Tiny-Bubbles
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Hi there. I'm brand new to this forum, and I'm hoping that someone may have some insight to an issue I've been having throughout my diving experiences. I apologize that it's a long message, but it's quite scary.
I've done around 35 dives in total, and have thrown up on about 6 of them. This has happened in different countries over different years, so it's not the air. And I haven't felt sick while on the boat for any of them either, but only while in to the dive.
I tend to feel a bit nauseous, then get a terrible headache which is quickly followed by tunnel vision and a difficult time concentrating (I think because of how much pain I'm in). I believe this is similar to a migraine. The headache becomes excrutiatingly painful, and then I throw up. Some times just a couple of times and sometimes quite violently. The pain doesn't subside once I've thrown up, but I can usually concentrate a bit better. I don't panic when it's happening (okay, I guess I did the first time it happened), but just accept that it will be fine. However, the last time it happened, we were on a drift dive, and couldn't surface. So I continued the dive, throwing up the entire time ... yes, at least 20 times! The pain was unbearable in my head, and the vomitting continued on the boat and on the shore. I honestly thought my skull was going to crack open. I drugged myself to sleep and woke up feeling much better. I made sure to go on another dive 2 days later to "jump back on that horse" sort of thing. I love diving! (when it goes the way it should)
Has anyone else shared this experience or witnessed it or heard of something similar? I'd love to hear some advice. I've been to see a specialist, but apparently my ears are fine. I believe that it could be while I'm on drift dives that this is happening ... needless to say, I'm not planning on doing any more of those just in case.
Thank you very much.
I've done around 35 dives in total, and have thrown up on about 6 of them. This has happened in different countries over different years, so it's not the air. And I haven't felt sick while on the boat for any of them either, but only while in to the dive.
I tend to feel a bit nauseous, then get a terrible headache which is quickly followed by tunnel vision and a difficult time concentrating (I think because of how much pain I'm in). I believe this is similar to a migraine. The headache becomes excrutiatingly painful, and then I throw up. Some times just a couple of times and sometimes quite violently. The pain doesn't subside once I've thrown up, but I can usually concentrate a bit better. I don't panic when it's happening (okay, I guess I did the first time it happened), but just accept that it will be fine. However, the last time it happened, we were on a drift dive, and couldn't surface. So I continued the dive, throwing up the entire time ... yes, at least 20 times! The pain was unbearable in my head, and the vomitting continued on the boat and on the shore. I honestly thought my skull was going to crack open. I drugged myself to sleep and woke up feeling much better. I made sure to go on another dive 2 days later to "jump back on that horse" sort of thing. I love diving! (when it goes the way it should)
Has anyone else shared this experience or witnessed it or heard of something similar? I'd love to hear some advice. I've been to see a specialist, but apparently my ears are fine. I believe that it could be while I'm on drift dives that this is happening ... needless to say, I'm not planning on doing any more of those just in case.
Thank you very much.