Re: Jet lag

[Bobbie Turniansky]

Riki, I don't know about shift work but I do know my personal experience.  I live in Israel and when I fly to the US (westward - 7 hours difference), I don't have any problem adjusting.  I usually arrive in the late afternoon (after being up for about a day and a half because of having to be at the airport at 3:00 on the average).  My main problem is just staying up until "regular bedtime" that first might and then everything straightens itself out.  The real problem is coming back home (flying eastward).  That takes me about a week to sort out - a week of waking up at 3 AM!  A quick consultation with a specialist on sleep disorders resulted in the advice "get as much exposure to daylight as possible" after returning home.  I haven't tried that yet but I'll try to remember her advice this summer.   Bobbie   Dr. Bobbie Turniansky Chair, Department of Psychology Kaye College of Education Beer Sheva ISRAEL   [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 6:15 AM Subject: Re: Jet lag In a message dated 3/6/2006 10:06:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sorry for the crossposting-  I hope someone can clarify this for me and my students.  When I check out jet lag, it is supposed to be worse when going westward, i.e.setting the internal clock back.  Yet my personal experience and those of a group of my students who just retrurned from a trip where they moved 7 time zones ahead found that is harder to go backward.  This latter finding squares with the recommendation for easing the adjustment to shift changes, which is to go forward rather than backward, i.e. from day to evening to night. Any data on this?   Riki Koenigsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] I made a mistake in my original post- it is supposed to be harder to go eastward, setting the clock ahead, but that is inconsistent with the research on shift work, as I said. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]