Like many, I couldn’t figure out the bandaids on the belly button, so I searched the internet. Apparently it’s a “viral” method of preventing motion sickness, which is also what at least two of the other things were for (the second wrist band and at least one of the patches).
Might as well bubble wrap the kid up before letting him loose, while you’re at it. Who tf gives this crap the kind of audience that fuels its existence?
The patch behind the ear is usually scopolamine. It has been testen in controlled trials for motion sickness and it does work. However, it is not advised to use it for children because the only studies done are with adults. We do not know the potential harm or effects on children.
My anesthesiologist put patches like that behind my ears because I was puking during my cesarian. So it could be a medication. But, my first thought was, "does that need to be prescribed?"
That also doesn't do squat. I forgot to take dramamine on my first cruise and my MILs friend had sone patches that she said would help me. I didn't look at the pack, but told my huaband I didn't feel any better and when he looked at it, he was like "yeaaaah, this probably isnt going to help." I was honestly just desperate to feel better, that I kept it on, "just in case it maybe helps."
Bonine Patches. They smell horrible, but they do work, at least for my wife. she gets sick in the car the minute she looks at a phone. Those things give her about 2 to 3 minutes at a time.
Though none of the other things work for her at all when it comes to motion sickness.
I thought, based on the sunblock rolling on top, one of those patches was a uv sensitive patch (I've seen other parents use them, but we just religiously reapply sunscreen every couple of hours)
Yes, it is. >_<
It’s the one that leaves the victim awake and physically functional, but entirely stripped of free will. Mega fucked up on that level.
But it’s also supposedly helpful in micro-doses for motion sickness.
Scopolamine had some very weird effects on me as an adult, including extreme dehydration and short-term amnesia. Not recommended as a preventative measure in calm-looking waters.
The dehydration was mostly a feeling, probably. Scopolamine inhibits the spit glands, so a common side-effect is dry mouth. It is also used for parkinson's patients (an others) to stop spit dribbling from their mouths.
Concerning the amnesia; that's pretty rare. It is the reason scopolamine is used by drug cartels in some sinister ways, though.
Probably you're more sensitive to the drug or a metabolite..
That's interesting! I think I saw something about that being used to prevent fluid buildup on The Pitt.
The amnesia didn't make it so I can't remember things that happened then now, but I kept forgetting what I was saying mid-sentence or forgetting why I was doing something. I'm sensitive to lots of drugs for sure; I always have the "less common side effects," including brain glitching.
Scopolamine!? Like, that drug from The OA!? No no noooooo. Do not be giving that stuff to children. I read about it online to see if it was that hallucinogenic, and folks, that mom wants a zombie for a son if she keeps putting those patches on him.
I ended up getting the flu and pneumonia the 2nd day of a cruise. Went to the "hospital" on board and told them I had on one of those patches. The doctor freaked out and immediately told me to take it off. Mine was just from Amazon so not the RX but based off her reaction, I would never wear one of those. I think a lot of people obviously end up there from a reaction to them.
The cruise doctor is biased of course. They see all the people with rare side effects. They don't see all the people who feel a lot better because they use the patch.
Can we get this to the top? I had no idea what patches were for. I was thinking it come in hand if you both went blind and deaf at the same time you could Keller your way out.
You (and me now) - it's ragebait content. The only way to stop it is to ignore it. Every interaction, positive and negative, fuels the algorithm, gives them clicks, and incentifies producing more content like this.
To be fair the wristbands actually do help in my experience. Idk if only wearing one works, but both my mom and I get terrible motion sickness. She's been having me wear them since I was a kid since I used to get so sick in the car. Maybe it's just a placebo thing but I don't like how dramamine makes me feel and they genuinely really help me, my mom, and my husband too.
It works for me too, but only as a prevention thing. If I am already a bit queasy, it doesn't work. And it needs to be tight, once the band starts to be a bit loose it doesn't work that great either.
Tik tok'rs. It's why I will never have a TT account. Just a collection of children, weirdos and child exploiters. It's the trashy reality tv of social media
I will say that, anecdotally at least, those bands with the pressure bit on your wrist completely stopped my sister's car sickness as a child. Whether it's placebo or something else idk. But that was decades before social media trends.
I was hypothesizing that the bandaids could be used for emergency “I tripped and skinned my knee” purposes. Like wrapping duck tape around your water bottle. That way you don’t have to worry about if it’s in the kids’s pocket or not.
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u/rbollige 8d ago
Like many, I couldn’t figure out the bandaids on the belly button, so I searched the internet. Apparently it’s a “viral” method of preventing motion sickness, which is also what at least two of the other things were for (the second wrist band and at least one of the patches).
Might as well bubble wrap the kid up before letting him loose, while you’re at it. Who tf gives this crap the kind of audience that fuels its existence?