@SSteve You would have hated the 12,000 miles set of flights I had. San Francisco to Hong Kong 14 hours one was 12 the other. Then I had a bunch to get to SF and and 6 or something from Hong Kong to Phnom Penh. And the way home I had two kids with me an 18 mo old and a 7 year old who was the size of a 4 year old. They were, actually, pretty well behaved and I had the foresight to go over the Pacific during their night time.
I have a difficult enough time sleeping in my own bed. There’s no way in hell I can sleep on a plane, bus, car, train, or any other motorized conveyance. I can, however, sleep on a sailboat.
@eVil Recognized it immediately. Even knew what movie it was from and the plot and everything. Actually, I know there were other short stories in the same movie but I cannot remember them as vividly as I do this scene.
I’ve been on 9-12 hour flights, one of which was overnight, but I’ve never been able to sleep while flying. Not nervous, just unable to sleep. Same for long car rides. Maybe it’s being in a seated position?
@rprebel I’ve had over dozen transcontinental flights, and didn’t sleep on any of them. For me it’s both being in a seated position as I am a stomach sleeper, and sleeping in a public place. A combination of paranoia and self consciousness over the likelihood of snoring, drooling or both while snuggled up with a stranger. If the plane is empty enough to lay down across a full row of seats, especially near the white noise of the engine, and I have a blanket to pull over my head, I can drowse but still not get all the way to sleep. But sleep is elusive for me in any setting.
@moondrake I have only really been able to sleep when I have a whole row to stretch out in and get into a semi-comfy position. I would guess it is the curse of the stomach sleepers.
Only sleep I ever had on a long flight was in business class on Lufthansa from Frankfurt to DC, had the row to myself and could lay down across the seats and pull a blanket up over me… loooxury!
@Targaryen My parents and I went to visit my brothers who teach/taught English. We also met their bio mom and her husband. (Their birth parents divorced which eventually led to them being placed for adoption, and their bio dad had died about a year before my brother went looking for their bio family.)
@Targaryen I liked it a lot (in a good to visit but way too big to want to live there kind of way). I’d go again when there isn’t as much saber-rattling going on.
We were there over Chuseok so that made things interesting with some places closed for the holiday. We did a tour of the DMZ, visited one of the palaces (the one with the art museum) and got to see the changing of the guard, and went to a historical village. We also visited Holt Ilsan. Buried somewhere are pictures from the palace and DMZ that include a Woot monkey with a tiger-pattern cape.
I found the subway system very simple to travel. After all if a small-town Iowa girl can figure it out, it must be easy. It got to the point where I was quicker at finding the route on the subway map than my brothers’ phone apps were.
Everyone was really friendly and helpful. I know someone who was stationed there since (Army) but he had the opposite experience. It sounded like he met a lot of people who resented the military presence. As I understand it, attitudes there of locals he came into face-to-face contact with were worse than anywhere else he’s been stationed and he’s been deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan.
@msklzannie I was there the last time “imminent war” was being threatened and everyone was just about their day. Honestly in the scheme of things you’re probably not going to see anything come out of this. There way too much to lose for all countries involved in a second Korean war than there is to gain.
Yeah you did a lot of cool things then all the fun touristy stuff.
As for the military presence it’s sort of divided. There are some Korean who are happy the Americans are there, but some feel us being there is kind of holding back the growth of Korea and we’re not much better than Imperial Japan fighting a proxy war between the US and China in Korea. Not to mention a lot of the guys in the military do dumb shit every… weekend basically and make things not smooth. For instance I was there and one weekend a US soldier made trouble for the police and then stole one of their cars and drove back to base before he could end up in jail or something along those lines.
@RiotDemon I see people sleeping with neck pillows on the train pretty much every day. Totally get that some people can’t sleep otherwise, but it seems like a pretty unwieldy thing to carry on one’s commute every day!
@brhfl Mine smooshes pretty well for shoving in a bag. I don’t actually live in an area with mass transit, so I only use mine for trips. They look kind of stupid and of limited value, but I wish I’d bought one years ago.
