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Originally Posted by Elzaar
I went years without ever understanding how people could get seasick and then suddenly I started getting hit every time I went out - or worse yet went diving. Good to know regulators are designed for it and it draws the fish in close. 
The helm works every time. I also avoid doing anything fine - looking at charts, reading a book, digging through gear bags for small items. Avoid alcohol and coffee and try to eat something reasonably substantial a few hours before going - not 30 minutes. Sleep is also very important. I use 1/2 or 1/3 scopaline patch behind the ear (I weigh 210#) the night before and that takes the edge off without most of the side-effects, but I still can feel woozy when I take it off later. I've found if you try ginger get pickled ginger - it works almost immediately and is easy to digest. I've also used the elastic wrist bands with the plastic bead and they work pretty well for me. They work great for my girlfriend.
Only other tip I can suggest is I really think it's part mental, part real and the more you get stressed over it the worse it'll get. I got sick for years doing recreational stuff, then started working boats and rescues full time. One night it occurred to me while being bounced around on an open deck trying to do emt stuff that I certainly felt disoriented, but I was too damn busy to get sick and it just went away. So there must be a mind over matter component to it. I think if you get comfortable doing whatever it is you are doing it greatly reduces the chance of getting sick. If I'm just doing a dive now I rarely get sick, but if I'm doing an evaluation or something I use the scopaline. |
There definitely is a mind over matter thing here but I just can't get my mind to agree with my body that it doesn't matter that I am on a rolling, pitching boat.
But at this point I know most of it is in my head.