Talk in the Shadows - Oh Great . . .

Oh Great . . .

May. 10th, 2008 at 3:00 PM

Things that make me motion sick:

Riding in the back seat of a car
Boats
Airplanes
Busses
Swings
Teetertotters
Carnival rides
IMax theaters
Any yoga pose that presses the top of my head against the floor
Reclining at a certain angle-- no, I'm not joking.

And now, earthquakes.

The 3.1 jolty one the other day left me a little off.

At 2:20 today, I was standing up, reaching for something on top of a high cabinet, when one of those more subtle, ripply ones went through. Nearly an hour later, I'm on the couch, very queasy, sipping seltzer, and thinking that the meditation incense I usually like was a Really Bad Idea.

In the event of a Big One, I'm going to be as useless as Seregil after a translocation spell.

I'm buying stock in whatever company makes Dramamine.

Mood: sick

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lazzchan wrote:

May. 10th, 2008 11:45 pm (UTC)

So you can get queasy from an earthquake? Makes me feel better from being queasy from the mini-one that was near my house a few weeks ago.

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tigerlofu wrote:

May. 10th, 2008 11:47 pm (UTC)

You know. My head just morphed you and Seregil into one being. And it is rather... amusing I must say. Then again that might be because I have the airport loopyness (yay for spending six hours in an airport so far with another one and a half to go).

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lilacsigil wrote:

May. 11th, 2008 12:54 am (UTC)

I have benign positional vertigo - meaning all the things above, plus driving, or moving my head in the wrong way or getting something off a high shelf can make me dizzy. Or I just wake up dizzy and sort of slide out of bed onto the floor. Car sickness tablets (I use Kwells, but I don't know if you have those) are better than the prescription stuff, but best of all is to train yourself to only move your head in one direction at a time. If you want to look up and to the left, look up, then left. Deep breathing and drinking cold water also help during and after an attack.

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tpod wrote:

May. 11th, 2008 12:56 am (UTC)

I can empathize with you regarding the severe motion sickness. It's sad, because I really love roller coasters and reading while traveling, I just can't do either.

The issues you have with reclining at a certain angle and yoga positions where the top of your head is essentially upside-down sound like vertigo or Labyrinthitis (inner ear inflammation). I go through spells from time to time where if I'm lying in bed and turn my head to the left, after a period of a few seconds, I'll have a sudden wave of dizziness and my eyes actually flicker rapidly up and down. The same with bending over and cocking mt head at a certain angle. Dizzy City.

You might want to consider visiting an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist.

Edited at 2008-05-11 12:56 am (UTC)

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akiko wrote:

May. 11th, 2008 02:31 am (UTC)

That's what I was going to say. It sounds like an inner ear problem or vertigo.

I also get car sick. Thankfully, it doesn't apply to trains or airplanes (except during takeoff/landing or turbulence.)

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iapetusneume wrote:

May. 11th, 2008 02:04 am (UTC)

Dramamine is a wonderful thing. I am incredibly strange and so far I've only ever gotten motion-sick in movie theaters (doesn't matter what type of movie or where I sit). I have no issues with the usual suspects of motion sickness, and I get the strangest looks from people when I tell them what triggers it.

I guess always try to keep some Dramamine available? I know my mother keeps some in her purse at all times.

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phrasework wrote:

May. 11th, 2008 02:50 am (UTC)

I also recommend a medication called Bonine. It leaves you less groggy, and the chewable tablets help in seconds. It's amazing what modern medicine can do!

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