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Ask The Readers: Handling More Than 12 Hours on a Plane?

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Take your shoes off, get comfortable - it'll be a long ride.

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.Put on some facial lotion before the flight.

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Tylenol

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iPod
PSP

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salty-water nasal spray

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Xanax

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5. Get some salty-water nasal spray and use it every hour or so. This can make a huge difference in comfort and can reduce the chance of getting a flight-induced "cold" from the dry air in the plane. It feels great, and fishing for it in your carry-on bag takes up time.

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Benadryl

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dimenhydrinate

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Load it with Pzizz [www.pzizz.com] (the sleep module)

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large bottle of water

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A hoodie or a fleece or blanket of

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dramamine

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vegetarian meal

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vegetarian meal

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melatonin

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Dissolve a tablespoon of honey into about 6 oz of hot water (not too hot) and "down" it. It'll put you out like a light.

It will lead to a mild glucose spike, followed by a mild insulin spike, which will kick off tryptophan, followed by serotonin, and finally melatonin. The melatonin will put you to sleep and kick off your body's "rest/recovery" cycle.

It's best if you wear an eye mask (or similar) because melatonin is only activated in darkness.

I do this nightly and my sleep has vastly improved. I recommended it to my friend for his flight from LAX to Germany, and he reported success as well.

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drink 8 oz of water for every hour your on the flight

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British Airways has developed an online app to help calculate a schedule for your travel:

[www.britishairways.com]

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ring a pair of sunglasses.

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u-shaped neck pillow and blanket.

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ve stuff that doesn't wrinkle so I don't have to worry about looking like hell if I get stuck somewhere in mid-trip.

2) Take off shoes - this is THE key to comfort on long flights.

3) Eat the first meal.

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Tylenol "Simply Sleep" saved me on my last long-haul flight. It's basically the PM portion of Tylenol PM

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