Didn't cure my travel sickness (Sea-Band)

Member Name: janharper

Product:	Sea-Band
Date:	09/10/08 (134 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Alleviated symtoms a bit but didn't work for me

Disadvantages: Don't work on everyone

Having read several favourable reviews about Sea-Bands I decided to give them a try because I was taking a long trip by coach. This isn't the ideal way to travel and suffering from travel sickness make sit a bit of a nightmare.

I had previously tried pills and potions of various kinds but nothing seemed to work so I was not expecting these to do any good. I am aware that part of the problem with travel sickness is that the sufferer immediately thinks he or she will be ill, so it is more likely to happen. I tried my hardest to have a positive approach to this product.

In the box you get two greyish coloured wrist bands that are very small and stretchy with a rounded metal disc inside them. This is the bit that must be placed on the correct point. What you have to do is to find the acupressure point on your wrist and this is really easy to do if you follow the instructions on the packaging. Basically you measure two finger widths down from the first crease in your wrist and then the point is roughly central. (The instructions are more detailed).

The idea is that the pressure on this acupressure point will prevent travel sickness. I positioned the
bands carefully but did find them a bit tight and restrictive. I was worried that they might be too tight and cause pins and needles. Fortunately they didn't but they didn't really work either.

My usually symptoms were not as severe as normal but Sea-Bands didn't cure the problem.

These cost £6.49 from my local chemist and although they had some effect I would not buy them again. Perhaps I was not convinced that these would work, so the psychological element came into play but I must admit to being disappointed by them.

Summary: I have heard good reports on these but they don't work for me