Several emetophobics have asked about on-the-go safeguards against nausea and vomiting. I tend to carry a small handbag so my space is limited yet I found a way to condense my necessities. In addition to a couple of peppermint Lifesavers I never leave home without my anti-emetic kit.
The Altoid Mint Container – This may look like an ordinary mint container to you, but it is much more to me.
Shoved inside the lid are two tablets of Meclizine a.k.a. Bonine, an over-the-counter anti-emetic marketed for motion sickness.
The green wrappers are a taffy like ginger candy called Ginger Chews. The candy has a vibrant ginger bite to them and I bite off small bits at a time and suck on them. Ginger Chews are available in many health food stores or on the company’s website (www.gingerpeople.com).
On top of the Altoids are two Pepto Bismol tablets which help heartburn and bloating as well as nausea.
The clear bag has 4 ginger capsules, 1 enteric-coated peppermint capsule (taken 15-20 minutes before eating), 4 cinnamon capsules and the two pink capsules are Charcocaps – a homeopathic remedy for gas and bloating. After squeezing all of that inside, I hold it together with a rubber band.
So there you have it – my anti-emetic kit.
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