Been back over a week now and just can't seem to get into the swing of sleeping at night and being awake during the day! My body clock's still waking me up at 2-3am every morning so by early evening I'm dozing only to repeat the cycle.

Any advice to kick my body clock into touch?

Cheers

It should sort itself out after a wee while, I was the same when I moved here to Canada, I would be awake and outta bed at 4am for about two weeks. Moving back to the UK again in three months and I know it's gonna be a pain for a few weeks! lol

Thanks Kirstine, it's comforting to know I'm not the only one.. Hopefully i'll be sorted by the time you get back, but if I'm I'll start up a Jetlag Anon online group that's awake while most of the UK is asleep

I dont know if you can get melatonin pills in UK (try the alternative therapies type shops) they are supposed to be good to get you back in synch with the night/day thing. I know you can get them in Aus but never tried to find them in UK.

Good luck with it - it can be a real nuisance, not that I believe in jet lag of course, I just admit to sheer and unadulterated knackeredness!!!

Staying up late seems to work for me after the return flight back to Vancouver from the UK. We bought a light book (www.litebook.com) to help get the equivalent to sunlight during the wet winters and it helps with the SAD (Seasonally Affected Disordered). Apparently it can be used for jet lag as well.

I heard that Melatonin was banned in the UK. My daughter buys it when she comes over to the US and swears by it (spouse thinks it's 'psychosematic!' eg. like a placebo).

http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/ne...elp_insomniacs

I'm flying back to Singapore from the New York metro area later this month....a 13 hour time difference. It's a killer. On the way back will spend about 4 days in the UK (8 hours ahead of Singapore at this time of year)
then onto the US (New York is 5 hours ahead of the UK).

TBH I usually find that jetlag is worse going from West to East and whenever I fly if possible I like to arrive at my destination in late afternoon or early evening, then just stay awake for a couple of hours then go to bed.

The jetlag is going to be awful on my forthcoming trip in both directions (arrive in Singapore around Dawn so after a journey of around 27-28 hours will have to stay awake for as long as possible...not likely). It's worse this time of year (winter) in the northern hemisphere with so few hours of daylight compared to the summer months....harder to get over the jetlag.

Thanks quoll, i'll look into melatonin tablets. There's a chinese her and potion shop locally so maybe they'll have it there.. That link to the litebook's very helpful cheers ciderman.. It's interesting about Circadin that it's only available to over 55s on prescription.. After 4 hours sleep i'm now awake at 5am so hopefully if I can stay conscious til around 9pm tonight things should start getting into a new pattern.. Good luck with it on your travels Englishmum

I've never really suffered from jet lag, but I've been back in the UK for nearly 6 months and my body's still on South African time. I wake up around 5.30, and go to bed about 9.30. Suits me fine. I like early mornings and there's nothing I want to be awake for after 9.30 anyway.

Sounds like a good routine to be in Martin .. I'm beginning to wonder if it's my age rather than jetlag and i'm just wanting a 'granny nap' in the afternoons