so I am planning to travel to Japan for a few days from UK and don't want to be jet lagged, as spending lot of $$$ and don't want to feel shit in the day. I travel this coming Tuesday, best way to get used to Japan sleeping times?
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I fly to korea a lot from the UK, the best thing is to time your sleep on the plane.
If you're going to be landing at night, try and stay up for as long as you can in the air and sleep when you land. But to be honest, first night you'll normally sleep pretty well. Second and third night is always a bitch though. Just stay hydrated, and when you start feeling sleepy in the late afternoon just grab a coffee.
Second. Flying West-East is always harder than East-West.
If you are off from work for a couple days before, just start living by Japan's time zone.
^agree. As soon as it is practical, set your watch to Japan's time zone and try to put yourself in the mindset of being there. I've flown to China from the United States a number of times and what I do is stay up the entire night before my flight (because it's day time at my destination) and then fall asleep as soon as the flight takes off (early afternoon departure = late night/early morning at the destination) which is pretty easy considering at this point I've been up for close to 30 hours. After 8-9 hours I wake up coinciding with morning time at the destination. At this point I want to bang my head against the seat in front of me because we still have 4 to 5 hours to go until we arrive.
Depending on when your departure is and how long the flight is from your departure point, this may or may not work for you.
Agree.
Also, my sister said that if you are awake for the flight (I suppose assuming that it's daytime where you're flying to) to have a bunch of snacks and lightly chow your way through it. I guess your body partially tells time by your eating schedule? And so continued eating helps to wipe your body's slate clean as far as that goes.
Not sure if it works or not, she's the nurse, not I.
What I do is if I need to sleep on the plane stay up before for a day or st if u need to stay awake on the plane sleep before
If you land in the AM, take an Ambien and drink a pint before departure. You'll sleep like a baby.
Jet Lag - How to avoid/mitigate? (Originally Posted: 01/22/2015)
folks... i am flying out tonight to pretty much the other side of the planet. I am told that I will experience jet lag and suffer for a couple of days as I adjust to the local time. Also, will experience the same thing when I return in a couple of weeks. 'would love to know any tips/tricks you use to get over jet lag asap..
Thanks!
Get on the sleep schedule for your destination the day before the flight, or just while you are on the flight.
I've flown to China twice, and the first time took a week to get over the jet lag, and the second time I had 0 jet lag.
Lets just say you're doing that flight, which means 12 hour time difference to make it simple.
Your flight leaves at 8 am. You normally go to bed at 11pm. So this means that, you should probably get as little sleep as possible the night before the flight, maybe a nap. So that way, 3 hours into your 15 hour flight, you can sleep at the 11pm destination time. Sleep for 8 hours or so, and then you should be good to go.
well ... I am leaving tonight so a little late for that but I will try to binge watch movies on the flight to get as close to the destination's night time...Thanks!
Drugs, lots and lots of drugs.
Drink a good amount of water to stay hydrated. Won't feel as bad.
good point.. thanks!
the movie Thank You for Smoking also says B12 is a life saver for jet lag.
interesting... SB for you for having that takeaway from that movie :)
yeah... but I do not know where to source it locally over there and I have a layover in the middle east so I really do not want to carry that stuff... you know they chop off body parts for breaking laws, right?
Eat your meals on the time that you're supposed to be adopting to. Especially the first meal of the day. Wake up when you're supposed to, even if its hard and don't nap until its reasonably time to go to sleep. It'll feel like a brick wall the first day but you should adjust MUCH faster.
Honestly it is much easier to adjust to a 12 hour time change than it is to like a 3 or 4 hour change.
No it isn't. I've been out to Asia 3 times and all three times my sleep cycle was totally fucked for a few days.
I just returned from a trip to the middle east; I just didn't sleep AT ALL on either of the flights (I was landing at night both going there and coming back). So I was able to get to sleep when I got in, and I eventually started waking up at a reasonable time. I think the first 2-3 days I woke up at like 5am or something stupid, but it normalized and I didn't feel bad.
Not much you can do. Just try to sleep as much as you can during the day before your flight, then try to stay awake the whole flight until it's bedtime in your destination. It doesn't entirely mitigate it but it helps.
