how long does it take for jet lag to recover from LA to London?

Question

please help been out of wak from 03 gmt so have my kids

Answer 1

I travel a lot as I live away from home right now and I'm currently 7 hours ahead of the UK. When I return to the UK, it takes me hardly any time to recover as long as I stay up until it's a normal-ish hour to go to bed. However, when I return here from the UK, jet lag hits me pretty badly and it tends to take about a week for me to regain a normal sleep pattern. It really does help though if you get as much daylight as you can (this is why melatonin helps, but you can't buy it in the UK) and keep to the pattern you normally would regardless of how tired you are. My friend swears by a cup of coffee every hour for the first day - it didn't do much for me, but everyone's different. You will probably take longer to get over it than your children will - kids tend to bounce back amazingly quickly - mine take maybe one night of waking up at stupid o'clock then they're right back to sleeping at normal times.

I'm going home for Christmas and I've bought some melatonin tablets for the first time - it'll be interesting to see how effective they are.

Answer 2

like someone said, it differs from person to person.

The more you travel, some say, the less you feel the effects of jetlag.

factors include

1. general health
2. rest you got prior to flying out
3. rest you get after flying out.

this can affect jetlag.

best way to help with jet lag,

Drink plenty of water (dehydration could cause you to be lagged longer.)

Sleep on the plane, try to do so without the help of sleepaides. If you can catch a good 2 to 3 hour sleep, you should be alert when you arrive to your destination.

Try to stay awake all day when you arrive to your destination.

Drink coffee, caffinated drinks IN SMALL AMOUNTS to help. (Too much will make it hard to sleep that night.)

if you arrive at night, go to sleep at your normal bed time. (For example, if you go to bed at 10pm... go to sleep at 10pm in your current timezone... you can ask your doctor for a safe over the counter sleep aide.

Get in bright light and exercise in the morning.

Give your body time to make the switch. If you feel very drowsy during the day, take a nap for up to one hour, but make sure it's before evening.

Avoid pushing yourself too hard during the first few days.

All this will help shorten the length of jet lag.

Answer 3

Jet lag doesn't take long to get over usually. If you get try to get back into your normal routine straight away, drink plenty of fluids and get perhaps a couple of extra hours of sleep it should not last more than 24 hours.

Answer 4

Depends on you really. Some people never suffer jet-lag, but some can take days to recover.

Answer 5

I need at least 5 days to get over jet-lag, sometimes up to a week for full recovery!!

Answer 6

Differs person to person. I don't get jet lag, so I couldn't say. My father does and he is usually over it after a 2 hour nap.

Answer 7

Best way to do it is basically go to a local pub or buy a bottle of liqour when you get there and drink yourself to sleep. Do it at night too so that you'll get to wake up in the morning. That pretty much takes care of your jetlag.

Answer 8

It is actually easier for me going east for some reason. If you just force yourself into the right schedual for a day it will fall right into place. good luck.