about it in DAN's Alert Diver mag around Jan/Feb or Mar/Apr '04. I took the magazine in with me and my doc said I was the second person in less than a month to bring in the same article. The pharmacist actually knew more about it than my doc, though. LOL
I took it while on the OH II in Palau and had no problems with drowsiness and things like Benadryl usually wipe me out, so maybe you will have success as well. Good luck!
The pharmacist actually knew more about it than my doc, though. LOLI took it while on the OH II in Palau and had no problems with drowsiness and things like Benadryl usually wipe me out, so maybe you will have success as well. Good luck!
I tried to contain myself, but I escaped!
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Posted 01 December 2004 - 05:53 PM
Hi Jennifer, do they have different strengths?
My doctor was out today and on the internet i could only find the .04 Scopace.
By the way how did you like Palau? I have gone for the last 6 years and i love it.
Scott
My doctor was out today and on the internet i could only find the .04 Scopace.
By the way how did you like Palau? I have gone for the last 6 years and i love it.
Scott
You must endeavor to pursue!
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