We always found getting blind drunk worked best. Get plastered then go to sleep at about midnight, wake up at 10am local time with a stinking hangover but body clock in sync.
2-3 non-sugary drinks plus a melatonin (which i never take regularly) work wonders. Bring good earplugs - the soft, squishy kind. And of course, try to get that business upgrade - i found the latter to work the most :)
Melatonin (to me) are a bad sleep aid. It definitely helps you sleep, but it's a weird sleep
I agree on the melatonin front. I prefer a couple of whiskeys and a benadryl for long flights.
I used to be in this camp, too, but beware of DVT if you knock yourself out cold in a cramped position for hours.
You don't need much and a lot of the OTC pills are way too much and cause that odd sleep. Iirc Some pills are 50mg of the stuff and you only need ~1mg to get useful effects. Any more and you risk bad dreams and other weird effects.
Yes, I've been to a sleep specialist and they told me the same thing. Anything over 1mg is far too much. And you really have to look to find the 1mg bottles.
Yeah, I found a bottle with 3mg pills that i just cut down to ~1mg or less size. seems to work fine when I really need to get to sleep.
Trader Joes sells .5 mg peppermint tasting ones that work well for me.
This would explain why my 5mg pills are causing me terrible sleep problems.
Not really a viable approach if, like the majority of travel, it's for work.