Nytol - sleeping pills

Mey

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Anyone had them before, having trouble getting to sleep recently so bought a packet, only problem is i don't want to take it then be knocked out for god knows how long and miss my alarm in the morning. So anyone had any experince with them?
 

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Had one before and it sure made me sleep well, though I was really drousy for like an hour when I woke up :p

(No idea what brand of sleeping pills it was, though)
 

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Mey said:
Anyone had them before, having trouble getting to sleep recently so bought a packet, only problem is i don't want to take it then be knocked out for god knows how long and miss my alarm in the morning. So anyone had any experince with them?

They dont really knock you out as such.

Hard to explain but it makes it easier for you to sleep if you want to, obviously it makes you drowsy so you can drop off to sleep easier. That said I've stayed up all night after taking one, but that was because I didnt want to go to sleep.

I'm not so sure about the effects on the duration, but when I did go to sleep after taking one I'd tend to sleep for a good 8 hours every time. I've gotten up to an alarm after having one also, didnt seem much different from normal tbh, just helped me drop off.

Not taken one in years though.

I'd say they work, take one at about 8-10pm before you go to bed assuming you want to get up 6-8 the next day. It'll be different for different people though I would imagine.
 

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Dukat said:
That said I've stayed up all night after taking one, but that was because I didnt want to go to sleep.
Why did you take one then? :p
 

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Afran said:
Why did you take one then? :p

Long and complicated story heh.

Used to have proper bad insomnia, was to do with school - I hated school so much that I wanted to be awake for every hour I wasnt actually there. Obviously this made me feel like shite, so I'd take a sleeping pill sunday night to try to get some sleep before monday, but I still wouldnt want to sleep.

I'd stay up all night so that the length of time I got to spend awake and at home was as long as possible.

Was proper bad though, it got so that I couldnt sleep even if I wanted to.
 
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Dukat said:
Long and complicated story heh.

Used to have proper bad insomnia, was to do with school - I hated school so much that I wanted to be awake for every hour I wasnt actually there. I'd take a sleeping pill sunday night to try to get some sleep before monday, but I still wouldnt want to sleep.

I'd stay up all night so that the length of time I got to spend awake and at home was as long as possible.

Was proper bad though, it got so that I couldnt sleep even if I wanted to.

I used to do that! Mind you, I could've went to sleep whenever i wanted. Come to think of it, i actually liked school, just prefered home ^^
 

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It's funny how many "insomniacs" are out there simply 'cause they dont go to bed :D

It was said by a doctor somewhere, that in most cases they just need to shut the f*ck up and go to bed, shut their eyes and stay there.

Also not drinking sugary drinks, coffeine drinks, coffee or smoking before bed helps.

I wouldn't go for pills in any case, if i couldn't sleep, i would eventually and until then i''m drug free.
 

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Never said i was a Insomniac, just that i couldn't sleep very well.

Took one last night must of dropped off within 5 minutes of having it, felt abit drousy when i woke up and just wanted to fall asleep again. All in all worked alright sleep was good and felt it :D
 

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People on another forum i read mentioned that they had some fucked up nightmares after taking these iirc :p
 

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Vladamir said:
People on another forum i read mentioned that they had some fucked up nightmares after taking these iirc :p

Sure that was Nytol and not acid?
 

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Vladamir said:
People on another forum i read mentioned that they had some fucked up nightmares after taking these iirc :p

Never remember any of that from when I took these :)



old.Tohtori said:
It's funny how many "insomniacs" are out there simply 'cause they dont go to bed :D

It was said by a doctor somewhere, that in most cases they just need to shut the f*ck up and go to bed, shut their eyes and stay there.

Also not drinking sugary drinks, coffeine drinks, coffee or smoking before bed helps.

I wouldn't go for pills in any case, if i couldn't sleep, i would eventually and until then i''m drug free.

Yea, its almost totally psychological, I also try to steer clear of pills nowadays, as I dont like the idea that I rely on something to get to sleep.

The problem with me was that I didnt want to sleep for so long that I kinda got used to it, so that when eventually things changed and I did 'want' to sleep, for a long while I still had trouble.

I reckon there are some circumstances where these things are usefull, perhaps not as often as some people believe though.
 

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dont take drugs in order to do something as natural as sleeping - rather turn of comp 1 hour before bed and read something (maybe even something boring), go to bed early and get up early etc. (i wish i was capable of doing any of these things)
 

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Nytol are great, just make sure you only take them when you want a full nights sleep, don't use them for a nap or you will end up feeling drowsy for hours after.
 

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i took some herbal sleeping pills from boots that smelt like unwashed crotch, had to hold me nose to take them but they worked a treat i slept well and they didnt make me woozey
 

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if you take sleeping pills: DONT SLEEP ON YOUR BACK :)
 

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Mey said:
Anyone had them before, having trouble getting to sleep recently so bought a packet, only problem is i don't want to take it then be knocked out for god knows how long and miss my alarm in the morning. So anyone had any experince with them?

the herbal ones are good and they dont do anyhting like that, mine didnt anyway. i used to take 3 but you could take the whole bottle with no known side effects. contains opium lettuce and something else iirc.

only issue i had was it gave me itchy eyes before feeling tired.

need to take them quite a long time before you want to sleep too, otherwise you might have a problem falling asleep.

tbh horlicks is much better and tastier.
 

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Ezteq said:
i took some herbal sleeping pills from boots that smelt like unwashed crotch

This made me laugh dispite being in a shit sulky mood! ezteq wins! :cheers:
 

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Dukat said:
Long and complicated story heh.

Used to have proper bad insomnia, was to do with school - I hated school so much that I wanted to be awake for every hour I wasnt actually there. Obviously this made me feel like shite, so I'd take a sleeping pill sunday night to try to get some sleep before monday, but I still wouldnt want to sleep.

I'd stay up all night so that the length of time I got to spend awake and at home was as long as possible.

Was proper bad though, it got so that I couldnt sleep even if I wanted to.

Wow, i liked school, if i got tired i would have a power-hour in a crap lesson! i turned out allright didn't i?...:touch:
 

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