Jet lag's a wonderful thing! I managed to kind of screw my sisters computer the day I arrived, was so out of it that I couldn't think how to fix it, so I just put the case back on & went to bed (she was delighted I can tell you)

Had to admit defeat & took it down to a computer guy (after rocking backwards & forwards on the floor chanting "I can do this I just need to think straight!") who just looked at me while I tried to explain that if I was semi-conscious I wouldn't have got into the situation in the first place!

He started trying to explain the fix, but when he saw I was glazing over like a donut he told me to sit down, pressed a couple of buttons & sent me on my way with the computer fixed for free

I'm still jet lagged & am considering night shift, stacking shelves at coles for an occupation. How do people get over this? My sister keeps dragging me to visit friends with kids that are psychotic, or perhaps that's me It does help me to stay awake for a little while longer although I have a strange feeling that launching kids into Sydney harbour isn't a very endearing trait

What is the solution? I've tried the going to bed late thing but I wake up to make sure that nature doesn't sleep in! Feel like Snow White or something (can't sing quite as well) Then spend the normal hours of the day like a fart in a trance

HELP

lol, It does get better, we turned night into day for a while. Its bloody awful isnt it. Just wanted to sleep all the time.
Over a week in now and we are all fine except we are up at 6am every day and in bed by 9 lol. But thats ok we can live with that.
x

You should live in Queensland. From what I can make out thats a normal day for them.

Ah, you have already done the wrong thing so the best thing now is to gradually shift your waking day, hour by hour, to be in line with the rest of the world around you.

The best way to avoid it in future is to sleep all the trip and then stay awake when you arrive (I like arriving early in the morning) until a reasonable bed time - by which time you will be so knackered that you sleep most of the night.

Alternatively, as you said, live in a world of shift work for a while!

Indeed. I'm already in my PJs.

What's the thing with QLD i have lived in se QLD for 2 years & i cant seem to stay up much past 8-30 is this the norm

Me too!!

They get up early too, mind you it doesnt take long before you fall into the same routine too!!

C x

Yes unfortunately. Not in this household though.

It was my idea to gradually turn day to night and stay up all night for a couple of weeks before we fly, then stay awake on the flight. Do you think this will work?

Nic

I was reliably informed by a nurse friend that there's no such thing as jetlag.

She'll be telling you Santa's not real next!

We parted company some twenty years ago.

About Santa......................

When we arrived in Oz at New Year we were absoltely knackered. So much so that I actually nearly fell into some baked beans I was stirring in a saucepan (much to the amusement of my family). I sat down to eat said beans and again tipped forward but just managed to keep my face out of it! I've also got a photo of our then 3 year old lying fast asleep on his bed with his arm still stuck up in the air where I had taken his T shirt off. No such thing as jet lag my arm! Don't know the answer - just takes time (usually takes me about a week.

I never had a problem going to Oz last year (I was there for a month) and I had a tiny bit when I came home.

We left London at lunchtime, only had about 1 hour sleep on the plane, and arrived in Oz about 9pm their time. So when I arrived at the hotel, we went straight to bed. Woke up the next morning, and carried on as normal.

Coming back was when I had the slight problems. Come 2pm and I was falling asleep, but it only lasted 2/3 days.

Yes perhaps a vetinary nurse would say something like that

Think it must be an age thing, my mum always suffered I was never up nor down. Now I'm older I'm beginning to see how she felt. Thank goodness I don't have the worry of kids!

For anyone who hasn't travelled yet and is worried about the possibilty of jet lag I just found a site http://www.bodyclock.com/ can't comment on whether it will work but BA have a jet lag advisor (wonder how much that pays ) Shame I didn't think to ask the cabin crew on Singapore Airlines to give me a quick slap as they passed me by

Oh my word I just actually went to that site & they seem to be selling a form of torture involving bright lights in your eyes (they do that to people under interrigation you know!)