My work team and I went deep sea fishing yesterday out of Seabrook. Seas were extremely rough, like 10-15 ft swells and the boat occasionally submerged at points. I'm still sick, haven't been so ill since the last bout of stomach flu like ten years ago.
Anybody else get seasickness?
I took a ferry to England a few months ago. Cabin on the 7th floor, the window was submerged half the time, I was sick for 19 hours straight :x
Not much fun, especially when you keep looking at the evacuation plan on the wall in front of you, realizing you'll never make it if something happens.
On the brighter side, the sea sickness disappeared instantly when entering port.
Even better, a lot of people apparently book return trips so they get to shop abroad for 5 or 6 hours and then return home. As the storm had delayed the ferry by 6 hours, these people had to re-board almost immediately and sail back into the storm. :lol:
The schadenfreude made it almost worthwhile.
But not quite.
Nah, it seems I'm not prone to motion sickness of any type. Seems like it sucks pretty bad though. There were some flight crew and people on my ship that had a hard time with that sort of thing.
I get sea sick. Never used to as a kid. I haven't been on a boat in a while but the last few times deep sea fishing were tough on me, so bad that I made a mental note to take something for seasickness before I ever went on another boat in the ocean.
The worst I had though was from carnival rides. Some years ago I was went on some rides. Got so dizzy, queasy feeling, inner ear kind of dizzy, not stomach. At first I had to wait before I could drive, and that queasiness lasted for a couple of days as it slowly diminished. No more amusement park rides for me!
Not at all. :cool:
This thread makes me miss my boat. Haven't had time for it for a while. :(
No idea. It has been quite some time since I've been on a boat.
I never got any kind of motion sickness. When I was on a cruise ship for a week, my equilibrium was screwed up so that for a few days after I got back home I felt like I was still swaying. But that's about it.
Yes, I get seasick since the early 90's, a 3 week amphibious landing exercise. Small flat bottom boat bobbing in the open ocean for 24 hours shifts. Since then, just about anything gives me motion sickness.
I used to get motion sickness really bad, I still do if I have to sit in the back seat of the car or read while I am riding. I haven't been on a boat in a long time. When I was still in high school we were in San Diego and going to go out on a fishign trip in the ocean. I was puking my guts out before the boat left the dock, so I went back to my grandparents house while everyone else went out.
I was a bit queasy when I took a ferry off Jejudo, but I didn't throw up.
I am quite susceptible to motion sickness. I don't just get it on boats, I can also get it in planes or in busses. I even got it in the past when playing 3D games like AvP or when watching Cloverfield.
I've experienced it playing games like Halo or even Doom.
Quote from: sbr on July 26, 2013, 09:17:16 AM
I used to get motion sickness really bad, I still do if I have to sit in the back seat of the car or read while I am riding.
That used to drive my sister batty when we were on family car trips as kids. I could read all day in the car, she'd want to pass out before the first page was read.
I was airsick once. In a DeHavilland Twin Otter floatplane over northern Manitoba. It was rainy and overcast, causing the plane to fly quite low and right through non-stop turbulence. It was not fun.
I've gotten queasy on a boat once or twice. Generally found that going outside in the cool air and where I could see the horizon would make it go away.
I never get seasick with an easy point of reference to see. On the Bay or even close coastal sailing, everything was fine. When the horizon was all sea it would take me a day or two out of port to get accustomed - normally I just used one scopolamine transdermal and when that wore off I was fine for next leg of 10-20 days.
People who don't get motion sickness should try sailing on a boat at sea - I thought I was fine up to that point.
That scopolamine patch did fuck all.
Quote from: PDH on July 26, 2013, 10:13:50 AM
People who don't get motion sickness should try sailing on a boat at sea - I thought I was fine up to that point.
Friends of my sister are very passionate sailors. So they wanted to sail around the world. When crossing from the Canaries to the Caribbean, one of them basically was sick for three weeks straight and that's when they decided to sell the boat somewhere in South America and take a plane back...
