Diazepam

The doctors has prescribed me some of these for my upcoming holiday flight.  I am still not entirely sure what they will do.  Anyone know and will they help or make me semi-concious?

Always  take a sleeping pill or somat on a long haul flight.   Great when you arrive at the other end feeling refreshed rather than half dead though no sleep

The flight is 4hr 40mins and realistically I want to be ready for partying a couple of hours after we land .  If Diazepam won't be enough I could do a few vodkas and Nytol as well and see what happens

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Take the Diazepam before you fly. It will work, and you shouldn't need other stuff with them.

Like I said, don't drink alcohol with diazepam.

I was joking.  I hate flying enough to be sensible about this.  In an ideal world I would like to pass out just as we taxi to the runway and then wake we are just about at the terminal.  Like me 30 minute snooze this morning that felt like 30 seconds

Dosage is 2mg.  On the way out flight is 9am so I have been told to take one the night before and 2 at check in.  I imagine it will be 3-4pm before we have our room and are ready to grab a beer and some food.   

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Dont over do it boss can really do you over, one of my old school mates died from taking them and drinking. 7 of them and half a bottle of vodka, feel asleep and never woke up .

I will definately be more careful

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they work very nicely at taking away anxiety. diazepam is valium so have a few drinks on them and you'll get a bit wobbly

Ah is it?  I didn't know that.  I won't be drinking on them and right now I am thinking that I may not even drink later on in the evening after taking the last dosage before 9am.  Will have to see. 

I have the horrible feeling that this is set up to go wrong.  I will take as per doctors instructions at check in and then find out on the other side we have a long delay

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In an ideal world I would like to pass out just as we taxi to the runway and then wake we are just about at the terminal.  Like me 30 minute snooze this morning that felt like 30 seconds

Wrong. In an ideal world you'd take the tablets before you even left the house as statistically you're 6 times more likely to die driving to the airport as you are on the plane

You also have more chance of being struck by lighting so be real careful with those thunderstorms

Are the plane stats not calculated by distance rather than number of passengers and journeys though? 

Phobias are not logical enough to relate to stats anyway.  I am not a very comfortable passenger in any form of transport generally anyway.  I was never brilliantly happy with flying but one experience pushed that from something I am not keen on to a phobia.  I will be much more comfortable when my Mrs is driving us into Leeds, on the train to the airport, on the transfer etc than on the plane.  It doesn't matter which is the more dangerous form of transport.

If it did anything it would make me more nervous of other forms of transport without improving the flying thing.

Once I get back from this holiday I am going to look into more long term solutions.  Someone on here before suggested I should get a book from Paul McKenna I think and that may help. 

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they work very nicely at taking away anxiety. diazepam is valium so have a few drinks on them and you'll get a bit wobbly

Ah is it?  I didn't know that.  I won't be drinking on them and right now I am thinking that I may not even drink later on in the evening after taking the last dosage before 9am.  Will have to see. 

I have the horrible feeling that this is set up to go wrong.  I will take as per doctors instructions at check in and then find out on the other side we have a long delay

you won't need to drink on them. they chill you out enough to not be itching for a drink from nerves about the flight. i can't really see what could go wrong if you don't drink on them

As per what I put.  I take them where instructed and they veg me out nicely but we are stuck in the terminal due to delays

The drinking will be more about actually being there and away from stresses of life later on.  I can knock it on the head for the first afternoon/evening there anyway.  Beer with breakfast the day after though