@arielleslie I think it’d be very easy to justify on a long plane ride, I’m just surprised at the number I see on the train - and a lot of them are people who are only on for an hour or so. I guess they must smoosh down pretty well, too!
When I can get into business class on an international flight, I can get a few hours. International flights have the lay flat seats on most planes, and the flight has to be smooth.
Who can sleep sitting upright in narrow, hard seats?
@hchavers now that the kids are teens, everyone knows not to expect much from Mom on the plane. I fall alseep very easily, I joke i can sleep standing up, so an uncomfortable upright (i never recline bc i know what thats like for the person behind) chair is not much worse. I usually end up waking up a few times due to discomfort, or when the drink cart comes, but i sleep usually 50% or more of any flight over 2 hrs (under 2 i plan ahead so get maybe a 20 min nap but stay awake and read or talk).
I can pretty much sleep any place/any time. I worked as as EMT for a while, doing 24 hour shifts. Some days you ran your ass off, and I got very good at grabbing 40 winks (or less) in almost any possible conveyance if the opportunity presented itself.
When I fly I tend to sleep most of the way, if not full on sleep then naps with a very short duration of ‘alert’ time in between.
Not usually. It took 16hrs to get from Portland to Manila and I couldn’t sleep for any of it. The only time I can remember is on my way to a convention in Dallas. I was so exhausted from con prep that I fell asleep and did the whole jackknifed neck and wide open mouth thing.
I can sleep anywhere, thanks to a couple of years in the artillery. If you can sleep when cannons are going off, anywhere else is easy. But being a nightowl, I can only sleep on a red-eye flight like San Francisco to Miami departing at 10PM, and fall asleep around 2AM.
For me, the question should read “Can you sleep while contorted into a pretzel knot?”
I’m 6’5, and have disproportionately long legs. I barely fit into standard airline seats without my knees hitting the seat in front of me. If the person in front of me decides to recline at all, I don’t fit anymore. When I was younger, I was able to contort into a position that made it a little easier, but nowadays, I’d rather drive for days than fly for hours.
I know this doesn’t really count, but we decided to do an all-out vacation one year and popped for First Class. It was great: wide, reclining seats and decent food. Unfortunately it was American Airlines so the tech didn’t always work but I was so comfortable I didn’t need it and actually managed a restful sleep. That was the only time I ever really looked forward to the flight home.
We’ve flown international a few times and both British Airways and Air France were pretty darn comfortable for economy.
Only time I’ve ever slept on a plane was after a 26 hour Las Vegas “Experience”…Crawled on the plane, lights out…I don’t even remember the car ride back from MSP to Fargo. Thank God the Mrs. didn’t follow my lead in Vegas!!!
i almost never fly so it’s hard to say, but i have a difficult time sleeping anywhere away from home that isn’t also quiet and dark. so on a plane back from florida one time with my then boyfriend he didn’t want to wake me up when i fell asleep on him…even though i sort of fell over onto his chest and was cascading piles of drool onto him for glob knows how long.
took a trip to japan with stop in china both ways i got less than an hour of sleep and that with two may three (or was it four) sedatives. i am a big guy who didnt want to bother the people next to me (one being my wife) did i mention i had a bad hip that needed replacing. any how i am to aware that we are up in the air and the scare is what brought on my despair. blessed are those who sleep in the air…
@Vivaporu Sorry to hear about your hip. I have back problems and the last flight I was on, I had the front seat so I was staring at a wall without the ability to put my legs under the seat in front of me.
Turbulent flight so lots of bumping. I ended up with severe pain after the flight that I had to have back surgery for a second time. I’ll never fly again as I’m afraid it could happen again and I might never walk again the next time.
I love airplane sleep. I just love that shit. I have no idea why it’s so great for me, but I don’t really care. I have a chill playlist for when I want to sleep on the plane and a nice neck pillow and it’s buh-byyyyye.
When traveling to Seoul I’m usually a mix of not enough sleep the night before, turned up because “yay travel!”, time change and maximum uncomfortableness to sleep on the flight or really even the first day. Typically I’ll doze a bit but it leaves me with sleep blue balls. So I just try to watch movies they offer or read the book I brought along.
