Very Nervous Flyer

[fruitsalad]

could I have some opinions please before I make appointment to see the doctor, do you think the doctor would prescribe me something to help me feel less nervous, I don't want to be out of it just more relaxed.

[cazzz1975]

My friend who saw the doctor for the same thing was going to Australia he gave her given a couple of valium to relax her for the flight

[Grandma_Yiddo]

My sister is also a very nervous flyer, her G.P gives her something.

[Prudie]

I hate flying too, I get propanolol from the GP and sneak ready made G&T in my handbag..

[Zacs-Master]

Ah, get a bottle of red wine down you.

[JoolsTwo]

I've tried the tablets route and it didn't help me at all. I now do relaxation & breathing exercises and find that helps me. See if you can get a relaxation recording on your phone and plug into that. It got me to Oz and we are flying to Canada on Tuesday so will take it with me. I'm a lot better these days but still don't like it. Good luck I hope you can find something that will help you.

[shoemad]

A few years ago I went on a 'fear of flying' course at a local airport as I'd got so bad at flying that I was thinking that I'd never go on a plane again.
It wasn't cheap (about £150 I think) but it really helped. I still don't like flying but I am no longer rigid with terror every time there's some turbulence.
I also read a couple of 'fear of flying' books and they also helped.
Also, try to sit as far to the front of the plane as you can as you feel the turbulence less there. Why do you think First class seats are always at the front?

Hope you can get something to help you as it's a big world out there and a shame to miss it.
Good Luck X

[maggiebee]

My late friend was terrified of flying but went abroad every year. She swore by a valium tablet and a couple of brandies before boarding the plane.

[chrissa1]

Back in the 80's, my husband learnt to fly when we lived in Northern Ireland.
I'm not a great flyer but I thought I had to go up with him, at least once.

We booked a taxi to take me up to the airport, as I had downed two very stiff G&Ts. When I told the taxi driver what I was doing, he said I could have a couple of cigarettes in the taxi, even though he didn't allow smoking normally.

The flight went off without a hitch.

[grasscarp]

Chrissa, I too learnt to fly. Enjoyed it very much and went on to get a commercial pilots licence and did some freelance work. I have also done simulator work and we used to get people who wanted to overcome their fear of flying turning up. They nearly always found they actually enjoyed it when they got the chance to take control of the plane. There are these simulator sessions available through various companies for people with a fear of flying.

[chrissa1]

I never did go up with him again but our kids went up often. We bought a Piper Cherokee Arrow that he used to fly to and from Belfast from Newcastle when we moved back over here.

Golf-Hotel-Echo-Romeo-Bravo was its call sign. Its nickname was...yes, you guessed it.....Herbie.

[grasscarp]

Wow! I had a share in a Taylorcraft (taildragger) for 7 years. Neither of my daughters wanted to come with me. One was sick in a club aircraft. The other came in my own plane but said at Popham airfield I am not coming back. Told her that it would be a long time till I could return by car for her so she did fly back with me. Someone asked my husband if he had ever flown with me and he said - No I've seen the way she drives.

[Purple_Popple]

Ask your GP for some tiny pills called Loprazolam. Works for me like a treat as Im so scared of leaving the ground Diazepam didnt touch my nerves!!