I get motion sick easily. Sometimes after brushing my teeth or showering, the smell of the product makes me feel so nauseated, like I am in the car & I got car sick. It can last up to a few days, and I have to avoid anything too pungent. But I can also have fleeting nausea moments with smells. This seems to happen especially if I have been on a long car trip recently (and I was not the driver). The smell of leather makes my car sickness worse.
Anyone else have this issue? Anything I can do about it when I have an episode? I try to avoid taking dramamine (car sickness meds) because it makes me drowsy.
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I get nausea with a vestibular disturbance. Smells don't help but not the cause.The other nausea can be hormonal like when you are pregnant or out of balance
Smells definitely set that off. Coffee ,beer , ripe bananas
I am very rarely passenger as been only driver in household.
I tok am not a good traveller .I've even been known to feel sick driving!
Never been on very long car journeys ever.
Motorways the worst I think.
J have strong Jamaican ginger beer yo soo and ginger biscuits. With a carb. Di blood sugars don't go up and down.
Several breaks too
A hankie with an essential oil yih like csn help breathing and distraction techniques.
Are you sure the nausea isn't connected to b12 deficiency in some way.
I'm sure it's listed
Try more foods with b6 ....... sickness injections contain b6
I've had terrible sickness especially when on HRT. Took me a while to find out.
I wonder if there might be a connection with B12 deficiency.
Migraine can be associated with B12 deficiency and migraine in turn can be linked with motion sickness, sensitivity to scents/smells and other sensory sensitivity eg light sensitivity.
It's possible to have migraines without any headache.
I have a form of chronic migraine with visual migraine symptoms which I believe was triggered by B12 deficiency.
If you want to know more, there are Migraine Forums on HU.
If you search online for "Walton Centre Migraine" it should show a link to an NHS booklet about migraine which mentions travel sickness, sensory sensitivity etc.
Like Sleepybunny your question reminded me of migraines - they come in many forms and don't always have headaches and for some people are triggered by smells - tobacco is the one that springs to mind for me. Mine can also be eased by some aromas - peppermint, lavender. I do get headaches but the worst impact for me is the effect on the gut.You may find the heads-up podcast series produced by the National Migraine Centre contains some episodes of interest - I'm pretty sure one focuses on effects on the gut.
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Its my birthday tomorrow and want to have few drinks tonight but i have had bad experiences after drinking
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