@Targaryen Since we arrived in the evening, we only had to stay up a few more hours. Transition to Korea’s time zone was pretty easy. Coming home was another matter as we flew out in the AM and technically arrived in Chicago before we left Seoul. The flight back to Des Moines got in around noon.
Which airline do you fly when you go to Korea? We flew Asiana.
I sleep okay on planes. I find eye masks uncomfortable enough to be counterproductive, so I wear something light with a hood and pull it down over my eyes instead. The hardest part is finding a comfortable position.
Trains, though - I don’t think I’ve ever slept better than on a train, even without a bunk. I took the train from Waterloo, Indiana to San Diego and back again about fifteen years ago, and I still look back fondly on the sleep I got on that trip.
@Oldelvis Depends on how far east or west. We found it easier to adjust to Korea time since we only had to stay up a few more hours versus adjusting back to Central time since we arrived back home around noonish. There’s a 14 to 15 hour time difference between the 2 zones (14 during DST which is when we went; 15 currently).
Not just planes. I can’t sleep anywhere in close proximity to people I don’t know/trust. Even worse when I travel with family. I stay awake so they don’t have to. I have a tough time letting my guard down. Stay vigilant, my friends.
No substance made by man or nature can get me to really sleep on a plane, but then I’ve only recently developed a solid routine for getting to sleep in my own bed.
I would never even attempt Ambien on a plane. I took it once when I had a bout of insomnia. Instead of sleeping, I spent the entire night trying to catch the tiny wizards flying through the air. There was a snake wrapped around a table and I’m pretty sure I saw the Slender Man… or Jack Terricloth, which could sorta be the same thing
On THAT subject, anyone tried 5-HTP or L-theanine? I have gotten a good nights sleep on Zzquil (and NyQuil) but they don’t seem to ALWAYS work. I usually sleep pretty well, but eery once in a while not.
@aetris you do know that Zzquil is nothing but Benadryl (Diphenhydramine)right? and most likely that’s also the sleepy ingredient in NyQuil. it is in most OTC sleep aids, or “Nite time/Nightime/PM” formulations.
which is why none of them do squat for me as far as sleep.
I’m one of the lucky bastards that Benadryl doesn’t make tired. it works great for the allergies, but no drowsiness. I used to take 50mg 2xdaily.
the only things that seem to help me sleep are melatonin, and alcohol.
not getting FitShaced mind you, just a beer before bed.
@ragingredd - We had a friend that was prescribed Ambien and after a while she started having short-term memory loss. Apparently she was OK in the early morning, but her short-term memory just sort of drained away as the day went on. It didn’t happen immediately after she started using Ambien so she didn’t see the connection immediately and thought she’d had a stroke or something. Eventually a nurse figured out the issue - once they took her off it she was fine.
My flight this past Friday was overnight from Newark to Zürich. (I’m skiing in Ischgl, Austria this week.) I slept a total of about 1.5 hours thanks to the asshole behind me and some really bad turbulence. The noise canceling headphones did help a bit.
Not really. I’ll loll for a while and drift in and out, but never really get to sleep.
I was forced to take the first red-eye of my life a few months ago, and even with all the lights off and no movement in the cabin, I couldn’t get any more than 20-30 minutes of restless sleep at a time. Doesn’t help that I’m 6’2.
Because the answer was not available, I’m commenting! I still find powered flight magical, no matter how mundane the rest of the developed world may now see it, so I actually prefer to remain awake and active for the duration of my flights. I see every flight and every new airport as an adventure, and takeoff is always the best part. I’d imagine I would want some sleep on a very long flight, but as I have yet to travel internationally it hasn’t come up.
@PooltoyWolf Takeoff is my favorite part. I love the way the plane seems to gather itself just like a horse does in preparation for a jump. Then the surge of power and that logic defying leap that doesn’t end for hours. I also see travel as an adventure, but after a few hours of having to sit still, it would be nice to be able to fall asleep and skip ahead to where it gets interesting again.
