Posted by Didier on November 18, 2000, at 21:14:04
Has anyone tried Dramamine for anxiety?
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.
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.
Right now, there is no money to consult with any other doctor. It is just as well because of my fear.
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.
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.
Someone told me that his family wears wrists bands for "motion sickness". Is this for real? He said that his family swears by them.
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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