Sea Sick in the pool

Try taking a Dramamine before your swim. It could resolve your inner ear problem. Please take care and read the instructions on the packaging and heed warnings/cautions.

Is the pool water clean? I use to get ill because the water in the pool had some weird funk to it and I always felt like puking and always ended up with a stuffy pool. When the pool was drained and cleaned the problems went away.

Mike

Come to think of it, if the pool is highly chlorinated it can cause some level of nausea. As for "funk" in the pool, it has been my experience that it will usually result in diarrhea.

But the described breathing motion is resulting in some dizziness. Gently turn the head to breathe. I have seen beginners struggle to breathe, jerking their head back and forth because they were struggling to get air. I am not saying that is the case, but it is just another idea.

Your next swim, I would try swimming only breast stroke. The breathing involves a mild up and down motion and should not affect your inner ear. If you do not feel ill afterwards, it would eliminate the water/chlorine as a suspect.

I used to get a similar feeling when I got into swimming. The way water distorted the bottom of the pool, looking down and in front to see where you are going, and the turning side to side. I don't know how I got rid of it. Practice practice practice. When I am in the pool, I try to look at one spot on the bottom, to keep my form good, but I think it also helps the sea sick stuff. Try to also breath regularly and spot while breathing. I have read about dancers that will only look at one spot when they spin to keep from getting sick. It is the same idea. Instead of seeing everything moving around as you breath, you see pool bottom and one spot on the wall as you breath then pool bottom. I hope this helps. Open water will bring new challenges for you. Most often you can't see far enough in the water to get sick from things moving, but you do get that wave feeling every know and then.

When I first started swimming I swallowed copious amounts of pool water- that can't be healthy- and I often had an upset stomach and diarrhea. Your nausea could be a result of a number of factors- it could be inner ear, you may try some earplugs so see if it relieves the nausea. You may also be swallowing air if your breathing is forced. The combination of air and water might be causing stomach distention which would lead to nausea. Just some factors you could work on to see if it helps.
Good Luck!
Amber Dawn