I mostly try not to go on flights that are long enough to require sleep.
@SSteve You would have hated the 12,000 miles set of flights I had. San Francisco to Hong Kong 14 hours one was 12 the other. Then I had a bunch to get to SF and and 6 or something from Hong Kong to Phnom Penh. And the way home I had two kids with me an 18 mo old and a 7 year old who was the size of a 4 year old. They were, actually, pretty well behaved and I had the foresight to go over the Pacific during their night time.
@Kidsandliz Yes. Yes I would have.
Does a semi-comatose drunken stupor count as sleep? I’m asking for a friend.
@shahnm What your refrigerated batteries in their drink doesn’t keep them from being drunk?
@Kidsandliz Nope. They just get a charge out of it…
/giphy yuk yuk yuk
@shahnm I can’t get on a plane unless I’ve had a few in advance, so yes I sleep/pass out.
I have a difficult enough time sleeping in my own bed. There’s no way in hell I can sleep on a plane, bus, car, train, or any other motorized conveyance. I can, however, sleep on a sailboat.
@ruouttaurmind You might then also be able to sleep on a sail plane, as well. Briefly.
@ruouttaurmind not in a box, not with a fox…
@simplersimon Oh, there was this one fox…
@shahnm At least I won’t burn up in the wreckage. So there’s that.
@ruouttaurmind but did you sleep with her?
@chienfou As a matter of fact, I did! Many times. Like a stone. We were engagged and everything.
@ruouttaurmind Congrats!
@ruouttaurmind Look out for us furries!
I voted another answer because I have never been on a plane before. But I would like to someday.
Aren’t passengers required to go INTO the plane?
But in all seriousness:
I have never been on or in a plane.
@PlacidPenguin Occasionally there’s one ON the plane…
Bonus points if you know who the actor is just from the still.
@eVil James Tiberias Kirk
@eVil Recognized it immediately. Even knew what movie it was from and the plot and everything. Actually, I know there were other short stories in the same movie but I cannot remember them as vividly as I do this scene.
@cengland0 I’d say it wasn’t technically from a movie but from the original television show. It was remade for the movie.
John Lithgow played the role in the movie version, BTW.
I’ve been on 9-12 hour flights, one of which was overnight, but I’ve never been able to sleep while flying. Not nervous, just unable to sleep. Same for long car rides. Maybe it’s being in a seated position?
@rprebel I can sleep on long car rides but only if I’m driving.
@rprebel I’ve had over dozen transcontinental flights, and didn’t sleep on any of them. For me it’s both being in a seated position as I am a stomach sleeper, and sleeping in a public place. A combination of paranoia and self consciousness over the likelihood of snoring, drooling or both while snuggled up with a stranger. If the plane is empty enough to lay down across a full row of seats, especially near the white noise of the engine, and I have a blanket to pull over my head, I can drowse but still not get all the way to sleep. But sleep is elusive for me in any setting.
@SSteve All kidding aside …
https://www.cdc.gov/features/dsdrowsydriving/index.html
@moondrake I have only really been able to sleep when I have a whole row to stretch out in and get into a semi-comfy position. I would guess it is the curse of the stomach sleepers.
I can sleep if I’m in the right window seat, but it’s not restful sleep.
@katbyter …but not the left window seat???
I can, but usually try not to.
Only sleep I ever had on a long flight was in business class on Lufthansa from Frankfurt to DC, had the row to myself and could lay down across the seats and pull a blanket up over me… loooxury!
I don’t know. I’ve never tried.
It’s not real sleep. More like suspended animation. Not conscious, but also not restful.
I was able to nap off and on during the non-stop flights between O’Hare and Seoul.
Also, I would imagine I probably slept on my first roundtrip flight since I was only 3 1/2 months old. (Spent my 1st Christmas in Florida.)
@msklzannie What were you doing in Seoul?
@Targaryen Sleeping.
@Targaryen My parents and I went to visit my brothers who teach/taught English. We also met their bio mom and her husband. (Their birth parents divorced which eventually led to them being placed for adoption, and their bio dad had died about a year before my brother went looking for their bio family.)
