TXChick

I've only driven my car twice in the past month, riding my bike the rest of the time. But in the past few days, I've been a passenger in my husband's car a couple of times and I also rode with a co-worker to a meeting. Each time I became extremely motion sick. (To the point that I thought I was going to throw up if I didn't get out of the car--and none of those rides were longer than 10 minutes.) I've always been prone to motion sickness on long trips, but never just driving across town. Do you think it can get worse by biking instead of driving?

apclassic9

You might want to do a pregnancy check? Otherwise, I don't think biking would intensify motion sickness in cars - it may just be that you have not been in a car in a while & are not used to it? There is a pressure point in your wrist, called the P-3, which, if you put pressure on when you feel sick, will releive the feeling. You can purchase wrist bands that you wrap around your wrist - they have a bean in them which you situate over the P-3 point to apply consistent pressure (you can make one yourself for WAY less than they sell these things for!).

pityr

In the last few years my tolerance against becoming motion sick has lessened. I also tend to get sick quickly being a passenger and its worse if I'm in the back seat or its a large vehicle. The only thing that I have found to help is to ignore the feeling and try to act like its not happening. Fresh air on the face helps too.

spinnaker

And this pertains to General Cycling because..............

Rex G

Are you reading or texting while riding in the car? If so, your eyes are perceiving different movement than your inner ear, which can bring on instant motion sickness in some people. Look around you, at the surroundings, so your eyes and inner ears are getting the same environmental data. The same principle applies to being in a boat, BTW.

What kind of car, and what is your riding position? Try changing positions. Being between the axles helps; being over the front axle, as with vans, can make things worse. Who is driving? Some people's driving habits promote motion sickness, and I am not kidding. My wife, on a bumpy road, will brake when she hits a bump, which means passengers are pitched upward at the bump, then foreward immediately after the bump. The ONLY time I have ever gotten motion sickness on land is when my wife was driving on a bumpy road. I keep having to remind her that there is no point in slowing down AFTER the bump.

TXChick

Because I want to know if cycling more and driving less causes more motion sickness and I didn't know where else to put it.

All my cases of motion sickness have been with other drivers and I've been in the front passenger seat each time. I am also prone to motion sickness in the backseat and when I read, so I try to avoid both. These days I'm wanting to either throw up or get out of the car within about five minutes...and that is not typical. (And not pregnant!)

pccp

Well im usually the driver so that doesnt make me sick, but after ive been on a long bike ride i feel more in tune with my surroundings. In the car after a bike ride like that i feel every turn and acceleratiob. If i havent been biking sometimes i feel like im a couple steps behind the road in the car. So the driver in your case may be not as in tune feeling everything while you are. That could be part of it. Solution? You drive