motion sickness wrist bands
 

has anyone tried those wrist bands that exert slight pressure advertised for motion sickness prevention? my son gets sick easily on planes, etc. tomorrow he's going out on a sailboat with a friend on lake michigan. i'm going to give him "bonine" which is similar to dramamine but supposedly doesn't make you as drowsy. a guy i know swears by the wrist bands and i almost bought them at walgreens. anyone tried them or the bonine?

I wouldn't get a wrist band after I heard a doctor on TV: if works if you wear it properly, if you find the right spot.

I usually take dramamine for longer bus trips or boats, and ginger for shorter ones.

I used them on a cruise for the first day and then they got too annoying and I took them off. Who can say if they work - I didn't get sick, but I might not have anyway. I feel motion sickness just looking at a boat, so I am sure much of it is in my head. So if I thought the bands would work, that was a big part of the success.

Bonine makes me as sleepy as Dramamine - with neither do I get seasick, but I am so drowsy I am not sure I would even be aware if I were ill.

Tough choice - maybe try a lower dose of Bonine and the bands and hope it is a calm day!

I swear by Bonine. I was just out on Lake Michigan over the weekend. A few people on the boat were sick (I've been sick out there myself) now I take Bonine (one pill only) and I'm fine. My doctor recommended it. I've taken dramamine and I felt like I was high on that stuff. Bonine only makes me drowsy when I drink a few glasses of wine with it!

I used the wrist band on a cruise and found it really works for me. Ginger is also a choice. You can get ginger tablets at a health food store.

Ginger capsules work well for me too.

Sailboats are pretty good about pulling through waves rather than bouncing along like motor boats. Hopefully, unless they anchor, he will be OK. Another option is a bracelet sold in West Marine stores just for the purpose.

While I've heard that the wrist bands aren't supposed to work, they worked for me during a long, twisty van ride. Power of suggestion? Perhaps. A nurse friend of mine suggests scopalamine (sp?) patches, which I believe require a prescription.
For what it's worth, I feel fine in the open air; it's being cooped up in a car that makes me ill. I hope the same is true for your son, and that he has great sail!

I have used the bracelets for the last 2 years and find they work well for me. They are tight and you have to get the little plastic ball on the correct spot but we have driven almost 8000 miles through most of the curviest roads in California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Colorado and I haven't gotten sick yet, and in the past I've had a real problem with car sickness.

I wear them on every flight. They work well. My husband wore them on our honeymoon cruise years ago also. They also work for morning sickness.

My husband gets sea sick and Bonine worked for him without the extreme drowsiness of dramamine. I would suggest nibbling and drinking fluids off and on all day to keep from getting too hungry or too dehydrated which can cause you to get ill.

Has anyone tried the prescribed "ear" patches? I was going to use them for the road to Hana (due to car sickness) and for sailing/snorkeling trips...but I'm wondering if the patches will come off when wet???