Melatonin might help. For some people, at least. Worst case, it doesn't seem like it hurts anyone. Might as well give it a try.
Many great suggestions here. Will summarize and add from my experience with dozens of long-haul flights. 1) As already said, try to adjust to the new time zone from 24 hrs before the flight on if possible. Especially in terms of sleeping that may not work at first but try it at least. 2) Once you're in the plane set your watch to your target time zone and kind of mentally prepare at which time you will arrivere there, what you will do until evening etc. I have found this really helpful. If your flight is in the night at your destination time zone, try to sleep. Stay hydrated. The times I flew Economy I always bought myself a big bottle of water in duty free, and once you emptied it they will refill it for you in the airplane galley if you ask. 3) Once arrived at the hotel, try to stay in your room as short as possible because the chance is high this will be the exact time window when everyone gets very, very tired. Go to the beach or wander the hotel area/go to city to overcome this temporary extreme sleepiness. It will get away rather fast! But do not succumb to it and sleep as it substantially increases your chances for a jetlag. So, these are some tips around the general suggestion to adjust to the new timw zone asap. Have found these very helpful and actually have not had a jetlag for a pretty long time. Hope it will help you too. Above all: have a safe journey!
I do 6+ hour time zone shifts at least 4 times a year, have been for a while.
My rules: - aisle seat. Oh yeah. You do NOT want 20+ hours flying without having freedom to move about. The 3-4 times I didn't get an aisle seat the person who did promptly fell asleep for the whole flight, and they're usually fat. Added fun if you're flying Emirates or Etihad is some of the "characters" that go home using these airlines. It is quite a sight to see an entire family in desert garb throwing food packaging on the floor when they're done eating, putting naked feet up between seats, etc. I've stopped flying these airlines basically only because of that (although their using older 777s and in some cases 767s on Asia-Middle East routes didn't help). - no booze. It extends jet lag by 1-2 days. I used to take advantage of the meal, think G&T as aperitif, white (or champagne on AF) with starter, red with main, and of course a cognac or two after dessert. And it would be antisocial not to go have a few beers with the other passengers standing at the back... When you wake up you pay, and there's still several hours til landing, at least half one of which you have to spend tied to your seat. Gets worse with age. - if it's a short trip ( 1 week), I generally don't bother adjusting to the time zone. In most big cities you can live a perfectly nocturnal life. - rule of thumb is 1 day of pain per hour lag. The worst is Sydney-London (12 hours in 26 hours of flying). That one still takes me a week and a half to recover from, but I'm getting old and I usually start work straight after landing leaving no time to recover. - personal preference but I like to "force" the time zone - stay awake until night time if later, stay up whole night if earlier. Exhaustion makes sure you sleep on time next night. Not a good idea, though, if you didn't sleep on the flights. - one direction is worse than the other. For me, it's flying East. Schedule rest days accordingly. - I've found lounges pre-flight helped. Don't know why - maybe eating warm food, or the peace and quiet of a good chair and no announcements instead of the loud busy airport. - fly longer legs if you can. I've split my Europe-Asia flying half half "mid-stopover" (Turkish, Etihad, Emirates) and "one quick hop at the end" (Lufthansa, AF, Swiss). MUCH better do 14+1 than 8+6. If you're flying US-Asia you're SOL, though, just don't do two stops if you can avoid it. A 24h stop in the middle with hotel night REALLY helps, but is also quite costly in time and money. Good chance to discover a city you didn't know.
a blanket and eye cover is key if you want to get a comfortable sleep on the plane. plus all your friends will be envious of your sweet plane swag.
I've been traveling a lot for a couple of years now and the secret to no jet lag is that is not due to sleep but eating patterns. Meaning that if you wake up at night it's mostly because you are hungry.
Change you eating pattern to the time-zone and keep a fruit near the bed at night if you get hungry.
Works pretty well for me.
I had to visit +7 countries in the last 4 months. One word: Alcohol.
When I arrive at my hotel, and it's local time to sleep, I just grab a couple of drinks and I fall asleep.
Cherries naturally have melatonin. That's good
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