Travel and jet lag

[cwmfelin]

I recently came back from a flight to South Africa - just 1 hour time difference from the UK. Plenty of work beforehand ensured that Air France allowed me to take my APAP on board and used it. But only just managed a 4 hour sleep on the long haul 10 hour flight going and returning. Was tired all week and came back to usual jet-lag.

Okay, am only 3 weeks into therapy, but didn't expect jet lag this bad.

Am tired, tired, tired, despite a superb nights sleep at home last night.

Do I need more good nights to catch up?

Just need to say that Air France were superb - contact their SAPHIR department before you go and they will do all the work for you. Felt I received extra special treatment by an airline for once!

But why am I sooooooooo tired again? Any ideas?

Chris

[almu87]

Whether you are travelling for business or pleasure the further your trip the more chance you stand of being caught out by jet lag. Some are lucky and never seem to be affected, however for others jet lag can be quite severe and something that we really would prefer to avoid.
Some people say that it actually takes the body one day per time zone that we cross to fully recover ! That is great as I calculate that I am now on a 12 hour flight that crosses 6 time zones all for a 6 day trip ! So my body will have just recovered by the time I am boarding my return journey!
This is why it is so important to actually minimise the affects jet lag has on us, after all if you are travelling on business you need to arrive fresh and ready for the heavy schedule, if you are on vacation, well you deserve every minute you can get right ?! Here we will look at a few ideas, that should help to ease the strain.