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Travel sickness and autism

GreyCuddlyWolf

I seem to suffer from travel sickness quite badly, being in the car for 15 minutes is enough to make me feel queasy. Also feel the same way on buses and trains.

The issue can be dealt with if I take a kwells tablet an hour before leaving. But the tablet makes me incredibly thirsty and dries my mouth out. So have to take several water bottles on the trip. Along with my things to help me cope with stress. Stuffed animal, ear plugs, fidget toys ect. Find traffic jams very difficult to deal with cause of not knowing how long we will be stuck in them.

I don’t like going out in the car often cause I always associate it with pain and discomfort. It’s not my fault wish I no longer had this problem and could go on car trips with ease.

Is this part of my Autism, it is a common trait or do I have another issue?

It could be because I’m not used to being in a vehicle.

Anybody else have anything similar?

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  • It's motion sickness which can affect anyone, so I'm not sure it is autism, although it may not help.

    I think it is related to how the brain processes signals from the eyes and from the inner ear, which detects motion.

    A bit like spinning around makes you dizzy. Your eyes say you are still, but your ears say you are still spinning and your brain gets confused. Your ears override your eyes. 

    Reading a book in the back seat of a car makes me and quite few people feel queasy, and I don't have much of an issue. Being on a ship is awkward below deck as everything you see is still but your ears say you are moving. On a ship you get used to it after a day or two.

    In cars it is best to sit in the front and look ahead. On a bus or train you may do best to look out the window in the medium distance. Don't look at the stuff whizzing past up close.

    I general looking down makes it worse. So reading or playing games may not help. It you want something have it in front of you, like on planes where the screen is at eye level, but note that stuff whizzing past in your peripheral vision may also cause problems.

    I don't know if closing your eyes might help, but I do not think so.

    As an irrelevant piece of trivia, I believe weightlessness in space causes the same motion sickness issues. Your brain learns to switch it off.

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  • It's motion sickness which can affect anyone, so I'm not sure it is autism, although it may not help.

    I think it is related to how the brain processes signals from the eyes and from the inner ear, which detects motion.

    A bit like spinning around makes you dizzy. Your eyes say you are still, but your ears say you are still spinning and your brain gets confused. Your ears override your eyes. 

    Reading a book in the back seat of a car makes me and quite few people feel queasy, and I don't have much of an issue. Being on a ship is awkward below deck as everything you see is still but your ears say you are moving. On a ship you get used to it after a day or two.

    In cars it is best to sit in the front and look ahead. On a bus or train you may do best to look out the window in the medium distance. Don't look at the stuff whizzing past up close.

    I general looking down makes it worse. So reading or playing games may not help. It you want something have it in front of you, like on planes where the screen is at eye level, but note that stuff whizzing past in your peripheral vision may also cause problems.

    I don't know if closing your eyes might help, but I do not think so.

    As an irrelevant piece of trivia, I believe weightlessness in space causes the same motion sickness issues. Your brain learns to switch it off.

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