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 26, 2013, 10:24:21 AM
That scopolamine patch did fuck all.
I usually take dimenhydrinate tablets when I fly.
The dimenhydrinate stuff works sometims, but will often knock me out. I was hoping the patch thing would keep me from being miserable but awake enough to fish and partake of the normal things.
True, it certainly makes you quite tired. Which is a plus on flights for me.
Scopolamine seems to work best for those who get mildly seasick. It just does enough to take the edge off of the nausea.
Quote from: Zanza on July 26, 2013, 10:48:03 AM
True, it certainly makes you quite tired. Which is a plus on flights for me.
Yes.
Quote from: PDH on July 26, 2013, 10:13:50 AMPeople who don't get motion sickness should try sailing on a boat at sea - I thought I was fine up to that point.
Small boats are pretty fun when they get all crazy in the open ocean. I was actually fairly impressed by how much even a large ship like the one I was on (581ft long) for a long time would roll in heavy seas though, especially when empty (no cargo, not totally empty obviously). Had to tie myself into my rack a couple of times and
I was below the waterline.E: I take that back. My stateroom was right on the waterline, not below it. Still the motion wasn't as bad as up in the superstructure where the officers and higher ranking civilians lived (and the bridge, obviously, where I worked).
Quote from: PDH on July 26, 2013, 10:13:50 AM
People who don't get motion sickness should try sailing on a boat at sea - I thought I was fine up to that point.
Bah, sailing in rough waters is fun! Especially on a little J-70 wind rocket.
My only real "motion sickness" problem is vertigo, I guess. You know how people at great heights are told to never look down, but look up? I can look down just fine all day long, but if I look up, I get all dizzy and shit.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on July 26, 2013, 10:55:06 AM
Quote from: PDH on July 26, 2013, 10:13:50 AMPeople who don't get motion sickness should try sailing on a boat at sea - I thought I was fine up to that point.
Small boats are pretty fun when they get all crazy in the open ocean. I was actually fairly impressed by how much even a large ship like the one I was on (581ft long) for a long time would roll in heavy seas though, especially when empty (no cargo, not totally empty obviously). Had to tie myself into my rack a couple of times and I was below the waterline.
E: I take that back. My stateroom was right on the waterline, not below it. Still the motion wasn't as bad as up in the superstructure where the officers and higher ranking civilians lived (and the bridge, obviously, where I worked).
You were on a 'Mars'. :cool:
Quote from: mongers on July 26, 2013, 11:30:47 AM
You were on a 'Mars'. :cool:
Yes. The San Jose, to be specific.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defenceindustrydaily.com%2Fimages%2FSHIP_T-AFS-7_USNS_San_Jose_Sydney_lg.jpg&hash=42e19ce5b7a4022555e24d8765ad963464ff6f9c)
:)
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on July 26, 2013, 11:39:14 AM
Quote from: mongers on July 26, 2013, 11:30:47 AM
You were on a 'Mars'. :cool:
Yes. The San Jose, to be specific.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defenceindustrydaily.com%2Fimages%2FSHIP_T-AFS-7_USNS_San_Jose_Sydney_lg.jpg&hash=42e19ce5b7a4022555e24d8765ad963464ff6f9c)
:)
:ccr
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 26, 2013, 10:59:03 AM
My only real "motion sickness" problem is vertigo, I guess. You know how people at great heights are told to never look down, but look up? I can look down just fine all day long, but if I look up, I get all dizzy and shit.
Ditto. It's gotten to the point with me where I get this weird feeling like I'm going to fall upward into the sky.
Quote from: derspiess on July 26, 2013, 11:55:43 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 26, 2013, 10:59:03 AM
My only real "motion sickness" problem is vertigo, I guess. You know how people at great heights are told to never look down, but look up? I can look down just fine all day long, but if I look up, I get all dizzy and shit.
Ditto. It's gotten to the point with me where I get this weird feeling like I'm going to fall upward into the sky.
