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Motion sickness

Charla

I get this all the damn time and it's actually making me anxious and scared to go out in the car with my mum.

If I travel now it's only 5 minutes up the road. The travel sickness meds aren't helping at all. Not sure why this is affecting me so bad now.

  • in reply to Katy Chocolate Lover
    Katy Chocolate Lover said:
    When travelling focus on the horizon, don't look out the side window, don't look at your phone and whatever you do don't look down!

    I'll second this.

    If the brain can see a frame of reference for the motion you experience (eg on a ship if you can see the horizon) then it helps tremendously.

    So if you are watching something on your phone, trying to read or just closing your eyes then your brain cannot corrolate the motion it experiences to what it can see and this leads to it being confused resulting in nausia.

  • Hi D, sorry to hear this. Motion sickness is a right pain and I know how you feel because I get the exact same thing.

    It's because your eyes and inner ear send conflicting data which causes nausea and then vomiting if it continues - you get the same on boats and planes too.
    I think us autists being more sensitive are affected greater by things like motion sickness than most people are.
    When travelling focus on the horizon, don't look out the side window, don't look at your phone and whatever you do don't look down! Having ginger can help too.
    For me I found the most useful thing is to keep my eyes completely closed. This is the only thing that's stopped travel sickness for me. Because vision isn't seeing and sending data it's all but impossible to get motion sickness. Give this a try. It works for me, it might just work for you.