[Falcky]

I travel a lot, and sometimes every 5 days I am in another time zone. I am exhausted and get sick easily. (Also, I can't sleep during flights.) Any advices?
PS: Thx for the first answer - but as I mentioned, I can't sleep during flights... I've tried many times, I simply can't, even over 8 hours ones...

[lw27047548]

There are many tips and tricks. After many years of traveling I have found what works for me: Sleep!!

It doesn't matter if it's a day flight or night flight. Try to sleep. The only drawback is that you are very well rested when arriving and may have problem sleeping again during that time zones night.

However, you can easily survive a bad night of sleep and the next night you are adjusted :-)

So this works for me and is my experience from a zillion flights. I have tried drugs, advanced time zone adjusting schemes and diets. Nothing beats sleep.

[fbgd3308]

Have you tried things like Melatonin that help you nod off? I wouldn't recommend straonger things like Ambien personally, if you end up with an inflight emergency that's a very bad combination...

I don't have any problems sleeping on planes (unless I'm in economy) and find that for short overnights (6hrs or so) then I get up a few hours earlier than usual the day of travel and do things to tire me out so that when I get onboard I'm ready to sleep. I bring a pair of pyjamas with me too, ones that can be rolled tight into a carry-on bag.

[restingnotsleeping]

Don't eat too much on flight. Wash hands frequently and do not touch face with hand until shower after flights. Work on local time, even if v tired. Spend time in sunlight. Try melanin tablets. They do work for some people, not me

[Techwing]

Try to get plenty of sleep, and try to sleep at the same times no matter where you are, if you must constantly change time zones. In other words, if you sleep at 9 PM at home, try to sleep at the equivalent time when you are in different time zones (5 PM if you travel four time zones east, etc.). This isn't always possible but it's ideal.

There isn't any definitive way to get rid of jet lag except to stop moving from one time zone to another. Even experienced air crews have trouble with it, even after years of flying. It's something that you can learn to compensate for to a certain extent, but it's not something that you can eliminate.