Nytol made my bum explode (Nytol Herbal Tablets)

Member Name: NutNutNut

Product:	Nytol Herbal Tablets
Date:	20/03/09 (203 review reads)
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Advantages: They do knock you out into a deep sleep

Disadvantages: The hangover effect and an exploding bum

I wouldn't normally touch this sort of thing with a barge pole. No, my preference would be to fall asleep when I felt like it and wake up when I felt like it. But amongst other things, by law my child has to be at school, and at a set time of the morning. 8.55am to be exact. (What a stupid time, why not just round it off to 9.00? Tsk!) So it means I have to conform to "the system" to a degree. So I need to get my sleep! I have never been good at sleeping. Don't get me wrong, when I'm asleep I can stay asleep, but falling asleep is difficult especially when I have a "set bedtime". I have always preferred working the late shift or taking classes that don't start until the afternoon etc whatever it is I'm doing at the time. However just recently I would class myself as an insomniac and it is getting to me. I have heard that the older you get the less sleep you need, but I only just turned 25 so I'm not sure that's it. Plus I'm always tired and irritable after little sleep so I think I still NEED it, I'm just not GETTING it. But anyway like I said, normally I wouldn't touch these things. I dislike poisoning my body with substances. I hate the idea of having to rely on a substance to make my body do things it should be doing naturally. I prefer natural methods. But, I did not buy these. A friend of mine had been suffering similar problems to me and had bought these for the same reason. She never actually used them in the end though, and passed them onto me if I wanted to try. I was reluctant, but desperate. So I tried the evil little sods. I wish I hadn't.

The packaging is green, and I really like green but I was suspicious. These were claiming to be "herbal" and I felt the green was just a way of saying "Hey! Look at me! I'm green and that means I'm herbal! Herbal is good for you! Take me now!" There is a lot of information printed on the box. There is a list of "ingredients"; Hops, valerian and passion flower. It has dosage instructions and warnings and do not take this medicine ifs etc. Inside the box are two blister style packets of pills. There are 30 pills altogether and you are advised to take two a night. There is also a paper of information in the box. Now on the box it clearly states the ingredients as; Hops, valerian and passion flower. On the piece of paper it turns out there are a whole bunch of other ingredients that the box conveniently forgot to mention. I won't list them all but I will say that this product is FULL of E numbers. Yuck. It also gives a list of possible side effects but I wasn't too worried as a lot of medicines give a list of possible side effects and I had never heard of anyone die from taking a Nytol.

So I took two tablets an hour before bed as instructed and I must admit they did knock me out pretty quick. I have to say I did take these on a day I thought I didn't have to either get up too early or do anything particular during the day so if something went wrong it was easier to deal with. But I forgot the bloody workmen were coming round first thing in the morning (and yes this was EARLY). When I was so rudely woken up by the workmen the first thing I felt was what I can only describe as a hangover. I don't suffer from hangovers. Ever. Not just because I rarely drink alcohol but on the odd occasion in the past when I had been drunk I never woke up with the dreaded hangover that everyone seems to piss and moan about. But this did not feel good. My head was sore, my vision blurry and my mouth was numb. This lasted all day. But that wasn't the worst part. I am, and forever will be thankful that I have a separate bathroom and toilet in my flat. I am not, and never will be thankful that they are right smack bang next door to each other and only separated by a wall that may as well be made out of cardboard. I am even less thankful that the workmen were doing work in said bathroom and not exactly hurrying up about it. I held out for as long as I could, I really did. But when it comes to a choice between embarrassing yourself in front of a workman you will (hopefully) never see again and making a mess in your pants, you have to do what you have to do. And what I had to do wasn't pleasant. It was messy. It was explosive. It was (worst of all) LOUD! There was a lot of it and I was in there a long time. Luckily the workmen were fitting air vents lol. I actually stayed in the toilet until they had excused themselves for a break. Probably to get some fresh air or laugh about my unfortunate episode. Well needless to say that is an experience I won't be repeating. I would rather deal with the insomnia thanks.

I have given this product two stars. Now you may be wondering why not just the one after my explosive incident, BUT I took them to help me to sleep and they did what they were supposed to there. I won't be buying them again obviously it's just not worth all the heart(bum)ache ha ha.

Summary: A good Nytol but not a good Dayol