Any advice on travel?

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i have a business trip coming up and need to fly.
problem is i am very claustrophobic and extremely nervous about getting on the plane.
its a short flight but this is making me go nuts just thinking about it

any suggestions on how to block out the fear?

Request an isle seat, preferably towards the back of the plane.

um no thanks i'd rather be able to look out the window to be honest at least i wont feel like the small tube of metal is closing in around me

I'm not afraid of flying, as I live in New York right now but I have flown to my hometown of Seattle many times. There's nothing to worry about!

If your flight becomes turbulent, I suggest you try to sleep through it. That will block out your fear, absolutely!

Bring a good Book to read.

short flight?



drive?

other wise..take a freind with you an aspie friendly frined...and go on a re-hearse flight....so on this re-hearse flight you dont have the added overwhelming senstion ofthe flight , the check in and arrival and business dealings you just have the flight issue to deal with, do the aspie thing and focus on that one issue and then the next time you may be prepared to enough to deal with the flight and the business trip together.

Yes bring a book about Bernoulli's principle.
It's not all that scary when you understand it.

Drinks are usually only $5 on the plane. I get a whisky and ginger ale. Makes me not care.

Try to get a window seat in the exit row. It's the most room you can get in the regular part of the plane. Bring a book, a snack, and something to stim with (that won't get taken away at the security check point), and headphones. Make sure you wear comfortable clothes.

Go 1st class if you can afford it, and don't drink too much!!

you shud be able to get these relaxing drinks in your local health food shop that is if you live in england irl or the states i oknow there availabl in them 3 places anyway they should b available worldwide

pls let me know how u get on

laura

don't go? um....mild sedatives!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

Is this a domestic flight or an international flight?

If international, check the laws of the country you're going to. The US has one of the strictest medicine regulations in the world; the choice of ingredients is severely limited. Some countries can sell medicine with strong depressants over-the-counter, like Tylenol. Maybe you can take a weak American medication and tough it out on the way there. However, you can buy one of the local medications, take it before getting on the place, and simply relax during the entire flight.

I actually have a personal story regarding this. I was in Israel a while back, and I got sick with a cough. I used a combination of bhand gestures and fragmented Hebrew to ask a store clerk that I needed cough syrop; the sales clerk handed me a bottle. Since the entire label was in Hebrew, I couldn't even read the dosage, let alone the ingredients list. Now spending a 14-hour flight with a cough certainly wasn't the best way to end a trip. So after I got on the plane, I simply took the same dose I would have taken for a similar US-made drug. Well, after about 20 minutes, I felt a Vicodin-like trance flood my brain. Since I was really tired, I quickly fell asleep, and didn't wake up until about 2 hours before landing, and my cough was much weaker then. So why does everyone hate Israel?:roll:

But I digress. If you're going to a different country, buy a local anti-anxiety medication that's better (read: stronger) that the over-the-counter stuff you find here. It should make the flight back a lot more tolerable.

I don't like small confining places, but when I had to fly, the interior was not as cramped feeling as I pictured it. What type of plane will it be?

wish i could but the tickets were purchased for me

dont like being/feeling medicated

i dont like confining places either hence the claustrophobia
its a 737 domestic from miami to atlanta

the closer it gets to the time i have to leave the more my stomach turns