Sea Sick

[HL117]

Never been in the Navy but always wondered what one does when they join up only to find out they get sea sick, is this something a person gets use to over time. Our do they require Meds the whole time out on tour?

Random question I know, just popped into my head.

[rpm]

If you do get seasick you'll figure it out pretty quick. First time I got underway I was seasick for 2 days straight. After that it was a piece of cake. Never been seasick since.

[RotBaron]

I know a guy that toughed it out for 4 years. Miserable and very sick every time they went out on maneuver. "Worst four years of his life," lol, he looks back and jokes about it now.

[The Fugitive]

I was in the Navy from 76-80. Most people I knew that got sick were like RPM. Once they got over it they were fine for ever more. Very few I knew never got over it. Best times were the ride back out to an anchorage when we hit a port. Guys drinking all day then the 15-20 minute ride out to the ship in that little boat! LOL!!! Remember to sit "up-wind" LOL!!!

[rpm]

I was in the Navy from 76-80. Most people I knew that got sick were like RPM. Once they got over it they were fine for ever more.

I never got sick in a small boat, but as soon as the ship left got underway I knew I was in trouble. Something that big moving just disoriented me and we were on smooth water. It was a rough 48 hours.

I was Coast Guard deck ape. I worked in the paint locker one winter and pulled more negative G's than riding in the vomit comet.

I remember walking down a passageway in a straight line and half my steps would be on the bulkhead as we rolled past 30 degrees. Once you get your sea legs it's all fun. 

[alskahawk]

 There are medications. But one of my fellow sailors used to get seasick with the ship, a helicopter carrier tied up to the pier. Fortunately we didn't go to sea that often.

[Curval]

Lord Nelson got seasick on every trip out apparently.

I get really sea sick almsot as soon as I lose sight of land, on a fishing boat.  I simply refuse to go out any longer.  Nothing sucks quite as bad as being forced to be sick all day because they have paid alot of money to be there.

I don't get sick on cruise ships, which I found suprising...pleasantly suprising.

My wife went out on the boat when I took the kids parasailing in the Keys this summer and got horribly seasick.  She won't even contemplate buying a boat as a result, which kind of sucks.

[RedTop]

I was in from 81-85...spent lots of time underway. Never got sick but saw many that did....Saltine Crackers and a lil koolaid or some mustard sardines and crackers....Oil helps coat the stomach...worked for me anyway....Old Master chief gave me those tips in bootcamp.

[VonMessa]

Went out on this beautiful vessel while on our honeymoon.   http://www.windwardschooner.com/

Wife fed the fish the whole way out to the Tobago Cays.  Even getting in the water to snorkel didn't help (which usually cures it).

She is perfectly fine on my parents powerboat (in the background) and our dinghy, even when choppy on the Chesapeake.



She also gets sick if too far below deck on a cruise.

I never have and never will understand it.  I have not been in the Navy, but I was raised around boats my whole life and have been on all types of vessels, in all types of weather and have never been seasick.  It is a shame too, because we would love get a cruising sailboat, something big enough to take to blue water, but we haven't found a way to keep my wife from being sick...

[guncrasher]

I take Dramamine for motion sickness.  works good.


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[RotBaron]

Scopalomine, that is the answer. Consult your Dr. first.

It can be made for you by compounding pharmacies. I've fished offshore for most of my life, as far out as 180mi and on as small as 60' fishing boats. Up til ~10yrs ago the majority that got seasick were going to get it no matter. With Scopace (no longer a TM name) hardly anybody gets it anymore if they use it...

Dramamine, and Bonine are taken with somewhat mixed and limited results. With Scopalomine/Scopace I've yet to see more than just a few still get sick. There are medications however that you should not mix with Scopalomine and always consult with your physician, you'll need to anyways because it's by prescription only.

[colmbo]

The wife and I nibble on candied Ginger, it can prevent nausea and if already nauseated it can relieve it.  Works for the dog also.

[VonMessa]

Scopalomine, that is the answer. Consult your Dr. first.

It can be made for you by compounding pharmacies. I've fished offshore for most of my life, as far out as 180mi and on as small as 60' fishing boats. Up til ~10yrs ago the majority that got seasick were going to get it no matter. With Scopace (no longer a TM name) hardly anybody gets it anymore if they use it...

Dramamine, and Bonine are taken with somewhat mixed and limited results. With Scopalomine/Scopace I've yet to see more than just a few still get sick. There are medications however that you should not mix with Scopalomine and always consult with your physician, you'll need to anyways because it's by prescription only.

Gonna tell the wife about that. 

The wife and I nibble on candied Ginger, it can prevent nausea and if already nauseated it can relieve it.  Works for the dog also.

I make that all of the time, just because it tastes great!!!  It doesn't help the Mrs., though