Published on 12, July, 2020
I suffer badly with sea sickness. I've tried every technique going and nothing works. I know a couple of other people who I suspect are autistic but haven't been formally diagnosed, and they are exactly the same.
Just curious to know whether others on here are the same, and also equally interested to hear from people on the spectrum for whom it's not a problem.
Any techniques / remedies welcome, (though I've probably tried it :) ).
yes i have to be careful, xbox games get me very ill really quickly and i have to stop. I close my eyes and I put my hands on the ground to tell my brain I am not moving. I usually have to lie down as well.
sometimes just when i stop the car when driving I get motion issues for 1/2 seconds then they are gone.
I have had on full on vertigo attack just the once fortunately, which sent the room spinning and had such a dramatic effect on my body they thought i had had a heart attack :). I never worked out what caused it.
I was given medicine for motion sickness ( for the vertigo attack ) but never took them as the side effects seemed too risky.. So possibly ask your GP.
motion sickness is higher in autism vs neurotypicals
https://www.autism.org.uk/about/behaviour/sensory-world.aspx
I've never tried putting my hands on the ground - I'll give that a try. The vertigo attack sounds scary!
I thought ***, I am dying, I could not speak by the way - then when I mentioned it to my mum later she says oh yea your dad suffered from those, he had Menieres Disease ---- holy crap !
I'm lucky I dont have Menieres. Just autism, its a piece of piss lol
Phew - glad it's not Menieres