Is sleeping the only way to avoid vomit in long land journey?

Have you tried motion sickness tablets? Take them the night before you leave.

In the car, get plenty of fresh air.

It’s actually better to look ahead to see where you are going, it helps your vestibular system if you have a steady horizon.

@zenvelo Yes, and those medicine usually contain substances that make you feel sleepy.

Try Dramamine or Bonine. Those two motion sickness medications have always helped me.

There are so many different “remedies”, but I guess you have to try a few to see what works for you. Some people say chewing gum helps. You can try a motion sickness wrist band. Try eating a few gingersnaps and/or drink ginger tea. Peppermint tea is a good alternative. Fresh mint and peppermint candy can also alleviate nausea. Get plenty of fresh air and listen to some music through a set of headphones. Just close your eyes and focus on the music. Ask the driver to make frequent stops so you can get out and walk around and breathe if your sickness won’t let up.

Motion sickness blows, man. :/
Good luck and I hope you enjoy your vacation!

@Vunessuh Thanks! I’ll see if those stuff available in my place. I don’t like ginger, and it’s impossible to stop during the journey since other cars are moving around and the roads are quite narrow and steep here.

Well if your stomach can’t handle the road there’s nothing you can do except sleeping.

anise (like in black licorice) is good for motion sickness too.

Do some, most or all of the driving yourself. I frequently drive across country (last November I drove about 17 hours by myself to Wisconsin from the East Coast, with a return less than a week later) and I never get carsick.

And I agree with @zenvelo (at least this once): it seems to be the “disagreement” between what your eyes and your inner ear inform your brain on “where the horizon should be” (for one thing) that causes the nausea you experience. If your eyes see the horizon change as your inner ear experiences it, there usually isn’t so much of a problem, unless the up-and-down motion gets too severe to process.

Ginger is good for seasickness. I don’t get motion sick at all so I’ve never tried it but my dad’s friend swears by it. He takes his boat out on the ocean to fish a lot and takes these ginger candies and Ginger ale

I chew gum.

Have a whole arsenal of tricks: pills, acupressure points, herbs, scopalimine patches etc. and just attack the sickness on all fronts.

My kids always get sick in a car on long stretches, except when we show them a movie on their headrest screens. We feel it has to do with their slouching when they’re bored.

Whn watching their movies, they stay alert and keep their heads upright. That may be the key, but we don’t know for sure.

There is a patch available by prescription that is very effective against motion sickness and does not make you drowsy.

Cannabis is supposed to be an excellent anti-emetic. It’s often prescribed for people taking chemotherapy and suffer from vomiting as a result. There’s also this report on treating cyclic vomiting with cannabis (although I’d consider the source.)

I personally have no experience.