@msklzannie Nice, I spent a year teaching English in Korea as well. So how did you like it?
@Targaryen I liked it a lot (in a good to visit but way too big to want to live there kind of way). I’d go again when there isn’t as much saber-rattling going on.
We were there over Chuseok so that made things interesting with some places closed for the holiday. We did a tour of the DMZ, visited one of the palaces (the one with the art museum) and got to see the changing of the guard, and went to a historical village. We also visited Holt Ilsan. Buried somewhere are pictures from the palace and DMZ that include a Woot monkey with a tiger-pattern cape.
I found the subway system very simple to travel. After all if a small-town Iowa girl can figure it out, it must be easy. It got to the point where I was quicker at finding the route on the subway map than my brothers’ phone apps were.
Everyone was really friendly and helpful. I know someone who was stationed there since (Army) but he had the opposite experience. It sounded like he met a lot of people who resented the military presence. As I understand it, attitudes there of locals he came into face-to-face contact with were worse than anywhere else he’s been stationed and he’s been deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan.
@msklzannie I was there the last time “imminent war” was being threatened and everyone was just about their day. Honestly in the scheme of things you’re probably not going to see anything come out of this. There way too much to lose for all countries involved in a second Korean war than there is to gain.
Yeah you did a lot of cool things then all the fun touristy stuff.
As for the military presence it’s sort of divided. There are some Korean who are happy the Americans are there, but some feel us being there is kind of holding back the growth of Korea and we’re not much better than Imperial Japan fighting a proxy war between the US and China in Korea. Not to mention a lot of the guys in the military do dumb shit every… weekend basically and make things not smooth. For instance I was there and one weekend a US soldier made trouble for the police and then stole one of their cars and drove back to base before he could end up in jail or something along those lines.
If sufficiently exhausted, I can drool on myself and cat nap, and then wake up with neck pain.
@InnocuousFarmer
/image neck pillow
@RiotDemon I see people sleeping with neck pillows on the train pretty much every day. Totally get that some people can’t sleep otherwise, but it seems like a pretty unwieldy thing to carry on one’s commute every day!
@brhfl Mine smooshes pretty well for shoving in a bag. I don’t actually live in an area with mass transit, so I only use mine for trips. They look kind of stupid and of limited value, but I wish I’d bought one years ago.
@arielleslie I think it’d be very easy to justify on a long plane ride, I’m just surprised at the number I see on the train - and a lot of them are people who are only on for an hour or so. I guess they must smoosh down pretty well, too!
@brhfl
/image inflatable neck pillow
@RiotDemon Could always wrap me around your neck!
@PooltoyWolf haha
When I can get into business class on an international flight, I can get a few hours. International flights have the lay flat seats on most planes, and the flight has to be smooth.
Who can sleep sitting upright in narrow, hard seats?
@hchavers now that the kids are teens, everyone knows not to expect much from Mom on the plane. I fall alseep very easily, I joke i can sleep standing up, so an uncomfortable upright (i never recline bc i know what thats like for the person behind) chair is not much worse. I usually end up waking up a few times due to discomfort, or when the drink cart comes, but i sleep usually 50% or more of any flight over 2 hrs (under 2 i plan ahead so get maybe a 20 min nap but stay awake and read or talk).
@mollama I’m right there with you!
I can pretty much sleep any place/any time. I worked as as EMT for a while, doing 24 hour shifts. Some days you ran your ass off, and I got very good at grabbing 40 winks (or less) in almost any possible conveyance if the opportunity presented itself.
When I fly I tend to sleep most of the way, if not full on sleep then naps with a very short duration of ‘alert’ time in between.
I’ve never flown.
@JoetatoChip
There are literally dozens of us.
@JoetatoChip wings haven’t come in yet? <rimshot>
Only thing that works is the combination of melatonin and 16 hours in a hard, narrow seat.
