Do you get car sick?
By arkaf61
@arkaf61 (10881)
Canada
April 27, 2007 11:19pm CST
Depending on the person driving it might be less than five minutes before I start hoping the ride is over.
It can be a bit better if I"m sitting in the front as opposed to the back, but if we're driving during rush hour and we keep stopping and going and stopping and going, I'd rather walk.
Can't go on carrousel rides either, actually can't even stand just looking at it when it's going. Even as a kid I couldn't be on a slide for too long.
Funny thing though: I don't get sick if I'm driving. I don't get sick on trains or.. get this: a ship - as long as I can stand and go outside.
Are there are myLotters that get car sick really bad? What do you do when you can't get off the car? DO you take something before the trip starts if you think you might get motion sickness?
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
28 Apr 07
I prefer to be behind the Wheel but the only time I get Car sick and always have is when I am in the back
I am very nervous when someone else is driving anyway and I find myself looking for the Pedals lol specially the Brakes but I am not to bad apart from when I have to travel in the back
@patgalca (18415)
• Orangeville, Ontario
28 Apr 07
My husband's family lives an 18 hour drive from here - longer with kids and pit-stops. The first year we all drove down my younger daughter was sick a few times. That made my older daughter feel sick. She got out of the van and refused to get back in - we were less than 2 hours from our destination.
A couple of years ago my younger daughter got sick a half an hour after we left home. I think I had the van too warm because my aunt and uncle were with me and I wanted them to be comfortable. My daughter threw up twice. My older daughter freaked out.
I noticed that first time we went to the in-laws and we drove all night that I felt worse driving in the dark. When the sun came up I started to feel a bit better. But because my kid being sick makes me feel sick, all three of us gals take Gravol. And at this point, we all refuse to drive to the in-laws ever again. If we go, we want to fly. Hubby is not too happy about that. He went by himself last year.
It is easier though if you are driving. I don't think anyone gets carsick when they are the one driving the vehicle. Funny how that works.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
28 Apr 07
I know... I think it's because we're concentrating on the driving.. but if that is so, what does it make being car sick? Our imagination? It feels way to physically to be on my head.
In our family I am the only one that gets car sick. They actually make fun of me sometimes LOL I don't usually throw up anymore because I can recognize the signs when it's starting and I always warn hubby. He takes the warnings seriously because he knows what can happen if he doesn't hehe
I also keep a spray bottle in the car now. I found out that if I can spray my face with water sometimes I can feel a bit better, long enough for us to get somewhere where we can stop safely. And of course my window is always open which makes them all complain specially during winter LOL
@patgalca (18415)
• Orangeville, Ontario
28 Apr 07
Well, it is called motion sickness for a reason. Like I said, in the back seat it is bumpier and more likely to make one sick. I can't sit on my lounge swing in the backyard unless it is completely still. I can be on it for five minutes, go in the house and sit on the couch and still feel like I'm on the swing. Same thing with a mini trampoline I was on the other day for a few minutes. I wasn't bouncing off my feet, just gentle bouncing and rolling from heel to toe. I still felt like I was standing on it when I got off. I think for me it might have to do with my heightened sensitivity of the senses due to fibromyalgia. For my daughter, she was pukey since the day she was born. Sensitive stomach she has.
@PurpleTeddyBear (6685)
• Canada
7 May 07
I don't get sick from planes, trains, boats, cars, or any forms of transportation. The only time I do feel a little icky though is if we are going up a windy twisty road. Those my tummy can't handle, but I have never actually gotten sick from it!
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@Aphroditei_5279 (2465)
• Philippines
9 May 07
I think it depends on the driving like you said. I have once ride a bus and the driver was constantly stepping so heavily on his brakes. That it gave a seesaw motion to the vehicle. And I really got dizzy that day. When I'm in this kind of situation, I try to get some fresh air (if available~~lol) or I just close my eyes. Because at least it is more peaceful and less dizzy, than to see all the things and people moving around. (^^,)
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
20 May 07
Yes the way the person drives does have a lot to do on how long it will take me to get sick, but in the end if the ride is long enough I will get sick no matter what .
Fresh air of course helps, but the only way for me to really stop it is to get out of the car. WHich if we're on a highway it not an easy task :)
@Woodpigeon (3710)
• Ireland
4 May 07
Yes, it has been a life long problem. Like you, if I am driving it either doesn't happen at all or is much milder. I don't ge sick on trains (even in the facing backwards seat) on planes, or on boats. The last time we boarded ther overnight ferry to France, which is a 16 hour trip, they were cleaning vomit off the decks from the earlier run, and the seas were very rough but I slept like a baby and woke hale and well.
Put me in the car and it is another story. I keep my eyes on the road, don't look in the back seast, and do my best to not have to look at the map, because if I look away from the road it is nealry guaranteed to start.
I guess it is a good thing. I eventually outgrew throwing up, but I have never gotten over the feeling like I am going to! I don't take anything for it, but we used to have plastic bags in the car when I was a kid for the inevitable.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
8 May 07
Oh my, that's exactly like me!!!!
I don't throw up either, but I feel really bad and I start feeling hot and starting to take my clothes of LOL It just feels like I"M burning. I always wear very loose clothes when I know I"ll be on a long car ride and I carry a spray bottle with water . If I spray my face it gets a bit better but not for long.
@SKLC_PT (1234)
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26 May 07
It depends on who's driving, the roads driven on and how long it takes and of course how fast they drive. A long drive and a lot of curves make me sick faster. I don't generally get sick on short trips. I find that when I'm distracted on long trips I won't feel sick so fast, good conversations, new things to see... When I do feel sick I try keeping the windows slightly open or wide open to breath fresh air and try looking straight ahead plus I'll try to mentalize to myself that I'm fine, the trip will be over soon..., I haven't vomited yet on a road trip and I hope never to do that, I think I'd be so embarrassed if that ever happened. I read a study that said there's more chances of women getting car sick then men.
@rouwel23 (1353)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
I used to get car sicknesses before, now I can manage. and everytime I ride in buses and boats and ferries, I take an anti-motion sickness pill.
