Cruise - sea sick

Lucyadams184

I'm going on a cruise soon and went to my doctor to get sea sickness tablets but he won't prescribe anything. Does anyone know if you can get anything over the counter? Hopefully I will be ok but then knowing my luck who knows.

Valli

There are lots of options. If it were me I would go to a pharmacist and discuss with him/her. Apart from anything else medical advice is not supposed to be given on this forum, it's against the rules.

HTH

Hudson1984

you should be fine on a cruise. they have stabilisers for just this reason although that can get a little weird too.

I always found sipping slightly salted warm water with lemon very good although this was oil tankers so flopped about a little more I would imagine

Bob_the_Saver

Is a cruise your best option if you suffer from seasickness?

A.Nurse

There are lots of sea sick pills you can get over the counter - "Joy rides" and "Stugeron" are 2 that I've had and were fine, you can always discuss it with the pharmacist.

Gloomendoom

My wife swears by Sea Bands

GlynD

Seasickness is caused by the motion of the ship causing problems with the inner ear. It's very unlikely that you'll actually notice any movement at all, so you shouldn't have a problem. Some people are really nervous about travel by ship however and that can bring sickness on so, as described above, consult a pharmacist.

There is also the option of treatment onboard. If you see the ship's doctor he/she will be able to give an injection which will cure it completely. Be aware though there is a charge for this - around £10 last time I was at sea but that's likely to have gone up.

So you see, you can relax and not worry about it and enjoy your cruise. I'd lay money on it you'll take future cruises because they're very enjoyable.

GlynD

Gloomendoom wrote: »

My wife swears by Sea Bands

I agree. I've used them for winter ferry crossings and they work for me.

ariba10

I used to suffer with Sea Sickness but not any more.

I don't go anywhere near ships!

Saturnalia

Gloomendoom wrote: »

My wife swears by Sea Bands

Definitely get a pair of these, they were the only thing that cured my very severe car-sickness, where OTC and prescribed meds were all useless.

martinthebandit

We have been on four cruises so far and my wife also gets sea sick on cross channel ferries but has never been sea sick on a cruise ship, they are a lot bigger and a lot more stable.

We were in a storm force 10 in the north Atlantic last year and we could hardly feel the boat moving.

Although my wife does take a pack of sturgeon with her she has never felt the need to take one.

Bottom line, don't worry you are very unlikely to be seasick, just enjoy the cruise, its a great way to holiday.