Roller Coasters and Disorientation?!
Question: So I went to Six Flags theme park today and went on many a roller coaster. After the first ride I felt just a slight bit nauseated and then it went away, then I went on another and the nausea came back, and then I went on another ride which really just shook the hell out of me, and shortly after, I went completely disorientated. I couldnt speak right, could barely stand up, and it kept coming in waves with which I had to fight off. Its been several hours now and I feel somewhat better, but i can still feel the weird nauseating disorientated sensation like it might perhaps come back, is this normal? Or will it go away after I get some sleep, or should I see a doctor about it? Please help, its almost making me feel like I went crazy or something...
Answers: So I went to Six Flags theme park today and went on many a roller coaster. After the first ride I felt just a slight bit nauseated and then it went away, then I went on another and the nausea came back, and then I went on another ride which really just shook the hell out of me, and shortly after, I went completely disorientated. I couldnt speak right, could barely stand up, and it kept coming in waves with which I had to fight off. Its been several hours now and I feel somewhat better, but i can still feel the weird nauseating disorientated sensation like it might perhaps come back, is this normal? Or will it go away after I get some sleep, or should I see a doctor about it? Please help, its almost making me feel like I went crazy or something...
It will go away. The problem begins with the inner ear, which controls our sense of balance and orientation. Sounds like your inner ear system is quite sensitive (so is mine), and has been through a trauma. It'll reorientate itself with time. Oh, and best to stay off ocean vessels too, and don't become an astronaut.
sounds like vertigo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_(me...
Sounds like your inner ear caught a bit of battering. It wil take a while, though not nroamlly several hours, to get back to normal, once the ear can compensate.