What do you do, or recommend to get rid of jet lag?

I would read this

http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...rchText=jetlag

Are you going or returning?

I'm going.

upon arrival... drink wine, take a nap, drink more wine, have dinner and take a long walk, go to bed at the normal local time.

We do what suze recommends..we walk, eat and drink and keep going until we are stumbling tired. Then nap, go to dinner and try to go to bed at bedtime, Europe time..waking up as close to normal early as possible.
I heard that jet lag lasts as long as the hours you fly or something like that..figure you will feel normal in a few days..then you can fly home and go through it again

Scarlett, and here I figured everyone would say "oh heavens no, don't do what she says!" -LOL Happy to hear I am in good company.

YES....I have jet lag!!!. Got back in from London Tuesday nite. 2:30PM out of Heathrow into Boston at 5:00PM. I am not bothered going east to Europe and suffer for days once back (like RIGHT NOW. And did anybody see that truck???) I read all the posts about it but it's more about going...what about coming back???? HELP...for next time I guess

I'm with Suze on this one. Alcohol always helps! I usually have a glass of wine with my lunch, stroll around, take a small nap (not more than an hour, and I set the alarm so I will get up) in the afternoon, have dinner and try to get to bed around the local time.

Tracy

What truck?

Why, the truck that hit her, of course! I feel the same way every time I return. It actually takes me a week to get back to normal...miserable. If there's a cure for return-jet-lag I sure would like to hear it!

As for going over, the only thing I know that works is to arrive late in the day. We arrived in Rome around dinner time and never had a moment's jet lag. But when we arrive in the morning, I'm always jet lagged the 2nd day. Haven't found a cure for that one either.

JeanneB...Yes, you understand!! It really takes me a week too. Going is such a piece of cake for me. Anybody??? Help on the return???

Gomiki, wish I had something other than sympathy to offer you, like a cure for jet-lag on return but I suffer also. I never have a problem going over but whether we are gone 1, 2 or 3 weeks it takes me a full week to feel "normal" when I return. I always thought it's just a general lethary after such fabulous travels. Deborah

that's lethargy, sorry, Deborah

Want to hear a <i>real</i> nightmare?

After returning from Paris recently, I had the usual jet lag. First night: couldn't get to sleep, but finally dozed off around midnight. Then I woke up at 3:30am. (At least I thought it was 3:30.) I fiddled around a while, went back to sleep and woke up at...3:30. Assumed it was now afternoon.

In fact, my bedside clock battery had chosen my first night back as the time to stop! I only realized it when it was still light outside several hours later---I had really waked up around 11am. Now I was really screwed up.
Put another clock by my bed....and IT stopped the next night. Sheesh. I thought I'd never get straightened out. It took me two weeks this time!

So sorry gomiki, but i'm one of the odd ones. Once I touch the soil, I'm wide awake even when I mostly watch the fims and can't sleep on planes. Coming back is a bit different, I'm tired but manage to sort things out of the luggage and while having a glass of wine do one wash. The next day the rest.

Gomiki, I know how you feel. We got in last night at 11:00 from Venice via Brussels and Chicago, and I actually made it to work this morning. Of course, I don't remember what I did today at work and I'm dozing off as we speak, but I figure it'll get better in a day or two. (it always does, or I just can't remember from the time before)....

capmunn...Go immediately to bed LOL...what are you doing here??!! Thank goodness you have a weekend in one more day!! And I know that feeling...I could hardly speak coherently today!!!

The &quot;going&quot; is not too bad for me...never nap, eat dinner and TRY to stay up as late as possible... 9ish??LOL ..usually wake up at 3-4 but just get up and make coffee and realize I am in France and am fine from then on.
&quot;Coming&quot; has gotten much worse for me as time and trips have gone by.
When I was working I could arrive at JFK from europe at 1::00pm, take a shuttle to NJ, cab home, unpack, run a load of laundry, go to bed and get up in morning and fly out of Newark on a 3 day business trip. All fine.
NOW I come home to StL and for 2 weeks I want to go to bed at 6-7pm, and wake up at 3-4.
Part of this is I &quot;give&quot; myself permission to ease back into re-entry...and since I am retired I CAN do it in this method. I suspect if I were still working, mentally I would be hitting the ground running as they like to say. But I do not have to, and actually, it is the ultimate luxury to do it my way!
It almost stretches out the wonderful trip.LOL

1. Don't drink any alcohol on the airplane going to Europe.
2. Drink all the water you can! If you're not having to go to the restroom, you're not drinking enough water.
3. Try to sleep as soon as you can.
4. Set your watch on European time and don't EVER think, &quot;It's xx time back home..... you are not at home!!! People who keep giving themselves this subtle psychological stumbling block are asking for Jet Lag
5. Dink all the water you can on the flight over.
6. Get all the sunshine you can on the day you arrive.
7. Dring lots of Water on the flight over.
8 Did I remember to tell you about drinking water on the flight over? That's REALLY important.
9. Don't get dehydrated on the flight over.