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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
TRNRMOM, I'm glad you're home. Please do everything you can to baby yourself now. Have you considered calling your psychiatrist? Or even your GP?
I'm in my 40s, and international travel is way too stressful for me. The last time I was full blown manic (and even with psychosis) was last May during a trip to Portugal. It was seriously way more than I can handle. And the airports were the absolute worst! London Heathrow on the way home was a nightmare! My international airport in the US was so extremely horrible that I'd call it hell on earth! If I wasn't an American, I'd vow to never visit the United States ever again!
My husband and I are east coast US citizens. The only vacation I can kind of handle is our annual trip to Florida. Same time zone and we fly from a small local airport and there is obviously no customs and immigration, and the airport screenings aren't that bad. We mostly sit on the beach, take occasional local car trips, I cook (we always stay in a hotel with a kitchen), and nap when we want.
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we used to do cruises w/customers when hubby was working and in our 40's, and they weren't nearly as long in duration; these 17 days of int'l travel were a very expensive lesson that i can no longer even consider (or want to consider) long hours of travel, be it in the u.s. or internationally. i never realized how vulnerable and fragile i've become (emotionally) as i am good physical health and work out regularly at our health club right across the street from our home, but hubby will have to get a travel buddy in the future. by the way, he has normal brain chemistry and is also struggling with jet lag even after 12 days of being home, but i guess those of us with additional emotional/psychological issues are set up to fail. thx. for your reply and i'm so sorry you also went thru some terrible times.