Puchinita5
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Hi. So I was prescribed valium by a doctor the other day, not for psychological reasons but actually I was prescribed it for motion sickness.
I have tried dramamine and bonine for motion sickness and neither have worked in any way whatsoever. I've only gone scuba diving twice as part of my certification and I loved it but my last dive ( i was supposed to go on three instead of two) I got so unbelieavably motion sick and was throwing up on the boat. It was definitely the 20 minute boat ride that did it for me but it seems most dives require a boat ride and I hate that I can't get into scuba diving because of my motion sickness.
I asked my doctor what else I could take instead of dramamine or bonine, and he suggested I take 2.5 mg dose of valium 30 minutes before. I didn't mention it for scuba diving, I asked for long car rides and flights...but I'm wondering if anyone else has ever used valium for motion sickness and if this would be a bad thing to take before scuba diving. He said something that not only does it relax you, but it also suppresses something in your inner ear which helps you not get motion sick.
I've tried it once so far for a long car ride, and to be honest I'm not sure if I noticed any effect at all except that I didn't get very sick. But I didn't feel drowsy or very relaxed from what I could notice.
I'll double check with him obviously before I do anything but was wondering if anybody else had input.
I have tried dramamine and bonine for motion sickness and neither have worked in any way whatsoever. I've only gone scuba diving twice as part of my certification and I loved it but my last dive ( i was supposed to go on three instead of two) I got so unbelieavably motion sick and was throwing up on the boat. It was definitely the 20 minute boat ride that did it for me but it seems most dives require a boat ride and I hate that I can't get into scuba diving because of my motion sickness.
I asked my doctor what else I could take instead of dramamine or bonine, and he suggested I take 2.5 mg dose of valium 30 minutes before. I didn't mention it for scuba diving, I asked for long car rides and flights...but I'm wondering if anyone else has ever used valium for motion sickness and if this would be a bad thing to take before scuba diving. He said something that not only does it relax you, but it also suppresses something in your inner ear which helps you not get motion sick.
I've tried it once so far for a long car ride, and to be honest I'm not sure if I noticed any effect at all except that I didn't get very sick. But I didn't feel drowsy or very relaxed from what I could notice.
I'll double check with him obviously before I do anything but was wondering if anybody else had input.