Your worst jetlag experience?
Over the years, I've learnt that jetlag is something you learned to cope with or mitigate with pills or sleep/activity patterns. But its not something you can really overcome. You try to get around it, but the effects will always be there if you fly across more than X number of time zones.
So, what is the worst jetlag experience you've had? |
Coming back from BKK to CLT earlier this year.
The DW and I were wiped out for days! |
Coming back from Oz a few years back, MEL-LAX on VA in Z. I think the open, help yourself bar in the VA biz class area contributed... Live and learn!
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Anytime I sleep through the entire trip.
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I spent a large part of my career working at a rotational job site where everyone worked 4 weeks then went home for 4 weeks. 1 1/2 day commute across 3 continents to get there. Every meeting I ever attended included half the people yawning almost constantly and at least 1 or 2 nodding off.
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I was so asleep while riding a train in Geneva that when it stopped, I manually opened the door on the wrong side of the train and stepped into the tunnel. It took me longer than I would have thought to realize it.
Just recently, I was in a store not longer after a flight and looked up and literally had no idea where I was. Genuinely started to panic. Had to stop, calm down, and pull out my phone to see where I was. If I had a dollar for every meeting I've fallen a asleep in... |
Originally Posted by MissJ
(Post 24444511)
I was so asleep while riding a train in Geneva that when it stopped, I manually opened the door on the wrong side of the train and stepped into the tunnel. It took me longer than I would have thought to realize it.
During a trip in 2006, I had just landed in Bombay when I got on a train at the Cotton Green station. It must've been the jet lag because I had apparently boarded the women-only carriage. I hastily jumped off the slowly-moving (it never did stop at any station) train, bruised my knee and then jumped into another carriage. |
Your worst jetlag experience?
HNL-CDG. Years ago flying F. Thought I would try timing melatonin across two nights of flying. Ended up with worst jet lag ever. The Paris part of the trip is still a blur. Lucky there were three more weeks about the EU.
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The adage that it takes one day for each hour of time change is absolutely my experience. The trouble is that most of my 8-hour time change trips are for only six days so I'm out for basically two weeks.
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Originally Posted by Tchiowa
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I spent a large part of my career working at a rotational job site where everyone worked 4 weeks then went home for 4 weeks. 1 1/2 day commute across 3 continents to get there. Every meeting I ever attended included half the people yawning almost constantly and at least 1 or 2 nodding off.
In a previous life, I worked in the nuclear navy (US). While bringing a new aircraft carrier to life (CVN-74), we were worked to death. Rotating shifts: 5 days 1st shift (0700-1700), one day off. 5 days 2nd shift (1300-2300), two days off. 5 days of 3rd shift (2200-0800), three days off...then repeat from the top. On one occasion, I walked into the #2 reactor control room (EOS), and found all five operators sound asleep at their stations. |
My first real jet lag was the first time I traveled to Asia and back to the U.S.
I thought jet lag was just a description for feeling tired or having sleep patterns disrupted for a night or two, so wasn't really prepared. The day after returning, I slogged through work in that tired but still-amped-up way. No problem. The next day started out OK, maybe a little tired. I went out for a run and just about fainted. I had to sit down while my heart raced, then walked back home. Then later, I was sitting at a friend's house and again almost fainted..just felt really nauseous and lightheaded. After that, it was fine. I experienced the same thing each subsequent trip, but was prepared...it's always two days after the return for me. |
Your worst jetlag experience?
Last year I reputed my ear drum on a trip to Asia, for the flight back I took medication and slept 12 of the 14 hour flight. We landed at 11:30 pm, and I was wide awake. It took almost 2 weeks to get straightened out after that.
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I don't suffer much at all from jet lag, but one trip really got me--flew PHL-LAX and stayed for three days, then flew LAX-SVO. My five days in Moscow were absolutely awful. But generally I am pretty free of problems due to my ability to just stay awake for a really long time on the day I arrive, so that I go to bed at the "normal" time for that time zone. Usually by the second day I'm fine.
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Mine was YUL-ZRH where I arrived 6am local time...then flew out 10pm local time to Honk Kong. By the time I got to the hotel in HK, I was totally out of it.
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Originally Posted by backprop
(Post 24445892)
My first real jet lag was the first time I traveled to Asia and back to the U.S.
I thought jet lag was just a description for feeling tired or having sleep patterns disrupted for a night or two, so wasn't really prepared. The day after returning, I slogged through work in that tired but still-amped-up way. No problem. The next day started out OK, maybe a little tired. I went out for a run and just about fainted. I had to sit down while my heart raced, then walked back home. Then later, I was sitting at a friend's house and again almost fainted..just felt really nauseous and lightheaded. After that, it was fine. I experienced the same thing each subsequent trip, but was prepared...it's always two days after the return for me. |
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