Chucking Up/Sea-sick Remedies?!

[Madfish]

Sturgeron.

Madfish

[DonnaA]

I go for sturgeron as well - having said that, on a red sea liveaboard last year, with a particular rough bit of crossing, I was quickly going very green. One of the kitchen staff obviously took pity on me and gave me 2 freshly squeezed lemons in a cup and told me to drink it - it worked and my tummy very quickly settled.... not sure why citrus worked so well?

Donna

[Mr T.]

Woman who went on a cruise now has permanent seasickness
By Sally Pook
(Filed: 16/11/2005)


A woman described yesterday how a rare, debilitating condition has left her feeling constantly seasick four years after she went on a Mediterranean cruise.

Jane Houghton, 41, developed the little-known Mal de Debarquement Syndrome during a week-long voyage from Palma, Majorca, with her husband and son.

Since then the condition has forced her to give up her full-time job and has brought her close to suicide.

She said of the cruise: "It was a lovely break; we would wake up each day to crystal clear waters. Only one thing marred it: in the evenings, when we were on dry land having a meal, I continued to feel as if I was out at sea.

"In restaurants the tables would bob and weave about. I asked the others if they were experiencing the same feelings. They looked at me as if I was mad."

Mrs Houghton, a former officer manager from Warrington, Cheshire, continued to feel nauseous and dizzy after the cruise had ended. Her GP prescribed anti-motion sickness tablets and later anti-depressants, both of which failed to help.

She began to feel suicidal and had to move to part-time working in her job with a marketing company. Everyday tasks such as ironing and vacuuming became impossible.

Mrs Houghton said: "I didn't have a clue what I had at first. My GP sent me for an MRI scan. By this time I was frantic, believing I had a brain tumour.
"Thankfully it came back negative. I felt constantly nauseous and had developed tinnitus in both ears."

Six months after her cruise, Mrs Houghton received information from the American-based Vestibular Disorders Association, to which she had written. They pinpointed Mal de Debarquement Syndrome. "It was such a relief to find out about this condition so that I could set about being medically diagnosed," she said.

"But, more than four years later, if anything I am worse. I wake up and the room is see-sawing. It is just like being on the roughest seas imaginable in a little boat."

She added: "I naively thought there would be some miracle cure, some tablet I could take and make it all go away. There isn't."

Mrs Houghton is now being treated at the Leicester Balance Centre, under the guidance of Andrew Clements, a specialist physiotherapist.

He said the syndrome was not widely recognised by the medical establishment and was often misdiagnosed. GPs often believed the problem was psychological. "It is very rare and it is very difficult to pick up," he said.

"At first it doesn't seem troublesome. But for some people, like Jane, it can last for years. No one knows why some people are susceptible. There may be a viral component."

Mr Clements, who has three other patients with the syndrome, said there were no official figures for the number of sufferers in Britain.

Mrs Houghton, who began going on cruises at the age of 10 with her parents, had never experienced sea-sickness before. "I have been back on boats since as I thought that might help shake it off. But it hasn't," she said.

She is now trying to raise awareness of the syndrome. "It is crucial to help sufferers know that it isn't all in their head," she added.


Mal de Debarquement Syndrome

[Scuba1]

Sitting under an old oak is the best cure they found out so far.

[Justin Owen]

oooh - will have to look into this - after i've been on a liveaboard, i feel like i'm swaying around for anything upto two weeks after the trip - its a very, very weird feeling...!

[The Doctor]

Best cure standing under a tree our drink a pint of sea water and l can say with hand on heart this will work 99 times out of a hundred.

[resting rifleman]

Originally Posted by Mr T.

Woman who went on a cruise now has permanent seasickness
By Sally Pook
(Filed: 16/11/2005)


A woman described yesterday how a rare, debilitating condition has left her feeling constantly seasick four years after she went on a Mediterranean cruise.

Jane Houghton, 41, developed the little-known Mal de Debarquement Syndrome during a week-long voyage from Palma, Majorca, with her husband and son.

Since then the condition has forced her to give up her full-time job and has brought her close to suicide.

She said of the cruise: "It was a lovely break; we would wake up each day to crystal clear waters. Only one thing marred it: in the evenings, when we were on dry land having a meal, I continued to feel as if I was out at sea.

"In restaurants the tables would bob and weave about. I asked the others if they were experiencing the same feelings. They looked at me as if I was mad."

Mrs Houghton, a former officer manager from Warrington, Cheshire, continued to feel nauseous and dizzy after the cruise had ended. Her GP prescribed anti-motion sickness tablets and later anti-depressants, both of which failed to help.

She began to feel suicidal and had to move to part-time working in her job with a marketing company. Everyday tasks such as ironing and vacuuming became impossible.

Mrs Houghton said: "I didn't have a clue what I had at first. My GP sent me for an MRI scan. By this time I was frantic, believing I had a brain tumour.
"Thankfully it came back negative. I felt constantly nauseous and had developed tinnitus in both ears."

Six months after her cruise, Mrs Houghton received information from the American-based Vestibular Disorders Association, to which she had written. They pinpointed Mal de Debarquement Syndrome. "It was such a relief to find out about this condition so that I could set about being medically diagnosed," she said.

"But, more than four years later, if anything I am worse. I wake up and the room is see-sawing. It is just like being on the roughest seas imaginable in a little boat."

She added: "I naively thought there would be some miracle cure, some tablet I could take and make it all go away. There isn't."

Mrs Houghton is now being treated at the Leicester Balance Centre, under the guidance of Andrew Clements, a specialist physiotherapist.

He said the syndrome was not widely recognised by the medical establishment and was often misdiagnosed. GPs often believed the problem was psychological. "It is very rare and it is very difficult to pick up," he said.

"At first it doesn't seem troublesome. But for some people, like Jane, it can last for years. No one knows why some people are susceptible. There may be a viral component."

Mr Clements, who has three other patients with the syndrome, said there were no official figures for the number of sufferers in Britain.

Mrs Houghton, who began going on cruises at the age of 10 with her parents, had never experienced sea-sickness before. "I have been back on boats since as I thought that might help shake it off. But it hasn't," she said.

She is now trying to raise awareness of the syndrome. "It is crucial to help sufferers know that it isn't all in their head," she added.


Mal de Debarquement Syndrome

scam? should't be too difficult for a shit hot barrister to show she contracted this with "such and such" cruise line, ergo they are responsible! and should make her comfortable aboard one of thier ships untill a cure is found.

[fatone]

Now you come to mention it i cannot do ironing and vacuuming, and, after a long day's hard boat trip i sometimes find that 3 or 4 hours latter the tables in the pub start swaying, my legs go wobbly, and i am surrounded by beutiful women.
A kebab somtimes helps.

[daveb0000]

Originally Posted by yellowduke

Another vote for Stugeron here. Also another thing to try is sucking on a piece of lime, surprisingly it works!

Jim

yep always got a peice of lime in me bag

[Dr T]

what a waste of a perfectly good piece of lime.......g&t, ice, lime ...hummmm