It would work, but they're pure caffeine. Might be a bit intense for
some people. Probably a much higher dose than a bottle of coke.
On 10/9/07, Gregory Little <> wrote:
> Dave
>
> I suffer terrible from drowsiness after taking sea sickness pills and
> can see the potential benefit of the Coke but what about popping a few
> "No Doze" tablets during the day instead of the Coke. Would this work?
> Any advise?
>
> Greg Little
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of David Stowe
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2007 1:46 PM
> Cc: Birding-aus Aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Sea sickness
>
> I have just come back from a trip to New Zealand (trip report coming
> soon!) and have now found what seems to be the perfect solution for
> me personally.
> I am pretty sure it is thanks to Rohan Clarke who suggested
> Dramamine, Coke and chips. (Coke helps offset the drowsiness from
> Dramamine plus burping helps; chips are good for salt intake and
> something light to keep munching on)
> After a pelagic from Kaikoura, boat trip through Marlborough Sounds
> (mostly pretty calm until White Rocks King Shag colony), a fishing/
> pelagic trip from Stewart Island, and the ferry across the Fouveaux
> Strait from Stewart Island (particularly rough), I used this
> technique each time and wasn't sick at all!!
> YAY!!
> I might even now contemplate another pelagic from Sydney or even
> Wollongong with my new found confidence!
>
> Like i said this works for me and I'm not trying at all to rub it in
> to those who haven't found a solution, but thanks to those that
> helped me out.
>
> Cheers
> Dave
>
> PS - managed to see 8 taxa of Albatross while over there including
> Buller's, Salvins, both Royals
>
>
>
> On 09/10/2007, at 10:07 AM, Fiona Anderson wrote:
>
> > I have just been atlking to my daughter who has sea sickness very
> > badly and found out the name of the drug that seems to be the most
> > successful.
> >
> > She writes
> > "I remember using some patches, but they were basically useless.
> > The tablets that finally made a difference were called Stugeron. I
> > believe the active ingredient is 15mg Cinnarizine. However, I was
> > on them for two days before I saw any real improvement, so I'm not
> > really sure if it was the tablets or just that after 6 days on the
> > water I finally got my sea legs. But depressingly, only two weeks
> > after leaving the ship we were on for 21 days, I went on a 3 hour
> > pelagic off Kaikoura and was sick again within an hour. I hadn't
> > kept my sea legs like I had hoped. I believe that Stugeron is not
> > available in Aussie, but is in the UK and USA. I'd start taking
> > them a few days before travel, not just a few hours like the packet
> > recommends.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have since done a few trips (only a few hours out from Cairns to
> > the reef) and found that if it wasn't too rough, Ginger tablets
> > worked OK. However on these trips the ocean is usually quite calm
> > and you are not often away from land. As soon as I can't see land
> > anymore, I really struggle."
> >
> > I hope this helps the lady who wants to take her Mum there (can't
> > remember who it was now, sorry). You will both love it - I can't
> > recommend Antartica and the sub-Antarctic enough. The latter is
> > the best by far for birding though but the former has it for
> > scenery and experience.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Fiona
> > a
> >
>
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