Advice for Jet Lag?

parcher

One of greatest and most useful threads ever posted.. Any frequent international travellers here? its 3 30 am and still awake after returning from china 6 days ago. This is the worst jet lag i have had. What ever they gave me at the local chemist did nothing. How do you deal with jet lag? experts say flying through different time zones is why we suffer, but little advice is there to help us...

parcher

They wont hand out sleeping pills in china i am told for jet lag

lionstar

a bottle of Baijiu works

parcher

lionstar Post time: 2018-4-4 04:00
a bottle of Baijiu works

a bottle every night ?

seneca

parcher Post time: 2018-4-4 03:45
They wont hand out sleeping pills in china i am told for jet lag

I used to think jet lag is horrible and will ruin my days but I can now fly between Hong Kong and Paris and back without any major adjustments.

There is no secret to it. I sleep when my body requires sleep and I am awake when it cannot sleep. Of course, having a soft schedule of things I need to do helps. I am in no rush, taking any appointments at 8 a.m. sharp in either city.

One little piece of advice: I never sleep with curtains drawn. I like daylight to run my schedule. It helps a lot!

Ratfink

After a lifetime of flying around the world here's my tips.

When on the aircraft wear loose fitting clothes.  Drink lots of water and avoid alcohol and too much tea or coffee.

Depending on the number of timezones you've traversed it's often wise to get to the hotel and get 2 hours or so of sleep, then get up and have a day of meetings or exploring the new city etc. Go to bed at the normal time (eg 11pm local time). Don't sleep based on your home timezone.  

A hot shower or bath will help you to sleep in most cases.  When I arrive in a location I normally get to the hotel, have a quick shower, 2 hours sleep and then it's off out till mid evening.  Then back, have a long shower or hot bath, a drink and then read a book and sleep at my normal bed time.  Next morning there's little or no jet lag.

There are sometimes jet lag is unavoidable due to connecting flights and ground travel.

parcher

Ratfink Post time: 2018-4-4 16:01
After a lifetime of flying around the world here's my tips.

When on the aircraft wear loose fitting ...