> > My girlfriend is prone to sea-sickness, and has had good results with the > new, less-drowsiness formula Dramamine (which we couldn't find in Canada). > That was in rather light swell, though she gets sick pretty easily. Has > anyone had a failure of this stuff in severe tests?? |Not familiar with any improvements in Dramamine, Mike --- even |kids' Benadryl knocks me out --- but has she tried those little |pressure point straps for the wrists? I'm not prone to sea |sickness, but, in continuing chop on workboats during prolonged |tests at sea, I have felt pretty punk, and found those straps <did> |make a difference. Or I <thought> they did, which is all that |counts. An option --- relatively inexpensive and drug-free. Give these things a try. My mother gets motion sick in the back of a car, airsick on planes, and seasick on a boat anchored in flat, and I do mean flat, water. She says these things work. Hope this helps.... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Apr 09 1999 - 06:42:25 PDT
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