Re: [Paddlewise] Towing, seasick

From: <dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 09:41:34 -0400
>
> 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


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