Jet lag is a very common effects almost every persons travel internationally has experienced it. It’s a condition that occurs when your body time and external time are out of alignment.
Common Symptions:
- Feels like you are hung over
- Extrem fatigue
- Day time fatigue and lethargy
- Loss of appetitie
- Irrabiligy
- Insomania
- Distrubed sleep pattern
- Increased sensitivity of light and sound
- Decreased problem solving ability
There are no major side effect of Jet Lag and condition should be normal after 2-to-3 days, below is the list of things you might consider to lessen the effect of jet lag.
- Diet
- Meals: Eat low salt food on plane. Follow local eating time.
- Fluides: Drink plenty of water, stay away from alcoholic drinks.
- Caffeine: Stay with your regular quota, don’t drink too much coffee just because you feel sleepy.
- Environment:
- Time: Set your watch to local time and treat it as your body time, even you don’t feel sleepy, try to sleep at regular time (as new time)
- Food: Eat as soon as you arrive at destination.
- Free Day: Give your self a free day.
- Gadgets:
- JetLagVisor: Shoots white bright light in the eyes to reduce jet lag effect.
- White Noise: Sharper image stores carry a travel size version, which is called Soother Companion.
- Medicines: Generally, you wouldn’t need any medicine, but below is the list which might help. You can buy it from Drugstore.com
- Halcion(Triazolam):
- Melatonin:
- ENADAlert:
- Benadryl:
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