Catwoman Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Okay, this is probably both a stupid question and incredibly wishful thinking, but I get very nauseated any time I try to read in the car for more than a minute or so, and I'm wondering if there is any way to remedy the problem because long car trips would be so much less boring if I could read or watch a movie instead of just sitting there listening to music. (I don't enjoy books on tape.) I would appreciate any ideas or suggestions anyone might have. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can't always read in the car, but I am able to on the interstate. I lean my seat back just a little and then hold the book in front of my face instead of looking down. It tends to work better if I'm reading aloud vs to myself. I've only been able to do this in the last couple years. I get carsick really easy so I absolutely can't do this if its hilly, the roads curve, or if the traffic is stop and go. Signed, The girl known to get carsick while driving. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I used to get carsick but I have gotten better at reading in the car. I have to be focusing on the text and not the outside scenery. I still tend to get headaches if I'm not careful, but I can now knit in the car successfully :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Mousie Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Nope. Can't do it. I was somewhat able to do it while riding a bus, though, which I suspect was because there was more bus than scenery/traffic in my field of vision. Any chance you can Go Greyhound? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Yeah I can't do it. Too many distractions. I suppose you could try something for motion sickness, but then that might just make you sleepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Reading in the car has never bothered me, but I'm wondering if you used a Kindle and made the font very large if it would help? That way you wouldn't have to focus so closely? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I just make DH read aloud to me while I drive. I get nauseated reading in the car; he doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can do a book on tape. That is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can't do it. But I can knit and crochet in the car which at least gives me something to do on a long car ride. :) Audio books work well too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 My kids and DH can do it, but I can't, not even reading a map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Dramamine 2 is the only way I can keep from getting carsick. If I take it the night before a car trip (it lasts 24 hrs), I can read, turn around and look in the backseat, knit, write, whatever. If I don't, I can look out the front window only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okra Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Drives me crazy! I can't do anything in the car.....I get carsick. Basically I can talk and sleep. I want to train myself to read also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I didn't train myself but I used to get nauseated trying to read in the car and now I don't. I have no idea how or when it changed. Do you have a smart phone and if so does using it have the same effect on you as reading a book? Maybe you could read online or play a game on your phone (or even a tablet but you'd either need a data plan or would have to do offline stuff). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Reading in the car has never bothered me, but I'm wondering if you used a Kindle and made the font very large if it would help? That way you wouldn't have to focus so closely? This is how I can (sort of) do it. I still can't keep at it for hours, but I can read for twenty minutes intervals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can't. I get extreme motion sickness. I can't even really look at a map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockhopper Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I am just SO glad your thread wasn't what I imagined: teaching yourself to read while DRIVING! eek! :-) 'Cuz I actually had a college suitemate who did this. On her drives home to Kansas for the weekend. She insisted that the land was flat and no one else was ever on the road... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can read for hours in the car. It has never bothered me at all. I wonder why? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF612 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can't do it at all. I get naseous or a headache or both. I'm ok with audio books though so that's my saving grace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I can read on my Kindle Paperwhite. Anything else and I need to look up every three seconds to not get nauseated. I do enjoy audio books, though. Sometimes, dd and I listen to a teaching company lecture on our long trips to competitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I don't have a severe problem, so this may not help enough, but I try to look up and outside the car at the end of every page or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Do not risk your vision! Discuss this with your Ophthalmologist. Stepson's first wife had a Detached Retina (?) because she was studying for university classes, while commuting to/from school? I think that's what her problem was. PLEASE talk with your Ophthalmologist. Personally, I do not think it is without risk, to read in a moving vehicle, land or air. I would never do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Audiobooks. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I don't think reading in the car has so much to do with retinas detaching as it does equilibrium: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-reading-in-a-mov/ Sorry, but I do not have any suggestions. Most bibliophiles that I know with this problem opt either to listen to audiobooks or are able to do hand crafts. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I can't even look at a map. Audio books are my solution. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashfern Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I can read in the car only if I can't see outside the windows. So I have to position the book so I can only see the interior of the car. For me, the moving scenery while trying to read is what makes me queasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 My husband gets quite sick in the car (and on rides and any number of moving things!), while I don't . Half of our children take after him and the other half after me. Those who get carsick cannot seem to get over it, no matter what they do. My husband has tried for years. He does know that he can look at a map or read something short if he is sitting looking straight ahead, and for only about 3-5 minutes. So, he has learned what his limits are, but it doesn't change. We used to take a lot of roadtrips when all the kids were homeschooled, and the plan was to work on schoolwork while we were in the car. That did not happen, given our situation! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelbe5 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Sympathy for you here. I have never been able to read in a car, only on a bus or the el train/subway. Maps are the worst! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Do not risk your vision! Discuss this with your Ophthalmologist. Stepson's first wife had a Detached Retina (?) because she was studying for university classes, while commuting to/from school? I think that's what her problem was. PLEASE talk with your Ophthalmologist. Personally, I do not think it is without risk, to read in a moving vehicle, land or air. I would never do that. How would reading in a moving vehicle be risking a detached retina? Any kind of study to back this up? Sounds like coincidence and fear mongering. Wish I could help, op, but reading is honestly the only way I can ride in the car and NOT be carsick :/ It's why I am almost always the driver :p 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I've never had to train to read in the car; I've always just read in the car. But DD gets very nauseous and can't read at all n the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 I used to be able to read in the car but I can't anymore. I guess I untrained myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I hold the book up near the windshield so that my eyes are simultaneously registering the words and the motion. Otherwise I get sick. I can't look down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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