lovewhales@ccconline.net wrote: > > Fran Saunders wrote: > > > > Mark, thanks for the additional info on the early summer > > pelagics. I've mapped out a bit of a study outline for the next > > two weeks so that I can get the full benefit from the trip. I find > > pelagics a bit challenging on the ID scene. > > > > Anyone out there with experience using Phenergan > > (Promethazine) vice Bonine and other over the counter anti- > > motion sickness pills, please chirp in..... > > > > Belated response due to a Mem Day trip out to the E. Shore > > to work on State and county birds. I'm sure Norm will leave a > > note, so I won't repeat. > > > > Fran > > > >Hi Fran > > I have tried many motion sickness remedies since I do whale research and > am > on the seas quite often in the summer. Maybe some of these will help. > > Bonine and Dramamine(sp) both make me quite sleepy, even the non-drowsy > kind. > I use wrist bands which are based on pressure point techniques. > Available in > most marine stores and camping stores. > I also eat ginger snaps, and pretzels. You can buy ginger tablets at a > health > food store and take these. Plus you can chew on ginger root purchased > at grocery > stores. Make sure you board the boat with a full stomach. EAT! Munch > on pretzels > during the trip along with ginger snaps. Pretzels with the salt seem to > settle > the stomach. > Also, I have taken lemons and when I fell upset, put the lemon under > your nose > and sniff. Seems to settle the stomach. > I try to stay away from the prescription stuff. Have tried the behind > the ear > patch but that blurs the vision and cannot see through binocs (so what's > the > use of the trip) > Hope this helps. Let me know if I can be of any other help. Good luck > :-) and > keep your eyes above the horizon. Don't go below deck! > > Janelle Dietrich > Bowie, MD > lovewhales@ccconline.net Hi Fran, I am an ex-scuba diver and a present offshore fisherman. As a fisherman 80 to 100 miles offshore, I usually get slightly sick depending on the swells/wave action, so the least affecting remedy is to take only 1/2 of a Dramamine and you will not get so sleepy but still not get seasick. I just came back from Lake Ontario, NY and I used 1 Dramamine pill. It made me sleepy-but I took it 4 hours before leaving the shore and once onboard no side effects at all. So if you take take the D pill 4 hours prior to leaving you will be fine. The patch is nasty for me. I get anxious and also DRY mouth. I also do not eat any food that contains any fat before going on board. Once on board if I were to get ill I will not eat at all. The funny thing if I run my own boat I NEVER get seasick! Larry Line, Clarksville, MD