I’ve now tried a couple of others and had a very similar experience each time. Nytol isn’t the only sleep aid that uses diphenhydramine as the active ingredient. Update: trying other sleep aids that contain diphenhydramine So I think this is one to consider if you’d like to start with a lower dosage, or found the higher one made you feel groggy in the morning. The headache and fuzzy head weren’t as bad in the morning, though I didn’t feel 100% clear either. I still experienced a sedative effect – not as much as the 50 mg dosage, but enough to help me sleep a bit better. I tried just one pill for three consecutive nights and did find they were better for me. So I was curious to see what would happen if I only took 25 mg, and if the lingering next-day effects would be less of an issue. Nytol Original is very similar to the One-A-Night, except you take 2 x 25 mg pills instead of 1 x 50 mg. It could be completely different for you, and as you’ll see in the comments below, people react differently to them. Please remember that this was just my experience with the two types. I didn’t feel any effects the next day with the herbal pills though, so they both have their pros and cons. Strangely, I did feel a sedative effect with the others while still awake, which I didn’t with the One-A-Night. They were considerably stronger in effect than the herbal pills for me too. The first thing to note is that the Nytol One-A-Night don’t smell or taste as bad as the valerian-based herbal ones, so that’s a plus. I much prefer to focus on natural techniques to sleep better without relying on a sleep aid that gives me lingering side effects as a trade-off for the easy way to get some sleep. On balance, I might consider taking Nytol again, but only as a one-off if I felt I really needed it. The persistent fuzzy head the next day was an issue though. The Nytol appeared to work quite well for me, and I appreciated sleeping right through the night. I tried it one more time, and again didn’t have a repeat of the first or second night’s total knockout, but still slept quite well.īy this point, I’d had enough of the groggy feeling, was content with a couple of good nights’ sleep, and didn’t take them again that week.
The next morning symptoms were similar though. I woke up a couple of times in the night this time, but admittedly still slept pretty well. The manufacturer advises that you can develop a tolerance to Nytol, but night three seemed quite soon to me. On the third night, I don’t think the sedative effect was quite as strong. I again woke up in the morning without any memory of nocturnal wakings. There was the same effect of not feeling drowsy, but I still fell asleep relatively quickly. On the second night, I repeated the same routine. I was still able to go about my day and work, but those symptoms were annoying. So although the Nytol seemed to give me a good night’s sleep, it didn’t leave me feeling 100% the next morning. The fuzzy sensations slowly faded on their own, taking a couple of hours to completely disappear. It’s strange when sleep aids work this way you feel like you slept well, but also have some nagging side effects that remind you that you just took a sleep aid. However, I also had a bit of a fuzzy head and felt some light pressure on my forehead, just above my eyes. In the morning, I felt quite refreshed – both mentally and physically. So it appeared that the Nytol had done its job. I didn’t wake up once during the night, which is unusual for me, and overslept the alarm by one hour. I believe I then fell asleep within ten minutes, and woke up nine hours later!
There was still no noticeable effect after 40 minutes, so I switched the light off anyway. I did that on the first night and stayed awake reading for around 40 minutes – I was curious to see if I could detect any feeling of drowsiness that was different from how I’d normally feel in bed. The instructions say to take it 20 minutes before bed. That’s kind of what happened, just not exactly how I imagined. I’ll try to give as unbiased an account as possible though.Ĭompared to the herbal version, I thought I might experience a more noticeable sedative effect. I know from experience that antihistamine sleeping pills work quite well for me, so there was more of a chance of a placebo effect. Following that, I took one 50 mg tablet of the One-A-Night for four nights. I took the herbal version for three nights, and then had a week without using any sleep aids. I also tried the Nytol Herbal version not long ago, so I’ll be comparing the effectiveness of both in this review. I recently tried Nytol One-A-Night, which is a popular over the counter sleeping pill containing the antihistamine diphenhydramine as the active ingredient.
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