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If you are getting headaches on long flights, you are probably dehydrated. Drink plenty of water! Whenever I get a headache, the first thing I do is drink a BIG glass of water. If the headache doesn't go away in 10 minutes, then I know it's not due to dehydration.
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absolutely nothing wrong with Clonazapam. It has changed my life. So if you don't know what an anxiety disorder is and if you don't have one then best leave the prescription to psychiatrist.
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Originally Posted by Doc Savage
(Post 24721388)
No, you will be fine with small numbers of pills for personal use that you actually need in the original packaging.
The discussion above is about taking some along "just in case you might have an injury and might need 'em." I frankly think narcotics are grossly overprescribed these days and really can't understand prescribing them unless they are needed at the time of prescription. I guess I could just imagine some healthy looking young backpacker showing up at a humorless customs agent with 50 Norcos in his bag and having an unpleasant few hours. "What are you taking these for?" "Oh, nothing, I just brought them along in case I break a leg or something." "Riiiiiiigggghhhhhttt.... Do you have any more secreted around your body? Let's check...." |
Originally Posted by chicagocat
(Post 24716552)
As a physician, I always travel with meds and recommend the same to my private patients...
Temazepam is my choice for sleep (shorter acting than ambien) Tamiflu for flu symptoms Zpak for respiratory infections Cipro for UTI infections Excedrin for jet lag (aspirin Tylenol and caffeine) Benadryl for allergies Epipen for anaphylaxis Aspirin for cardiac events Claritin-D for allergic types Narcotic for severe pain Steroid cream, surgical glue, neosporin, gauze, ibuprofen, moleskin for blisters... Little bit of everything... If going up in altitude, diamox And then I customize for specific patients (pediatric, geriatric, asthmatic etc) But I'm trained to consider all that can go to hell and ruin one's day, vacation (or life). Happy travels! Try a glass of red wine and a green tea. |
Originally Posted by ThePointsCollector
(Post 24717904)
Alprazolam, aka Xanax . 0.5 works for me. Just ask your pediatrician. I have this thing where I get nervous day before we fly. My brain keeps on going thinking what we didn't pack, how we are getting to airport and so on. Stupid crap like that. I have been fighting it with sleeping pills, alcohol and everything else for years. Now its one little pink pill and good night. One after we get to the airport so I don't start calling home and see if I forgot to turned off the stove and closed the garage door.
All of this expect I take lorazepam. If someone hasn't experienced true anxiety, they don't know how paralyzing the fear can be. I take less and less of it over the past couple of years. Flying in first/business has greatly reduced my flying anxiety. I can actually enjoy my journeys now. |
Originally Posted by Lovethecabin
(Post 24726619)
All of this expect I take lorazepam. If someone hasn't experienced true anxiety, they don't know how paralyzing the fear can be.
I take less and less of it over the past couple of years. Flying in first/business has greatly reduced my flying anxiety. I can actually enjoy my journeys now. Interestingly, flying itself was not a cause for anxiety; the trigger was worrying about getting enough rest and arriving at the airport in time to make my 6am Monday flights. Once aboard, all concerns melted away. Those that pooh-pooh the symptoms have obviously never experienced them. Anxiety/panic attacks cause very real physical symptoms and extreme discomfort. You can't just wish them away. |
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