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geoff332 · 16th-April-2008, 08:07 PM

The only "cure" I know to jetlag is activity. You need to be active in the normal time for the place you are and then try and sleep at night. This isn't a panacea, but it is the only things that has genuinely helped me. I can normally fly in to the US on a Sunday, turn up at work at 9am on Monday, do a week's work, fly back to the UK and be back at work on 9am on the following Monday. I am exhausted, but I can remain functional (when doing round the world trips, it's a bit harder... but I've done Auckland to Toronto a few times without really skipping a beat ... trip before last back to Auckland I landed at 6am and turned up at work at 10am).

I do notice jetlag is usually worst on day 3. Day 1, you've arrived and feel blah anyway. You usually sleep well that night. Day 2, you are OK, but crash early. Then you wake at some stupid time (or can't get to sleep) and on day 3, you're back to exhausted. Everything I've tried - natural therapies, drugs, behaviour patterns ... none of them work particularly well.

The only other tips I can suggest are to be smart with your travelling. Don't drink alcohol on the plane (or at least don't drink much). Try and sleep at the "right" time for your destination. Kill any small children so they don't wake you. Drink a lot of water. Get up and walk around the plane a few times.

16th-April-2008, 08:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
geoff332 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oxford Posts: 153 Status: No Status Rep Power: 1 Rep.: 146	Re: Jet Lag The only "cure" I know to jetlag is activity. You need to be active in the normal time for the place you are and then try and sleep at night. This isn't a panacea, but it is the only things that has genuinely helped me. I can normally fly in to the US on a Sunday, turn up at work at 9am on Monday, do a week's work, fly back to the UK and be back at work on 9am on the following Monday. I am exhausted, but I can remain functional (when doing round the world trips, it's a bit harder... but I've done Auckland to Toronto a few times without really skipping a beat ... trip before last back to Auckland I landed at 6am and turned up at work at 10am). I do notice jetlag is usually worst on day 3. Day 1, you've arrived and feel blah anyway. You usually sleep well that night. Day 2, you are OK, but crash early. Then you wake at some stupid time (or can't get to sleep) and on day 3, you're back to exhausted. Everything I've tried - natural therapies, drugs, behaviour patterns ... none of them work particularly well. The only other tips I can suggest are to be smart with your travelling. Don't drink alcohol on the plane (or at least don't drink much). Try and sleep at the "right" time for your destination. Kill any small children so they don't wake you. Drink a lot of water. Get up and walk around the plane a few times.