Originally Posted by
easykristine
Go to the health food store and buy some Ginger tablets. They work wonderfully and they don't put you in a fog like dramamine. I am not a health food junkie, but saw Ginger tested on mythbusters, and it was one of the only products that worked, and my family has put them to the test successfully.
Not for everyone, unfortunately. I don't know if the problem is the amount or the freshness or what, but I watched two people in particular on my cruise spend five very miserable bed-ridden days using ginger tablets. Don't know where they got their ginger tablets, but one was American and one was Dutch, and both brought it with them.
The Dutch woman got sick again on the return trip. The American woman got some Bonine from another passenger and was OK. If you haven't tried it before, you might want to take a backup along just in case.
Personally, I wasn't crazy about how drowsy the Dramamine made me, but I drank tea and stayed active (sailing ship), so I was fine. Definitely beat the seasickness (Drake Crossing, pretty rough).