I've got the worst jetlag ever..Helppp!!?

Question

Hey Guys,

I travelled from India to US for abt a week and came back last week.Now its been more than 7 days and I am still unable to sleep at nite.I keep looking at the walls whole nite and manage to fall asleep only at abt 5 or 6 in the morning.Subsequently I sleep till noon and my entire day's schedule is ruined.Also I am feeling tired all the time.

I even took a sleeping pill 2 days back during the nite so that I cld sleep in the nite like normal ppl.But it didnt help.I slept thro the nite and kept myself awake the whole of next day but i still cldnt fall asleep next nite:(

What do i do? I am literally going mad.Is it a mental block I have developed? Please give some tips to get back my normal sleep-wake schedule.

Answer 1

If you stay up at night you better stay up during the day, don't go to sleep at 12 pm.  You will be tired enough to sleep at night then.

Answer 2

No pills.  Just force yourself to the local schedule.  Sleep on a normal schedule WILL come.  Jet lag is the pits!  Sorry for your suffering.

Answer 3

dont take any sleeping pills.

try winding down earlier

have a warm bath

Answer 4

I get this a lot of the times when I travel.  If I don't adjust after a couple of days, I try this trick and it never fails:

Have your last meal around 4PM.  

You can still have liquids except for caffeine.  Also try to limit sugary drinks.

Around 6:30PM, take a sleeping pill.

Go to bed at 8:00PM.

You'll wake up feeling good as new and your internal clock will be reset.

I hope this helps.

Answer 5

get yourself a bottle of night nurse then have a swig out the bottle about an hour b4 u go 2 bed this will work i used it wen i first started working nights 2 help myself get a routine started . its bad if u dont get ur sleep