How do you get over jet lag and how long does it take?

Honestly, I never get jet lag, so I wouldn't know. Sorry! :)

I usually get a massage and sleep for a few hours. Works great for me.

My experience has been just to stay up until sleep comes to you easily.....good luck!

I try to push myself as far as i can to set my sleeping clock. It does have an effect till 7 days.

If you have time. You can enjoy the sleep.

I remember getting an awful case of jet lag after flying 15 hours to Japan as a kid. It ruined the first few days of vacation for me.

Anyway, I hear the recommended thing to do is to eat well, drink lost of water and adjust to the area's sleep patterns (sleep when it's night and stay awake during the day). You should be fine within a short while.

Good luck with it!

I usually party all night long with my friends before I get on an airplane, so I'm usually asleep when I'm flying and it's in the morning when I get to the destination ;-p
(For some reason, I love it when the airplane speeds up for take off so I try to stay awake for that part.)

Buy some 3 mg Melatonin tablets. It's an over-the-counter supplement that you will find in the vitamin section of the store.

If you are traveling east, on the day of your flight, take one dose of melatonin, as directed on the bottle, between 6 and 7 p.m. your time; you may have to take the melatonin on the plane. On the day you arrive and for the next four days, take one dose at bedtime (between 9 and 10 p.m.) local time of where you now are. If you will not be staying in this time zone for four days and will instead be traveling further east, take one dose of melatonin on the day before flying onward, again between 6 and 7 p.m. local time (but not at bedtime). On the day of arrival at your second destination, take one dose of melatonin at bedtime (local time) and for the next four days.

If you are traveling west, melatonin will not help much if you travel less than five time zones to the west. For longer distances west, on the day you arrive, take one dose of melatonin at local time bedtime and continue to do so for the next four days. If you wake up before 4 a.m., go ahead and take a little more melatonin (one or one-half dose) so you can get a complete night's sleep. If you're traveling further west in less than four days' time, take melatonin at bedtime the night before leaving. Then repeat the whole schedule again at your new spot.

Melatonin is a natural hormone that helps your body sleep. It is NOT a sleeping pill. Among other things, it helps the body reset its Circadian rhythm when traveling.

Best way WHEN TRAVELING SET YOUR WATCH TO DESTINATION TIME AND LOOK AT IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IN FLIGHT. When you get there your internal clock should be adjusted to the time change.

How long it takes depends on how many hours you're lagged. Melatonin is supposed to be good, and what helps me is being outdoors to get some natural daylight while it's light outside.