Mal de desembarquement syndrome
Feb 26, 2016, 4:03 pm
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Mal de desembarquement syndrome
Hi I came off a week's cruise in Galapagos last Sunday morning and still swaying. It's uncomfortable and I mostly want to be lying horizontal to feel better, but I have a busy week at work with clients so need to get this sorted out soon. Any tips? I have been reading about Mal de Debarquement syndrome, it sounds like that and I'm a 45year old woman just started taking natural progesterone so seem to be bang in the target group..would really appreciate any advice, thanks!
Feb 26, 2016, 6:17 pm
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Mal de desembarquement syndrome
Wrp do you think seasick medication would help now a week after I left the ship? I never really felt nauseous at any point and thought that's what that would be for.
I got an appointment with Chiro this morning and will have another couple this week, seems that might help shift something. Didn't help that I had many hours of flying after I left the boat so my vestibular system has really been through the wringer..
Thanks
I got an appointment with Chiro this morning and will have another couple this week, seems that might help shift something. Didn't help that I had many hours of flying after I left the boat so my vestibular system has really been through the wringer..
Thanks
Feb 27, 2016, 7:29 am
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My very first long cruise back in 1995 I developed mal de debarquement syndrome. I was miserable for several weeks. Actually went through several tests to make sure it wasn't something else. There wasn't much they could do for me and it eventually went away. A dozen plus cruises later and I've never had it again and don't take anything for it.
Mar 9, 2016, 11:30 am
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I know someone who has been disabled for months because of it. She was off of work. In severe cases, there's really not a ton of good treatments for it. There's one hospital in NYC doing some interesting research treatments, but they seem hit or miss.
Something to think of when you decide to spend all of that time stuck on a boat.
Something to think of when you decide to spend all of that time stuck on a boat.
Mar 9, 2016, 1:10 pm
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Mar 10, 2016, 4:58 am
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Ear specialists know what it is but there's no definitive treatment that works on all cases all the time. The other issue is that there are a host of other potential causes of the symptoms, a number of them bad or certainly worse than having taken a cruise. Typically an ENT will take a patient through a battery of tests to determine or eliminate causes but there's no specific test just for mal de debarquement syndrome.
Apr 4, 2016, 11:23 pm
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My GP prescribed the motion sickness patch for this. I put the patch on right before the ship docks and wear it for 2-3 days. I used to have horrible dizziness for a week after a cruise and almost stopped cruising due to it. Now I just feel slightly off and need to drink a lot of water for a couple days and then I'm fine.