Not usually. It took 16hrs to get from Portland to Manila and I couldn’t sleep for any of it. The only time I can remember is on my way to a convention in Dallas. I was so exhausted from con prep that I fell asleep and did the whole jackknifed neck and wide open mouth thing.
Only if I am really, really tired. They make airline seats uncomfortable for a reason.
I can sleep anywhere, thanks to a couple of years in the artillery. If you can sleep when cannons are going off, anywhere else is easy. But being a nightowl, I can only sleep on a red-eye flight like San Francisco to Miami departing at 10PM, and fall asleep around 2AM.
For me, the question should read “Can you sleep while contorted into a pretzel knot?”
I’m 6’5, and have disproportionately long legs. I barely fit into standard airline seats without my knees hitting the seat in front of me. If the person in front of me decides to recline at all, I don’t fit anymore. When I was younger, I was able to contort into a position that made it a little easier, but nowadays, I’d rather drive for days than fly for hours.
I can’t sleep on planes. I have to look out for snakes.
I know this doesn’t really count, but we decided to do an all-out vacation one year and popped for First Class. It was great: wide, reclining seats and decent food. Unfortunately it was American Airlines so the tech didn’t always work but I was so comfortable I didn’t need it and actually managed a restful sleep. That was the only time I ever really looked forward to the flight home.
We’ve flown international a few times and both British Airways and Air France were pretty darn comfortable for economy.
@aetris plus the food (and wine) on Air France is generally better.
Only time I’ve ever slept on a plane was after a 26 hour Las Vegas “Experience”…Crawled on the plane, lights out…I don’t even remember the car ride back from MSP to Fargo. Thank God the Mrs. didn’t follow my lead in Vegas!!!
i almost never fly so it’s hard to say, but i have a difficult time sleeping anywhere away from home that isn’t also quiet and dark. so on a plane back from florida one time with my then boyfriend he didn’t want to wake me up when i fell asleep on him…even though i sort of fell over onto his chest and was cascading piles of drool onto him for glob knows how long.
took a trip to japan with stop in china both ways i got less than an hour of sleep and that with two may three (or was it four) sedatives. i am a big guy who didnt want to bother the people next to me (one being my wife) did i mention i had a bad hip that needed replacing. any how i am to aware that we are up in the air and the scare is what brought on my despair. blessed are those who sleep in the air…
@Vivaporu Sorry to hear about your hip. I have back problems and the last flight I was on, I had the front seat so I was staring at a wall without the ability to put my legs under the seat in front of me.
Turbulent flight so lots of bumping. I ended up with severe pain after the flight that I had to have back surgery for a second time. I’ll never fly again as I’m afraid it could happen again and I might never walk again the next time.
I love airplane sleep. I just love that shit. I have no idea why it’s so great for me, but I don’t really care. I have a chill playlist for when I want to sleep on the plane and a nice neck pillow and it’s buh-byyyyye.
https://imgur.com/vY0H5pC
@medz support animal?
When traveling to Seoul I’m usually a mix of not enough sleep the night before, turned up because “yay travel!”, time change and maximum uncomfortableness to sleep on the flight or really even the first day. Typically I’ll doze a bit but it leaves me with sleep blue balls. So I just try to watch movies they offer or read the book I brought along.
@Targaryen Since we arrived in the evening, we only had to stay up a few more hours. Transition to Korea’s time zone was pretty easy. Coming home was another matter as we flew out in the AM and technically arrived in Chicago before we left Seoul. The flight back to Des Moines got in around noon.
Which airline do you fly when you go to Korea? We flew Asiana.
I sleep okay on planes. I find eye masks uncomfortable enough to be counterproductive, so I wear something light with a hood and pull it down over my eyes instead. The hardest part is finding a comfortable position.
Trains, though - I don’t think I’ve ever slept better than on a train, even without a bunk. I took the train from Waterloo, Indiana to San Diego and back again about fifteen years ago, and I still look back fondly on the sleep I got on that trip.
God knows I’ve tried. Int’l flights can be awfully long.
Flying east is easier than west.
