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When I used to frequently take a two-hour bus trip in the last 20 years I always had to sit in the most forward seat, and then I would still sometimes feel nauseous. It was especially bad if we were going around a long winding turn, and I found that it helped to keep staring at the same point on the bus windshield, so my eyes were not following the turn but staying fixed. I also found some relief from applying pressure to the inside of my wrist. This is a specific technique: https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/patie ... d-vomiting
Not having recently eaten also helped. And getting air. Buses sometimes have an small fan you can turn on in the console above the seat, and in a car you can either open the window or blow stronger (cool) air from the vent.
I can't read at all when I am in a car or bus, not even glancing down for a moment or it makes me feel queasy almost right away.
Is this related to ASD?
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Motion sickness seems to be a genetic "condition". In my family either you have it or you don't, and I definitely have it!
Cars on curvy roads, boats in rough conditions, amusement park rides, and turbulent airplane flights are all the kiss of death.
Over the counter motion sickness meds work but leave me groggy and I hate taking meds in general. The best solution I've found is to eat crystalized ginger and wear accupressure wrist bands. Not. sure why they work, but I can now fly without taking anti motion sickness meds.
The tough thing is that there seems to be a psychological component to motion sickness. When I get stressed out over the fear of getting sick, it seems to make things much worse.
It's very hard to parse out the physical vs the psychological in motion sickness!
I can't travel on anything, I can't even sit on a swing. It's got worse and worse as I've got older. I have to keep as still as possible all the time.
Although if I travel on a bus every day I kind of get used to the motion and learn to cope with it. Never had a problem with trains though, I'd always choose those.
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Oh yeah, I can't stay on a swing for long now without getting nauseous either. Or roundabouts. I may as well not bother going to the park these days.
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Oh yeah, I can't stay on a swing for long now without getting nauseous either. Or roundabouts. I may as well not bother going to the park these days.
Yes I left my daughter to do all that, I didn't join in. Luckily she's too old to go to the park now
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Cars on curvy roads, boats in rough conditions, amusement park rides, and turbulent airplane flights are all the kiss of death.
Over the counter motion sickness meds work but leave me groggy and I hate taking meds in general. The best solution I've found is to eat crystalized ginger and wear accupressure wrist bands. Not. sure why they work, but I can now fly without taking anti motion sickness meds.
The tough thing is that there seems to be a psychological component to motion sickness. When I get stressed out over the fear of getting sick, it seems to make things much worse.
It's very hard to parse out the physical vs the psychological in motion sickness!
I've noticed that I was more likely to feel a tad queasy on crowded buses probably due to anxiety. Taking the benzo Klonopin before leaving when I might would take a crowded bus helped with my anxiety & queasiness. I take Klonopin a lot less often now that I'm more used to buses & I'm usually fine without it. I never noticed anxiety making me queasy in other anxiety situations thou. In non-bus situations my anxiety would make me go to the bathroom a lot instead. Taking Buspar for my anxiety helps alot with that.
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I had no idea there was a correlation here, but from the number of posts I'm starting to think so. I've been prone to motion sickness all my life. Never like riding in back seat of a car. Best when I am the driver, but on an unfamiliar curvy mountain road I can get it even then. Always want fresh air blowing in my face from a vent.
Interesting that several people mentioned ginger. Have not used it for motion sickness, but my general go-to for stomach upset is a ginger kombucha.