Has anyone tried the Relief Band for nausea? I've heard that pilots use them and swear by them. I know they are primarily for motion sickness, but I wonder if they could help during an vertigo attack. I bought one awhile back and used it a couple of times fearing an attack on the plane and fortunately did not need it. Now, I don't fly (too much uncontrollable motion), I drive.
I haven't tried the bands but have used accupressure with my fingers which is the same method as the bands only by hand instead of by bands, and it has helped me at times with verying degrees of dizziness. I've read that others have felt better using them. Try them. I highly recommend what has worked the best for me since a pharmacist told me about it way back in the beginning of my dizzy hell in 2004... gingerroot. Many forms of it, my favorite being candied ginger (in slices or dices) made by NOW Foods, sulfur-free (that's important regardless of where it comes from). A handful of them when feeling "off" can really settle things down in about 10 minutes, and it's a food source so you can eat on it through the day on bad days without worry about side effects from it. It's good for dizziness but probably won't help for a full-blown debilitating vertigo attack. Nothing much can help once in the middle of one of those except riding it out.
They didn't help me--but could help some. I didn't try them when having vertigo--but as I'd have almost daily nausea going on--they didn't help. Ginger candy helped some, and of course Zofran when vertigo was going on. Hope this helps you.
Thank You for the ideas. I've heard of ginger for nausea, but not for dizziness. Where do you buy the candied ginger (made by NOW foods). Zofran. Question...when you feel an attack starting, and you take a Zofran, does that stop the nausea and vomiting before it starts?
Yep it eases if not completely stops my dizziness. Depends on the source of the flare-up and how bad it is whether the ginger just eases it or stops it entirely. I get them for a good price at the Natural Foods store when in town, but online this place has the best prices (6.77 a pound) and charges no shipping costs... https://www.pureformulas.com/crystallized-ginger-dices-wo-sulfur-1-lb-by-now.html Also you can usually find crystallized ginger pieces in bulk food bins at supermarkets just check the label to be sure there is no sulfur used, it can be a trigger in itself. I prefer using the NOW brand though because the bulk bin ginger is usually too sugary for me.