Jet Lag.

[heathercobbett]

You can buy Melatonin in America.This is the natural sleep hormone that you would take an hour before you want to get to sleep.

This is not available in England,but is sold everywhere in the States

[diabloartificial]

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[LiesaAnna]

would be good if it was possible! or at least stay till we got fed up then we'd be happy to come home!! couldnt see that ever happening!

[daisy]

have to agree coming home is the worst [msnsad] i only experienced it for the first time at new year and it took me about 3 weeks to get back to noraml afterwards .

[CERICROWLEY]

Not too bad going out, only waking up at 4.00am it a bit of a painf or the first three days. BUT must agree going home is a lot worse.

We normally land in Gatwick but have to drive 3hours to get to Cardiff. Usually end up in services for a coffee and a kip in the car, as the kids are always asleep all the way home. My body just needs to go into autodrive for a couple days, brain takes a while to catch up.

We go over probably three to four times a year now. so it is getting better. As I have come to sleep a lt more on the return journey.

[becbecs]

As said earlier its not going to Florida thats the problem its the journey back which is the bad one, I would just stick to local times and try to sleep on the plane.

[caroline]

We have no problems going to Florida, coming home is another matter - we usually land at Heathrow around 7am and are back home by about 9.30.

We all go straight to bed for 2 hours max then force ourselves to stay up until normal bedtime.

This works reasonably well for us. One time a few years ago we stayed up until about 4pm then all crashed out for a couple of hours, it literally took a couple of weeks to get our body clocks back to normal[msnsad]

[Andy and Wendy]

Just to confirm the comments above.

The phrase "Flying West is Best" just about sums it up because you are gaining time travelling West to Florida rather than losing it flying East back to the UK.

Reckon holiday excitement and adrenaline also helps on the outward West journey though!

Have read theories that while away, you should start going to bed progressively earlier as your return date to UK approaches. However this tends to be when you want to make the most of your remaining time so we have not quite cracked that one yet!

Like Caroline we also tend to have a couple of hours max late morning/early afternoon when we get back, then stay up until normal bedtime.

However it really is a horses for courses thing over what works for one may not for another.

Andy

I spent years working on Concorde which meant doing 2 trips to New York a week, the best way to avoid jet lag is as soon as you get on the plane change your watch to the local time of your destination and do things at the times you should.

It is always worse coming east though and I often had a 2 am bed time after a trip but the more you do the more your body copes[msnsmile2]

[kokomo]

Yes, I find it difficult to adjust for the first few days and when I eventually get into the swing of things, it is time to return. Must admit I do miss my bed in the UK.