Have you ever been sea sick

Sea sickness - Do you get sea sick?
@pitstop (14057)
Australia
April 7, 2009 12:19pm CST
I have never been on a ship. I have been on short cruises. I was always scared that I would get sea sick if I went for a longer cruise. Last year I went on a 20 hour cruise on a houseboat - very similar to a ship - and found out that I didnt have any problem. I really enjoyed it. the waters were however calm and everything was smooth. I wonder if I will get sick in rougher seas and choppy waters. Do you get sea sick?
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
9 Apr 09
I get motion sick in the back seat of cars quite a lot, but the only time I ever was sick on a ship, I went into shock when I was gettin ON the ferry because I have a phobia about grills and grates on the ground and I had to walk across about 20 feet of one.
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
9 Apr 09
Congrats on making it to the ferry though! Were you scared?
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
9 Apr 09
not on the ferry, I've been on ferries off and on, and longer rides, like from Washington State to Vancover Island just walking across the grate - and the guy putting the cars on stopped the cars while I walked across (I wish someone had offered to drive me across)
• China
8 Apr 09
I have the same experience as you .My grandmother,my mother and even me have the same problem,but it seemed i`m the least one who effect by the problem. From years and years,i find my feeling is less and less when i`m on short cruises. Whether this can cure by time?i don`t know.
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
9 Apr 09
Does this sea sickness run in families - this is the first time I heard such a thing!
• China
9 Apr 09
hehe,i really not want like this......That`s a terrible feeling~
• Malaysia
8 Apr 09
i've been on ships, ferries and boats many times but i've only been sea sick once. it was on the way to paris from england and i got really sick that i couldn't do anything, just had to lie down. it was no fun! thank goodness it only happened that one time, i almost thought that i couldnt go on a ship/ferry/boat anymore!
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
That must have been a terrible trip. How long was that trip?
• Malaysia
11 Apr 09
cant remember, maybe around an hour or slightly more. it was terrible but that was a long time ago luckily!
@Mamagee (392)
• Malaysia
9 Apr 09
I have my experiance by riding on a speedboat. I didn't have any problem and I enjoy it. I and my friends also go for canoing on the sea for 8 hours until we get soo tired. Know what happen to us? We are rescued by army on duty.
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
9 Apr 09
That must have been quite an adventure. Do you have pics of the trip and rescue?
@rymebristol (1808)
• Philippines
8 Apr 09
my first travel by sea, i thought that i won't last even for an hour on board. but to my surprised i did all the way through out the journey. when i was still a kid, i used to get dizzy even at short distance travel and vomit afterwards. my mom would always carry ointment and lots and lots of candy.
@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
9 Apr 09
Do you still get dizzy?
@scififan43 (2434)
• United States
8 Apr 09
I have been sea sick only once in my life. I was serving in the navy and when my boat went out to sea for the second time I got realy sick. I did not get sick the first time so I realy did not worry about the second time. Their was some medication I was suposed to use but I did not need it the first time we went to see. the second time the seas were very chopy and maybe that was the reason I got sick the second time. I later used the anit-sickness meds and got better alfterwords.
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
Now that you are on the navy I guess you must have got used to it!
• United States
9 Apr 09
I served in the navy a long time ago, but yes I ajusted myself for it.
@lynnemg (4529)
• United States
8 Apr 09
I have never been on the sea. I have only been in canoes or very small boats that were powered by oars, not a motor. I would like to go on a cruise ship on of these years, and when I do, I hope I don't find myself becoming sea sick. I have been told that because they are so large, it feels like you are still on dry land until you are actually looking over the ocean.
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
Hope your dream to go on a cruise in the seas comes tru!
@gicolet (1702)
• United States
8 Apr 09
I got sea sick on our cruise trip from Alaska to Vancouver and it didn't happen while we were awake looking out at the views around or walking around the ship and enjoying everything. It happened when we were actually laying down at night sleeping. I actually woke up cause the water was so choppy I got so dizzy and couldn't sleep.
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
That is quite different from what other people have shared!!
