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Unfortunately, I am extremey susceptible for any kinds of motion sickness. As a passenger of a car I regularly get sick, sometimes even when driving myself. Tra
by _ph_ 6y ago
Unfortunately, I am extremey susceptible for any kinds of motion sickness. As a passenger of a car I regularly get sick, sometimes even when driving myself. Trains are mostly ok, if I keep looking into the distance. I even experience it with other kinds of irritation, like a malfunctioning mouse, where the mouse motion and the pointer reaction are not tightly enough correlated. It took a while until they made optical mice I could use.
I agree with everything said in the article, perhaps one tip: if you have someone whom you know that that person is susceptible to motion sickness, don't ask that person if she or he is still feeling fine, that might push them over the border. You should of course watch them closely, as the dangers described in the article are absolutely real. At minimum you loose any concern about your own wellbeing when affected.
One substance, that has been quite effective for me, has not been mentioned in the article, and that is Cinnarizine. It has to be taken at least 3 days before you plan to take part in any motion sickness inducing activity and from then on every day, e.g. during travel, in low dosages. While not granting complete immunity, it allows me to ride cars as passengers - once I was even texting on my phone! - and travel by plane etc. If you are suffering from motion sickness to an extend preventing you to travel otherwise, I can only encourage you to talk to your doctor about it.
So, indeed, I wish desperately for a cure for motion sickness, preferrably before self-driving cars become a thing :).
P.S. I am probably one of a few people who have never watched a movie on a plane :p. Despite of this, I managed to acquire a sailing boat license, due to the help of cinnarizine. Speak of braveness/stupidity.
If any of my experience might help, please ask me any questions.
- wackget 6y agoI'm the same. It drives me absolutely insane when software developers (especially games designers) don't think about motion sickness. Things like scrolling a web page can induce vertigo-like feelings if the content lags while it's scrolling. Mouse lag, which you mentioned, is unbearable. I've had to stop playing certain games such as Overcooked or Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime because they incorporate elements where the entire screen's perspective moves.