How do I get over Jetlag?

Question

Does anyone have a cure for Jetlag?.....and don't say "stop flying".

Answer 1

there is no cure for jet lag,- i find it best to force yourself to stay a wake as long as possible you will lose a day either end of your holiday depending on which way around the world you go.

If you can try your hardest to stay awake until your normal bedtime, which ever time zone you are in. Then you will find that your body clock will sort it's self out

Answer 2

It is easy enought once you understand what is casuing the lag. Being on earth, you move at the speed of the earth's surface at that location and body is happy being stationary, eyes and brain have no real notion of movement except when the sun sets of an afternoon. The sun's rays pass across the earth at 15 degrees an hour, so things happen slowly. Now brain learns that body is going flying and lets say the flight will take some twelve hours. The average jet on these flights move along at 7 mile a miniute or 450 kts. faster than standing on the earths surface. Now your body has a polarity about it and an electro magnetic field and body being lazy, is happy to be in the one place and slowly move to another place. Buy at seven miles a minute and moving from Europe to America in a few hours, puts a starin on body which brains tries to come to terms with. Body on stepping off the plan is subjeted to a different earth energy than where it has been for some time - home - so it is subjected to a masive jolt and internal organs being put ot of phase are upset and let you know this by telling brain to let you experience sickness. There are a couple of ways of defeating this sickness, one is to tell body it is going overseas and to expect a masive change to what is used too. Body is alive, you live in body so it being a part of you wants to feel accepted and so talking to it helps it to adjust to change. As to earth rotaes from west to east, chasing the sun is less of a drain on body then moving with the earth's direction of rotaion. The old walking in a moving train, go in the direct and you go faster than the train. Let body know it will be subjected for a longer time and have a good rest before the flight. Baething exercises help and relaxing too, helps. Stopping mid trip for a couple of days helps heaps if you can have a stop over. Flying home after an all night party and then resting in a preserized chamber is telling body - whayever - and expecting it to understand. Hope this helps you.

Answer 3

Ideally, you want to start adjusting to your new time zone before your leave your current location. This is not usually practical. Your body naturally knows to eat, drink, and keep active during daylight and sleep during the night. So what I've found works for me is to eat at my normal meal times before I catch my flight. No junk food, keep hydrated (drink minimal alochol and caffeine), and don't have a heavy meal before you board the plane. Once on the flight, again avoid too much dehydrants (alcohol and caffeine). The plane is also where you start trying to adjust your sleep patterns for the time zones you are going to but how you handle this is going to be down to your physiology. I can never get more than a couple of hours sleep on a plane and even then only when I'm tired. If you land at night, hopefully you will not have slept on the plane, so when you get home, just go to sleep (preferably with only a light meal if you're hungry). If you land during the day, find something to do during the day and go to sleep in the evening.

Answer 4

Try not to worry about it too much. When you fly, sleep if you can, but if not enjoy the film - you may find that it sends you off to sleep anyway.
Flying East you may only have a short sleep but think to yourself that it was only a short night anyway so the two balance.
When arriving at your destination early in the day go to bed and have a few hours sleep if you are tired. Don't try and stick it out until night time.

Answer 5

Adjust to the local time schedules as quickly as possible.
Also, try melatonin, a naturally synthesized amino acid derived from serotonin. The hypothalamus receives information from the retina about the daily pattern of light and darkness. This signal forms part of the system that regulates the circadian cycle. Basically your brain creates a substance that helps you adjust to the local light/dark cycles, but travelling across several time zones throws that system out of whack. Melatonin can help your body readjust. It can usually be found at health food stores.

Answer 6

Jetlag is caused by going a timezone that's different to what your body clock is used to, so to get over it you just need to adjust your body clock to the new time zone.

Answer 7

If you arrive from the east in the afternoon, early evening, just stay awake till about 10pm and you should be ok.
If arriving from the west in the morning - go to bed for up to 4 hours, force yourself up and then go to bed again at 10pm.
This worked for me and I was working as a stewardess for 15 years!
Ps Drink lot's of water and avoid alcohol during the flight!!!

Answer 8

The quickest way to get over it is to go to bed when everyone else around you goes to bed and eat regulary. Avoid stimulations such as watching TV etc before bedtime. During the day you have to keep yourself active so you will not get too sleepy.

Answer 9

When you get on the plane set your watch for the time where your going. then have your meal a couple of dirnks and then have a kip, when you wake up look at your watch and then start to think in that time zone and not the one where you've come from. It's always worked for me and my father who flies around the world with his job.

Answer 10

The best way I have found to adjusting to a new time zone is do what the locals do, go to bed when they do, get up when they do, eat regularly and your body will soon adjust to the differences!