• United States
8 Apr 09
I get sea sick when I'm on open, choppy water. I've been on river cruises and been fine, but of course, those are on relatively calm water. On seas and oceans, though, I tend to get pretty ill, so I always make sure to pack extra sea sickness tablets when I'm going to be going on a boat or a cruise. Sometimes sleep helps, if I lay down early enough when my symptoms start, but if I don't catch it early enough, it can be a disaster!
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
Some people say that when you can see any land people dont get seasick. I wonder if that is true with you!
@Hvaniday1 (550)
• Malaysia
8 Apr 09
No, I like sea and cruising. I am a sail man. Happy Mylotting.
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
Enjoy the sea my friend!
• United States
8 Apr 09
This past October I went on a snorkeling trip in the Red Sea and I did get very sea sick. The boat ride on the way out was about 1.5 hours and the water was very choppy. On the way back the water was calm and I was fine. So as long as the water is not to choppy I am okay. I also frequently get air sick on long flights. I fly back and forth between Egypt and New York almost twice a year, it is 11 hour flight. Just about every single time I have gotten sick on the plane, it is terrible.
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
have you tried to take any meds before your long Egypt flights to reduce the sickness?
@skyla26 (284)
• Philippines
8 Apr 09
i've been onboard on ship travelling to another place.. i think we have the same problem..
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
How bad was it?
@yinmm007 (605)
• China
8 Apr 09
i get car sick ,elevator sick,but without sea sick
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
Elevators make you sick is it. That must be terrible!
• India
8 Apr 09
am always a sea sick guy. wana be amidst sea always. thats why planning to buy a resort nearby the cost. i love to along and inside it.
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
I don't understand! How can you be seasick and still love the sea!!
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
7 Apr 09
When I was at college I went on a voyage for a week down the river Thames. It was not a holiday and we were expected to do a night watch and learn to do deck duties. As soon as the vessel got out to the open sea I was really sea sick. I had a salad to eat at a port in Indonesia then I got the ferry to Malaysia. I couldn't stop throwing up on that trip. I stayed ill with sickness and a high temperature for the next week. The worst sea crossing was a trip to Ireland. The high speed ferry went incredibly slow indeed. I was sick over and over again. The ferry arrived and then all further sailings were canceled. I had to find accommodation in Dublin and stay overnight. A £10 good will voucher made up for that awful trip. I went on a ferry to the Channel Islands and I didn't see my ex-boyfriend for much of the trip. The waves were high and he spent most of the time in the men's toilets being sick. We got my dog off the ferry which took time so we ended up missing the ferry on to the smaller island. Luckily the sea taxi took us but it was such a rough crossing. At one stage we got rocked off our seats on to the floor.
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
That looks like an awful lot of seasick experiences. I'm sure you'll avoid any more water trips!
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
7 Apr 09
Hi pitshop! When I was still a college student I had joined NCC that National Cadet Corps and my department was Navy. Once we had a 25 days National Camp at Vizag and there we were taken on ship for 8 hours to and fro and we were advised not to take anything heavy as the sea ( The Bay of Bengle ) was all waves and rolling of the war ship we boarded was rolling. I saw almost all puking and finally falling flat as they became sea sick and fortunately nothing happened to me and rather enjoyed the sea that too on a war ship. From this I can say that I have no sea sickness.
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
7 Apr 09
If that experience didnt rock you nothing else will! Rock on!!
• Singapore
7 Apr 09
i got car sick ,sea sick , i can't travel with boat and car. i seldom take bus too, we take train is faster and not so shaky and let me vomit, but do not know why .i don't have plant sick ????? so because i took a medical before that... i still prefer train or plane ,faster and anti sick
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
You can take some medicines before each trip to help you.
@xhaylea (361)
7 Apr 09
nah im totally fine when on boats and things, don't get sea sick at all, i don't even get the slightest feeling of it, although i get sick when travelling by car, but that was when i was younger, im totally alright now. My dad gets sea sick though, so he cannot really come on boats with us and things, thats why we have never been on a cruise and not really planning to because of it.
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@pitstop (14057)
• Australia
8 Apr 09
I guess seasickness does not run in families!