Mal de debarquement (or mal de débarquement) syndrome (MdDS, or common name disembarkment syndrome) is a neurological condition usually occurring after a cruise, aircraft flight, or other sustained motion event.The phrase "mal de débarquement" is French and translates to "illness of disembarkment". These patients generally developed rocking after a long boat ride, and improve when they drive. Iâm Kate and I Rock⦠Literally. It got worse over time. 3,6 I have this constant rocking sensation; like I am on a boat. Why do we feel as though we're rocking after getting off a boat? 1987). After getting off the boat, or "debarking" (debarquement), they immediately develop a rocking sensation, as if they are still on the boat. After healing from surgery I noticed I was always dizzy. This leaves the land-sickness group out. In 2007, a few days after participating in a two-day sailing race, Cathy Helowicz began feeling dizzy. The fancy name for it is 'mal de debarquement', in other words 'illness of disembarkation', or feeling unwell when you get off the boat. For example, patients with MDD after an ocean cruise may feel as if they are still rocking back and forth like the boat on the waves. Although it is normal for a person to feel some sensations of prolonged motion after (for example) a boat ride, sometimes people with a balance/inner ear problem may feel it longer than others. I had gotten so bad - life was worthless and not worth living it felt like I was sitting in a small boat in the middle of the ocean, rocking all the time. For about 2.5 weeks now, I have been experiencing virtually non-stop dizziness. It doesn't feel like the room is spinning or light-headedness, but feels more like I am on a boat, as if everything is rocking as if I'm "riding the waves" at the beach or something. I can feel every vibration around me and when I walk it feels like a sway/rocking. I started making candles and launched Rocking Candles this year to help in some way. Anyway, I started to feel better after about three days, but now that I've been off the meds for about five days, I'm starting to feel the same disorientation again. Onset typically follows motion exposure, like after being on a boat. Here we define MdDS as rocking lasting for at least a month. The feeling is basically your inner ear trying to readjust to NOT moving. Rocking can rarely be a consequence of certain medications such as minocycline (Claussen, Schneider et al. Then, sometimes it feels like my brain is being shakened a bit at times and my eyesight becomes blurred. It left me with the constant feeling of rocking and swaying, like Iâm on a boat. There is a condition called Mal De Debarquement where a person feels they are in motion, specifically after riding on a boat or an airplane. Basically I never got my land legs back and I live in constant motion. Very much like I'm on a boat, and I get waves of rocking back and forth. This feeling may last hours, weeks, or in rare cases, years. Rocking is common in a variant of motion sickness called "Mal de Debarquement syndrome". In 2018, I developed a neurological disorder Mal de Débarquement. It seems to be better when I sit still for long periods of time. If this any indication of how it feels being ⦠The fluid is the inner ear has been rocking for a week to compensate for being on the ship. Finding one's "land legs'' refers to a condition where a person has an imbalance or rocking sensation after spending time on a boat. For some bizarre reason, it appears that the incidence is highest in women in their 40s. WEIRD!