Posted by Maniz on November 19, 2000, at 7:42:29
In reply to Motion Sickness treatment for Anxiety Disorders?, posted by Didier on November 18, 2000, at 21:14:04
Hi,
> Has anyone tried Dramamine for anxiety?
Me not, but there is a doctor that has a whole theory and treatment. I do not know if it is reliable:http://www.dyslexiaonline.com/info_phobias.html
The inner-ear origin of fears, phobias, mood, panic, and
obsessive/compulsive disorders was discovered by "accident." Patients
with Dyslexia or ADD responding favorably to inner-ear-improving
medications reported to Dr. Levinson that their fears, phobias, mood,
and anxiety symptoms either significantly improved or disappeared as
did their dyslexic and ADD symptoms.Some other products used for motion sickness are: The antihistamine Benadryl (dephenhydramine) may also work. Common side effects include drowsiness, lethargy and dry mouth.
And Ginger root (for nausea).
The wrist band seems to work (if they do) by acupressure: (Chinese and Japanese) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body.
For anxiety, besides benzos, antidepressives are used.Once I read at life-enhancement.com a recomendation to take a choline supplement before bed to increase the barrier to sounds. I do not know if this can work for you because it seems motion sickness medication act by bloking acethylcholine.
Other product I have read about is magnessium.
For ear problems some use sound therapy, a method developed by Dr. Tomatis. You listen to tapes with a walkman while you do your everyday work because it dfoes not have to be loud. There are many websites, I think one is tomatis.com. In Canada there is Sound Therapy in Lund BC. There is a book by Patricia Joudry: Sound Therapy for the walkman.
Other treatments (questionable) can be ECS (electro cranial stimulation) or, simplier than biofeedback, light and sound machines that regulate brain waves (like www.bwgen.com (PC soft for sound), www.comptronics.com, etc).
Just what I have heard of, I am not sure if all these is worth to try.
The best would be to consult a doctor and a psychotherapist.
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> I am sick everyday. It feels like motion sickness to me. Yes, I have an anxiety disorder. My brain is injured by anxiety so I can not tolerate motion or noise. Because of past experience, I do not have any trust in doctors as a rule. I had bad experiences with "benzos". I have returned to a GP that had nothing to do with past troubles in my life and he will not prescribe any drugs for my illness. He said if I do not try i.e. biofeedback or whatever that my mental illness will only get worse.
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> My life before the overt symptoms of this anxiety disorder was pretty awful. It seemed that no one close to me was "listening" to my needs. Now, family members around me have shown vast improvement with their behavior concerning my needs and I am hopeful that because of this, I will eventually get better.
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> Right now, there is no money to consult with any other doctor. It is just as well because of my fear.
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> I just want to get through the day without succumbing to the illness and "crying" because of the discomfort of this "motion sickness" feeling. I have learned various ways to deal with noise and motion so I do not look obviously "mentally ill" during the day when out in public. This means that I do not jerk too much but I am left with this motion sickness feeling which is really related with the jerking. What ever is happening to my brain never culminates into a jerk because I wear earplugs and sunglasses and I, basically, avoid looking at moving objects. But from the amount of stimulous that is around, my body is prepared for one, so-to-speak.
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> I need to find a simple solution for the queasy feeling that comes from too much motion or noise. Some days; especially when I have to drive a car, it is really bad. I seem to be getting sicker and sicker. It could be that I am slowly developing an inability to tolerate it anymore.
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> Someone told me that his family wears wrists bands for "motion sickness". Is this for real? He said that his family swears by them.
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> I noticed that Dramamine causes drowiness. I can work around this to solve my problem if it works. How do these wrist bands work?
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