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Originally Posted by Taihang
Most sedative drugs have unknown mechanisms of inhibiting neuron cells in central nerve system. They help you to escape motion sickness by putting you into sleep (interrupting cell membrane function, to be more specific). Anti-cholinergic drugs (anti-N receptors) are the main anti-motion sickness drugs that may or may not bring a minor sleepy side effect (sedative effect shall we put it). None of the marketed sedatives is classified as anticholinergic drug.
The soldier boys with high levels of adrenaline (which is also anti-cholinergic by nature) in their blood will not fall into sleep or even feel asleep by taking anti-cholinergic pills (or anti-motion sickness pills).
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I've take it that you've never travelled 100 miles of water before. Your adrenaline maybe pumping in the 1st 15min to even half hour but it won't be pumping an hour into it and certainly not 5 hours into the trip (ie, your ships have to get out of port to organize themselves before embarking on the assault).
Either way, until your troops are put to sea in a training exercise, you won't know what percentage of your troops would be affected by sea sickness, drugs, or just plain confusion ... and it would be a poor commander who finds out during an actual operation.