My Godmother sat next to someone on a long-haul flight who died from a DVT. They hadn't moved for the whole flight.

Don't do that to yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m flying LAX to SYD next month, and dreading the 15.5 hr flight. Considering just knocking myself out with benzos to get through it. Does anyone else do this? Any downside?

Add some booze and you will wake up before you knew you took off.

Or die of an overdose?

Benzos wouldn’t make me sleep but I guess would make it more tolerable. I’d probably prefer a few drinks.

Anonymous wrote:I’m flying LAX to SYD next month, and dreading the 15.5 hr flight. Considering just knocking myself out with benzos to get through it. Does anyone else do this? Any downside?

Add some booze and you will wake up before you knew you took off.

Get off the drugs lady.

I was prescribed a generic for Atarax for my pre travel anxiety to take on as needed basis.
Took half a pill before my last flight, was a little slower than usual but still got thru security ok, and then had a nice blissful sleep (stretches of sleep but still better than usual) on my red eye. I am going to do the same in the future!

DH cannot sleep on flights at all. For our honeymoon to Asia he took some Tylenol PMs, like 6 glasses of wine, and still stayed awake suffering. That’s obviously not the recommended usage but he thought it would work :/

So no tips, but don’t do that.

Depends if you want a DVT or not. I wouldn't do it. You need to get up and walk around.

Anonymous wrote:Not for me, I'd like to be alert in case I need to be. If you take these regularly for sleep, do that. But I wouldn't take more than your usual dose.

+1
I know how I react to benadryl so would do that to cover some of the flight. Some would be movies. I have to mix it up. I like getting all the meals too even though I don't eat much.

Glass of 🍷?

Not for me, I'd like to be alert in case I need to be. If you take these regularly for sleep, do that. But I wouldn't take more than your usual dose.

Anonymous wrote:How about reading a book or listening to a podcast?

Yeah OP hadn't thought of those...

How about reading a book or listening to a podcast?

Anonymous wrote:Are you flying alone?

With my husband.

Are you flying alone?

I’m flying LAX to SYD next month, and dreading the 15.5 hr flight. Considering just knocking myself out with benzos to get through it. Does anyone else do this? Any downside?