You probably will.
Quote from: derspiess on July 26, 2013, 11:55:43 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 26, 2013, 10:59:03 AM
My only real "motion sickness" problem is vertigo, I guess. You know how people at great heights are told to never look down, but look up? I can look down just fine all day long, but if I look up, I get all dizzy and shit.
Ditto. It's gotten to the point with me where I get this weird feeling like I'm going to fall upward into the sky.
Lol, yeah, I couldn't even hang upside down on the monkey bars in the playground as a kid.
I only get motion sickness in certain games, for example Half-life 2 and its mods (never got sick playing HL1 mods). Usually it gets better if I can open the field of view.
Thankfully don't get motion sick, because in my line of work I've had to be filming on H-60 Jayhawks and on board ships out in Bering Sea.
Quote from: Iormlund on July 26, 2013, 12:14:12 PM
I only get motion sickness in certain games, for example Half-life 2 and its mods (never got sick playing HL1 mods). Usually it gets better if I can open the field of view.
The only screen thing I recall making me feel somewhat ill is that presentation tool Prezzie. Can't handle that zooming in and out.
Quote from: katmai on July 26, 2013, 12:18:17 PM
and on board ships out in Bering Sea.
Ever see anybody toss their cookies on that one?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 26, 2013, 12:27:20 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 26, 2013, 12:18:17 PM
and on board ships out in Bering Sea.
Ever see anybody toss their cookies on that one?
Heck ya, with the weather out there it is bound to happen.
Best was a fellow cameraman, poor guy did fine on board ship, but something about staring through camera fucked up his equilibrium and made him spew all over the Helo when in the air.
The coasties playfully wouldn't let him live it down as meant the flight had to be pulled in and scrubbed down.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 26, 2013, 10:03:44 AM
Quote from: sbr on July 26, 2013, 09:17:16 AM
I used to get motion sickness really bad, I still do if I have to sit in the back seat of the car or read while I am riding.
That used to drive my sister batty when we were on family car trips as kids. I could read all day in the car, she'd want to pass out before the first page was read.
Heh, CdM and I have something in common. :)
I used to love being taken drives to the coast; 2 hours of reading with no interruptions. Heaven...
Quote from: Agelastus on July 26, 2013, 01:44:58 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 26, 2013, 10:03:44 AM
Quote from: sbr on July 26, 2013, 09:17:16 AM
I used to get motion sickness really bad, I still do if I have to sit in the back seat of the car or read while I am riding.
That used to drive my sister batty when we were on family car trips as kids. I could read all day in the car, she'd want to pass out before the first page was read.
Heh, CdM and I have something in common. :)
I used to love being taken drives to the coast; 2 hours of reading with no interruptions. Heaven...
Here's the difference between the UK and the Canadian prairies.
I remember taking summer road trips - up to 13 hours reading with no interruptions...
Well difference between UK and North American.
I vomited on the Japanese prime minister.
:D
I don't get motion sickness or seasickness.
I do get a paralyzing fear of dying a horribly painful death after falling more than 200 feet, but luckily, that didn't affect the deployment of the training chute.
Quote from: katmai on July 26, 2013, 12:31:46 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 26, 2013, 12:27:20 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 26, 2013, 12:18:17 PM
and on board ships out in Bering Sea.
Ever see anybody toss their cookies on that one?
Heck ya, with the weather out there it is bound to happen.
Best was a fellow cameraman, poor guy did fine on board ship, but something about staring through camera fucked up his equilibrium and made him spew all over the Helo when in the air.
The coasties playfully wouldn't let him live it down as meant the flight had to be pulled in and scrubbed down.
Same reason people get sick reading in the car. It has to do with the difference in movement detected between your eyes and the little balance/gyro-sensor in your ears. Your eyes are focused and don't notice the movement while the rest of your body is moving all around.
Oh I know why he got sick.
For me my biggest problem is if I'm a passenger in a vehicle I just fall asleep. :P
Still nauseous.