@Oldelvis Depends on how far east or west. We found it easier to adjust to Korea time since we only had to stay up a few more hours versus adjusting back to Central time since we arrived back home around noonish. There’s a 14 to 15 hour time difference between the 2 zones (14 during DST which is when we went; 15 currently).
Not just planes. I can’t sleep anywhere in close proximity to people I don’t know/trust. Even worse when I travel with family. I stay awake so they don’t have to. I have a tough time letting my guard down. Stay vigilant, my friends.
@medz
No substance made by man or nature can get me to really sleep on a plane, but then I’ve only recently developed a solid routine for getting to sleep in my own bed.
I would never even attempt Ambien on a plane. I took it once when I had a bout of insomnia. Instead of sleeping, I spent the entire night trying to catch the tiny wizards flying through the air. There was a snake wrapped around a table and I’m pretty sure I saw the Slender Man… or Jack Terricloth, which could sorta be the same thing
On THAT subject, anyone tried 5-HTP or L-theanine? I have gotten a good nights sleep on Zzquil (and NyQuil) but they don’t seem to ALWAYS work. I usually sleep pretty well, but eery once in a while not.
@PolkSaladAnnie
/youtube slender man movie trailer
@RiotDemon Well, that looks creepy.
@aetris you do know that Zzquil is nothing but Benadryl (Diphenhydramine)right? and most likely that’s also the sleepy ingredient in NyQuil. it is in most OTC sleep aids, or “Nite time/Nightime/PM” formulations.
which is why none of them do squat for me as far as sleep.
I’m one of the lucky bastards that Benadryl doesn’t make tired. it works great for the allergies, but no drowsiness. I used to take 50mg 2xdaily.
the only things that seem to help me sleep are melatonin, and alcohol.
not getting FitShaced mind you, just a beer before bed.
@PolkSaladAnnie my hubby drove 30 miles ti work on AMBIEN woke up and was all sorts of confused had to go pick him up.
@ragingredd Yeah, the ones that cause sleep driving are pretty scary.
@ragingredd - We had a friend that was prescribed Ambien and after a while she started having short-term memory loss. Apparently she was OK in the early morning, but her short-term memory just sort of drained away as the day went on. It didn’t happen immediately after she started using Ambien so she didn’t see the connection immediately and thought she’d had a stroke or something. Eventually a nurse figured out the issue - once they took her off it she was fine.
Only with the help of a combination eyemask and Bluetooth headset which I don’t and will never have. So, short answer, no.
@ELUNO I know where you can buy one, if you wish.
https://www.amazon.com/CestMall-Bluetooth-Adjustable-Travelling-Hands-free/dp/B074T8YH3Y/
@therealjrn Noooooooooooooo
My flight this past Friday was overnight from Newark to Zürich. (I’m skiing in Ischgl, Austria this week.) I slept a total of about 1.5 hours thanks to the asshole behind me and some really bad turbulence. The noise canceling headphones did help a bit.
Not really. I’ll loll for a while and drift in and out, but never really get to sleep.
I was forced to take the first red-eye of my life a few months ago, and even with all the lights off and no movement in the cabin, I couldn’t get any more than 20-30 minutes of restless sleep at a time. Doesn’t help that I’m 6’2.
Because the answer was not available, I’m commenting! I still find powered flight magical, no matter how mundane the rest of the developed world may now see it, so I actually prefer to remain awake and active for the duration of my flights. I see every flight and every new airport as an adventure, and takeoff is always the best part. I’d imagine I would want some sleep on a very long flight, but as I have yet to travel internationally it hasn’t come up.
@PooltoyWolf Takeoff is my favorite part. I love the way the plane seems to gather itself just like a horse does in preparation for a jump. Then the surge of power and that logic defying leap that doesn’t end for hours. I also see travel as an adventure, but after a few hours of having to sit still, it would be nice to be able to fall asleep and skip ahead to where it gets interesting again.
@moondrake The best is when you’re sitting right next to an engine in your favorite plane at takeoff. There is simply no comparison.
Can’t sleep sitting up… Not in cars trains or airplanes in order to sleep it HAS to be dark and quite!
@ragingredd quite… horizontal?